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Claiming this thread for Clan Jade Falcon!

>>92578762
Throw a bit more yellow on it and you got Clan John Deer

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>>92578762
This is Heather Anderson-Ishikawa, commanding officer of Naginata Battalion, Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery, and I dispute your claim to this thread in the name of the Coordinator. I bring to this trial one Nova Lance. What forces dare answer the Dragon's Roar?

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>>92578800
Apologies, Star Commander. My assistant attached an outdated image of my force to this transmission. Worry not - he will be executed at sunset for his treason against the Dragon.

>look up BT fanart
>it's more and more catgirl pilotd
I only joined a few years ago so my lore knowledge is lacking in spots, but aren't those just Canopian prostitutes? Is that just a normal career path there, sell ass for a few years to save up for a mech?

>>92579065
>but aren't those just Canopian prostitutes? Is that just a normal career path there, sell ass for a few years to save up for a mech?

Yup

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>>92579076
>>92579065
Oop, forgot the screenshots

>>92578800
uwu7 dwaggy waggy senpai~~ This is Staw Coluwunl Bottom-Anon of Cwan Jwade Fawkwun. I accept ur chawwenge and I answew ur with a bid of my unaugmendend bussy~

do chu accept~ ow is ur honyouw owo foweit uwu?

>>92579139
...

What in the fresh fuck has happened during the last eighty years in the Homeworlds?

>>92579155
The radiation and brain-eating bacteria of the Pentagon worlds has irrevocably damaged Clanners in ways we cannot begin to fathom.

>>92579190
A star-cluster level quarantine and the deployment of anthropologists to study this decaying society from orbit is the beat option. Perhaps then we can understand the perils of this "bussy" and it's effects on society

>>92579231
That would require the finest minds of the NAIS, ITT, and FWTI to have even the slimmest chance of getting to the heart of this mystery

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>>92579155
kawaii desu ne?

*orbital bombardments ur bulge*

x3

>>92579136
Comstar lets this degenerate scum live and send HPGs? And some draco betrayed his nation and family for mermaid pussy? Well…i guess I expected that.


Notice how no Davion engages in such filth. The true Christian religion saves. Praise God.

I actually forgot i HAVE a lance of wolverines.

with two beginner boxes and two aGoAC boxes, i have four wolverines for a memey WVR-6M lance.

if i get the eridani box i will have the jumping thud for the tdr5se. i already have the aws 8q and the wlf 1. to make a suitably memey lance of

AWS-8Q
TDR-5SE
WVR-6M
WLF-1

>>92579341
The only mention of kuritans in that passage is the writer saying he isn't one.

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>>92579341
About that....

>>92579412
No, he mentions he isnt a member of the O5P, specifically. could be anyone

>>92579065
>Is that just a normal career path there, sell ass for a few years to save up for a mech?
Nah, becoming a cyborg prostitute is seemingly your final job change. You've hit rock bottom and everybody will make sure you aren't getting up again at that point.

>>92579693
Is this canon? No wonder everyone loves Comstar.

Still no Davions falling to degeneracy. Once again white Christian PrV00Jotestants win.

>>92579925
Its from the old Periphery sourcebook, page 60 in my copy. Based on its chapter placement, its likely that den is somewhere in the Outworlds Alliance. However, theres a paragraph above it describing the "New Hedons" and mention they're on many worlds throughout the Periphery

>>92579925
>Once again white Christian PrV00Jotestants win
The Davions are literally Papists, my friend.

>>92579959
I can't believe Comstar lets them live like that....they truly are evil. More merciful to cut them off from HPC and jumpships and let them die.

>>92579992
Comstar is clearly the papacy in 40k.

>>92579693
>having sex in wine filled pools
Disgraceful, What a waste of wine

>>92580014
Wouldn't change the fact that there's a pope on New Avalon and they all be New Avalon Catholics.

>>92580172
There's an Archbishop is Anglicanism that doesn't mean they're papists loser.

>>92578762
looking great !

>>92580234
The Anglicans are effectively Catholics. They just aren't allowed to aknowledge the pope any longer so that their king can get any number of divorces.

>>92580014
>in 40k
>>92580234
>loser
nta but get a life already

chudtech

>>92580261
And the know that pope is anti Christ. Just like comstar.

>>92580366
Sir, we do not tolerate such slander against Capellans here

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First weapons pass done. 2nd pass and details next. But for now, sleep

>>92579992
They’re papists in the same way anglicans are.

