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>>98847965>put the topic in the name fieldfuck, I almost did it right too
New Stormcrow - what do you think? Just picked it up from the factory yesterday.
>>98848000Beta Galaxy my beloved. Yellows look clean, good work.
>>98847417Can you pull an Archer 5-CS and have 4 LRM 15s?
Butte hold!!!Respect the Lyran.
>>98848000Nice trips a D correct?
>>98847430Should we just go with the Drac 3058 upgrade? I don't know if we have all the available tech.One alternative is giving up a ton of armor to upgrade the ML to an LL
>>98848000Your craftsmanship is amazing as alwayshave some hunchbacks I painted a few months back
>>98836856Not a drawfag, but here's a quick edit
>>988481913058 upgrade is rating E. Best case scenario, its royal guard level only if we have any at all.
HONOR THE DRAGON!
>>98847965That picture is fucking cursed. I love it.
>>98848000Looks amazing. Great job. I'm struggling to remember the last time I saw a mini that looked as good, seriously.
>>98848156A
>>98848244It's kinda a weird situation where the idea is using our locally produced FE 140s to upgrade them from their smaller ICE 105s, but not quite having all the tech for the Drac upgrade variant.One thing we could do, add two MLs for 3 total, and an extra ton of armor for 7.5 tonsAnother possible idea is a full refit, by doing the 3 MLs, but trade the 2 SRM6s for 1 MRM20 with two tons of ammo. Armor would still be 6.5
>>98848000Which galaxy is that? Looks awesome.
Going off the idea from last thread of a unique pirate variant of a 70 ton heavy mech that's been refitted with a tiny 140 Leenix fusion engine to go as fast as an urbanmech / annihilator.Using the Cataphract as a baseline since its a capellan frankenmech. (And it had the hardpoints I wanted mainly, the chassis could be anything from a warhammer to a Archer or Grasshopper)I call it the Urbanmech II 70 tonsMovement 2/33 AC10s4 tons of ammoslightly stripped leg armorWith a fancy refit for those pirate captains who can afford the tech3 LBX10s5 tons of ammo2 ER Medium lasers for backup (Can also come in regular medium laser depending on budget, or 3 medium lasers for those who can live with 4 tons of ammo)10 double heatsinks (optional, depending on budget)Should fit nicely with the theme of "honorubu duels in the middle of a field of grass lilies" with lots of smaller mechs and hovercraft for support when people don't want to do that.
>>98848493>hardpoints
>>98848493>>98848498I hope I did this right and didn't make an illegal build
>>98848537>put the front armor on the back
>>98848540>>98848537What is this cursed record sheet format?
>>98848091>can you pull an Archer 5-CS and have 4 LRM 15s?Yes but it runs very hot, stealing some double heatsinks for one of these would be a priority.
>>98848581Not sure why it didn't add the heatsinks to the side torso's on that one
Why one do you use?
>>98848586But who was phone?
>>98848091Archer ARC-P1 (Pirate-1)Tech Rating: D/X-X-D-DWeight: 70 tonsBV: 1,275Cost: 5,083,907 C-billsSource: TRO: 3039Role: Missile BoatMovement: 2/3Engine: 140 FusionHeat Sinks: 14Cockpit: Standard CockpitGyro: Standard GyroInternal: 107Armor: 208/217 (Standard) Internal Armor ----------------------------------------Head 3 9 Center Torso 22 33 Center Torso (rear) 10 Right Torso 15 24 Right Torso (rear) 6 Left Torso 15 24 Left Torso (rear) 6 Right Arm 11 22 Left Arm 11 22 Right Leg 15 26 Left Leg 15 26 Weapons Loc Heat ---------------------------------Medium Laser LA 3 Medium Laser RA 3 LRM 15 LT 5 LRM 15 LT 5 LRM 15 RT 5 LRM 15 RT 5 Ammo Loc Shots -------------------------LRM 15 Ammo RT 8 LRM 15 Ammo RT 8 LRM 15 Ammo RT 8 LRM 15 Ammo LT 8 LRM 15 Ammo LT 8 LRM 15 Ammo LT 8 Quirks------Battle Fists (LA)Battle Fists (RA)StableCommand MekUbiquitous (Inner Sphere)
>>98848493Archer Urbanmech IITech Rating: E/X-X-X-DWeight: 70 tonsBV: 1,244Cost: 5,716,307 C-billsRole: SniperMovement: 2/3Engine: 140 FusionHeat Sinks: 10Cockpit: Standard CockpitGyro: Standard GyroInternal: 107Armor: 208/217 (Standard) Internal Armor ----------------------------------------Head 3 9 Center Torso 22 35 Center Torso (rear) 6 Right Torso 15 30 Right Torso (rear) 0 Left Torso 15 30 Left Torso (rear) 0 Right Arm 11 22 Left Arm 11 22 Right Leg 15 27 Left Leg 15 27 Weapons Loc Heat ---------------------------------LB 10-X AC LT 2 LB 10-X AC RA 2 LB 10-X AC LA 2 Medium Laser RA 3 Medium Laser LA 3 Ammo Loc Shots -----------------------------LB 10-X AC Ammo LT 10 LB 10-X AC Ammo LT 10 LB 10-X AC Ammo LT 10 LB 10-X AC Ammo RT 10 LB 10-X AC Ammo RT 10
Chalcas as the concept of LAMs are, was clan goliath scorpion angry that the other clanners were destroying star league relics like LAMs and LAM factories? Surely CGS would at least put LAMs in a relic warehouse instead.
>>98848838Considering the Clans had LAMs, including a vintage Phoenix Hawk LAM that they gave to the Wolf's Dragoons before they infiltrated the inner sphere, the Clans presumably had quite a few in storage.Nova Cats are particularly deranged, and destroying an ancient, hyper rare factory like the last Star League era LAM line in existence would have had clans like Goliath Scorpion frothing at the mouth in rage if they'd been there. Like, regardless of how you feel about using one, that's still an incredibly rare SLDF relic that was just destroyed.
>>98848537>>98848540>>98848581>>98848584Dude, use SSW or MML to build mechs. Both are in the OP.
>>98848000Clean paint job, pretty coloscheme, keep them coming, anon.Catapult progress. I will let ot dry for a day and then do some additional panel lining, especially the feet and some place where I slipped with the brush. Post mechs!
>>98848908won't work on w11. the java needed isn't allowed and gets assfucked by the os saying 'no'
Grasshopper anon might have been onto something, it may be slow but this thing is going to zombie all day long and be really annoying until you bring it down.Grasshopper GHR-P1Base Tech Level: Introductory (IS)Level Era ------------------------------------------Experimental 2464+ (Age of War -) Advanced - Standard 2780+ (Star League -)Tech Rating: D/X-E-D-DWeight: 70 tonsBV: 1,315Cost: 4,380,107 C-billsSource: TRO: 3039Role: SkirmisherMovement: 2/3/2Engine: 140 FusionHeat Sinks: 29Cockpit: Standard CockpitGyro: Standard GyroInternal: 107Armor: 208/217 (Standard) Internal Armor ----------------------------------------Head 3 9 Center Torso 22 30 Center Torso (rear) 13 Right Torso 15 20 Right Torso (rear) 10 Left Torso 15 20 Left Torso (rear) 10 Right Arm 11 22 Left Arm 11 22 Right Leg 15 26 Left Leg 15 26 Weapons Loc Heat ---------------------------------Medium Laser LA 3 Medium Laser RA 3 Medium Laser LT 3 Medium Laser RT 3 Large Laser CT 8 Large Laser RT 8 Large Laser LT 8 Quirks------Rugged (1 Point)
>>98849081Megamek Lab 100% works on Win11 with the java needed so I'm not sure what's going wrong for you.
>Tfw you have more PPCs than an awesome>Too hot>Too slow>Too little armor>Yet we can make it from ubiqutous Warhammers and the one FE we can produce, likely from stealing the plans from the Dracs since its a Panther engine.>PPCs also sourced from the dracs>Can fire everything without needing to roll for shutdownIf nothing else then thematically I think I enjoy this one the best.Warhammer WHM-P1Base Tech Level: Introductory (IS)Level Era -----------------------------------------Experimental 2463+ (Age of War -)Advanced - Standard 2515+ (Age of War -)Tech Rating: D/C-E-D-DWeight: 70 tonsBV: 1,183Cost: 4,779,267 C-billsSource: TRO: 3039Role: BrawlerMovement: 2/3Engine: 140 FusionHeat Sinks: 25Cockpit: Standard CockpitGyro: Standard GyroInternal: 107Armor: 160/217 (Standard) Internal Armor ----------------------------------------Head 3 9 Center Torso 22 22 Center Torso (rear) 9 Right Torso 15 17 Right Torso (rear) 8 Left Torso 15 17 Left Torso (rear) 8 Right Arm 11 20 Left Arm 11 20 Right Leg 15 15 Left Leg 15 15 Weapons Loc Heat ------------------------------PPC LA 10 PPC RA 10 PPC RT 10 PPC LT 10 Quirks------StableSearchlightUbiquitous (Clans)Rugged (2 Point)Ubiquitous (Inner Sphere)
>>98848633>Obvious leader mech with expensive LRMs>>98849094>Jumping mid range "frontliner">>98849145>Squishy sniper to stand on a hill next to the ArcherThrow in a bunch of fast hovercraft, looted panthers, other lights, maybe a couple of mediums and you have a fierce pirate force with a unique combat doctrine that can cheaply replace fusion engines when they inevitably get wrecked due to something going FUBAR Likely using their vast navel assets to rapidly relocate their signature walking turrets.Being really hard to dig out of a urban environment, allowing them to hold a population ransom and then offering 1v1 or lance v lance duels to settle things without infrastructure damage.
