JES-I - Revision history

Bird Thing: v0.19.1 infobox stats update pass; var C

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‎Variant A: fluff

Commissioner Pravin Lal at 05:45, 22 June 2025

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Commissioner Pravin Lal at 04:06, 20 June 2025

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 </ul>
-| Price C = 62 700
+| Price C = 59 950
 | ArmorT C = 16 924
 | Engine C = I.C.E
 | Weapons C = <ul>
-<li>3x [[TBolt5]]
+<li>5x [[ELRM5]]
 <li>4x [[MG]]
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 <li>[[EOptics]]
 <li>[[GECM]]
 <li>2 [[HS]]
-<li>2 [[Free tons]]
+<li>0 [[Free tons]]
 <li>5.5t [[Stealth Armor]]
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 | Armor T = 2861
-| Version153 = 0.18.2
+| Version153 = 0.19.1
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← Older revision		Revision as of 21:40, 17 December 2025
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	The '''JES-I Tactical Missile Carrier (T.M.C.)''' is an [[Inner Sphere]] medium [[hovercraft]]. The JES-I is an odd duck in MWLL's flock, with only slightly more armor tonnage than a [[Harasser]] and with extremely poor speed for a hovercraft due to its tiny engine. Woe betide any pilot naïve enough to underestimate it! All that extra tonnage has gone to mounting absurd amounts of [[missile]] weaponry that give it an overwhelming punch. For its pilots and its opponents alike, careful attention must be paid to engagement range and sightlines.		The '''JES-I Tactical Missile Carrier (T.M.C.)''' is an [[Inner Sphere]] medium [[hovercraft]]. The JES-I is an odd duck in MWLL's flock, with only slightly more armor tonnage than a [[Harasser]] and with extremely poor speed for a hovercraft due to its tiny engine. Woe betide any pilot naïve enough to underestimate it! All that extra tonnage has gone to mounting absurd amounts of [[missile]] weaponry that give it an overwhelming punch. For its pilots and its opponents alike, careful attention must be paid to engagement range and sightlines.

−	Like its patch-mate the [[SM1]], its weapons have extremely limited traverse and so the entire asset must turn to engage targets. To compensate, the JES I gains extra speed when back pedalling, is allowed less damage transfer than ~~even~~ the [[SM1]] ~~to all its side sections and not just its front and turret~~, and suffers even less speed lost when engine damage is taken. In these assets, positioning and situational awareness is more important than ever to employ them effectively.	+	Like its patch-mate the [[SM1]], its weapons have extremely limited traverse and so the entire asset must turn to engage targets. To compensate, the JES I gains extra speed when back pedalling, is allowed even less damage transfer from its front, turret, and ''all'' its side sections to its internals than the [[SM1]], and suffers even less speed lost when engine damage is taken. In these assets, positioning and situational awareness is more important than ever to employ them effectively.

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 {{Vehicle|
 | Image = File:JES-I.png
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 ===Variant C - ''"Extended Warranty"''===
 ==Canon==

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 ===Variant B===
+The second of the variants that can be afforded with the 59,000 [[C-Bills]] granted when spawning in at Sergeant/Point 1 rank. The B boats [[MRM]]s over SRMs, and as such excels at dealing splash damage to large, slow-moving targets within an effective range of about 60 and 600 meters of range. Said splash has headhunting potential, but don't count on it. Between its speed and the minimum range of its main arsenal this is solidly a fire support rather than attack asset. A small array of [[HMG]]s and [[SXPL]]s provide merely meaningful close-in defense.
 ===Variant C - ''"Extended Warranty"''===

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 ===Variant A===
+One of the two variants that can be afforded with the 59,000 [[C-Bills]] granted when spawning in at Sergeant/Point 1 rank. The A trades away a lot of maximum theoretical lethality in favor of versatility and ease of use. This variant packs 'only' 24 [[SSRM]]s which have significant spread, making it difficult to drill specific components. In exchange they are capable of locking on and can be flicked around obstacles. The [[NARC]] launcher can be employed to enable this tactic, alongside the more prosaic use of marking targets for the team's long-range missiles.
 ===Variant B===

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 ==Roles and Gameplay Hints==
 ===Prime===
-The boatiest [[SRM]] [[boat]] that ever boated, 36 of them mean that you can drill through the side torso of a [[Daishi]] in four salvos while dealing significant AOE damage to other components. The two [[SBL]]s provide a tiny bit more DPS as well as mostly theoretical defense against BA given the unusual movement scheme. Because the [[SRM]]s are spread across so many launchers the ammo capacity is quite good (698 missiles total) so the Prime is able to stay on the battlefield longer than otherwise expected. Chain-firing the missiles can be useful to maximize shake, when at range, or when shooting a fast mover. This variant above all others is why every JES needs to be approached with caution until its variant is ascertained. Employ ambush tactics as much as possible, rather than trying to chase down targets with your laughable 'top' speed.
+The boatiest [[SRM]] [[boat]] that ever boated, 36 of them mean that you can drill through the side torso of a [[Daishi]] in four salvos while dealing heavy AOE damage to other components. The two [[SBL]]s provide a tiny bit more DPS as well as mostly theoretical defense against BA given the unusual movement scheme. Because the [[SRM]]s are spread across so many launchers the ammo capacity is quite good (698 missiles total) so the Prime is able to stay on the battlefield longer than otherwise expected. Chain-firing the missiles can be useful to maximize shake, when at range, or when shooting a fast mover. This variant above all others is why every JES needs to be approached with caution until its variant is ascertained. Employ ambush tactics as much as possible, rather than trying to chase down targets with your laughable 'top' speed.
 ===Variant A===