It still angers me that it takes until the jihad for there to be a dragon with a C3M

>>92580492
Im just mad at the absurd bv tax. Like 10% of total on the end is reasonable, but 5% of total added to each? Come on

>>92580443
davion mental gymnastics
>have a pope
>somehow not a papist

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>*various images play of operation RAT*
>This is the CCAF Emergency Field Mess Kit mk2. Produced under emergency war protocols in the 4th Succession war. Now the thing you need to remember about CCAF ration is that they can be a bit unpredictable. You can see here by the markings that this meal was intended for mech warriors so it will be of a higher quality than say the tank or infantry variants. Even then, these are known for having seals break or going rancid during jump ship transportation.
>Lets get this opened up. *slices open the package* First we have our main this one is barely porridge, you also get a small can of tushonka with it, looks like the can is still in tact. Here we have some dried fruit of some sort, and this one here says it's a pickled vegetable. And last is the accessory packet, you get some tea in this one no coffee, spork, toilet paper. You notice no heater, as this was a mech warrior ration they can be heated using the mech. Alright let's get this out of a tray. Nice.

>>92580374
We had so many popes and none of them had a mother who was the Whore of Babylon that rode a beast with twelve heads and carried the sun and the moon in a chalice or whatever.

>>92580766
pope just means father in medieval italian. It's the same thing we translate as priest. You're using quibbling about words to gotcha us.

The truth is that we all know Davions are the only good guys in Battletech. You're trying to distract from that main idea with your quibbles because you know you're wrong. So you're correct that Davions use the naughty no-no word to describe the head of their DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED PROTESTANT CHRISITANITY SECT. I will grant you that. But you in turn must acknowledge that they are white Anglo Saxon and Protestant in their outlook.

>>92579925
When Stefan Amaris' soldiers first secured control of Terra in 2770 and laid siege to the Vatican, Catholic Pope Clement XXVII dispatched a message to the five cardinals who oversaw the Church in the Star League's other member states. Correctly anticipating his death at the hands of the Greenhaven Gestapo, Clement stepped down from his position and granted the cardinals the temporary power necessary to run the church in their respective domains.

Clement intended for the College of Cardinals to elect his successor once the opportunity arose, but New Avalon's Cardinal Kinsey de Medici received a garbled message which he interpreted to mean that Clement had placed him in charge of the Church. Later, upon learning of the massacre of Clement and nearly everybody else in the Vatican, de Medici moved swiftly to assume control of the Church. Despite being informed of Clement's actual message, he appointed a new College of Cardinals who confirmed his election as Pope Thomas X, following which the new pontiff announced his authority over all Catholics in known space.

>>92580831
wrong thread.

but yeah, culture drift is a thing. Kind of like the whole ISIS thing beign somewhat cringe if say, Mehmed II or Suleiman would have been in charge of a still living ottoman empire and would have seen them as bloody fools that should be sliced posthaste.

But they did manage to do a fuckton of work while larping now, did they not? and that was IRL. I see no reason why in the future after two or three essentially apocalypses level fall of civilizations that some would perhaps try and make something that works and they would do the smart thing and take the blueprints for something that already has proven that it works. sure it only works for a couple of centuries, but that is honestly good enough. nobody manages to make it past a couple or a few centuries without a civil war or reformation that essentially makes it into something completely different anyway.

>>92580860
So what? I don't care what they do. I'm talking about Davions.

>>92580544
So in a standard network of 4, it would cost an extra 20%?

>>92580860
Which mirrors very nicely the whole schism and why roman-catholics are the first major surviving low grade heretical schismatics.

which is funny imho, since if they would have gone with the papal sugestion it would have went to the patriarchal council of Constantinople type of deal of the orthodox church, and so eventually getting to be right again, but in a nice way history was made to rhyme and redo the whole schism but different.

>>92580781
Lack of Instant Type II is always a problem.
If they do not have that than at least a cigar or a few ml of complimentary alcohol.

>>92580544
bv is also somewhat funy. C-bill costs is also, but those are the rules for tring to have matched forces, instead of the irl thing of outmassing, outspending and outnumbering the foe 5:1 if at all possible.

>>92577666
>why ballistics even exist/used then?

TW turn duration fucked ballistics over. Solaris is a more "realistic" depiction, where ACs generally get two to three shots in the timeframe it takes to recharge the next shot on a direct energy weapon.
So for every 10 points of a PPC, you get 15 out of an AC5 and 20 out of an AC10.

>>92580968
Oh please. Pathetic propaganda.

>>92578788
"John Deer" is not clan-like enough, it should be Cletus Jedediah III Deer at least to be considered (a clan splinter kitting out agro-and industrial mechs would be fun though)

>>92579136
>Lyran priestess walking about in nothing more than her ceremonial medallions
What sort of priestess? Far as I know BT really only has real world religions, and I don't know any that involve worn ceremonial medallions.