>>98849169>You can buy an entire 280 ton heavy lance of one archer, two grasshoppers and one warhammer for just 18.623.388CbillsMeanwhile clanners pay more than that for a single Summoner, call now for more great deals!Shipped directly to your location*.*Batchall included for free.(Manatee sold separately)
>>98849208>Meanwhile clanners pay more than that for a single SummonerHowever, as of the clan invasion, based on the raw numbers of their forces, the clans had more materiel industrial output in c-bills in the clan homeworlds than the entire inner sphere combined.You too could possess such industrial might and economic prosperity* with the purchase of a Clan Sea Fox™ CER™ Factory IIC™ for only 9 easy payments of 1,000,000,000 fox credits or equivalent value in your locally issued H-bills**.*ᵒᵖᵗᶦᵐᵃˡ ᶠᵘnᶜᵗᶦᵒn ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᶜˡᵃn ˢᵉᵃ ᶠᵒˣ™ ᶜᴱᴿ™ ᶠᵃᶜᵗᵒʳʸ ᴵᴵᶜ™ ᶜᵃnnᵒᵗ ᵇᵉ ᵍᵘᵃʳᵃnᵗᵉᵉᵈ ʷᶦᵗʰᵒᵘᵗ ᵗʰᵉ ᵃᵖᵖʳᵒᵖʳᶦᵃᵗᵉ ᵐᵃᵗᵉʳᶦᵃˡˢ, ᵖˡᵉᵃˢᵉ ᶜᵒnˢᵘˡᵗ ᶜˡᵃn ˢᵉᵃ ᶠᵒˣ™ ᵐᵉʳᶜʰᵃnᵗˢ ᶠᵒʳ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖᵘʳᶜʰᵃˢᵉ ᵒᶠ ᵃᵖᵖʳᵒᵖʳᶦᵃᵗᵉ ᵐᵃᵗᵉʳᶦᵃˡˢ*ᶜˡᵃn ˢᵉᵃ ᶠᵒˣ™ ᵐᵉʳᶜʰᵃnᵗˢ ᵃʳᵉ ᵖᵉʳᵐᶦᵗᵗᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ ᶦnᶜʳᵉᵃˢᵉ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖʳᶦᶜᵉ ᵇʸ ᵘᵖ ᵗᵒ ᶠᶦᶠᵗʸ ᵖᵉʳᶜᵉnᵗ ᵇʸ ʷᶦnnᶦnᵍ ᵃ ᶠᶦnᵃnᶜᶦᵃˡ ᵇᵃᵗᶜʰᵃˡˡ™ ᵗʰᵉ ᶜᵒnᵈᶦᵗᶦᵒnˢ ᵒᶠ ʷʰᶦᶜʰ ᵃʳᵉ ᵈᵉᶜᶦᵈᵉᵈ ᵃᶜᶜᵒʳᵈᶦnᵍ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉᶦʳ ᵖʳᵉᶠᵉʳᵉnᶜᵉ*ᶜˡᵃn ˢᵉᵃ ᶠᵒˣ™ ᵐᵉʳᶜʰᵃnᵗˢ ᵃʳᵉ ᵉnᵗᶦᵗˡᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ ᵒnᵉ ᶠᶦnᵃnᶜᶦᵃˡ ᴮᵃᵗᶜʰᵃˡˡ™ ᵖᵉʳ ᵖᵘʳᶜʰᵃˢᵉ
>>98849338>Founding year: Clan invasion>Founders: Displaced pirates>Trusted by the snow ravens and liked by the diamond sharksWe're just a Banana republic controlled by clanners aren't we? Maybe that's why the capital has elementals patrolling the streets...Who was the idiot who took out a fox credit loan to pay for the infrastructure to build a tiny mech factory in a system constantly bombarded by carrington events!? That drilling project must have cost a minor fortune to rent in industrial mechs and clan labor caste work hours. With the shittiest, most worthless mechs walking off the assembly line so the clanners can easily control us militarily?Or so the clanners think as the mini factory buried undergrounded intended for building Adder sized mechs, gets retooled to build ultra slow heavy mechs from ancient SLDF files.It's not like anyone has DRM on Warhammer, or Archer, or Grasshopper specs by this point they're ancient designs, it just depends on what weapons they managed to steal that week.By the clanners own STUPID laws of zellbrigen they have to march face first into these slow as fuck heaviest.No retreatNo surrender
Man I just moved from a city with a pretty big BattleTech scene to one where they barely exist. After weeks I finally was able to meet up with them and the fuckers smelled so good damn bad. I always thought it was hyperbole when people complain about somebody smelling so bad that they burn nostrils..but holy shit this group did that. Idk anons just kinda depressed after that experience. I'm pretty sure I have PTSD from my time in Afghanistan in 2010 and having to crawl over dead afghanis during a firefight. So dirty body smells trigger me.I guess I'll just have to drive an hour and half one way back to my old city to play every once in awhile.
>>98849605Not being mean but should I see someone if I miss those smells and feelings? I did a tour in Iraq and one in Afghanistan and killing terrorists didn’t faze me like shooting a dog did.When I was going to ETS they talked to me about seeing a counselor but I said I felt fine. But fuck I keep thinking about being able to do what I did legally and have daydreams about it.Anyway what kind of mechs do you have? I just picked up the Gray Death lance pack.
>>98849622I'm not really bothered by what I did...but the smells man idk just ever since I came back when I smell bad body odor or something I get irrationally pissed and my heart rate goes up. I have a lot. I got the alpha strike and alpha strike scoring sands mechs and a couple from the packs. I really want to get some elementals or inner sphere battle armor but I'm having a hard time finding them
>>98849634Your brain has associated that smell with a life and death situation. So whenever you smell something close to that again, your brain immediately sends out the order to your entire body that it's in a life or death scenario.Armchair internet therapist would be that exposing yourself to what causes the reaction and making a conscious effort to calm yourself and consciously tell yourself that you're not in mortal danger would be the way to counter it. However it's also possible that your brain will refuse to ever rewire itself against that instinct because it has cemented that having that reaction in response to that smell kept you alive.
Giga update to the Realm with all the stuff that was rolled last thread. Future ones will be in an attached image, as this is hitting post cap.===Location: The Draconian DriftFounding Era: Clan InvasionFounding Nature: Displaced PiratesGovernment: Hereditary Feudalism (Low Central Authority)Interstellar Communications: C-Rated Service (or equivalent)Dominant Culture's Terran Origin: Western EuropeanDominant Religion: ShintoTech Ratings (Classic BT Letter Rating General - Inner Sphere at War Numbers Specific)Average Technology Ratings: D - 4/4/3/4Experimental/Elite Unit Tech: E - 6/6/3/5Fusion Engine Production: 125-145 Standard(Used for native Fusion Engine units not from a Special Building. Non-Special Building Heavies or Assaults can exist as imports and have engine swapped. Custom native units restricted to Medium or lower)---Inhabited Worlds (Name (Founding) - Pop - Planet Feature - System Feature)- Golgotha (Before 2750)>140 Million>Large Planetary Dropship Factory (1-3 Dropship Classes, 100k Tons Yearly Production)>Mineral Rich Asteroids- Dreamer's Bay (Before 2750)>140 Million>Significant Raw Resources Production>Zenith Point recharge station- Ouroboros (Before 2750)>120 Million>Poor Quality Minerals>Mineral Poor Asteroids- Cat's Bane (Before 2750)>90 Million>Large Planetary Dropship Factory (1-3 Dropship Classes, 100k Tons Yearly Production)>Nothing Unique- Rubicon (Before 2750)>80 Million>Frequent Natural Disasters>Mineral Poor Asteroids- Neo Bazaar ("Recent")>6 Million>Heavy or Assault-class Battlemech Factory (Either 1-2 Heavies or 1 Assault Classes)>Frequent Solar Flares---External DiplomacyDisliked>Jade Falcon>ComstarNeutral>Draconis Combine>Rassalhauge/Clan Ghost Bear>Clan Wolf>Clan Goliath Scorpion/Scorpion Empire>Other Non-Homeworlds ClansLiked>Clan Diamond Shark/Sea FoxTrusted>OAW/Raven Alliance>Lyran Commonwealth>Minor Periphery/Hinterlands>Clan Hell's Horses
>>98849605>I guess I'll just have to drive an hour and half one way back to my old city to play every once in awhile.I've both walked, driven and taken public transportation longer than that for a game of warhammer with friends.Sensible choice.
>>98849605Bring bars of deodorant with you next game alongside other personal hygiene products
>>98849670Due to work, I haven't yet had time in order to setup the RAT and other rolls for the Dropship factories and Heavy/Assault factory.However, here's the Capital Vote strawpoll, set to end in two days:https://strawpoll.com/jVyG2kjR1Z7And so we have something to roll for, let's figure out the Primary and Secondary colors of the realm's symbol.Primary>R: 1d256-1>G: 1d256-1>B: 1d256-1>Hue: 1d100>Sat: 1d100>Val: 1d100Secondary>R: 1d256-1>G: 1d256-1>B: 1d256-1>Hue: 1d100>Sat: 1d100>Val: 1d100These wouldn't strictly be the only colors, but we're probably going to be needing to dig ourselves out of a hole of ones that barely work together.
>>98849670Question:What is a Zenith Point recharge station? It seems like Dreamer's Bay would make the natural trade hub in that case.Especially if that Significant Raw Resource Production includes food and water which might be scarce on some of the other worlds.
>>98849740Dreamer's Bay ended up the perfect name, I'm quite happy with how that turned out>>98849670>Fusion Engine Production: 125-145 Standard (Used for native Fusion Engine units not from a Special Building. Non-Special Building Heavies or Assaults can exist as imports and have engine swapped. Custom native units restricted to Medium or lower)So probably tons of salvaged Panthers, Pegasus tanks, and maybe a stinger/wasp variant if want a 7/11 mook/scout>Heavy or Assault-class Battlemech Factory (Either 1-2 Heavies or 1 Assault Classes)1 to 2 huh? I'm kind on the fence between a Banshee/totem Assault or a couple different heavies like building Grasshoppers and Archers to compliment each other
>>98849764>Grasshoppers and Archers to compliment each otherThere is a Capellan warcriminal among these pirates, I can tell.I approve good taste.
>>98849428I would forget the Grasshopper completely for a few reasons. It's 1st SW mech so no SLDF files. It's super rare and OOP until 3064 when the Dracs put it back into production. It's infamous for the rarity of parts, only second to the Clint. Also, the companies totally do have copyright on stuff and work their international licensing like crazy. You should see the in-universe lawsuits.I know the urge, because it is a good mech, but I think the Archer as the most common Heavy in existence is the best choice. It also has hands, which the Whammy and Catapult does not, and it is famous for having so many variants it's impossible to list them all, so gives huge freedom in design. You want to mount 2 PPC's in the chest? A-OK!
