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berryjon posted:But are the Dice made of wood, metal or plastic? Bone, have you seen how bloodthirsty his dice get?
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GOON MVP: Grand Titan. Almost entirely based on cracking that King Crab to get at the sweet, sweet crab meat. OPFOR MVP: Whitworth. For taking way more rounds of fire than a Whitworth should have.
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Tank Boy Ken posted:Player: Locust and Bandersnacth, the little one that could, and the 50% Mech that held on. We wouldn't have completed all secondaries without those two. One did end up in a really bad spot to get one objective, and this showed us who the wrong ace was. And the Bandersnatch did stay ingame, while being down to half a mech and less than a third of Heat Dissipation (-3 Heat per turn). Those two made it a complete victory. Aww, thanks, nice to be appreciated! But, MVP to all the players - and especially to PTN. Thank you all for being accepting of someone who has never played, who had no clue how to play, and how to work thier mech. Thank you guys for all the support, the ideas, and the suggestions which I cribbed frmo (Ie, cut and pasted for oders). Pleasure to be a part of the thread and looking forwarsd to the rest of it! Thak you guys all so much for this!
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It's a toss up between the wasp and locust but gotta give player mvp to the Locust because it put in work on the objectives. Crackin a king crab is great, but there's more than just killin. OpFor mvp: Mortis. It did it's job well.
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Political Vote 2 The soft pops of ice melting in a glass and low murmurs of active conversation in the main office gave the First Prince’s private office a calm, almost relaxed atmosphere. It was a far cry from the usual activity, wherein aides came and went as needed to facilitate the day-to-day operations of House Davion’s vast interstellar empire. The most tedious aspects of the bureaucracy were unloaded onto proxies of course, but even with accountants triple-checking one another to make sure each and every Pound was accounted for some decisions still demanded more direct attention. First Prince Ian Yorinaga Kurita-Davion plucked the last of the gyoza from a serving tray, dipped it, and popped it into his mouth without a word. The little dumpling burst as he bit into it, filling his mouth with the pleasantly salty mix of ground pork and finely chopped vegetables. They’d been prepared perfectly by a Draconis Combine-born chef carefully vetted by the MIIO and, more importantly, recommended by Ian’s “uncle,” Chandrasekhar Kurita. The wily old Buddha valued stability, trade, and family above nearly all, and had been nearly as much a fixture in Ian’s life as Hanse Davion himself. The two men were similar in Ian’s eyes: Hanse saw himself as the steward of the Federated Suns, his elder brother had been the rightful heir, so it had been Hanse’s duty to safeguard the realm until a true heir could be trained for the role. Chandrasekhar chose to temper his personal ambitions, even if he denied himself little else. Yumi was the greatest threat to Ian’s peaceful rule and, in turn, Ian was the greatest threat to Yumi’s. The Draconis Combine had never been led by a woman, and there were many hard-liners who would gladly see Yumi dead and Ian or, god forbid, Hiro installed in her place. “If the average citizen of the Federated Suns saw you eating those,” Duke Tancred Sandoval said wryly, “they’d riot.” Ian didn’t even look up. “Good food is good food. They wouldn’t complain if I renamed them ‘freedom dumplings.’” Across the desk, a third man pushed his plate of Gyoza away without so much as sampling one. He scowled openly, “I still don’t see why funding a Draconis Combine BattleMech upgrade is any of our concern,” Duke Eric Dresari was a respectable noble, but the Lord of Kentares IV had every right to hate and distrust the Draconis Combine and their intentions. Over 52 million people had been killed by the Draconis Combine during the infamous Kentares massacre. 250 years was hardly enough time for those particular scars to heal. Ian sympathized, but propping up the Draconis Combine in their ongoing war with the Clans was vital to the security of the Federated Suns. “The Panther is woefully out of date. We have an opportunity to help the Draconis Combine upgrade their existing Panthers to a design we have complete technical specifications for.” Ian looked up from his lunch, and met Dresari’s angry but uncertain gaze. “The Panther’s the most common ‘Mech in the Combine, if they upgrade all of them to Wights we’ll have near total knowledge of the DCMS’s capabilities on and off the field. They’ve gifted us an intelligence windfall in exchange for a few hundred million c-bills. If you can think of a better use for the money, I’m all ears.” “The Watchman program could use that money,” Duke Sandoval offered. “Every militia unit in the Federated Suns will have a full lance of