>>92581229
It's pro-Kurita propaganda written by a comstar bishop. It's all fucking lies. Kurita and comstar are the bad guys, don't forget.

>>92581229
There are a number of new religions, and old revived religions/paganism.

>>92581252
>the bad guys
Are the incestuous slaver furries who claim to be ultimate warriors then bitch and moan like pussies if you don't give them a "fair fight"

>>92581260
>paganism
I know the Kuritans practice shinto, buddhism and bushido, which of the other thousands of non-abrahamic religions do you mean?

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One day...

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>>92581327
Today

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>>92581348
Now

Hey in the hive minds experience about how many infantry platoons are needed to have a 50/50 chance of winning against elementals? Assume we’re talking about the machine gun equipped elementals if it makes a difference in your estimation

>>92578805
Fuck that's a sexy Omni Lance. My desire to whip up my European Pike-and-Shot auxiliary themed Combine force returns with a vengeance.

>>92581373
Good cockpit and LRM's, rest needs work.

>>92581390
Yeah sure. You can be born some type of horribly inbred cat girl because your ancestor from over 300~ years ago didn't receive their monthly medical injection that prevented them from going feral because of the disruptions caused by the fall of the Star League

>>92580859
>Protestant Christianity sect
isn’t it literally Roman Catholicism but they have their own pope because one cardinal got power hungry? >>92580860

>>92581390
The Genecaste shit was intented for conspiracy-type shit. And the Frobisher mermen are the only "canon" example of a seriously genemodded population. The "canopian catgirls" in canon so far are prostetics.

Also fuck the coomers and troons, all go for the canopian catgirl bs.[/spoiler\

>>92580439
Looking good. Can you try to hold your camera a little more steady so the shot isn't so blurry?

>>92581531
exactly.

>>92581531
You just described protestantism. Luther and Henry VIII were just disappointed power mad Catholics.

>>92579959
Herotitus is the poster world for New Hedons.

>>92581552
>Luther who never reached for power or even flexed anything beyond writing some popular texts
>Henry who was already a king
You a retard or jew?

>>92581276
LC: One Star Fait, Aesirism (Neo-Norse), Delphism
FWL: Way of Anme, Exituri, Eleusinism/Athenism, Delphism
FS: Unfinished Book, Church of the Greater Zeitgeist, Prophets of the Third Dawn, Tallestone Sybaris
DC: A number of weird cults like Scientology, Chanters and Church of the Starry Wisdom
CC: Korvin Doctrine, The Sarna Mandate
OWA: Omnis and a bunch of other stuff
TC: Deism
MoC: Goddess Religions, MIllenialists, Magdalene Church

>>92581390
That kinda catgirl is the one that would appear in Freakshows rather than the one with the high-cut one-piece swimsuit and the hair larger than a nuclear mushroom.

>>92581552
Luther had actual doctrinal disagreements that went beyond Henry's being iffed about Rome being unwilling to annul yet another marriage for him (and being poor while all those rich monks living next to his lands had no armies of their own).

>>92580439
Looks nice. As >>92581544 said, try steadying the camera, or possibly setting the focal point on one of the mechs. It looks like the shot's focal point is on the cutting mat directly behind+between the Blackjack+Grasshopper, causing reduced focus.

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>>92581626
CC also have a Thugee Cult of Kali, which may or may not actually exist in real life depending on if you believe colonial British officers who needed something to blame for the problems in their areas of control.
But in Battletech, it definitely exists, and one of Romano Liao's (Sun Tzu's sister) kids becomes the leader of them.

>>92581682
Lots of bishops, laymen, and thinkers have had issues with the church. None of them destroyed the church in their quest for worldly power.

For a contemporary example of the Satanist Luther, see Erasmus, who knew how to criticize the church without being an evil monstrous heretic. I will pray that Christ brings you back to the true church.

>>92581762
Sorry, the kid is Sun Tzu's sister, not Romano. Romano is his mom.

>>92581762
Also her dad may or may not be a mechwarrior and part time underwear model named Chad Jackson who was popular for his classic Han phenotype and great ass and who got invited to private meetings with Romano many times.

>>92578805
Nice kanazuchi models! You know they can't ride omnimechs though right?