>>98849764>and maybe a stinger/wasp variant if want a 7/11 mook/scoutI was actually interested in what that would look like. I ended up dropping the JJs, and traded the ML for an LPPC, I feel like the boost in ground speed and fire range was enough to justify losing jumps. I thought about maybe adding FF and/or dropping the MGs for Flamers and maybe TSM to compliment that, but I figured a mook mech shouldn't be deviating that hard. The inclusion of the LPPC would imply this is variant a little later down the line when the state has had some years of legitimacy and time for trade deals to be made. ------Stinger STG-3R-LpC2479 IS LightType/Model: Stinger STG-3R-LpCTech: Inner Sphere / 3069Config: Biped BattleMechRules: Level 2, Standard designMass: 20 tonsChassis: Earthwerks STG StandardPower Plant: 140 FusionWalking Speed: 75.6 km/hRunning Speed: 118.8 km/hArmor Type: Riese-100 Standard StandardArmament:1 Machine Gun1 Machine Gun1 Light PPCManufacturer: Earthwerks IncorporatedLocation: (Unknown)Communications System: System: Datacom 26Targeting and Tracking System: Dynatec 990───Type/Model: Stinger STG-3R-LpCMass: 20 tonsEquipment: Crits MassInt. Struct.: 33 pts Standard 0 2.00Engine: 140 Fusion 6 5.00Walking MP: 7Running MP: 11Jumping MP: 0Heat Sinks: 10 Single 5 0.00(Heat Sink Loc.: 1 CT,2 LT,2 RT)Gyro: 4 2.00Cockpit, Life Supt., Sensors: 5 3.00L: Sh+UA+LA+H R: Sh+UA+LA+H 8 0.00Armor Factor: 48 Standard 0 3.00Internal ArmorStructure ValueHead: 3 4Center Torso: 6 6Center Torso (Rear): 4L/R Side Torso: 5 6/6L/R Side Torso (Rear): 2/2L/R Arm: 3 4/4L/R Leg: 4 5/5Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Crits Mass1 Machine Gun LA 0 1 0.501 Machine Gun RA 0 200 2 1.50(Ammo Locations: 1 CT)1 Light PPC RA 5 2 3.00TOTALS: 5 2 5.00Crits and Tons Left: 37Calculated FactorsTotal Cost: 1,605,440 C-BillBattle Value (BV1):378Battle Value (BV2):440
>>98849740It simply means at the zenith jump point of the system, there's a recharge station that allows for Jump Ships to recharge their drives faster. Campaign Ops mentions that the fastest possible time to recharge without one of those is 175 hours while having one of those can bring it down to 100 hours, and generally speeds things up even if the star doesn't allow for reaching those maximum speeds.Significant Raw Resource Production is a generalized buff that indicates the planet is able to produce raw resources across the board in excess of what their local economy can turn into finished products. Other planets can do stuff with individual raw resources (I dunno about anyone else, but Ouroboros screams like it is a heavily agricultural/aquacultural focused world) and its of course not a buff to finished products, but unless you are looking for just one specific form of raw resource, they'd be the best bet to have any get a variety of stuff.
>>98849803>You want to mount 2 PPC's in the chest? A-OK!Ah yes, the Arkher
>>98849822The reduction in recharge time is because they beam microwaves to the jumpsails of ships instead of making them charge directly from the local star. Most varieties aren't listed, but I know the Olympus gives a decent example of what to expect.
>>98849740A recharge station is exactly what it sounds like, a space station that can recharge jump cores. It's almost always faster to plug into a recharge station than use solar sails.
>>98849803Good catch, how about Archer and Warhammer then? That is the most abundant everyman mech after all, the Taurians make those too.It's a good mech to hide behind your Archer as it cools off
>>98849764>So probably tons of salvaged Panthers, Pegasus tanks, and maybe a stinger/wasp variant if want a 7/11 mook/scoutThere is also the 45 ton 3/5 slot that might be able to be filled. Looking in MegaMekLabs, it looks like we have...two options Mech-wise. The Hatchetman HCT-3FY and the pic related Eisenfaust if built in its EFT-4J configuration.Sarna mentions that the 4J was a prototype set, but at the same time, MegaMekLabs has it listed in the Early Republic Era as being common in the Periphery General and in specific the March Worlds, the Rift, and...the Draconian Drift.
>>98849881Yeah, that would work best, especially from an SLDF perspective.
>>98849894The 4J was based on the clicktech model, which had simple tech and reflected the Stoner Peace downgrades for maintenance purposes. That was before they retconned the 3100's-3120's from introteching advanced machines to Stoners making random wonderwaffe.
Pegasus has been mentioned multiple times, but we need more fast tanks to fit the raider/duelist fit. If we have Archers and Warhammers as a mainstay anchor point, and hover tanks as a hammer/backstabber, then what other models make sense in our forces?Presumably we'd have an influx of Quickcell crap, especially since we're tight with Lyrans, because... well because it's Quickcell, but besides that. Personally I'm thinking the mainstay trio, the Saladin, Scimitar, and Saracen, being common in our forces make sense since it'd be easy salvage/trade from Dracs.
Rolled 99 + 1 (1d256 + 1)>>98849704Primary: G>Sign up today and pilot a Warhammer!>Never mind that only people from the right families get to pilot Archers, it's almost like having a stake in a dropship factory impacts your outcome in life.Don't forget to lead by example fellow captains, for only the bold shall gain clan LRMs, or mayhaps even a signature second line assault mech.In the land of Archers, the man with an Atlas or Banshee is King.>Pros: Warhammer! Also everyone else gets a Warhammer! Also your commanding officer will be hiding behind the nearest hill in their Archer covering you with indirect fire that never hits.>Cons: You're going to duel clanners as amusement / training for their cadets.>Pros: If you get any clan tech you're basically set for life.>Cons: You'll probably end up a Clan bondsmans.
Rolled 157 + 1 (1d256 + 1)>>98849704>R: 1d256-1Guess I'll do this one
>>98849704Ignore the rolls for Hue, Sat, and Val. That's just an alternate way of doing it that R G and B fully cover, and Hue honestly isn't even accurate to what its values can be.Should have double checked that, my bad.
>>98849846>they beam microwaves
>>98850027>BIG HOMO
Rolled 218 + 1 (1d256 + 1)>>98849704Primary B>A suspicious amount of disgraced Steiner nobles who lost their lands to the Falcon occupation zone.
You and the boys taking another trip raid to trade loot the Dracs through jolly diplomacy ragebaiting them into duels
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>>98849976Is it supposed to look like Voltron?
Rolled 227 + 1 (1d256 + 1)>>98849704Secondary GWhoever secures the production deal for weaponless Warhammer / Archer Chassis with the Diamond Sharks can probably manage to get a couple of refits for themselves.Saves us on production cost too, cheaper to source locally than ship all the way from the pentagon worlds.
So, let's say BattleTech finally gets a movie deal with a major studio. They decide to go with the MCU method of having a movie and TV series running in parallel, with one focusing on the political intrigues of the Great Houses and the other on gritty, ground level battles starring a plucky, hard luck mercenary company. Which story should be in which format?
>>98850143Politics should be the TV series as you both need more time and it's more budget-friendly. Needs a big fat costume budget to be good, though. Gritty small scale combat story of plucky heroes would make a good first movie.
is there a RAT for founding new mercenary commands?i don't want to go with the "lol we found a long lost SLDF depot"
>>98850159New merc commands historically are state units that go rogue. So figure out which state they're from and go from there.
>>98850143Unironically by making it a space opera, it's cheaper to have actors standing around talking to each other than mechs stomping around blowing each other up.Someone standing and looking at a 3d representation on a holographic table is way cheaper.Hell set it in Marik space and it will be actual miniatures being moved around while they desperately try and catch that Game of Thrones spark.
Rolled 160 + 1 (1d256 + 1)>>98850167Relations wise Steiner makes the most sense, although they could also be a mix of Dark Caste and Dracs/Yakuza just as easily.A melting pot of people crazy enough to duel clanners and live, combined with a powerful navy of two allied worlds joining together with the nearby trade hub, agri world and managing to establish a heavy battlemech factory under the noses of the Dracs in the periphery at the absolute most opportune time of the clan invasions, when eager buyers came rushing in>>98849704Secondary BThis along with a sudden boost in sales of dropships making the few people able to keep it all together very rich.and powerful.Or very dead, but then someone else steps up.Periphery Pirates tend to live short but glorious lives after all.
>>98850143I was going to say Anton's Revolt since you have all the spicy politics of a younger brother trying to usurp a throne with sinister foreign backing and a bunch of constantly squabbling lesser nobles which eventually breaks out into full blown civil war.But realistically with their focus on ilclan it would probably be something based in the Hinterlands.
>>98850159You should figure out how they started the company, that'll inform what they have.Are they soldiers gone rogue? Ex-soldiers or nobles using their connections to go private? Splinters off of an existing mercenary company? Created by a corporation or government for marketing or easy contracts?
>>98850199>Forgetting about RubiconI guess the natural disasters would make it an interesting arena world to fight clanners on, to try and get a home turf advantage by training relentless in that particular type of terrain.May also be a popular tourist destination for the unique fauna and alien meat.
>>98850199>Relations wise Steiner makes the most sense, although they could also be a mix of Dark Caste and Dracs/Yakuza just as easily.>A melting pot of people crazy enough to duel clanners and live, combined with a powerful navy of two allied worlds joining together with the nearby trade hub, agri world and managing to establish a heavy battlemech factory under the noses of the Dracs in the periphery at the absolute most opportune time of the clan invasions, when eager buyers came rushing inPersonally I imagine the core of the original pirate band was some leftover SLDF troops who got left behind forgotten on their SLDF outposts by the Exodus, and had to turn to piracy to actually sustain their worlds. An influx of Yakuza and general Drac mass immigration came from people fleeing from the Succession Wars, which is what led to Shinto being the main faith of the state. Dark Caste remnants came later during the Clan Invasion, and the melting pot, freeman warrior culture, factories, and general lack of fear of the unknown is what gave the Pirate Band the edge it needed to become a formally recognized nation during a time where the IS is too busy to knock them down like they'd usually do when the Periphery gets ahead of itself.