Watchman ‘Mechs by the end of the year. Robinson Standard BattleWorks has already presented a plan to utilize the Watchman chassis to develop two new medium ‘Mechs to supplement them. The Watchman is already more economical than the Wight, with expanded production we could even begin exporting the design to the Draconis Combine.” “Outrageous,” Duke Dresari snorted. “You may be content to take the Draconis Combine’s gold, Duke Sandoval, but I’m not. Do you want to tell the First Prince about the Hell’s Horses’ request, or should I?” Ian tipped his head back, an eyebrow raised inquisitively. Tancred sneered, “The Hell’s Horses have proposed the development of a new assault ‘Mech, to act as a stepping stone between the BattleMaster and our own Annihilator. I’m not impressed with the design. It’s swift as the BattleMaster but it still strikes me as a lesser version of the Annihilator, and the Hell’s Horses haven’t presented us with many economical designs.” “We should fund a new design.” Dresari pressed. Undermining Duke Sandoval’s original suggestion by suggesting he was biased towards any plan that benefitted Robinson had certainly been Dresari’s plan all along. The Hell’s Horses did demand attention, to be sure, but helping them fund an assault ‘Mech they weren’t likely to be inclined to share was laughable. “One that honors your father, Hanse Davion, and his accomplishments. The Federated Suns is in dire need of home-grown heavy BattleMechs, and if the Draconis Combine is a concern you can offer the new models to the Federated Foreign Legion for field testing. Prince, we must face facts: the Argus and JagerMech aren’t likely to frighten off so much as a Kuritan Roughneck, much less whatever House Liao is cooking up behind their silent curtain.” Tancred Sandoval slammed his fist on the desk as he jumped to his feet. He speared Dresari with a furious glare. “If you’re going to sell the First Prince on the pipe dream of a new ‘Mech, you may as well push for that black ops model MIIO keeps clamoring for now that the Firestarter OmniMech’s anti-infantry capabilities have been called into question.” “Gentlemen, please.” Ian raised his hands but didn’t rise from his chair. His calm voice seemed to assuage Tancred’s anger somewhat. Well, that was understandable too, no one liked being thrown under the proverbial hover-bus. “We have plenty of time to make a decision, and you’ve both raised some intriguing prospects. So let’s hash things out, shall we?” Ian put on his brightest, friendliest smile the way another man might have put on a hat. “And, Duke Dresari, if you’re not interested in finishing your gyoza, I will gladly polish them off.” Political Vote 2: New Production 1) Draconis Combine / Federated Suns A) Fund the Wight project - - - DCMS gains the Wight BattleMech - - - Draconis Combine / Federated Suns Stability +2 B) Fund the Watchman project - - - AFFS gains the Cuirass and Sentry BattleMechs - - - Federated Suns Stability +5 C) Fund the Cygnus project - - - Hell’s Horses gain the Cygnus BattleMech - - - Occupation Zone Loyalty +3 D) Fund a new ‘Mech to honor the memory of Hanse Davion - - - AFFS(FFL) gains the Vulpes BattleMech - - - Federated Suns Pride +2 E) Fund a new ‘Mech for black operations - - - AFFS gains the Scarecrow BattleMech - - - Tyranny +2 2) Capellan Confederation A) Fund the Jade Emperor project - - - CCAF gains the Yu Huang - - - Superiority Doctrine +2 B) Fund the Green Guard project - - - CCAF gains the Lu Wei Bing - - - Mobility Doctrine +2 C) Fund the Fighting Stick project - - - CCAF gains the Gùn - - - Combined Arms Doctrine +2 D) Fund the Mystical Deliberation project - - - CCAF gains the Shen Yi - - - Stealth Doctrine +2 3) Lyran Alliance A) Fund the Fighting Pig project - - - LCAF gains the Razorback - - - Battlefield Recon Doctrine +2 B) Fund the Ragnarok project - - - LCAF gains the Götterdämmerung - - - Salted Fields Doctrine +2 C) Fund the Storm Raider - - - LCAF gains the Storm Raider - - - Tyranny +2 D) Do nothing - - - Kerenskye and the LCAF gain the Defiance - - - Defiance Industries income +2 4) Clan IlKhanate A) Investigator Superiority - - - Clan Ghost Bear gains the Bruin - - - Clan Coyote gains the Rabid Coyote - - - Clan Coyote gains the Savage Coyote B) Integrationist Control - - - Clan Jade Falcon gains the Onager - - - Clan Smoke Jaguar gains the Bakeneko - - - Clan Smoke Jaguar gains the Doloire C) Crusader Dominance - - - Clan Wolf reveals the Tomahawk - - - Clan Wolf gains the Night Wolf - - - Clan Wolf gains the Lobo - - - Clan Nova Cat gains the Avalanche 5) Andurien Reservation A) Bird Revival - - - Clan Snow Raven gains the Dark Crow B) Seal Club - - - Clan Sea Fox gains the Tiburon 6) ComStar A) Project: Gorilla Guerilla - - - ComStar gains the Prefect - - - Guerilla Tactics +2 B) Project: Uncanny Valley - - - ComStar gains the Triskelion - - - Technomysticism +2 C) Project: [i]Will of Blake[/b] - - - ComStar gains the Toyama - - - Jihad Doctrine +2
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I love the Tiburon a shitton for some reason and i don't know what it is.