>>92581626
>Korvin Doctrine, The Sarna Mandate
Those aren't really religions. They, along with the Lorix Order, are the three philosophical doctrines the Capellan system of government is built around, though the Warrior House orders do tend to mix aspects of them into Buddhism and Confucianism they practice.
>The Korvin Doctrine: people should base their actions on what best serves the greater good of humanity (basically utilitarianism). The Capellan state obviously defines "serving the greater good of humanity" as "serving the Capellan Confederation".
>Sarna Mandate: the common folk lack the ability to see the big picture, beyond their own personal needs, so the elite must take charge and use whatever means necessary to ensure the survival of the state, no matter how many people die in the process. How this applies to the Capellans state should be self-explanatory
>The Lorix Order: the most complex of the philosophies, and the only one you might be able to call a religion though it's more of a code of conduct for mechwarriors. In short it amounts to mechwarriors being the ultimate form of soldier and therefore should be held in the highest esteem, but at the same time they must serve and protect the people of their nation, and should hold themselves accountable to the highest degree of honor and chivalry. It's a key tenet of the Warrior House orders, and is also used by the state to justify the continued existence of mechwarrior noble families which kind of go against the philosophy the Confederation is supposed to be built around.

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>>92578654
It has been 9 (nine) threads since MadCat Clan Fag has refused to answer my BatChall

>>92581276
>>92581626
>>92581808

Well there is also the word of blake.


As for the abrahamics, you have the wonderful world of all the bloody schismatics if you go out of the catholic world.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgx1GBlEUTI


The muslims are mostly gone and only on a few planets in the Azami Province of the DC, some in the periphery those being Astrokaszy, and in the deep periphery in Nuevo Castile, the Umayid Caliphate.

>>92581804
>classic Han phenotype
Tiny penis no muscles and obviously gay?

>>92581863
Tons of Muslims in FWL, Fed Suns, and among Dracs.

>make my first shitty homebrew mech in meklab
>immediately want a sheet and custom model to try running it
How do you guys stand not being able to just make your own models of everything without models?

>>92581858
The Puma sisters were robots though.

>>92581868
Don't question Romano Liao's tastes, there's a pretty good chance she'll have you flayed alive or burned at the stake or something.

>>92581626
>Delphism
Is that why there's a random world near the Canopus border that worships Athena?

>>92581863
Of course the reddit spacer doesn't know there's tons of Islammah in BT. Arab drac officers etc.

>>92581903
That would be mostly from the Azami worlds. The ones who like to build some of the best hovertanks around.

I did not know about them being more in the FWL, as i thought that is because the FWL ate Astrokaszy. As for the Fedsuns and Lyran they had mostly Hindus.

Mecca got nuked and muslims had some reprisals as far as i recall from the lore.

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>>92581327
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>>92581373
Toro my beloved. Do the Talos.

>>92581863
>The muslims are mostly gone
What? You can find them basically everywhere, they aren't as wide spread due to issues space added to the five pillars but once those were resolved they could be found all over.

>>92581876
the Azamis, those are the main islamic worlds in the IS that i know about and they are in the DC, yes. outside of the Savannah masters they are also the dudes who make some of the better hover tanks as their claim to fame.

I was not aware of FWL and FS having many muslim worlds however, unlike the DC who has a whole province of them like the FS having major groups of worlds of Hindus the former Hindu Collective, and the LC the Tamar Pact.

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Hey hey people, LAMFAG here.

I was able to get in TWO games yesterday (because the first game went to shit almost immediately), so I'll be posting up the interconnected story once I finish writing out the second battle report. Look forward to some TALOS action! (aka Talos mechs getting absolutely BODIED by PPC fire from proliferation Mechs, Jesus Fucking Christ)

>>92581327
>>92581348
>>92581373

>>92581973
>92581327
>92581348
>92581373
Fuck, forgot to mention the other links.

Beautiful Toro models Anon.

>>92581946
The Regulans in the FWL are also Hindu.

>>92581808
Sikhism is also a philosophy, yet it is counted as religion.

>>92581973
>LAMfag got game
What's your excuse, Anon?

>>92581863
Catholicism too is schismatic, IIRC the original incarnation of semitism in Europe was Arianism (christ being a label applied to yeshua bin yosef retroactively in modern vernacular, "christians" did not exist for a couple centuries after the death of that individual)

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>>92582015
>Sikhism is also a philosophy,
Christianity is a philosophy if you ignore the dogma, the theology, the religious rituals and the way it interconnects with political power, yes.

>>92582032
Christ is a title, and at the time, the idea that Jesus was the Christ was not settled. Simon Magus was considered the Christ by Simonians, who limped along for a few centuries before being completely buried. Technically they'd also be Christians, believing that the Christ is real and has appeared, but they're not even remotely the same as what we'd call Christians today, since they're starting from a completely different base.