>>98850236I think the Marik Civil War would be a great jumping on point. Maybe start the whole thing off with a standalone movie loosely adapted from that comic book about Natasha Kerensky. It would give a new audience a foretaste of the politics of the setting, the role played by mercenary armies and foreshadow the coming Clan Invasion. If it's successful, follow it up with a movie of Wolves on the Border and an ongoing series based around House Davion loosely adapting The Sword and The Dagger and The Warrior Trilogy.
>>98850253NTABut if my most distinguishing mech is the Annihilator, and I really don't want to be the goons and don't plan to play earlier than the clan invasion anyway since I also have a Wraith. My only other really distinguishing mech being an Atlas.I don't mind having goon or clanner origins however, (especially since the Annihilator C is the only fast one)
>>98849622Not everyone is a pussy anon. Some dudes are just descendants of warriors and have the ability to not be bothered by death and killing of other men. Now, on a wider scale I can't say what you did was actually good or not, but on an emotional level I wouldn't worry about it unless it starts becoming a weird problem for you in random areas of your life. Idk just keep being normal and it'll be fine. If you aren't normal but think you are then maybe it did affect you lol
Rolled 134 + 1 (1d256 + 1)>>98850292>the ExodusWhat if a jumpship broke down and took so long to repair that they gave up hope of catching up to the rest of Kerensky's fleet, and instead chose to settle in the Periphery alongside people who had been terraforming the place since before they showed up?Instead choosing to deploy the materials they had brought along to build a pair of dropship factories (For redundancy in case of rival pirates terror bombing them) and then using a liberal amount of pocket warships to dominate in space and keep everyone else around in check despite their relative small size.The ancient ties combined with the annoyance it would pose to divert clan warships to steamroll these retrofitted MULE's and ancient heavy mechs, (along with whatever other mechs they've managed to scrape together)Simply easier to just challenge each other to Batchalls or let the merchant caste handle it.Since naval power would be such a defining factor, it seems sensible that the ruling / richest classes would be from the two dropship planets, using their SLDF ties and coveted hidden expertise in dropship construction to keep the rest of the pirates in line.Building the factory being a recent success story in legitimicing themselves instead of just being a freeport for pirates and periphery states alike.(Which likely also explains why Comstar dislikes us, but doesn't out right hate us despite being pirates which should normally just be exterminated.)>>98849704Secondary RMaybe humble water merchants, only recently forced to become an armed state during the clan invasion since everyone left them alone prior?
>>98850345>just keep being normalThere is no bigger self delusion than thinking there is such a thing as normal.There is only a matter of perception and awareness, do you notice the icks and taboos and make friends & family through endless tiny compromises.Or do you become a lone wolf chud?Some people do it automatically and we call those NPCs because its all on autopilot, you have to wake them up to get an actual answer beyond "everything is fine" while everything is in fact not fine.And also I imagine Merlins would probably fill many of the roles mediums normally would despite being a 60 ton heavy, at least anytime we manage to trade for them. At least when you have a stable mech brand like Warhammers and Archers then you can have a lot of diverse trading partners. Even just supplying them with spare parts can make a killing.
>>98850450>And also I imagine Merlins would probably fill many of the roles mediums normally would despite being a 60 ton heavy, at least anytime we manage to trade for them. At least when you have a stable mech brand like Warhammers and Archers then you can have a lot of diverse trading partners. Even just supplying them with spare parts can make a killingWe're close allies with the OWA, giving them a steady supply of components and getting Merlins in the deal would makes sense. I think we're starting to build up the beginning of a RAT for the state, so far we've got>Panther>Merlin>Warhammer >Archer>Banshee Banshees are often owned by pirates so even if we don't have production for it, we'd still have a decent number of 3Es in our forces.
>>98850066>tfw you bring out the special urbie speed 70 ton mech specifically built for dueling>Blasting apart Jaguar and Falcon cadets in light who thought they would be facing a regular Warhamer 6R, only to get hit with a volley fire of four PPCs.I claim the opponents cERPPCs as isorla should I emerge victorious.
>>98850528>Banshees are often owned by pirates so even if we don't have production for it, we'd still have a decent number of 3Es in our forces.Wasps, Stingers and Locusts would show up for the same reason, even without the ability to produce their exact engines locally, swaps would no doubt emerge emerge due to attrition and pilots having to make due with sub optimal variants.I bet a Dark Caste with a Locust IIC could make a fierce striker / harassing band by allying with local bug pilots to scout for the state heavies.
>>98850567Probably some Phoenix Hawks and couple Stalkers too.
>>98850567>Wasps, Stingers and Locusts would show up for the same reason,Funny enough they can all fit the 140 FE engines if they need to. So we've probably got a bunch of 7/11 bugs.
It's impossible to have this good relations with the Diamond sharks and not own at least a couple Piranha's as premiere strikers for aggressive pilots.It probably wouldn't be long before a chemical laser refit showed up after all the original guns were destroyed.The danger of buying from the sharks after all is that they stop selling you spare parts if you annoy them in any way.
>>98850601The state probably has a larger than average supply of DS export mechs in the mech regiments, like a lot of of Phoenix Hawk IICs >The danger of buying from the sharks after all is that they stop selling you spare parts if you annoy them in any way.Inb4 some of the PH IICs are modded to replace the Clan ACs with some locally sourced HPPCs, IS SPLs, and HFF. Just in case...
>>98850642>Phoenix Hawk IICsWould probably be the command mech of choice for one of the droship factories, selling infrastructure equipment in form of dropships for hauling material / liquid to the sharks would probably net a decent access to overpriced clan toys for showing off your wealth and influence.
>>98850601>chemical laserReminds me - Chemical Laser field guns are pretty much the messiahs infantry has been promised.
I like to imagine that some cultural osmosis means that, besides Shintoism being the main faith and some Yakuza ties, most of the officers carry around cutlasses, sabers, and vibroblades and treat them like Samurai do with their katanas in the Combine.Vibrocutlass?
>>98850712>CutlassClearly choice of sword will be an important accessory for most captains, and may even signal former house allegiance between all the spies no doubt infesting the space.After all if you can bait a clanner into fighting you unagmented you have a significantly better chance of getting their mech in trade for your own.
>>98850642Speaking of refits, it shouldn't be terribly hard to swap the cUAC10s out for IS LBX 10sDowngrading medium lasers to IS as they break
>>98850779The merchant caste probably earned themselves a pat on the back for emptying out a mothballed museum piece from 2830 if it landed them a favorable deal for a dropship.Like giving some third world country an impressive looking weapon that is horribly outdated by modern standards.>Even in the 31st century nip salary men near the periphery must be terrorized by vacuum cleaner noises.
>>98849704MainR 157G 99B 218SecondaryR 134 G 227B 160>Purply and TealGuess we're Vanu now
>>98850450Spoken like a true not normal person lmao
>>98850295This would be impossible, but here's my dream for a BattleTech "cinematic universe"...>"Phase Zero":>BattleTech The Movie: Legend of The Black Widow.>Loosely adapts The Spider and The Wolf, A Time of Ice and Fire and various other early Wolf's Dragoons shorts. Follows Natasha Kerensky and Wolf's Dragoons from their arrival in the Inner Sphere to the conclusion of the Marik Civil War.>BattleTech 2: Wolves on the Border.>Straight adaptation of the novel continuing Wolf's Dragoons' story. If successful enough it would lead to...>Phase One, Succession Wars:>The Gray Death Legion Trilogy (movies)>BattleTech: The Series (Three or four seasons adapting Sword and Dagger, the Warrior Trilogy and Heir to the Dragon. Warrior's Solaris Arc would feature occasional cameo appearances by a young Duncan Fisher).>Shrapnel! (Animated anthology series adapting various short stories, tabletop and video game scenarios and occasional original episodes. Showcases the work of numerous animation teams with varying styles. If legal issues permit, bring back Sunrise, Studio Nue and alumni of the 90s animated series).>Phase Two, Clan Invasion:>Blood of Kerensky Trilogy, Wolf Pack (Movies)>Way of The Clans (animated series in the style of Star Wars: Rebels)>The Somerset Strikers (live action remake of TAS showing what "really" happened. Includes their team up with the Crescent Hawks and Nicolai Malthus' ill-fated libel suit)>Shrapnel! Season 2
>>98850975Thanks Doc
>>98850975Dunno how good ArtyClick is as a site, but it has a thing where you can input a hex code and get the closest named colors to that code.Looks like for the Primary, the closest are:>Amethyst>Dark Pastel Purple>Lavender Indigo>Medium Purple>Crocus PurpleAnd the closest named ones to the Secondary are:>Light Teal>Vista Blue>Pearl Aqua>Turquose Green>Bermuda
>>98850159There's the old ATB generator around here somewhere.
>>98851119>>98850975Oddly fitting for a /tg/ made faction
>>98851133The Bermuda may need to be specified as "Bermuda Teal" for other places as there's another Bemuda some other places use that's a lot more of a deep blue.
>>98851119>When you accidentally end up training clan sibcadets for them, weeding out the weak.
>>98850975DAMN YOU AND YOUR OVERPOWERED ROOMBA TANKS!
>The real reason the clanners didn't dare invade
>To claim your first cERPPC you must defeat this imposing mech piloted by a furry teenager.
>>98849670>Fusion Engine Production: 125-145 Standard125, how about a more heavily armored Commando? It can still go 5/8 and the Commando was very widespread despite Lyran attempts to monopolize it.
>>98849894>45 ton 3/5Blackjack baby. Get some extra armor and heat sinks to make up for the smaller engine and loss of a jump jet. It ends up looking like a rejected ShadowHawk a bit. Perfect for these pirates.
So I was thinking about those heavy mechs getting built. Warhammers and Archers seems to be agreed upon. That 140 engine however makes them pretty terrible, as we all know. So what if they had a bit of a working arrangement to trade some of their Archers and Warhammers, without engines, to the DC for Panthers? Our Namekian Pirates then install the engines themselves, giving them more functional mechs, even though they're lighter than what they're giving away. Meanwhile, the DC is probably making more engines than mech and would love a little arrangement. Big time DC likes the deal, but local DC system governors are pissed because these pirates are still raiding them, but the raids end up being less harmful to the DC overall than the trade deal for Archers and Warhammers is profitable. So while the local DC copes and seethes, the rest of the DC enjoys the extra heavy mechs.