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1: DC/FS A Wight 2: CC B Lu Wei Bing 3: LA B Gotterdammerung 4: Ilkhanate B Smoke Jags 5: Andurien B Tiburon 6: Comstar B Triskelion Or, ABBBBB
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Political Vote 2: New Production 1) Draconis Combine / Federated Suns E) Fund a new Mech for black operations - - - AFFS gains the Scarecrow BattleMech - - - Tyranny +2 I thought about this one for a while and went back and forth on this or the Watchman, which is the most sensible option for keeping resources in-house and placating powerful nobles. But then I remembered that the people would riot if the Prince eats gyoza so you know what? Maybe they deserve to be war crimed. I WILL MAKE THEM RESPECT GYOZA! 2) Capellan Confederation B) Fund the Green Guard project - - - CCAF gains the Lu Wei Bing - - - Mobility Doctrine +2 Superiority doctrine is a real non-starter to me. For the resource-conscious Capellans, it doesn't make a lot of sense. Settled on mobility doctrine over combined arms because it will better differentiate them from their neighbors. 3) Lyran Alliance A) Fund the Fighting Pig project - - - LCAF gains the Razorback - - - Battlefield Recon Doctrine +2 Fred Steiner has always struck me as someone with a preference for the classic mold of "honorable combat," even when he was trying to be Archon, so B and C feel like they make no sense. Also the Storm Raider is awful and nobody should ever be asked to pilot it. So it was down to A and D, and ultimately settled on A. With DefHes in Skye, Coventry Metal Works is the biggest domestic arms factory. They'd have additional influence to get more of the lighter units they've historically specialized in on the field. 4) Clan IlKhanate A) Investigator Superiority - - - Clan Ghost Bear gains the Bruin - - - Clan Coyote gains the Rabid Coyote - - - Clan Coyote gains the Savage Coyote I like the Savage Coyote. 5) Andurien Reservation B) Seal Club - - - Clan Sea Fox gains the Tiburon I don't like the Dark Crow or it's dumb hip-mounted arms 6) ComStar C) Project: Will of Blake - - - ComStar gains the Toyama - - - Jihad Doctrine +2 Duh Defiance Industries fucked around with this message at 00:14 on Oct 17, 2019 |
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Man a newtech kraken or deimos would be evil with the ammo swapping games they can play. Or just leave half their guns firing one type and the other half firing another snd give no fucks
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1) Draconis Combine / Federated Suns A) Fund the Wight project - - - DCMS gains the Wight BattleMech - - - Draconis Combine / Federated Suns Stability +2 2) Capellan Confederation C) Fund the Fighting Stick project - - - CCAF gains the Gùn - - - Combined Arms Doctrine +2 3) Lyran Alliance A) Fund the Fighting Pig project - - - LCAF gains the Razorback - - - Battlefield Recon Doctrine +2 4) Clan IlKhanate A) Investigator Superiority - - - Clan Ghost Bear gains the Bruin - - - Clan Coyote gains the Rabid Coyote - - - Clan Coyote gains the Savage Coyote 5) Andurien Reservation B) Seal Club - - - Clan Sea Fox gains the Tiburon 6) ComStar A) Project: Gorilla Guerilla - - - ComStar gains the Prefect - - - Guerilla Tactics +2 Yeah, this looks good. I’ll defer to DI on the Lyran choice, and I like the idea of CC combined arms. Also, gyoza are delicious. GhostStalker fucked around with this message at 06:22 on Oct 17, 2019 |
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1)E - Fund a new 'Mech for Black Ops Tyranny is a go.  2)A - Fund the Jade Emperor Project I know the mobility doctrine will probably end up with a "better" 'mech, functionally. But this just feels like a more fittingly thematic choice, and lord knows it wouldn't be the first time I made a terribly inefficient decision.  3)B - Fund the Ragnarok project I can't say no to a Salted Fields doctrine AND a Ragnarok project. 4)A - Investigator Superiority Investigators get a boost and it directly benefits the Ghost Bears? Sold! 5)B - Seal Club Pun more than anything, I guess. 6)B Project Uncanny Valley Technomysticism because its more goofy and could lead to interesting things.
