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Line 2: '''Environmental Sealing''' is a series of filters, air tanks, hermetic seals, and scrubbers that allow a unit to operate in hostile environments like the vacuum of space, under water, or toxic waste dumps. All [[BattleMech]]s, [[aerospace fighter|aerospace]] and [[conventional fighter]]s, [[DropShip]]s, and submarine vehicles include environmental sealing as part of their construction. This sealing takes up no additional weight or space as it's built into the unit. Other units, like [[IndustrialMech]]s and combat vehicles, can be equipped with environmental sealing at a cost of 10% of the unit's weight.<ref name="TMp216">''TechManual'', p. 216, "Environmental Sealing"</ref><ref name="TOp302">''Tactical Operations'', p. 302, "Environmental (Vacuum) Sealing"</ref> Support vehicles may incorporate environmental sealing into their design process (see TM p. 133). <ref name="TMp216">''TechManual'', p. 216, "Environmental Sealing"</ref> Combat vehicles don't need to allocate any additional space for the sealing. However, IndustrialMechs need to allocate additional room in their chassis for the environmental sealing systems.<ref name="TMp216"/> '''Environmental Sealing''' is a series of filters, air tanks, hermetic seals, and scrubbers that allow a unit to operate in hostile environments like the vacuum of space, under water, or toxic waste dumps. All [[BattleMech]]s, [[aerospace fighter|aerospace]] and [[conventional fighter]]s, [[DropShip]]s, and submarine vehicles include environmental sealing as part of their construction. This sealing takes up no additional weight or space as it's built into the unit. Other units, like [[IndustrialMech]]s and combat vehicles, can be equipped with environmental sealing at a cost of 10% of the unit's weight.<ref name="TMp216">''TechManual'', p. 216, "Environmental Sealing"</ref><ref name="TOp302">''Tactical Operations'', p. 302, "Environmental (Vacuum) Sealing"</ref> Support vehicles may incorporate environmental sealing into their design process (see TM p. 133). <ref name="TMp216">''TechManual'', p. 216, "Environmental Sealing"</ref> Combat vehicles don't need to allocate any additional space for the sealing. However, IndustrialMechs need to allocate additional room in their chassis for the environmental sealing systems.<ref name="TMp216"/> − Any unit with Environmental Sealing is able to negotiate shallow water (Depth 1), but to operate in space or underwater effectively a unit needs to have a [[Fusion engine|fusion]], [[Fission engine|fission]], or [[Fuel cell|fuel cell]] engine. (An [[ICE]] requires oxygen to operate, which is obviously not available underwater.)<ref name="TMp216"/> + Any unit with Environmental Sealing is able to negotiate shallow water (Depth 1), but to operate in space or underwater effectively a unit needs to have a [[Fusion engine|fusion]], [[Fission engine|fission]], or [[Fuel cell|fuel cell]] engine. (An [[Internal Combustion Engine|ICE]] requires oxygen to operate, which is obviously not available underwater.)<ref name="TMp216"/> Environmental Sealing is understandably very popular on IndustrialMechs. It's used on the [[PM6 Peacemaker|PM6 ''Peacemaker'']] to protect against [[Tear Gas]]<ref>''Jihad Turning Points: Atreus'', p. 17, "PM6 Peacemaker Recordsheet"</ref> and the ''[[Vampyr]]'' to protect the pilot from toxic chemicals.<ref>''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex'', p. 202, "SC-V-1 Vampyr ScavengerMech"</ref> Environmental Sealing is understandably very popular on IndustrialMechs. It's used on the [[PM6 Peacemaker|PM6 ''Peacemaker'']] to protect against [[Tear Gas]]<ref>''Jihad Turning Points: Atreus'', p. 17, "PM6 Peacemaker Recordsheet"</ref> and the ''[[Vampyr]]'' to protect the pilot from toxic chemicals.<ref>''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex'', p. 202, "SC-V-1 Vampyr ScavengerMech"</ref>
