Warchest Point System

Warchest Points: Warchest Points are an abstract method of tracking the resources of a large Battletech force. Warchest Points are used in purchasing and maintaining combat equipment, as well as hiring and paying personnel. For Mercenary forces, this may represent actual C-bills and hoarded equipment as well as reputation, while House forces use Warchest Points represent supply priorities and access to stocks of replacements and contacts in the quartermaster corps.

Purchasing Units: Warchest Points may be spent to purchase new units anytime the force has access to markets (for Mercenaries) or supply lines (for House troops). When purchasing units, cost, in Warchest Points, is equal to the C-Bill cost of the unit in question divided by 25,000, rounded up. Then apply the following modifer, based on its condition:

Status	WP Cost
Undamaged	100%
Lightly Damaged	75%
Heavily Damaged	55%
Crippled	30%
Destroyed	10%

Selling Units: When selling a unit, use the chart above, but then multiply the result by 80%. This is the final amount gained for the sale.

Optional Rule (Availability): GM's may choose to require an Acquisition roll, as per FM: Mercs, to acquire units.
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Optional Rule (Era Modifiers): GM's may choose to apply appripriate era and faction modifiers to the purchase cost, using WPs in place of C-Bills, and/or to the Acquisition roll.
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Maintaining Units: Warchest Points may also be spent to maintain and repair units anytime the force as adequate time to do so. These maintenance operations are performed by Technical Teams. Each Technical Team may contributes 1 day of work per day of campaign time in which the unit they are assigned to is available for them to work on. Multiple Technical Teams may work on a single project (ie. having 4 Teams repair a Lightly Damaged Assault ‘Mech in 1 day). Consult the table below for details. Machine Guns cost 0 WP to reload.

Operation	WP Cost	Days Required
Rearm Introductory Ammunition	1 WP per ton (Ballistic), 2 WP per ton (Missile)	0 Days
Rearm Standard Ammunition	1 WP per ton (Ballistic), 3 WP per ton (Missile)	0 Days
Rearm Advanced Ammunition	2 WP per ton (Ballistic), 4 WP per ton (Missile)	0 Days
Repair Lightly Damaged	5% of Unit's Cost	1 Day per 25 Tons
Repair Heavily Damaged	35% of Unit's Cost	2 Days per 25 Tons
Repair Crippled	65% of Unit's Cost	4 Days per 25 Tons

Refits: Players may refit their units as per the rules in Strategic Operations and Techmanual. To determine the cost and time required of such refits, first determine the Level of the refit as per Strategic Operations. Then compare the WP costs of the current design and the planned design. If the planned design costs more, subtract the difference from the player's Warchest. If the current design costs more, add the difference to the player's Warchest instead. In addition, subtract an amount of WP from the player's Warchest representing refit expenditures as per the following table:

Operation	Additional WP Cost	Days Required
Class A Refit	5% of Difference in WP Cost	1 Day
Class B Refit	10% of Difference in WP Cost	1 Day
Class C Refit	20% of Difference in WP Cost	1 Day per 25 Tons
Class D Refit	35% of Difference in WP Cost	1 Day per 20 Tons
Class E Refit	55% of Difference in WP Cost	1 Day per 15 Tons
Class F Refit	80% of Difference in WP Cost	1 Day Per 5 Tons
Customization	+20% of Difference in WP Cost	Number of Days x2
OmniChassis	-30% of Difference in WP Cost	Number of Days /2

Facilities: The conditions and equipment available to your repair teams makes a big difference in the speed and quality of their work. The following table shows the effects each location has on the cost of work. This modifier is applied to the repair and maintenance cost, but not to rearm costs for ammunition. When conducting refits, it only applies to the additional costs of conducting the refit, not to the cost difference of the refit itself. Also remember that some types of refits have a required level of facilities.

Location	Cost Modifier
In the Field	130%
Mobile Field Base	110%
Transpory Bay	100%
Maintenance Facility	95%
Factory	85%

Upkeep: Any unit that does not have sufficient technical support during a month rolls 2d6, adding the modifiers listed below. On a 10+, that unit suffers a Breakdown, as per the following table.

Condition	Modifier
Each consecutive month without full Technical Support	+1 (cumulative)
In the Field	+2
Mobile Field Base	+1
Transport Bay	+0
Maintenance Facility	-1
Factory	-2
Unit was Heavily Damaged this month	+1
Unit was Crippled this month	+2

If a unit suffers a breakdown, roll once on the Battleforce Critical Hit table for the appropriate unit type. Results that affect stored ammunition do not trigger ammunition explosions, but do decrease the unit's Damage Value by 1 for each range bracket, to a minimum of 0. Crew hits for vehicles should be rolled on the Motive System Critical Hit table instead, automatically assuming that the hit has occurred. Protomech Destroyed hits prevent the Protomech from being used, and count as Heavily Damaged, representing failures in the complex control system of a Protomech. Crew hits (including Head Blown Off) against all other types of units are treated as FCS hits instead instead.