>>92582042
I'm talking about the actual definition of the thing, not a snarky sarcastic bitch commentary.

>>92582098
Yeah, so are we all. You're trying to sound smart but you're a retard who deserves to be ignored.

>>92581858
Stop jerking to your animu catgirl coomer. Also, the Puma Sisters were droids.

>>92582098
I'm sorry to break this to you, but religions only sprang into existance after the fall of the Buddhist Empire, because the usual case was that any religion was merely a description of the political apparatus of a community, meaning that they had no faith, just a weird theory of statehood.

So Buddhism became the first true religion, with Christianity following way later, after the investiture controversy had sufficiently widened the split between worldly and religious institutions in Europe.

Meanwhile, Hinduism and Islam are in fact not religions and never were.

>>92581858
What is that image of the catgirls from?

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>>92582267
Dominion Tank Police, my newfriend.

>>92581252
Comstar did nothing wrong, ever.

>>92582115
>trying to sound smart
That's some serious projection.

>>92581858
A "naturally occurring mutation" that also gives a Charisma penaltt.

>>92582311
So you agree that Focht was right to murder Waterly?

>>92582230
>picrelated
Never actually takes place in any of the writing and most Jade Falcons have never actually seen a Jade Falcon, many wondering if they actually exist.
Then you get Bloodnames earned in the IS by warriors who will never rotate back to clan homeworlds unless they become solahma, so would never have an opportunity to carry out such a hunt.
TL;DR: That bit of lore is retarded.

>>92582230
Anna & Uni are a pair of tall, beautiful blonde android catgirls who were created as "love dolls" to be marketed for profit, but they developed beyond this superficial programming and became criminals, joining forces with Buaku.

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>>92581858
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKHYv2r4m6k
indeed, beyond a few regular uniforms some are indeed 80s inspired and once you get out of those and into periphery and pirates, those are using straight up road warrior aesthetics, but with neon colour and some cyberpunk thrown in akin to blood dragon instead of just leather and tassels.

>>92582350
IIRC the CJF introduced the Jade Falcons in some, if not all, of their OZ planets. But i think there was another bird that the Lyran found that excel in hunting the Jade Falcon and use it to troll the CJF.

>>92582425
Even so, no written warrior I've read in the novels to earn a bloodname has ever actually performed this hunt.

>>92582348
Look, Freddy Steiner has always been politically inept.

And it is very much in character after winning on the field to fuck up the home situation beyond belief. He was going in that direction with the LC. And he continued with CS.

>>92582015
None of the three really have any trappings of religion, like a priesthood, rituals associated with them, or holy scripture. The Lorix Order comes closest since it has the essay originally written by Kalvar Lorix, which has a list of 6 statements that define the philosophy, but it's basically a chivalric code rather than a religion. The other two are basically a single sentence each, and amount of phrases the Capellan government can throw around to justify why they're doing the things they do.

>>92582456
So you admit comstar makes mistakes.

>>92582269
A sad day that the Word vented its frustration on the sphere instead of going after the clans in the Jihad to eliminate the other SL reforgeing ideology, since if they can not do it now, it will eventually happen one day, and the clans had way to much territory and people, so going age of war/amaris on them would have been the logical conclusion...

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>>92582230
>>Wear patches at all times
>>Even while naked
The thought of a bunch of bareass clanners with their unit and clan flashes taped onto their bodies makes me giggle. Do the more badass warriors use pins and stick them straight on?

>>92582522
Obviously they wear them as modesty pasties.

>>92582509
Oh, plenty. never said they did not. holy shroud 2 and jolly roger were retardation of institutional inertia. Tiepolo at the end i think was warming up to the idea of perhaps pulling a slow reformation and getting on with the times in stealing a march on technological development somehow, but well. Things happened. I for one do not find it at all odd that his former lover who after his death took over as primus was his main opposition on the whole Helm issue, and shortly thereafter he died of heart attack, due to old age and the vigorous arguing. Truly that is what has happened.


Focht was so focused on pulling a prussian that he did not care as long as he got is toy army, and he de facto sold comstar to the DC.

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>>92582147
>Stop jerking to your animu catgirl

>>92582442
>android
Android's universal, pedant.

>>92581959
>True, but how many are going to remember they are liberated Sex Gynoids?
In a btech thread? A whole fucking lot of people.

>>92578788
>Clan John Deer
>If you attempt to repair your mechs yourself you will be issued a batchall for a Trial of Grievance

>>92582732
I am not talking about anime retard, i am talking about you fucking jerking to anime catgirls in an non-anime setting.

>>92582551
>Comstar did nothing wrong ever
Why can't anyone on modern 4chan read?