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:06, 20 June 2025
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	The '''JES-I Tactical Missile Carrier (T.M.C.)''' is an [[Inner Sphere]] medium [[hovercraft]]. The JES-I is an odd duck in MWLL's flock, with only slightly more armor tonnage than a [[Harasser]] and with extremely poor speed for a hovercraft due to its tiny engine. Woe betide any pilot naïve enough to underestimate it! All that extra tonnage has gone to mounting absurd amounts of [[missile]] weaponry that give it an overwhelming punch. For its pilots and its opponents alike, careful attention must be paid to engagement range and sightlines.		The '''JES-I Tactical Missile Carrier (T.M.C.)''' is an [[Inner Sphere]] medium [[hovercraft]]. The JES-I is an odd duck in MWLL's flock, with only slightly more armor tonnage than a [[Harasser]] and with extremely poor speed for a hovercraft due to its tiny engine. Woe betide any pilot naïve enough to underestimate it! All that extra tonnage has gone to mounting absurd amounts of [[missile]] weaponry that give it an overwhelming punch. For its pilots and its opponents alike, careful attention must be paid to engagement range and sightlines.

−	Like its patch-mate the [[SM1]], its weapons have extremely limited traverse and so ~~its pilot must turn~~ the entire asset to engage targets. To compensate, the JES I is allowed less damage transfer to all its side sections, not just its front and turret, and suffers ~~minimal~~ speed lost when engine damage is taken ~~(notably, to an even greater degree than the [[SM1]]). In addition, it gains extra speed when back pedalling~~. In these assets, positioning and situational awareness is more important than ever to employ them effectively.	+	Like its patch-mate the [[SM1]], its weapons have extremely limited traverse and so the entire asset must turn to engage targets. To compensate, the JES I gains extra speed when back pedalling, is allowed less damage transfer than even the [[SM1]] to all its side sections and not just its front and turret, and suffers even less speed lost when engine damage is taken. In these assets, positioning and situational awareness is more important than ever to employ them effectively.

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 ==Canon==
 Missile carriers have been a staple of the modern battlefield for centuries, and for most of that time Joint Equipment Systems (JES) has been a provider of those vehicles. The Ghost Bear conquest of Alshain and the loss of their main production facility, combined with the loss of the contracts for the upgraded SRM/LRM Carriers in the mid 3050s, nearly killed the remaining Inner Sphere branches of the company.
-The JES I Tactical Missile Carrier is Joint Equipment Systems’ and the Federated Suns-based company’s first new offering, and while it mounts an impressive number of missile batteries, many believe that the JES engineers did so at the expense of nearly every rational design philosophy. Strong proponents of thinking outside the box, the Panpour-based JES engineering team is hoping the vehicle will stimulate new sales with its unorthodox design and construction. The reason behind JES’s design choice was quite simple; lacking the capital to invest in military-grade fusion engine facilities and with interstellar shipping heavily disrupted, JES adapted one of their civilian engine lines to produce the tiny 15-rated fusion engine used on the JES I. Although hugely inefficient, the designers felt that the ready supply of engines and their reduced cost would at atract buyers.
+The JES I Tactical Missile Carrier is Joint Equipment Systems’ and the Federated Suns-based company’s first new offering, and while it mounts an impressive number of missile batteries, many believe that the JES engineers did so at the expense of nearly every rational design philosophy. Strong proponents of thinking outside the box, the Panpour-based JES engineering team is hoping the vehicle will stimulate new sales with its unorthodox design and construction. The reason behind JES’s design choice was quite simple; lacking the capital to invest in military-grade fusion engine facilities and with interstellar shipping heavily disrupted, JES adapted one of their civilian engine lines to produce the tiny 15-rated fusion engine used on the JES I. Although hugely inefficient, the designers felt that the ready supply of engines and their reduced cost would at attract buyers.
 Date Introduced 3068 during the Era known as "Clan Invasion" (Jihad (3068 - 3080)) - Unit Role: Striker

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-The '''JES-I Tactical Missile Carrier (T.M.C.)''' is an [[Inner Sphere]] medium [[hovercraft]]. The JES-I is an odd duck in MWLL's stable, with only slightly more armor tonnage than a [[Harasser]] and with extremely poor speed for a hovercraft due to its tiny engine. Woe betide any pilot naïve enough to underestimate it! All that extra tonnage has gone to mounting absurd amounts of [[missile]] weaponry that give it an overwhelming punch. For its pilots and its opponents alike, careful attention must be paid to engagement range and sightlines.
+The '''JES-I Tactical Missile Carrier (T.M.C.)''' is an [[Inner Sphere]] medium [[hovercraft]]. The JES-I is an odd duck in MWLL's flock, with only slightly more armor tonnage than a [[Harasser]] and with extremely poor speed for a hovercraft due to its tiny engine. Woe betide any pilot naïve enough to underestimate it! All that extra tonnage has gone to mounting absurd amounts of [[missile]] weaponry that give it an overwhelming punch. For its pilots and its opponents alike, careful attention must be paid to engagement range and sightlines.
 Like its patch-mate the [[SM1]], its weapons have extremely limited traverse and so its pilot must turn the entire asset to engage targets. To compensate, the JES I is allowed less damage transfer to all its side sections, not just its front and turret, and suffers minimal speed lost when engine damage is taken (notably, to an even greater degree than the [[SM1]]). In addition, it gains extra speed when back pedalling. In these assets, positioning and situational awareness is more important than ever to employ them effectively.