>>98848000Makes the cgl over panelled crap look like crap.
>>98851068>Phase Three, Late Clan Invasion:>BattleTech: Knights of the Inner Sphere and Knights of the Inner Sphere 2: Resurrection of Amaris (movies adapting Ideal War and Star Lord, featuring a new cast and production team as a jumping on point for new fans who haven't been following the first two arcs)>Assumption of Risk (movie, featuring Duncan Fisher in his iconic announcer role, once again voiced by George LeDoux)>Natural Selection (movie, serves as a big debut for Victor Steiner-Davion)>BattleTech: Victor and BattleTech: The Clans (two live action series running in parallel, one from Victor Steiner-Davion's perspective, the other an ensemble piece, covering the Refusal War/Guerrero/Bulldog/general Twilight of the Clans period)>BattleTech: Mercenaries (semi-anthology series jumping between the second Gray Death series and other merc-focused books of the period in rough chronological order. Each mercenary company to be covered by a different director)>BattleTech: Ah, Cappella! (Animated series in a darker, Peter Chung/Redline/80s cyberpunk anime style adapting Binding Force, The Cappellan Solution and Dagger Point)
>>98851271>Ragebait him into a swordfight
>>98851377The Battlemech factory has its own engine production appropriate for the mech it produces, the 140s are engines that we have in state production to use for other stuff.>Namekian Pirateskek, better than no name
>>98851510>The Battlemech factory has its own engine production appropriate for the mech it producesThen why has everyone been talking about 2/3 70 tonners?
>>98851601We weren't aware until the Periphery Anon brought it up here >>98849670>Fusion Engine Production: 125-145 Standard>(Used for native Fusion Engine units not from a Special Building. Non-Special Building Heavies or Assaults can exist as imports and have engine swapped. Custom native units restricted to Medium or lower)
>>98851629>(Used for native Fusion Engine units not from a Special Building.Ohhhh, okay. Well I guess that means any salvaged assault or heavy mechs that had their engines destroyed are going to be a mess yet, but we still get reliable Archers and Warhammers.
>>98851510>kek, better than no nameWe could make Namek a planet that the big pirate band was originally from, maybe forming out of people displaced because their OG homeworld got rendered uninhabitable by First/Second Succession War events.Circa the Clan Invasion, they are again forced away, bunkering down on an old outpost on Namek (people talked about making them SLDF descendants, so maybe a Castle Brian?) that has a safe internal atmosphere even if not a sustainable base long term. Regroup and gather their thoughts.They get into contact with the various then individually independent worlds to see what they could do about the Clans and it ends with the formation of the nation. Using what limited gear is left in the Castle Brian and the dropship factories working in tandem (alongside the fleets the two worlds built up), they manage to make themselves at least look thorny enough that the Clans decide not to invade them until later.Namek isn't made the capital because its still too Tintavel'd, but that doesn't stop the Elite Unit of the realm from being named after it, and the Capellans are easy precedent for a the world a nation is named for not being the capital.
>>98849680It's not the time necessarily but the distance. That's an hour and a half of almost straight highway driving. With gas as expensive as it is now I gotta figure out if it's worth it. It's just annoying that some of the people in the community really do have no idea that they fucking stink. Why is it so hard to find normal fucks to play games with?
>>98851646We know that there were a ton of weebs in the SLDF who specifically sought posts in the Combine, so the idea that the original SLDF Periphery outpost that the Pirates started out from being named Namek would be pretty fitting ngl.
>>98851646So I understand why the game doesn't reference our real life media, but we certainly can when we make up our own stuff. So here's what I'm thinking.Entertainment caches were damaged during the initial settlement of the systems, leaving very little in the way of things to do. One of the things that did survive however, was an ancient old Terra anime, DragonBall Z. It was widely watched by a good portion of the settlers. So when one of the systems they began to settle had a green looking sky, people started to jokingly refer to it as planet Namek. This caught on and as result, Piccolo became an informal mascot of many of the early settlers, to the point where even the mechs were repainted into Piccolo's colors.
>>98851679>So I understand why the game doesn't reference our real life media, but we certainly can when we make up our own stuff. So here's what I'm thinking.??? yeah it does, off the top of my head the Fighting Urukhai mercenary company is a Lord of the Rings reference that's very much intended in universe.
>>98851489Also, there should be a Betrayal of Ideals prequel and a Tukayyid anthology film in there somewhere.
>>98851679Mechs in Piccolo's colors? Man, we probably got a mandatory part of the Battle Armor program them being jump capable with energy weapons so people can larp him....also...>Laser Heat Sinks emit more light the hotter the mech is>Inventor: Clan Jade FalconWho wants to bet they dislike us because we keep trying to steal Laser Heat Sinks to give our 'mechs Dragonball Auras?
>>98851701Buddy, that's not the same thing as direct acknowledgment and you know it. They snuck in things they were a fan of when they could, where they could, ala Bounty Hunter, Black Widow, etc., but direct inclusions of other copyrighted stuff never fly.
>>98851769They may dislike us, but you can bet your ass they respect us for it. You just know that episodes of DBZ would be highly valued contraband among the warrior caste.
>>98851779>direct inclusions of other copyrighted stuff never fly>very loud Elvis music intensifies.hpgAlso, literally Dr. Banzai and the entire cast of MSG.
>>98851769>Tfw we keep stealing Laser Heatsinks, Improved JJs, and Clan Partial Wing units from Jade Falcon>tfw we're the only non-clan faction that consistently raids them and not the other way around.
>>98851931>>tfw we're the only non-clan faction that consistently raids them and not the other way around.I thought counter-raids into Clan-occupied space were constant during IlClan era, it had to have been ramping up in prior eras to become so prevalent an adventure
>>98851947The DC raids the Bears all the fucking t ime.
>>98851947>>98851953I meant the JF specifically, I figured the Lyrans were always on the backfoot, but admittedly I could be wrong.
>when you thought this weebshit died with the 124th Royal Heavy Assault Regiment.
>>98851958Well anon how do I put this. Jade Falcon space sorta...doesn't exist anymore. Part of it has been taken over by their merchant caste bad black bitch, another chunk of the JF are sucking wolf dick on Terra, and the least gay part of them are trying to hold on to a fraction of the territory that they used to for dear life as massive Hell's Horse cock bears down on them. Oh ya and the Lyrans and whatever breakaway states around them are also doing a little bit of raping. Gone are the days of Jade Falcon being one of the strongest clans in the IS, now they are raped wolfslaves and get moved by financially bereft Germans and larping Mongolian equinefags
>>98847965What roles would the HSR characters fill in Comstar?I'll start:>Strong Mad as Precentor Martial
>>98852050>HSR charactersWhat does this even mean, some witless zoomershit?
>>98852212It's ancient millennial NG meme stuff, from the era of things like Foamy the Squirrel.
>>98852212If by zoomershit you mean something as old as zoomers are now, then yeah.
>>98852212No idea, this is what someone usually means when they say HSR characters these days.
>>98852305Very gay
i am become neet again. fucking candyass former employer wouldn't actually back up any of their employees against obvious bullshit
>>98852390>DispossessedI pray for you, brother.
>>98852401fucking dickheads went full 'yes maam no maam three bags full maam' when some rich cunt spat the dummy. fucking new management who took over the business from the old bosses and have been taking bullshit 'complaints' to build up an excuse to shitcan me. cunts.
how are you supposed to be loyal when your own people backstab you?
I decided to try and replicate the pre-painted Kerensky Orion for SLDF-alike units. Coming soon to a militia near me.
I want to try and build a community in my small city. There's some stores I could use as well as cafés where the board game community in my city congregatss.What could I try and say and/or do to convince someone to try out Battletech? I have a 3d Printer so I could pretty much print any lance I wanted. I was thinking on doing two lances to introduce players.
>>98852448Wouldn't it be better for introduction games, just to get an agoac or the new core box? 3d printing is nice of you are already into mini's but if some normie comes up and you go, these are 3d printed, that ads an extra layer of entry, a lot of people think it is some kind of dark magiks. Anyhow, starting a new scene is always hard, I hope you succeed and find some chill gaming bro's, anon.
>>98852461I don't have access to agoac anymore nor Core Box, Amazon stopped selling it. Is it easy to find on Ebay?
>>98852448Mecha autists frequenting game stores are already halfway there, they just have to be given the opportunity. You can post an offer to run learning games on whatever your local shops use for community info, and/or you can hang out at the painting table working on your mechs like a pervert with a van full of candy waiting to lure mecha fans into playing robots with you.
>>98852479There will be an upcharge on ebay but it is not rare. If you have some other store in your country that sells BT, it will probably be on sale because the new boxes that are dropping. If the crowd you are targeting is already into boardgames it might be less of an issue if you don't have the official(tm) product because they already know games. Battletech being essentially just a ruleset can be wierd to comprehend if you play some settlers of Catan or risk with the family though, so seeing something they can actually buy when you introduce the hame might help.Idk, that's how it usually goes in my experience, results may vary on your machine.
>>98852503Fuggg never thought on painting in store.Thats genius, nobody at my store does it so it could attract people to ask. I could paint some house davion...
>>98852620When I lived near Fort Hood I used to paint in store regularly after work because it was open late and had ample table space. I miss being able to do that, but circumstances prevent.
>>98852212>>98852305Do you faggits even know what the OP image is even about?
>>98852650
>>98852212You have to be 18 to post here
>>98852669You have to be 18 to pay attention to fad garbage
>>98852684So you... admit you're underage? ok
>>98852745No, I admit I'm so over-age that the reference is so beneath me it warranted no attention to devote to it, much like your life.
>>98851679Oh no, we've recreated the Jovian Lizards.
>>98852826Nadesico was so weird
>>98851646>We could make Namek a planet that the big pirate band was originally fromEverything changed on the day star colonel Frieza arrived.