WHY does everyone wanna pick fucking light mechs??

In my MechWarrior Narrative game im running out of the six people I've recruited only two picked anything more heavy then fourty tons coming in with a Stock Warhammer that a cop stole from pirates before he got kicked from the force and a Pheonix Hawk that a catgirl (that my faggot weaboo friend made) stole when breaking out of Canopus. everyone else is picking shit like Stingers Panthers and a god damn urban mech. Im not going to tell them no that they cant play them but im just confused too the thought process behind this

Speaking of religions what happened to the ones tied to specific places/people. Like Anglicanism with the sovereign on the UK, Islam and Mecca, Mormonism, stuff like that. Where are they in Blake's year of 3XXX?
Is there somebody still keeping the old heavens gate webpage up?

>>92582311
Idk, Toyama's little pissing contest with Charles Marik was kind of a net loss for everyone involved. And also Holy Shroud targeting non-military technological advancements/recoveries.

>>92583069
Crescent Hawk's Inception is happening. Do your job.

>>92583139
whats the correlation? Never played CHI. the refference is going right over my head

>>92582878
because that was not me, thus i never said that.
the issue of not having ID i guess and the cost of banning quests.

>>92583069
Nobody wants to munchkin and be overpowered?

>>92583069
Panthers are good mechs. Stinger I'm not so sure why, it can jump sure but the locust generally has it beat everywhere else. Whoever chose an urbie likely has meme brainrot

>>92583169
If someone says I did something in response I follow the convo. I dont need posting ids highlighted for me. Just click up the chain. Then again Im not a retard.

>>92583169
I really think /tg/ would greatly benefit from poster id's and flags.

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Saw this post and had to make it into a meme. This is some Succession Wars thinking.

>>92583200
Zoomies are truly braindead. Just read the thread. If you need a commment thread curated the head over to that website reddit

>>92583069
they probably want to do DFAs and only DFAs as the only real option to fight other mechs and else bully non mechs like infantry or quickcell vees.

urbanmech for anyone not playing city guard is retarded.

>>92583168
The game was all bug mechs, which made the Urbanmen's AC10 the BFG.

>>92583178
I think this Is a over correction if thats the point then because God DAMN everyones going to be under powered. the people im running with are also largely unfamiliar with Btech as a setting (normal fags) but im just shocked how under powered everyone is willing to be even after I told everyone how soft light mechs are and how easy they are too get blown up with anything heavier then a medium laser or a AC 5.
>>92583188
Ay he Urbanmech player is a memester

Kinda surprised there was never a Jenner II since the Owens is a flop.

>>92583230
jesus

>>92583199
you are aware this is a circlejerk, right? Thus it will always have more than two participants who but in on a chain.

tg used to have id tags, if i recall correctly in the age of quests, and whenever someone has to post not that anon abbreviation i cringe inside.

then again you seem to have some kind of mental divergence in identifying as other anons. the whole we are anon is a meme, anon.

>>92583221
You're just worried about being identifiable to any degree for the duration of a single thread, must be an avid samefagger.

>>92583222
damn trips. again unfortunatly all of them are newfags and only really played the Introduction Demogame using the full classic rules. ie a Griffin vs a Vindicator

>>92583297
nta but throw some soft targets at them first should make things feel nice

>>92583297
kind of a bit also your problem for letting them pick and choose whatever, as all of them are newfags you now have to do some kind of introductory line and one of them is way overtonnage to play lightmech trainer lance of run around and run away for if you fight you die. I mean drop the urban and the warhammer and you can play green recce scout lance.

if you are fighting you are doing it wrong the only fight is to disengage or to ambush other recce lances.

if they want to play lights go full on light mindset. if they also have access too fancy electronics like TAG, BAP and ECM later you can upgrade them to arty spotters, so they can pretend they have some kind of firepower once they learn that if they actually fight anything they die and should always only ambush.

>>92583360
>>92583297
Just let them roll against vees and infantry first and grant them objectives that don't require them to engage in battle at all, if they choose so?

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>>92582147
>Stop jerking to your animu catgirl coomer.
I will, literally and not at all metaphorically, kill you and everyone else here, before I ever even <consider> that course of action.