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'''Environmental Sealing''' is a series of filters, air tanks, hermetic seals, and scrubbers that allow a unit to operate in hostile environments like the vacuum of space, under water, or toxic waste dumps. All [[BattleMech]]s, [[aerospace fighter|aerospace]] and [[conventional fighter]]s, [[DropShip]]s, and submarine vehicles include environmental sealing as part of their construction. This sealing takes up no additional weight or space as it's built into the unit. Other units, like [[IndustrialMech]]s and combat vehicles, can be equipped with environmental sealing at a cost of 10% of the unit's weight.<ref name="TMp216">''TechManual'', p. 216, "Environmental Sealing"</ref><ref name="TOp302">''Tactical Operations'', p. 302, "Environmental (Vacuum) Sealing"</ref> Support vehicles may incorporate environmental sealing into their design process (see TM p. 133). <ref name="TMp216">''TechManual'', p. 216, "Environmental Sealing"</ref> Combat vehicles don't need to allocate any additional space for the sealing. However, IndustrialMechs need to allocate additional room in their chassis for the environmental sealing systems.<ref name="TMp216"/> | '''Environmental Sealing''' is a series of filters, air tanks, hermetic seals, and scrubbers that allow a unit to operate in hostile environments like the vacuum of space, under water, or toxic waste dumps. All [[BattleMech]]s, [[aerospace fighter|aerospace]] and [[conventional fighter]]s, [[DropShip]]s, and submarine vehicles include environmental sealing as part of their construction. This sealing takes up no additional weight or space as it's built into the unit. Other units, like [[IndustrialMech]]s and combat vehicles, can be equipped with environmental sealing at a cost of 10% of the unit's weight.<ref name="TMp216">''TechManual'', p. 216, "Environmental Sealing"</ref><ref name="TOp302">''Tactical Operations'', p. 302, "Environmental (Vacuum) Sealing"</ref> Support vehicles may incorporate environmental sealing into their design process (see TM p. 133). <ref name="TMp216">''TechManual'', p. 216, "Environmental Sealing"</ref> Combat vehicles don't need to allocate any additional space for the sealing. However, IndustrialMechs need to allocate additional room in their chassis for the environmental sealing systems.<ref name="TMp216"/> | ||
| − | Any unit with Environmental Sealing is able to negotiate shallow water (Depth 1), but to operate in space or underwater effectively a unit needs to have a [[Fusion engine|fusion]], [[Fission engine|fission]], or [[Fuel cell|fuel cell]] engine. (An [[ICE]] requires oxygen to operate, which is obviously not available underwater.)<ref name="TMp216"/> | + | Any unit with Environmental Sealing is able to negotiate shallow water (Depth 1), but to operate in space or underwater effectively a unit needs to have a [[Fusion engine|fusion]], [[Fission engine|fission]], or [[Fuel cell|fuel cell]] engine. (An [[Internal Combustion Engine|ICE]] requires oxygen to operate, which is obviously not available underwater.)<ref name="TMp216"/> |
Environmental Sealing is understandably very popular on IndustrialMechs. It's used on the [[PM6 Peacemaker|PM6 ''Peacemaker'']] to protect against [[Tear Gas]]<ref>''Jihad Turning Points: Atreus'', p. 17, "PM6 Peacemaker Recordsheet"</ref> and the ''[[Vampyr]]'' to protect the pilot from toxic chemicals.<ref>''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex'', p. 202, "SC-V-1 Vampyr ScavengerMech"</ref> | Environmental Sealing is understandably very popular on IndustrialMechs. It's used on the [[PM6 Peacemaker|PM6 ''Peacemaker'']] to protect against [[Tear Gas]]<ref>''Jihad Turning Points: Atreus'', p. 17, "PM6 Peacemaker Recordsheet"</ref> and the ''[[Vampyr]]'' to protect the pilot from toxic chemicals.<ref>''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex'', p. 202, "SC-V-1 Vampyr ScavengerMech"</ref> | ||