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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | '''CASE''', short for '''Cellular Ammunition Storage Equipment''', is a system | + | '''CASE''', short for '''Cellular Ammunition Storage Equipment''', is a system designed to reduce the hazards of carrying volatile or explosive equipment, usually ammunition. CASE is essentially a specialized container structure for housing the equipment, and redirects explosive force in case the equipment explodes. While this makes it invaluable for preventing excessive internal damage, CASE does not actually stop the explosion, it merely contains and redirects the explosive force, so after an explosion units likely will be crippled or nonfunctional, though not destroyed outright. |
| − | [[Inner Sphere]] CASE weighs half a ton per piece, while [[Clans|Clan]] CASE does not require any additional tonnage. Both the IS and Clan CASE cost 50,000 C-Bills. | + | |
| + | [[Inner Sphere]] CASE weighs half a ton per piece, while [[Clans|Clan]] CASE does not require any additional tonnage. Both the IS and Clan CASE cost 50,000 C-Bills. CASE mounted on a [[BattleMech]] can only be placed in a torso section, and only protects that torso section. Any other ground, sea, or air vehicle mounting CASE only requires one, which protects the entire vehicle. | ||
==Models== | ==Models== | ||
Revision as of 00:31, 1 October 2007
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Description
CASE, short for Cellular Ammunition Storage Equipment, is a system designed to reduce the hazards of carrying volatile or explosive equipment, usually ammunition. CASE is essentially a specialized container structure for housing the equipment, and redirects explosive force in case the equipment explodes. While this makes it invaluable for preventing excessive internal damage, CASE does not actually stop the explosion, it merely contains and redirects the explosive force, so after an explosion units likely will be crippled or nonfunctional, though not destroyed outright.
Inner Sphere CASE weighs half a ton per piece, while Clan CASE does not require any additional tonnage. Both the IS and Clan CASE cost 50,000 C-Bills. CASE mounted on a BattleMech can only be placed in a torso section, and only protects that torso section. Any other ground, sea, or air vehicle mounting CASE only requires one, which protects the entire vehicle.
Models
CASE is manufactured on the following planets:
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