Hawk Moth Gunship (Thunderbolt)

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Type: Combat Vehicle
Tech: Inner Sphere
Mass: 25t
Role: Missile Boat
Intro: 3072 Jihad
Rules: Advanced
Cost: 1.39M C-bills
Move
Armor: 59 pts

Thunderbolt 15

Battle Value

745by skill

Point Value

Hawk Moth Gunship (Thunderbolt) line art — Art © The Topps Company · Catalyst Game Labs

TR:3060 · Record Sheets: RS:3060u

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Hawk Moth Gunship

PV24

TP: CVSZ: 1TMM: 0MV: 16"v

ROLE: Missile BoatSKILL:

Damage

S (+0)

M (+2)

L (+4)

Heat not tracked

Special , , ,

Critical hits

ENGINE½ MV and Damage

FIRE CONTROL+2 To-Hit Each

WEAPONS-1 Damage Each

MOTIVE-2 MV½ MV0 MV

Alpha Strike Stats

SkillPV443934292422201816

Availability by era

5 eras · 4 factions

Word of Blake

Gun	Pilot	Adj BV
G0	1	1,721
G1	2	1,505
G2	3	1,252
G3	4	983
G4	5	745
G5	6	641
G6	7	574
G7	8	507
G8	8	477

Piloting rides one point worse than Gunnery, capped at Piloting 8, the conventional pairing. Regular is Gunnery 4 / Piloting 5.

G\P	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
0	1,803	1,721	1,646	1,565	1,438	1,304	1,252	1,185	1,118
1	1,646	1,572	1,505	1,430	1,311	1,192	1,147	1,088	1,028
2	1,438	1,378	1,311	1,252	1,147	1,043	1,006	954	901
3	1,237	1,177	1,125	1,073	983	894	864	820	775
4	1,028	983	939	894	820	745	708	671	633
5	976	887	842	805	738	671	641	603	574
6	924	834	797	760	700	633	603	574	536
7	872	790	752	715	656	596	566	536	507
8	820	738	708	671	618	559	529	507	477

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Recognition notes

The Hawk Moth Gunship (Thunderbolt) is a 25-ton VTOL combat vehicle built as a missile boat, cruising at 86 km/h with a top speed of 130. A single Thunderbolt 15 fires from the front, its bulk unmatched by any other weapon aboard, and the crew rides behind heavy ferro-fibrous plate. Michaelson Heavy Industries builds the type at Ruchbah.

Armor & loadout

HAWK MOTH GUNSHIP (THUNDERBOLT)

Missile

Weapon / Equipment	Loc	Qty	Ammo
MslThunderbolt 15	F	1	2 t ammo in B
otherMast MountIS	RO

Systems & manufacturers

Built by: Michaelson Heavy Industries @ Ruchbah · Kallon Weapon Industries @ Loyalty

Fuel Cell engine · Heavy Ferro-Fibrous armor · 130 km/h

Hawk Moth Gunship variants (4)

(Armor)SniperInner SphereStandardATMO, EE, SRCH306050115 Hawk Moth GunshipSniperInner SphereStandardATMO, EE, SRCH306049215

(Thunderbolt)Missile BoatInner SphereAdvancedATMO, FC, IF1, SRCH307274524

"Verwandlung"StrikerInner SphereExperimentalATMO, FC, SRCH, TUR(2/2/-)308174919

All 4 Hawk Moth Gunship variants