>>92583365
I honestly dont mind some of them being recons as Its going to make the game sligtly more interesting Im just dreading trying to keep all the modifiers wraped around my head during fast maths and trying too keep the narrative up, the rules that Im using (Destiny, Unfortunatly) also had them start off at the Regular experience level, and I made it explicitly clear that they can have medium mechs. which is why im still baffeled that they all mainly went straight for lights outside the Davion country bumbkin who also deliberately chose too be poor lowering his total hardware limit, I guess I just have too have them fight Tanks and infantry for the time being until heavier stuff comes along forcing them too face the reality that Lights arent exactly the way too go all the time

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>>92582856
>you fucking jerking to anime catgirls in an non-anime setting.
Which setting is that supposed to be? Because it's certainly not Battletech. Anime is part of Battletech and always will be you little fun hating newfag.

>>92583269
>>92583272
>>92583272
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY POSTERS THERE ARE. IF YOU ARE NOT BRAINDEAD IT IS VERY EASY TO RESPOND CORRECTLY. THIS IS NOT AN ADVOCATE OF SAMEFAGGING OR WHATEVER THE FUCK ELSE YOU RETARDS THINK. JUST READ THE FUCKING THREAD

Just take the L you retard zoomies. Everyone knows you can't read anyways.

If I get into this, is there like a battle box that has enough minis to paint two different ''armies''?
I know it's more like 4 mechs each person, and I'd rather do that than do that dumbass warhammer shit with thousands of fucking minis on a fake hill or shit.
I just like the idea of mech minis and how cool they look.

>>92583487
Anime is in Battletechs DNA but by enlarge Battletech is a straight faced western Military Science Fiction setting. yes it has many writing conventions of mecha anime and plot points lifted too. but all the japaneseisms where gutted in the name of starship troopers

>>92583487
I always thought battletech was a CIA psyop to make people hate Weaboo shit. Every single draco or capellan player I've ever seen certainly hates themselves, just like 99% of everyone else who plays the game.

>>92583511
The starter box has enough Mechs in it for eight people to play a legal game simultaneously.

>>92583487
There isn't much Anime in BT beyond some name dropping, it's been all filled out by penny dreadful scifi literature.

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>>92583515
>all the japaneseisms where gutted in the name of starship troopers

>>92583560
ya, the Anime of the Veritech fighters where gutted for a western, Star Ship Troopers explination for transformable mech(a)'s

>>92583521
The more I read about the Capellans getting bodied in the Succession Wars the more I want to support them out of pure contrarianism.

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>>92583577
if it wasnt for them being Fascist Socialists I would do the same. unfortunatly my heart torn between with the FWL LC out of how reasonable they are compared too the galatic east

>>92583577
Even if you are a contrarian, you'd have to ignore everything about them and ignore all lore. They're such fucking disgusting subhuman scum. And this is from an open incel.

>>92583595
Watching Sven Van Der Plank's videos about Succession wars made me appreciate FWL, especially Charles Marik.

>>92579065
I think the cat ears might get in the way of a neurohelmet.

>>92583560
Kinda reinforces his point. LAMs were just a wink and a nod to the anime inspired designs, and were subsequently shunted into the extinct category. No faction gets them in any kind of numbers, save the niche Star League and the slightly less niche WoB, and of the few people who play in those eras of Star League and Jihad, only a percentage of enthusiasts (hi LAMFAG) plays with LAMs.

>>92583577
3rd SW era and earlier Capellans have the underdog wibe going for them. They're certainly not good people, but you have to appreciate them surviving despite being constantly on the backfoot and pulling out all the tricks just to keep threading water.

>>92583631
>They're such fucking disgusting subhuman scum. And this is from an open incel.
I guess I am a Capellan now.

>>92583521
Odd, most drac players I've met aren't like that at all

>>92583833
Every Drac player I've met gave me Ironic Zeek vibes if they where ever into gundam.

>>92583751
If she's a cyborg, the ears a probably plug and play. I mean those part are company property too and are to be used by the next cyborg hooker as well.

>>92583577
The Cappies got upgraded pretty well. They went from adding a tank to their lance to the mass-adaption of stealth armour to getting enough BA to form something resembling a doctrine.

>>92583855
If the ears are plug and play, then they must have a permanent mounting point, which makes me think, could you move them around like a real cat?

>>92583069
How are they getting these mechs mechanically? Because in the RPG systems I'm familiar with, getting a mech at all is pretty easy, but making it heavier than Light is a serious investment of points or XP or whatever. Even more if they actually own it themselves and aren't just assigned to it.

>>92583510
>zoomies
That'd be you, and you're definitely defending samefagging.

>>92583549
That's the A Game of Armored Combat box. The one actually called a starter box only has 2.