>>98852826That OP song didn't have to go as hard as it did.https://youtu.be/wl4JVo87L9w?si=Q-F87FzrRzB9xcCm
>>98851769>The single coolest pirate in the entire periphery
Speaking of old robot anime, which battlemech would be the closest to Gigantor design wise?
>>98852913The Getter is strong in this one...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClN-j_hUibY
>>98852931Probably the Peregrine. It's indirectly based on a Sizzler from Gunbuster (with bits of a Zaku from Gundam), which was a deliberate stylistic callback to early super robots of the 50s-70s.It's weird to think that Gunbuster was such a huge nostalgia trip for classic anime when it's about as old today as the original Tetsujin was when it first came out...
What's the general consensus on points/unit limits? I was thinking of introducing a standard for our group to limit shenanigans, 8k bv2 with a maximum of 8 units and half of them have to be battlemechs, repeat units are allowed but have to be different variants. Also same era for both players to be decided prior to list building.Is it too restrictive or too loose?
>>98847965Let us construct a mercenary force for the scouring sands campaign together.Reply with the following information in your post to add a unit to the company:Which of the three starting missions you vote for (See attached image)A mech and its variant (Once the 400PV are spent up no further mechs will be added and the mission votes will be tally'd, but we must include at minimum 8 mechs)A pilot name (Optional since we only need between two and six pilots) If you wish to pick their starting ability then ago ahead and post that as well, since I usually prefer to start my pilots off with 2 edge tokens and an ability.List of abilities for those who don't have the cards available (feel free to ask how they work): Assassin, Bulwark, Cautious, Coolant Flush, Forward Observer, Jumping Jack, Melee specialist, Marksman, Nimble, Patient, Protector, Speed demonMech availability is based on what miniatures I have available, so go ahead and pick a variant using the MUL from the following list. (Or roll if you are feeling indecisive)Assaults: Atlas, Annihilator, Bane, Highlander IIC, Warhawk, Phoenix Hawk IICHeavies: 2x Timber wolves, 3x Archers, 2x Warhammers, Thunderbolt, Rifleman IIC, Rifleman, Grizzly, Mediums: Wraith, Phoenix Hawk, Nova, 2x Blackjack, PouncerLights: 3xLocusts, Wasp, FiremothBattle armor: 2 squads of Cavaliers
>>98853240>3xLocustsShould have been 2x, also forgot to mention that there is also a Vulcan, Javelin, Summoner and Cyclops available in the form of ancient metal mini's
>>98853240Can a pair of those Locusts be 3D's?
>>98853302>Can a pair of those Locusts be 3D's?No longer available come the ilclan era unfortunately, also each mech has to be a unique variant so no duplicates in that sense.
Is there anywhere that says what variant Steve Gossage's Marauder was?
>>98853315Guess that rules out Coyote and Roadrunner tier shenanigans?
>>98853378>Coyote and Roadrunner tier shenanigans?This is the Ilclan era, you can just get a 6M and go faster than a Firemoth P
>>98850159Here you go anon. /BTG/ used to reliably actually get shit done, rather than just shitpost and bitch about trannies.>https://archive 4plebs org/tg/thread/82282075/#82283991
>>98848202Thanks man, love the one with the guitar. Those are MiniHulk sculpts, right?>>98848323That is some very high praise, thank you. >>98848453Clan Snow Raven Beta Galaxy. I’ve got loads of them, it’s a fun scheme to work on. >>98848924Will do. Got a hammerhead queued up for tonight and I just finished this Rokurokubi yesterday.
>>98853202>What's the general consensus on points/unit limits?There isn’t one. Generally I find about 8K to be a good limit since you can get a fairly premium IS Lance or a budget clan star with 8K, or a mixed formation of mechs and BA just to hit your 5-unit count for it to be considered a “star”. I don’t generally like running more than 4 or 5 units; the decision space just starts to get a little too wide for each turn and it starts to slow things down a lot, but not everybody feels the same way, so a unit cap is a good idea. Another idea is for large groups, try 5K3U format - 5K BV, 3 units exactly. Then just pair up with a buddy or two so you can do a bigger battle without having to manage so many units yourself. What you’ve got seems perfectly fine, I wouldn’t worry about it being too restrictive. You could even throw a tech level restriction in there if you didn’t want anything Experimental or Advanced and I would still think it’s fine.
>>98853612Honour the Dragon!When I am done with the Catapult I have a Wolverine already primed and ready. Then I'm going to do the other half of the agoac box in Kurita colors. I have a double set of mini's and I like the end result but painting with 5 shades of grey and a grey wash is kinda boring, so splitting them up like that keeps the interest going.
>>98853202>repeat units are allowed but have to be different variantsPretty lame that you hate lore accurate forces.
>>98848000I like what you've done with the base, looks really sharp.>>98853240Lets kick things off with an ANH-5W
>>98853646>5k 3 unitsThat seems simpler and actually better than what i thought, i think i'm gonna do that
>>98853378Oh my sweet bestie Coyote. You do not want to know the lore I created for the 2 of them.
>>98853829Let me guess? Loads of yuri?
>>98853888Roadrunner & Coyote were part of a modified lance of 5 mechs, along with 3 other girls, after they all graduated from the St. Fiacre of Breuil High School for girls. They were fighting in the first wave of the Clan Invasion and their lance got annihilated.The Victor, Crusader, and Archer were brought down by a Clan Jade Falcon star, giving RR&C time to retreat. A Fire Moth took off in pursuit of them and heavily damaged Roadrunner's mech. Coyote turned back to try and save Roadrunner. The clanner brought down Coyote's mech, but Roadrunner managed to charge the Fire Moth and knock it over, causing the Mechwarrior to die in the fall. Roadrunner's Locust was practically totaled and Coyote's was completely. The Fire Moth was still in great shape however.Coyote was helped out of her mech, but heavily wounded. With the other Jade Falcons on their way, in even heavier mechs, Coyote got into Roadrunner's Locust to buy whatever time she could, for Roadrunner to escape in the Fire Moth. Coyote was KIA as Roadrunner escaped.Roadrunner would go on to be heavily involved in scouting actions for the rest of the Clan Invasion in her Dasher. During the FedCom civil war, she initially sided with her home nation of the Federated Suns. However she found much of the fighting senseless and became an independent mercenary, fighting for both sides during the war, as she saw fit. She became well renowned as her skills improved and even created her own small mercenary company which specialized in high speed scouting.When the Jihad came, she helped out those in need wherever she could, against the fanatical Word of Blake, often taking small payments and barely staying solvent because of it. In her down time, she could often be found watching old Looney Tunes cartoons with a stiff drink and rarely a smile. She was last seen in the tail end of the Jihad in 3079. The last client that ever hired her reported hearing her say that she was tired of running for others.
>>98853315>>98853378>>98853401>>98854041This is very funny to me given that my current Draconis Reach campaign has the players split into two mercenary cooperatives called the Roadrunners and Coyotes. When we ran Aces earlier in the year the players chose to call their company the Roadrunners because we're in New Mexico, so it was inevitable that the other cooperative was the Coyotes.
>>98854074MCA, surely you know the lore behind the Roadrunner and Coyote here, no? Did you sit out the girls und mech simulated battle?
>>98854099I was actually the one who recommended Rebecca for that, but also I'm exhausted and I just passed my board exams, so I'm pretty wiped, and still have to get a haircut and an interview outfit. As apologies for the blogpost, have an Axman dressed like and posing like Freddie Mercury.
>>98854135Oh. Rebecca was actually one of the pilots I used from the game as part of Roadrunner's lance. RIP to her, unless you want to make your own lore that she actually survived and went on to become a bondsman or something.Also, while I don't care about Freddie Mercury, the Axman is sexiness incarnate in mech form. So cool picture.
>>98854041Well guess this is a better fate than being adopted by Ghost Bears.
>>98854150Rebecca's actually Naginata Battalion's Catapult K2 pilot, but it's not like it's a rare name.
>>98854150I am quite pleased anons went off to use some of the characters from the grudge matches for their own thing. It was always meant to be a little bit of fun.
>>98854163No it's not, but with how often it's appeared here on the /btg with custom pilots, I wondered if maybe we just had 1 anon who always named their created Mechwarriors Rebecca. One of the cadets currently at the Kapteyn Academy is even name Rebecca Buck.>>98854153I mean, unless you want to create your own lore for Coyote, since she's yours. Maybe she lives somehow and decades later Coyote and Roadrunner meet on opposite sides of the battlefield and stop fighting when they recognize the style in which the other mech is piloted. They stop fighting and bring their mechs face to face before both getting out of their mechs and seeing their long lost friend that they had thought was dead.
>>98854208>One of the cadets currently at the Kapteyn Academy is even name Rebecca Buck.Yeah that one was a happy little accident cause I wanted to make a tank girl shitpost.
>>98853302We can bring one of the locusts as a 3D, pretty sure the mech techs can handle swapping all of the weapons out to have nothing but 2xLRM5s with no backup without breaking the bank.That or the Davions gave it to us after a mission.But you'll have to vote for a starting mission to lock in the choice.
You Belong With Me (BT Remix)You’re walking out in that shiny Timber WolfAll those fancy pods and freezers look so coolBut I’ve been out here in the mud and the rainRunning this old Marauder through the same old painYou’re talking up your targeting computer’s rangeWhile my PPCs are still putting plasma downrangeYou’re with that Clan pilot in the sleek new rideBut I’m the one who’s still standing by your sideIf you could see that this old chassis still holds trueAnd that my heat sinks keep me cooler than youYou’d realizeYou’re with a Clanner nowBut deep down you knowThat Inner Sphere steelIs where you belongI’m the reliable rideWhen the ammo runs lowYou’re with a Clanner nowBut you belong with meYou smile and say those advanced sensors never missBut I’ve been spotting ambushes since before you existedYou’re in that Mad Cat looking sharp and meanWhile I’m still here fixing armor with a wrench and some dreamThey’re the best, you’re the best, yeah everybody’s heardBut I’ve been the one covering your six when it hurtsYou’re with that Clan tech that costs more than a DropShipBut I’m the one who’s still ready when the war startsIf you could see that this old engine still runs hotAnd that my pilot’s still willing to take the shotYou’d realizeYou’re with a Clanner nowBut deep down you knowThat Inner Sphere steelIs where you belongI’m the reliable rideWhen the ammo runs lowYou’re with a Clanner nowBut you belong with meStanding in the ‘Mech bay with the techs all nightTrying to keep this beast ready for the fightHave you ever thought just maybeYou could use a ride that doesn’t break the bank?You’re with a Clanner nowBut deep down you knowThat Inner Sphere steelIs where you belongI’m the reliable rideWhen the ammo runs lowYou’re with a Clanner nowBut you belong with meYou’re with a Clanner nowBut you belong with me
>>98854327I had to do furniture shopping this weekend and the Taylor Swift song of You Belong With Me came on. It's been stuck in my head and then it got me thinking about Min Mei's singing in Robotech/Macross I had ai create a Battletech version of the song for me, because if I must suffer, so must you.I got a laugh out of the lyrics though.