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I will throw a vote in the moment I am no longer phoneposting. Interesting new type of vote to be sure.
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Defiance Industries posted:I don't like the Dark Crow or it's dumb hip-mounted arms The Dark Crow is funny as poo poo and makes perfect sense from a "this is the first thing we've been able to make since we settled here without any scientists" standpoint. "We made a box and we couldn't figure out how the arms go so we just kinda put the guns on about where we thought they'd be."  It's so fugly that's the only one on Camospecs. Zaodai posted:2)A - Fund the Jade Emperor Project The Yu Huang is great. PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 00:53 on Oct 17, 2019 |
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PoptartsNinja posted:The Dark Crow is funny as poo poo and makes perfect sense from a "this is the first thing we've been able to make since we settled here without any scientists" standpoint. It's so dumb I love it
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Seriously you can tell those little wing things were supposed to be arms but they just couldn't figure out how to keep the arms from falling off so they eventually just gave up. It's just like when the Clans forgot how to make the Stormcrow well so they made the Ryoken II which is capable of accomplishing precisely 0 of the things the Stormcrow can. PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 00:59 on Oct 17, 2019 |
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I think they had a humanoid torso and a Jenner/Black Hawk style leg-and-arm assembly and just... jammed em together.PoptartsNinja posted:It's just like when the Clans forgot how to make the Stormcrow well so they made the Ryoken II which is capable of accomplishing precisely 0 of the things the Stormcrow can. If not for the fact that Clan LRMs are a top-four weapon in the entire game, I'd say the Ryoken II is an actual example of an unsalvageable Clan machine. It's still bad but hey, LRMs. Defiance Industries fucked around with this message at 01:05 on Oct 17, 2019 |
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A D A C A B 1. Instability in either the FedSuns or the Combine helps no one, and more trade and cooperation will increase the number of people who can appreciate gyoza 2. The CapCon being sneaky bastards feels appropriate, and a nice counterpoint to the more straightforward battle doctrines everyone else is using. 3. Dude. Fighting Pig. I mean, come on. 4. I don't know most of these 'Mechs so I went for the one that has 4 Clans getting New poo poo instead of just 3. 5. Lookit that derpmech it's so terrible I love it 6. I dunno, I like the idea of more 'Technomysticism' that's all the rationale I've got DivineCoffeeBinge fucked around with this message at 01:02 on Oct 17, 2019 |
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PoptartsNinja posted:Seriously you can tell those little wing things were supposed to be arms but they just couldn't figure out how to keep the arms from falling off so they eventually just gave up. It looks exactly like the Tomahawk in Earthsiege 2. But given how much Earthsiege owed to Mechwarrior anyway, not a surprise. drat, do I miss that weird old game.
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I'm particularly interested in the mech design votes! Before i cast mine, can we get a short summary of each design and what it can do - not a full statcard, just like, weight, speed, usual weapon (5/8, heavy armor, large laser, etc) Is there room for a negotiation if it makes savvy enough sense? Also, how loyal is the occupation zone now? I think it came up last time.
