NARC

NARC, or Narc Missile Beacon, is a missile homing beacon that guides friendly missiles to the target.

Overview

Upon striking the target vehicle, NARC acts as a missile guidance beacon for 25 seconds. While the NARC missile itself does no damage, when successfully "stuck" to a target, the NARC will begin broadcasting; in-range friendly vehicles will receive a notification that a NARC is active, and any friendly guidable missiles will automatically home in on the beacon once they get within 1000 meters of the beacon, provided they were launched with active radar. NARC beacons will also override a TAG laser if both are active at once. While relying on allies for NARCed targets is often an effective tactic, especially when allies are coordinating well, sometimes Self-NARCing may be necessary.

NARC missiles are very bulky, sharply limiting the number of extra NARC missiles a vehicle can carry.

Weapon Stats

Weapon	Min Range	Max Range	Lock On Range	Lock On Time	Beacon Active	Beacon Range	Damage/Shot	Speed (m/s)	Shots /min	Heat /Shot	Ammo /ton	Ammo cost /ton
NARC	---	500m	500m	1.4s	25s	1000m	---	400	60	20	6	1500
CNARC		700m	700m
iNARC		900m	900m									2000

	All stats are current as of release 0.14.10

Gameplay & Hints

There's two major ways to counter NARCs:

1. NARC beacons can not succesfuly broadcast from units under the protection of an AECM field, and every beacon fired at such a unit will not be able to activate. Already active beacons that come under the influence of a hostile AECM will deactivate and stop broadcasting until they leave the field again or their timer runs out.

2. Any EMP effect from LGBs or PPCs (of all sizes) will remove NARCs, as long as the EMP splash reaches the core of the NARCed unit (Mech center torso, Tank Hull, etc). With this it is possible to remove a NARC from a friendly unit, or from yourself, by firing a PPC to near environment (wall for example) or direcly to component. Just hitting mechs foot won't usually help, because the EMP splash won't reach the CT.

Canon

NARC Missile Beacon

Causing quite a stir when it was introduced in 2587, the Narc system offered a radically different way of improve missile target acquisition. The culmination of project TATTLETALE by the Terran Hegemony, the Narc launcher fires a short-range missile whose explosive warhead was replaced with a special Homing Pod mounted behind a magnetic head. These pods broadcast a wide-range electromagnetic beacon, one which can be tracked by SRMs and LRMs whose guidance systems have been modified to home in on the signal. The end result is vastly improved accuracy against targets marked with a Narc beacon.

BattleTech reference

Usage

The following assets equip NARCs:

Asset	Type	Faction	Tons	(c)NARC	iNARC
Commando F	Mech	IS	25	X
Locust IIC B	Mech	CL	25	X
Cougar C	Mech	CL	35	X
Raven Prime	Mech	IS	35		X
Raven D	Mech	IS	35	X
Chimera G	Mech	IS	40		X
Shadowcat D	Mech	CL	45	X
Blacklanner D	Mech	CL	55	X
Argus Prime	Mech	IS	60	X
Cauldronborn B	Mech	CL	65	X
Loki A	Mech	CL	65	X
Avatar E	Mech	IS	70	X
Thanatos B	Mech	IS	75		X
Masakari F	Mech	CL	85	X
Atlas E	Mech	IS	100		X
Kodiak E	Mech	CL	100	X
Harasser C	Vehicle	IS	25	X
Hephaestus C	Vehicle	CL	30	X
Mars A	Vehicle	CL	100	X
Mars F	Vehicle	CL	100	X
Donar B	VTOL	CL	25	X
Hawkmoth F	VTOL	IS	25		X
SparrowHawk D	ASF	IS	30	X
Sulla C	ASF	CL	45	X
Corsair B	ASF	IS	50	X
Corsair H	ASF	IS	50	X
Shiva F	ASF	IS	85		X

	All stats are current as of release 0.14.10

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