>slop postingYou deserve to step on every D4 owned by every person who's ever used /tg/
All the mech-building talk had me thinking, how foolish would it be to take a Griffin 2N and swap the SRM 6 launchers for two shoulder mounted Medium Pulse Lasers?The double heat sinks could handle it easy and it frees up 2 tons of weapon space and no ammo dependency.
Are you guys doing anything spooky for Halloween?
>>98854712Going to work.
>>98852050Homestar as Focht, because he simply cannot loseStrongbad is Myndo Waterly, because his schemes to defeat Homestar never workStrongmad is a Manei DominiStrongsad is the Fake Thomas MarikCoach Z is the Real Thomas MarikBubs is the head of Gibson ManufacturingMarzipan is Sharilar MoriPom Pom bounces in dressed up as an Ixian Fabricator from Dune, Strongbad tells him they changed what franchise they were parodying, Homestar tells Pom Pom it's still a nice Mechanicus costume, Pom Pom bounces off angrily.Secret scenes:1. Pom Pom bounces by The King of Town and The Poopsmith who are dressed like 40k Space Marines2. Homsar dressed as Devlin Stone "AAhhhaahhaaa hAvE a sEkRiT pLaN!"
>>98854712Getting drunk with a Chaos cult.
>>98854723
>>98854711Funnily enough, the 2N is basically already Hayato's Guncannon from the Origin remake.
>>98854712I'm not doing much of anything on Ween Day itself, but there are a couple of weeny games that will be going on this weekend and the day after. I'll play in at least one Battletech Halloween game, although I'm not running it so I won't know the details until we show up with mechs.
>>98854712Forces from the faction and time period of the players choosing will be getting final countdowned to the spooky zone where they will fight Lovecraft monsters from monsterpocalypse.
>>98854712I work at a theater and we're having a Rocky Horror showing with professional dancers doing the stage show. It should be pretty wild.Hobby wise, no. Our Battletech group has not even mentioned Halloween, and my RPG group has been having trouble even meeting for regular stuff lately.
>>98854763I completely forgot this version existed, it’s like the 2N but with LRMs instead
>>98854763It's honestly more like that Gladiator variant with the LRMs
>>98854885It was pretty obscure before the Doan's Island movie came out. Like, I remember the model kits and action figures back in the early 2000s having them, but I have no idea where they originally came from since they weren't in the first anime at all.
>>98854712Another midnight walk with the dog dodging methheads and coyotes
>>98854712My group is contemplating a "Curse Of The Headless Hauptmann" game, but I'm gonna be busy.
>>98855229If you find his cigar does it clear the curse?
>>98855544I'm pretty sure that's why he'd show up, you gotta put it back in the cursed humidor.
>>98854712We have a Morbius drinking game that we do.
>>98854712Every Halloween, I do a playthrough of either OG Castlevania or Super Castlevania IV. If I don't defeat Dracula by Midnight, he wins.
>>98855571"Can we use a flamer?""No, this isn't a Berserker, dammit!"
Is recreating the metallic grey scheme here a good idea?
>>98855800Bro partied too hard and his nipple exploded.
>>98855800urbie is going to draw a penis on his forehead
>>98855655>Morbius drinking game What are the rules?
>>98854041FEED ME REAR ARMOR!
>>98855856Off the top of my head, I may have missed one or two: Any time bats show on screenAny mention of the SpartansWhenever they do the weird face and blurry smoke effectsAny time they refer to the artificial blood as 'the blue' and normal blood as 'the red'Slo-mo is used
>>98855878>rotates torso>backhands you
>>98854757Nah, not really. Halloween is on a Saturday this year. It would be scary though.
>>98853434based, thank you!
>>98853434>Ctrl+F tran>1/1 result>from youHmmmmmmmm.
>>98855878>Flips armsNothing personnel kiddo
>>98855878I see Arrow IV in your future.
>>98854327You can't hiiiiide your Lyran eyesAnd your smiiiiile is thin disguise
>>98855905Ah, yes. The Noton Maneuver.
>>98855941Named such because you will no tons of enemy mech.
>>98855941>>98855946I don't get it.
What breed of dog do you think your favorite mechs most resemble?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyAEUWJlk1Q&list=RDGMEM6CZm14o9sc-Q22TIneLI8g&index=13
>>98855953You know what, why don't we just both blame our keyboards fucking us over and let that be that.
>>98855974why? what did 'I' do?
>>98855982I assume you meant to type Norton, not Noton. Then in my joke I left out an entire word. Now I'm sitting here typing it out and explaining this, wondering why I don't just go to bed instead.
>>98855989that wasn't me, i was just commenting.
I feel like I'm doing something illegal here
>>98855998Stealings some ones and zeros are we? Off to jail with ye
>>98855992I'm not me either.
>>98855800fuck yes. use iron warriors greymetal base and lighten /edge in the stormmetal silver. go full shiny. i did an entire lance of golden banshees to look awesome just because. fucking giant golden godwarriors of battle!
>>98855882I feel like this is a great way to speedrun alcohol poisoning. You guys ought to try “Bee Movie Drinking Game”, where you drink every time they say the word “bee”. We got about to the point where he goes “ya like jazz?” and then had to go throw up.
>>98855905and in ilClan era, everyone can also have the truly horrifically evil rifleman C3 production model
>>98855989Hey, brother. It was me. I misspelled Norton, and your reply made me giggle.>>98856024>a great way to speedrun alcohol poisoningDepends on if it's a sip or like a full shot.
>>98854742Blessed Blake would approve.
>>98856036>made me giggle.Nice. You're alright deleted.
>>98856036Yeah, it's sips. I feel most drinking games aren't really build for full shots unless it's something low proof.
What are some of the weird or janky mechs from ilClan era that you enjoy?I used the Rifleman C2 the other night and an XXL with Jump 9 is hilarious
>>98856163I'm going to bring a Viper 9 to the event this weekend. I haven't actually used it yet, but I'm pretty confident it's far over on the jank side of the scale thanks to being relatively slow, doing zero damage to mechs at range (although it fucking shreds anything that doesn't have a heat scale) and having boneitis.
do you think spheroids keep colonies of puppy girls in kennels and that the clanners are trying to destroy those kennels because they are massive chuds?
>>98856190>do you think spheroids keep colonies of puppy girls in kennels...What the fuck Anon...
>>98856190You get back to your weird fetish thread on /lgbt/ where nobody likes you either.
>>98856163I think the Shiro qualifies as weird and janky. It's firepower is anemic, but it sure is beefy.
>>98856249That's a Dark Age mech.
>>98856268Oh, you mean introduced in ilClan. That's a pretty short list.
How do I keep the Gargoyle/Man-o-War and Executioner/Gladiator separate in my mind? Both are Invasion era Clan omnis, both are fast and low-armor, have G names, and even look the same. Am I crazy? What even IS the difference??
>>98856342You tell the stonefaces apart by knowing one jumps and one was mainly meant to kill dezgra vehicles.
>>98856342The Executioner has those scuba tanks on its back while the Garg has Spurdo for a face.
>>98854801what are you doing for rules for the funny creatures?
>>98854712I'm doing the spookiest thing of all, getting another year older. Also, going to get drunk and paint minis. Maybe do something more fun with my girlfriend if she can get off work early.
>>98850975Thanks for compiling the rolls already, anon.I should have what feels like a good RAT for the Heavy/Assault and Dropships done by tommorrow, but in light of some of the discussion mentioning Namekians in general and the Vanu in your post, here's a prototype symbol of the realm combining the Six Star Dragonball (they greyed out one representing the destroyed world mentioned in >>98851646) and the symbol of Planetside 2's Vanu Sovereignty, which would effectively indicate the name is the "Namek Sovereignty".This seem like a good setup even with my very rough editing two images together (someone else probably wants to upgrade it if we do go with this), or does anyone what they feel would be a better logo/name in mind?
>>98856487I made trash mob record sheets. They play as combat vehicles, but have a single hit location with 1/4th the totally armor and structure a vehicle would have and simplified crits.
>>98856510
>>98856522Gothic so forgotten that it doesn't even get used for Halloween monster bash games.
>>98856552They made it very, very apparent the AU stuff is minimum effort kickstarter pump and dump garbage.
>>98856552Kinda hard to when we're still waiting on construction rules for Abominations. Once we get those, then we can really start having fun.
Are there any designs where composite structure is actually warranted? All the ones I've seen never use the extra tonnage well enough to offset the fact that their internal structure is now slightly worse than a mech half their size.
Played two Arena matches tonight as part of our ongoing Draconis Reach game.The first saw my Stinger IIC, with a 4/4 pilot with two Edge points and the Cautious edge ability, facing off against an Osiris 3D with a 3/4 pilot. (Represented with a Wendigo mini)The enemy had both maneuverability and firepower on their side, able to control the range, and even when I won initiative, his superior speed and gunnery meant he had better to-hit numbers than me, so I knew I had to do something drastic. I lost initiative and ended my move close to the enemy, which looked like a misplay, as he had a chance to get into my rear arc. He took it, only generating a +1 TMM in the process, and I used my Cautious edge ability to spin around, then hit with both my lasers and rolled a lucky headshot. Turns out the Osiris only has 7 head armor, so the 10 damage from the iHML on the Stinger IIC decapitated it in a single hit. My Stinger lost an arm in the same round, so if I hadn't won then and there, I was about to concede.
>>98855878I feel like the Royal Locust is still better for this purpose.
