Full Thrust Anime: Mecha

Mecha come in 6 to a squadron in a Mecha Bay (functionally the same as
fighter bays and may accept and reload fighters or mecha equally well in
combat) at mass 6 and cost 36.

Mecha automatically have five turns of endurance (which cannot be
upgraded).
They move at a speed of 8" per turn. Mecha roll as interceptors when
dogfighting fighters other than interceptors. When dogfighting
interceptors
or other mecha, both sides roll ordinarily as their advantages cancel
each
other out. When not dogfighting, but merely firing on enemy mecha or
fighters within 6" and within the forward arc, they kill one enemy mecha
or
fighter on a roll of 5, two kills on a 6. Mecha may attack ships as do
ordinary fighters.

Mecha are not as swift as fighters. *DAF roll at +1 when engaging mecha.

Mecha may land on the outer hull of friendly craft. This is accomplished
as
a carrier landing. While on the surface of a friendly ship, they are
automatically moved with the ship and may intercept and dogfight any
attacking enemy mecha or fighters on a roll of 4-6. On a roll of 3, they
dogfight the enemy mecha or fighter group after the attackers have made
their attack on the ship. The dogfight proceeds normally even though the
attackers have already attacked. On any turn that the landed mecha do
not
move to intercept, they may roll their attack against incoming fighters,
mecha or ASM salvos as if they had a 360 degree arc (all they have to do
is
turn around.)

Mecha are designed for close combat, which is their deadliest attack:
the
Close Assault. In the Close Assault, mecha attempt to land on the outer
hull
of an enemy vessel and attack its weapon installations, scanner gear,
fighter bays, etc. on the surface and attempt to gain entry into the
ship
and attack it from within. Close Assault may be initiated if the mecha
squadron is within 6" of an enemy target. While attempting a Close
Assault,
mecha suffer 2x casualties from PDAF fire (this is in addition to the +1
roll PDAF make against mecha already). Once down on top of/inside the
enemy
ship, the attacking mecha are immune to ALL PDAF and ADAF fire from ANY
source. The only way to repulse them is to dogfight them on/in the ship
with
friendly mecha or attack them with the ship's own powered armor marine
teams. Combat is as a dogfight. The defending ship may divide its 4-man
powered armor teams as it wishes among the attacking mecha groups. Each
4-man powered armor team rolls a single die and eliminates one mecha on
a
roll of 5 or 6. Mecha eliminate marine powered armor teams on a roll of
3 or
4 and two such teams on a roll of 5 or 6. If friendly mecha dogfight
enemy
mecha on/inside a ship, every mecha kill by either side inflicts one
damage
point on the ship.

So long as an attacking group is being "dog-fought" by either friendly
mecha
or marine powered armor teams, it may not roll to attack the ship.

When attacking the ship itself, one damage point per attacking mecha is
inflicted on the ship automatically. In addition, EACH attacking mecha
may
attack an individual ship system, eliminating it on a roll of 6. Aces
conducting Close Assault on a ship eliminate a system on a roll of 5 or
6.
Attacking a ship's systems in Close Assault expends one turn of
endurance.
Dogfighting enemy powered armor marines likewise expends a turn's
endurance.

James
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	Captain James L. Butler III, Commanding
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