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TheParadigm posted:I'm particularly interested in the mech design votes! Before i cast mine, can we get a short summary of each design and what it can do - not a full statcard, just like, weight, speed, usual weapon (5/8, heavy armor, large laser, etc) They're all pre-existing designs and I think we're all operating under the assumption that they will operate fairly close to how their entries on Sarna. For instance, the Wight is basically a Heavy PPC on legs, a Watchman is a cheap medium machine for garrison duty that uses lasers and machine guns and the Vulpes is an absurdly silly-looking, ultra-expensive mixed-tech heavy that uses an XXL Engine and MASC to push to 7/11. Personally, though, I'm voting mostly based on what doctrine I think makes the most sense, except for the Scarecrow vote. Defiance Industries fucked around with this message at 01:33 on Oct 17, 2019 |
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I voted for which mechs looked best, other than the shen yi where i thought a heavy stealth mech makes sense for the liaos because theyre kinda the pariah of the great houses and theyve always liked their stealthy or ewar mechs like sha yu and men shen
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I should also note that the other exception is the Toyama. The Toyama is a pretty solid fire support heavy and I endorse it wholeheartedly. Unfortunate that it's branding guaranteed that it wouldn't survive the Jihad, though.
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The Gun is one of my favorite 'Mechs of all time and I will champion its inclusion at every single opportunity. There's just something magical about a 20 ton infantry support Omni with 10 tons of pod space.
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Its somewhat clear we need a 'hardline medium/heavy design' for the Fedsuns long term, and maybe the hells horses are open to negotiation: say 'no, BUT' and go from there. Political Vote 2: New Production 1) Draconis Combine / Federated Suns New: F): Commission the hells horses to design a standby Heavy (not assault) mech for the alliance to use and invest in as a whole. Maybe jump-start one of the 'IS omni' projects I'm unsure of a good mech suggestion, but perhaps a Loki II (from the hells horses page as a suitable candidate, or maybe one from the list of IS omni's here +1/2 Occupation Zone Loyalty +2 IS omni acceptance proliferates +1 long term payoff?? +2 tech transfer? +1/2 Fed Suns stability. Design/port a 60-75 ton heavy for everyone in the alliance. Not a medium, not an assault, doesn't have to be great. This is what I'd like to see happen, and seems a breakpoint where people and factions are willing to cooperate finally. Tldr: Take the money, give the wight specs, fund a heavyweight centerline mech that can stand up to current enemies. Maybe a good old 5/8 clan cavalry heavy that can take whatever IS weapons are needed to stay competitive? That's my vote, anyway. I don't know the rest of the mechs proposed so I'll have to do some reading for the other faction votes. edit: Brahma omni? https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Brahma
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Political Vote 2: New Production 1) Draconis Combine / Federated Suns A) Fund the Wight project - - - DCMS gains the Wight BattleMech - - - Draconis Combine / Federated Suns Stability +2 2) Capellan Confederation A) Fund the Jade Emperor project I love the Victor on Steroids. - - - CCAF gains the Yu Huang - - - Superiority Doctrine +2 3) Lyran Alliance A) Fund the Fighting Pig project - - - LCAF gains the Razorback - - - Battlefield Recon Doctrine +2 4) Clan IlKhanate C) Crusader Dominance - - - Clan Wolf reveals the Tomahawk - - - Clan Wolf gains the Night Wolf - - - Clan Wolf gains the Lobo - - - Clan Nova Cat gains the Avalanche 5) Andurien Reservation B) Seal Club - - - Clan Sea Fox gains the Tiburon 6) ComStar C) Project: Will of Blake - - - ComStar gains the Toyama - - - Jihad Doctrine +2