>>98856663My second match saw my Crusader 7W (the MML spam Crusader) matched against a Rakshasa (the original one that tries to copy the Mad Cat closely), and the random map we pulled from the box was thick with trees and rivers, which made it almost impossible for him to leverage his advantages in speed and range. It was basically six turns of me chasing the guy down and hammering him with over a dozen SRMs every round. I chewed his left arm almost entirely off while only taking armor damage, and when I cracked torso armor, he conceded rather than risk his mech.
>>98856658LAMs enjoy it as it's one of the few weight saving techs they can use
>>98856658Anything that just doesn't have any crit space to spare, mainly.
>>98856663>>98856674No Kodiak challenge?
>>98856763Closest we've got was two players who had goddamned White Ravens to bring to the arena, but I didn't get matched against either of them
>>98856667You know, you're right!I could rip out the existing two Medium and Small Pulse Lasers, plus the regular Medium Laser and slap on 14 ER Small Lasers!
When will they come out with the Yes-Dachi?
>>98856943no no no. people really want to know though, Why-Dachi? How-Dachi?
>>9885624940 LRM tubes is decent, but they wouldn't have given the stock model a PPC or even an LL to compliment that I'll never understand. What exactly is an LBX-2 supposed to offer besides little bit of plinking across the map?The 2P at least addresses that.
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>>98856510Neat
>>98857207Can't you just replace it with like a LAC5?
>>98856692Doesn't Composite pretty much just exist to work around Herb's restrictions?Otherwise I guess you could justify using composite on a fast Light Mech maybe.
>>98857207PPC so hot pilot get all sweaty and sitcky and icky :(LBX very cool and good at shooting down birds (VTOLs) :)
>>98857220You can, with a ton to spare even. I don't think you really need an extra ton of ammo though, so just toss that into armor to beef it up a bit more. Then again, the LAC is a Fed innovation, and I'm not sure they'd want to stick one on what is supposed to basically be a totem mech. The Shiro in general, while not bad, feels like it's meant more for the optics than the actual effectiveness.
>>98856510>When they ask you how the experimental battle armor project is going
>>98857242
>>98855800What's that third one? I want to say it's an Emperor, but the head is too long.
>>98857279I wanted to say Thunder Hawk, but it doesn't seem quite right.
>>98856510>I should have what feels like a good RAT for the Heavy/AssaultIt's not like pirates are exactly spoiled for choice when it comes to assaults during the clan invasion.
>>98857316Damn, good salvage was crazy lucrative during the Clan Invasion
>>98857242>Meanwhile what they actually have available according to the MUL
>>98857324>Repurposing a mining suit to make battle armorTale as old as time, just strap a giant shotgun or grenade launcher to it.
>>98857327>>98857324I might be misremembering, but didn't the initial rolls and high relationship with the Lyrans imply the OC state gets proper IS BA relatively early?
>>98857321>wasClan salvage always was and always will be the most crazy lucrative salvage you can get your hands on mech wise.>The dracs ended up wiping the slate clean with the periphery pirates they had been trying to quash for centuries, just for the opportunity to buy salvage from them.
>>98857329Those would probably be gifts at first I imagine, or perhaps escorts for "disgraced nobles" who are totally looking to join the pirate band, and aren't just Lyran spies who want to keep tabs on the clans.
>>98857335I can imagine dumping some of their older gen suits and equipment moving forward, like the Sloth when the Lyrans shift to the Fenrir. Actually speaking of the Lyrans, I could see some of the Namekian Brigade(?) fighting for the Lyran Alliance during the FedCom Civil War. Probably as mercenaries officially.
>>98857338>Probably as mercenaries officially.The only real difference between a pirate and a mercenary is how big the bounty on their head is.
>>98857324Hey, I'll have you know the Marauder and Ravager are also strong choices. If you want to stay light, there is the Falcata. For mediums the ISS is actually still available in the Periphery, but if you're lucky you could find Asterions or Theseuses. The Spectre is also a good choice.
>>98854712Playing a Halloween adventure for Die Schwarze Katze
>>98857259If the timeline allowed for it, it would've been neat to absorb some survivors of a Fire Mandrill Kindraa to basically be the Saiyan/Clanners to our Namekian/Spheroids.
>>98856510Considering the pirates are apparently Weebs, neighbors to the Dracs, and seem to be originally SLDF turned pirates by necessity that took control of some old outposts in the Periphery, what about connecting them to the old 124th like >>98851971 references?>The 124th was later moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery in 2765, where they were destroyed during the Periphery Uprising.[1]It would fit the timeline, and they were officially destroyed but it wouldn't have been 100% death tolls and the fate of the survivors would be unknown. It'd make sense if a regiment stationed in DC went Spinward to handle whatever unrest was going on around the OWA, and when they were destroyed the survivors took refuge in some old outpost and ducked their heads down the rest of the conflict.From there, the core of the eventual pirate band would have been whoever chose not to go on the Exodus, or maybe the SLDF remnant weren't even aware there were survivors and left without informing them of the Exodus.That'd be pretty funny actually.
>>98857279Nexus
>>98848493It's not an Urbanmech if it can't jump.
>>98857005Who-Dachi! Ligma-Dachi!
I call this good enough on the catapult, Wolverine up next.
>>98856800Okay, so I forgot how much of a space hog Endo was. I mostly stick to Succession Wars when we don't have all the fancy crap.But hey, removing the Endo made the fucker cheaper and I could still fit 12 ER Small Lasers for some proper cheek clapping.
>>98858142Nice. What'd you use for antennae?
>>98857762Yeah, you're right. The scale threw me. It looks way too big for a light mech in that picture.
>>98858334Thank you. I did the first set of agoac mini's with guitar string but I will switch to brush bristles for the second set and other future mechs. Mainly because the guitar string ones are sharp AF.
>>98847965In the ending last stand cutscene of ghost bear flash storm on my second playthrough, I noticed this little guy meandering in to finish off the silverroot. Oh I am laffin imagining samuel or Lilith losing their shit.
>Team Gale Force, all systems online. We're ready to engage the enemy!>Team Bread Bakers, all systems nominal. Prepare for combat!>This is the ref, Mechwarrior and Ace Combat playlist loaded and randomized. Ready to roll some dice!Let the Battle BEGIN!
>>98857221Composite predates Herb; it's from MaxTech.
>>98859519>stuck in a small slow fedrat mech>staring down some heavy firepower Feeling the loss of the Phoenix Hawk really hard right now.
>>98857412I mean, why not? They were founded during the Clan Invasion and stuff like population is a modern look at what they are doing, but nothing has strictly said when the modern is aside from Tech probably being better if it was all the way out at IlClan. Not much stopping that being a Jihad/Reaving event if we consider the state we're looking at about Early Republic.Us being in good relations with Hell's Horses might preclude it a bit though. At least if there's a Vegeta-like guy declaring himself SaKhan of the Fire Mandrils.
>>98859786Thinking it over some more, the Experimental/Elite tech only being E rating probably limits them to like 1 Jumpship's worth of Dropships. Otherwise, that value might be higher just from them making up the Elites.
>>98859815test
Looks like the Sea Foxes reset the PHP grid finally?
>>98860836Glad the thread didn't die this time
>>98860836You can't reset it. 19/20 hyperspace cores are blown. You physically have to rebuild and replace over a thousand HPG cores in the Inner Sphere, all with a unique algorithm to adjust to how local hyperspace has been fucked.Sea Fox may have the math, but they don't have the manpower or germanium to get that done anytime soon. Comstar themselves estimated over a hundred years to do the job.
>>98860856The real world Sea Foxes and real world PHP grid.
>>98860914Ah, I just got off work so I didn't realize posting had been down.
>>98860921This man's been using a black box to talk, half the internet was fucked up by a few simultaneous exploits being found
Hammerhead finished, now back to the printer for more minis
Is there any kind of, call it a guide, for good mechs to stand in for ones that don't have a model? Or is it more of a "vibe" kind of thing? Big should be big, small should be smallI know 3d printing is a thing
I have simulated turn 3 today. Long work day today, so only 1 turn. Was a surprising turn though. Here's your little spoiler bit if you want it.A mech got knocked down and the Mechwarrior got a wound.>>98859782BTW, are you sure you want me to only have William make attacks if the to hit is a 9 or lower?
>>98861023>for ones that don't have a model?They pretty much all do if you count metal.
>>98861023It's pretty much vibe. The important bit is everyone knows what a given piece is supposed to be. A piece of paper with AS7-D written on it is far preferable to a pristine quality model who's owner keeps "forgetting" whether it's a Gargoyle Prime or Gladiator A
>>98860921the site was read only for about 22 hours, most websites were down for a while
>>98861023I've done an exercise where I pretend I've got a mech that hasn't had its warbook updated and it's trying to identify a new mech, MAD/CAT/MAD/CAT style.For example, a mech that was mothballed at the end of the Jihad might identify a Rokurokubi as some sort of unidentified variant of a Commando or Hammer.
>>98861023If I'm.substituting I try to stay in the same class and with comparable threat level. Like I wouldn't use a Wasp to represent a Gunslinger, but I would use Highlander or a Warhammer. That way at a glance you can still subconsciously feel the danger should you temporarily forget it's a proxy.
>>98861102Saw that it wasn't only 4chan affected. Something about a critical PHP update.
>>98861422Like half the Internet was affected
>>98861441I pretty much only use 4chan and Youtube. So to me, yes, half the internet was down.
>>98861451PHP is a pretty foundational piece of code. I think the estimate I heard was that about 70% of all websites were vulnerable to an admin-level exploit. Now we get to see who wasn't paying attention and gets their site rekt. Credit to hiroshimoot for once, at least he learned his lesson after last time.
>>98859815Which Kindraa would fit best?
>>98861510STILL won't update so we can do pdf's again yet.
>>98861870Is it about time for a new thread?
>>98862193ok yeah it seems like it
New thread >>98862219>>98862219>>98862219>>98862219>>98862219New thread >>98862219>>98862219>>98862219>>98862219>>98862219New thread
>>98862223Someone already made it like 8 hours ago, they just forgot to link it.>>98860874
>>98862272Oh whoops, deleted the other one. Thanks for the heads up.
