Integrated Missile Panel is an additional targeting and tracking suite attached directly to missile systems. "That's a lot like Artemis IV systems," you might say.
"Artemis what? I reply."
I was trying to make a streamlined electronic warfare system for Battletech. That failed pretty fuckin' hard.
Integrated Missile Panel
Integrated Missile Panels (IMPs) can be attached to Long Range Missiles, Short Range Missiles, and Multi-Missile Launchers.
Firing Modes
IMPs allow the attached missile rack to choose from three modes when firing:
Consistent - The missile attack receives a +2 cluster hit bonus.
Spread - The missile attack receives a -1 to-hit bonus.
Focused - The cluster size of the missile rack increases by 1.
There are two types of IMPs, Mk I and Mk II.
Name Heat Tonnage Crits
IMP Mk I 1 * **
IMP Mk II 2 *** ****
IMP Mk I allows the weapon to select one mode.
* The IMP Mk I weighs 0.5 tons for every full six missiles on the missile system it's being attached to (to a minimum of 0.5 tons).
**The IMP Mk I takes up 1 crit for every 2.0 tons, or fraction thereof, that it weighs.
IMP Mk II allows the weapon to select two modes.
*** The IMP Mk II weighs 0.5 tons + 0.5 tons for every full six missiles on the missile system it's being attached to.
****The IMP Mk II takes up 1 crit for every 1.0 ton, or fraction thereof, that it weighs.
IMP Mk II systems use the same ammunition types as IMP Mk I.
System Weight and Ammunition Table
System LRM SRM Mk I Wt Mk II Wt Crits(Mk I/Mk II)
LRM 5 20 - 0.5 1.0 1
LRM 10 10 - 1.0 1.5 1/2
LRM 15 6 - 1.5 2.0 1/2
LRM 20 5 - 2.0 2.5 1/3
SRM 2 - 41 0.5 0.5 1
SRM 4 - 20 0.5 0.5 1
SRM 6 - 12 0.5 1.0 1
MML 3 33 27 0.5 1.0 1
MML 5 20 16 0.5 1.0 1
MML 7 14 11 1.0 1.5 1/2
MML 9 11 9 1.0 1.5 1/2
IMPs are defeated by ECM systems. The rack can still fire, but it does not receive IMP fire mode bonuses.
IMP-linked LRMs cannot utilize indirect fire.
When being used alongside SDES, IMP Mk I's have an EW strength of 2 and IMP Mk II's have an EW strength of 4.
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