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TheParadigm posted:I'm particularly interested in the mech design votes! Before i cast mine, can we get a short summary of each design and what it can do 1) AFFS/DCMS Wight - An armored 35 tonner, an upgraded engine and armor layout makes it faster (5/8) than the Panther. It trades jump jets for armament, the StarCorps version adds the jump jets back in. Cuirass and Sentry - Built on the same chassis as the 40 ton Watchman, the Sentry is slightly faster (5/8) with an armament suited to engage 'Mechs at long range and infantry at close range. The Cuirass is the fastest of the three (6/9) and mixes light long-range firepower with melee weapons. It can't really engage infantry but it's a good fast cavalry unit to support the durable Watchman and infantry-focused Sentry. They're all 40 ton troopers. Cygnus - The Cygnus is a 95 ton Ryoken II. It's basically "What if we made a 4/6 Annihilator with half the guns!" Vulpes - The Vulpes is loving weird for a FedSuns design. It's an extremely fast and expensive 60 ton heavy sniper with a big XXL engine, MASC, and stealth armor. Hanse probably would've loved it. Scarecrow - The Scarecrow is 40 ton 5/8 Piranha. 2) CCAF Yu Huang - An update to the old SLDF Emperor, the Yu Huang is a 90 ton 4/6/3 jumper with a heavy bracket armament. It doesn't specialize in anything but it's not particularly bad at anything either and 17 tons of armor is pretty much the "efficient" maximum for a 90 tonner. Lu Wei Bing - A 4/6/4 85 ton jumper with a name that's supposedly a pun on the modern Chinese Red Guard, the Lu Wei Bing is basically a Victor with some light PPCs and Angel ECM. Gùn - 20 ton OmniMech Locust with 10 tons of pod space because it's slow as balls (5/8). Designed to carry battle armor into battle and then play fire support for them. Makes for an amazing pun: Have Gùn, Will Travel. Shen Yi - 65 ton weirdo, it's a front line Stealth Armor unit. It's slow for a heavy at 4/6 and the stock one would've been a good sniper if they'd traded the MRM-20s for LRMs. 3) Lyran Alliance Razorback - A speedy-ish (6/9) 30 ton light sniper and infantry-removal expert. I don't have much to say about it, it's not the best light 'Mech but it isn't terrible. Götterdämmerung - It's a 75 ton BattleMaster inspired by the Ragnarok from MechAssault I and II. Storm Raider - A hilariously on-the-nose design with what may be the worst stock armament ever (a Rotary AC/2 and a Mace). It's a 6/9 35 tonner with Masc and the AU version is getting a light gauss rifle. Defiance - A 75 ton Warhammer. The canon prototype was as expensive as a small DropShip and is most (in)famous for losing a fight to Lori Kalmar Carlyle's bog standard lovely Zeus. 4) Clan IlKhanate Bruin, Rabid Coyote, and Savage Coyote - The Bruin is a 4/6 80 tonner with a mixed direct-fire arsenal of the sort that would get it immediately placed onto a 'most hated' list in MWO. The Savage Coyote is a BattleMaster IIC that some Clan genius realized could fit an AC/10 in it if they reduced the top speed to 3/5. The Rabid Coyote is a slow (5/8) 55 tonner with a strong ATM armament and some back-up weapons. Onager, Bakeneko, Doloire - The Onager is a 3/5/5 90 ton jumper that's basically a support unit for the Shrike. Or maybe a replacement for it, it's hard to tell since the Shrike's kinda bad. It uses IJJs to the Shrike's partial wing. The Bakeneko is a 55 ton Clan-made Phoenix Hawk. The Doloire is an 80 ton 4/6 OmniMech that was designed by the Republic of the Sphere (with the help of captured Clan scientists) in Canon. It's a symbol of the union of Clan and Inner Sphere culture and it's named after an axe. Tomahawk, Night Wolf, Lobo, Avalanche - Tomahawk is cheating 'cause it's secretly already the IlKhanate's 100 tonner. It's a Dire Wolf.  The Night Wolf is a 90 ton 4/6 assault 'Mech designed to shoot tanks and battle armor. The Lobo is a 6/9 40 tonner that plays the AU Clan paradigm perfectly. The Avalanche is a slow (5/8) 50 tonner with missiles and lasers. It's also a ball with legs.5) Andurien Reservation Dark Crow - OH poo poo WE CAN'T REPAIR OUR OMNIMECHS QUICK WE NEED SOMETHING TO REPLACE IT OH REMEMBERANCE WE DON'T HAVE ANY SCIENTISTS gently caress poo poo it's a 6/9 55 tonner with an AC/5 based armament and HOW DO ARMS WORK AGAIN Tiburon - A speedy 35 tonner that's either a 7/11 or an 8/12 (I think it's 8/12) with a close-range laser armament. Basically a laser piranha and perfect for a guerilla force that's trapped behind enemy lines. 6) ComStar Prefect - A 5/8 75 ton energy boat designed for guerilla warfare. Occasionally a TSEMP cannon carrier. Triskelion - A 75 ton 5/8 dual cockpit tripod 'Mech that is somehow functionally not significantly better than a bog-standard Catapult despite the canon version having been made from pure Clantech. It's not stupid. It's advanced! Toyama - The Toyama happens when you give a Guillotine 75 tons to play with. A solid all-rounder even if it's a bit slow at 4/6. Supposedly Conrad Toyama was a pacifist who would've hated having this 'Mech named after him. Also supposedly Conrad Toyama was a warmonger who created all of ComStar's pseudo-religious policies and would've loved having this 'Mech named after him. PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 02:59 on Oct 17, 2019 |
