Availability Rating

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Description

Availability Rating is a code used in the Classic BattleTech game indicating how common a class of Combat Support Vehicles, 'Mech, (or other) mounted equipment, or subsystems found in the same. Its primary function is to designate how rare the systems are in a particular time period in the BattleTech universe. A similar system was used in the MechWarrior, First Edition roleplaying game. Predominantly, a weapon will have three different ratings: one for Star League era, one for the Succession Wars era, and a third for the Clan Invasion era. However, with the release of Interstellar Operations in 2016, some equipment tables started indicating a fourth code representing the Dark Age era (represented as the first of the four codes, rather than represented chronologically).[1]


Availability Codes Table[2]
Code Availability
A Very Common
B Common
C Uncommon
D Rare
E Very Rare
F Unique
X Item does not exist in this era

References

  1. Interstellar Operations, p. 33, "Availability Ratings"
  2. TechManual, p. 287, "Availability Codes Table"

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