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PoptartsNinja posted:Defiance Also an excellent throne room guard for the Archon. It has giant flipper hands that the Royal Guard can use to quickly block the Archon behind a ten-foot high wall of Mech armor. e: The production version in canon was also much less expensive, built during the Jihad after DefHes was taken by WoB and the LCAF needed Defiance Furillo to build them a new heavy quote:Götterdämmerung Sounds pretty different from the Thunderbolt But Even Harder To Kill that we got in TRO 3145? quote:Toyama Jerome Blake would definitely love that the machine was named after Toyama. Defiance Industries fucked around with this message at 03:06 on Oct 17, 2019 |
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1) Draconis Combine / Federated Suns A) Fund the Wight project - - - DCMS gains the Wight BattleMech - - - Draconis Combine / Federated Suns Stability +2 I'm actually ambivalent on gyoza (I think Chinese dumplings are unquestionably superior, with xiaolongbao at the top of the mountain), but I'm all for this crazy alliance continuing. 2) Capellan Confederation B) Fund the Green Guard project - - - CCAF gains the Lu Wei Bing - - - Mobility Doctrine +2 I'm with DI on this one. If the CC is light on resources, an assault/totem/figurehead Mech makes no sense. 3) Lyran Alliance A) Fund the Fighting Pig project - - - LCAF gains the Razorback - - - Battlefield Recon Doctrine +2 Anything that helps lessen the Lyran Scout Lance meme is good for me. 4) Clan IlKhanate A) Investigator Superiority - - - Clan Ghost Bear gains the Bruin - - - Clan Coyote gains the Rabid Coyote - - - Clan Coyote gains the Savage Coyote I'm all for getting the Savage Coyote back into the PTN-verse. 5) Andurien Reservation B) Seal Club - - - Clan Sea Fox gains the Tiburon One look at the Tiburon on Sarna and I was hooked. 6) ComStar B) Project: Uncanny Valley - - - ComStar gains the Triskelion - - - Technomysticism +2 I'm actually pulling for a scenario where Comstar goes full mystic and somehow links up with the Nova Cats.
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Oct 17, 2019 03:05
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Defiance Industries posted:Sounds pretty different from the Thunderbolt But Even Harder To Kill that we got in TRO 3145? Both Fang of the Sun Dougram designs so this still tracks. Either way, there's no Volcano Cannon in sight! Edit: I don't think any of these 'Mechs are bad. Except for the Storm Raider, but I'm ok with the Stormtrooper 'Mech being complete trash. PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 03:09 on Oct 17, 2019 |
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Oct 17, 2019 03:06
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PoptartsNinja posted:Political Vote 2: New Production 1) Because the Vulpes is hilarious and I love it. 2) Because the Gùn is a perfect OmniMech. 3) I have no strong opinion but picked one anyway. 4) Jade Falcon +, Smoke Jaguar + 5) The Tiburon is a vicious little monster in the best way. 6) The Jihad kicking off again anyway would be pretty great.
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Oct 17, 2019 03:32
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1) Draconis Combine / Federated Suns A) Fund the Wight project 2) Capellan Confederation B) Fund the Green Guard project 3) Lyran Alliance B) Fund the Ragnarok project 4) Clan IlKhanate A) Investigator Superiority 5) Andurien Reservation A) Bird Revival 6) ComStar A) Project: Gorilla Guerilla
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Oct 17, 2019 03:50
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Political Vote 2: New Production 1) Draconis Combine / Federated Suns A) Fund the Wight project - - - DCMS gains the Wight BattleMech - - - Draconis Combine / Federated Suns Stability +2 2) Capellan Confederation D) Fund the Mystical Deliberation project - - - CCAF gains the Shen Yi - - - Stealth Doctrine +2 3) Lyran Alliance A) Fund the Fighting Pig project - - - LCAF gains the Razorback - - - Battlefield Recon Doctrine +2 4) Clan IlKhanate A) Investigator Superiority - - - Clan Ghost Bear gains the Bruin - - - Clan Coyote gains the Rabid Coyote - - - Clan Coyote gains the Savage Coyote 5) Andurien Reservation B) Seal Club - - - Clan Sea Fox gains the Tiburon 6) ComStar B) Project: Uncanny Valley - - - ComStar gains the Triskelion - - - Technomysticism +2 ... Yeah, this looks good. 
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