>>92583933
They Pic which weight bracket they want, as in light medium or heavy if they can afford the latter, then I have them roll on MWII's Mech assignment table which then they get the most basic stock they roll. the Canopus Catgirl player had too roll on Mariks table because they where the closest too canopus space. despite everyone being regulars allowing them to get Medium Hardware everyones choosing to pick lighter mechs deliberately outside the guy who got the warhammer for picking the Wealthy Trait. even the pheonix hawk player delibretly picked a Medium weight bracket mech even though he picked the wealthy trait too. No I cant figure out the thought process behind these decisions either thats why im venting here about them

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>>92582018
When have I never? :)

LOGAN’S LANCERS BATTLE REPORT:

3026 MARIAN INCURSION [PART 1]
Date: June, 3026
Location: Logan Prime’s Moon, Planetary Defense Base
Planet Status: Under blitzkrieg assault by Marian Hegemony forces.

Logan Prime Moon Base Forces (mine):
>(x4) “Talos” TLS-1B
> “Jenner” JR7-D

Marian Forces (enemy):
>"Mackie” MSK-9H
>”Ymir” BWP-2B

>”Gladiator” GLD-4R

>”BattleAxe” BKX-7K


The Marian Hegemony has always been poking at the Lothian League, Logan Prime being the forwarding base of defense against pirating raids and incursions. Thanks to Hamric Industries and their partnership with the locals, they’ve created a fruitful relationship where Logan Prime’s manufacturing capabilities have nearly tripled in the past 50 years. Lately the Hamric’s have aided them in setting up a makeshift Planetary Defense Response base on their moon, and Logan Prime forces have set up a Talos lance on the satellite to defend it in case of attacks.

Knowing this, and with careful planning, the Marian Hegemony acted to cripple the Lothian League by crippling the planet in a two stage attack; take out the defense base on the moon, and then invade the planet to cripple its infrastructure. The first phase of the attack was the most crucial, and so the Marian’s brought out a lance of advanced and powerful Mechs from the Star League Era, including a deadly Mackie 9H variant.

Carefully calculating the orbit of the moon, the small dropship snuck onto the satellite from its dark side, and began to march toward the operating base. Once local range sensors picked up the lance, the Talos lance and the additional Jenner marched out to meet them. The Marians had the advantage in the sheer size and weight of their mechs, though the moon forces were advanced pilots (3/4 Marians vs 2/3 Periphery).

>>92583631
Most of the IS and Clans are subhuman scum.

>>92579410
>with two beginner boxes and two aGoAC boxes, i have four wolverines for a memey WVR-6M lance.

The beauty of the Wolverine 6M lance is that it is not in fact a meme. It just LOOKS like a meme.

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>>92584023
Sorry for the lack of paint in >>92584034
, I just assembled them and hadn't gotten a chance to do any priming or anything yet.

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>>92584023
>[Turn 1]

The moment they were within engagement range, all sides began to fire. Immediately things turned south when one of the Talos Mechs lost its AC/10 from one of the many PPC rounds firing at them. Though some of their long range missiles and AC/10 shots hit their marks, the armor and positioning of the enemy mechs made causing any real damage a chore.

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>>92584061
No, you're good. It's not like you're just painting the unit and leaving the bases undone with paint slopped over them. Or painting your units in unironic fascist colors. Those are bad things. Not having your stuff painted because they're new is fine.

Is there any standard you should be upgrading pilots to?

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>>92584077
>[Turn 2]

With the Gladiator jumping forward, one of the Talos moved to engage him. The Ymir took off to provide assistance, and two of the Talos mechs took off to focus fire the Ymir’s retreating form. The Jenner sprinted over the hills and across the landscape to pass by the Mackie, planning on delivering some armor melting laser fire, and the Talos with the crippled Autocannon stood in place to provide LRM cover against the Mackie.

The enemy BattleAxe held its position, as well as the Mackie, and instead focused on taking aim for improved accuracy.

The Ymir took damage, but not enough to punch through its armor, and the Gladiator suffered minimal damage, along with the Mackie. In return, the Mackie opened up with laser fire and a single AC/20 round that obliterated the left side of the Jenner, despite the mech’s speed.

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>>92584099
And thanks, much appreciated anon. Though I'm confused, don't you mean fascistic 'symbols'?

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>>92584104
>[Turn 3]

Attempting to maneuver for a more advantageous position, the Talos lance tried to pursue the Gladiator, but the mech jumped to safety, while the Ymir reversed course and focused on the repositioned duo that focus fired it. The Jenner ran for cover to avoid being hit again as it attempted to cool off, but was unfortunately open to fire from the Ymir. The already crippled Talos held firm and only focused on providing fire against the Mackie.

The results of this were a disaster. Withering fire punched through armor and a second Talos lost its AC/10 to PPC fire. The Jenner was hit with a round from the Ymir and its SRM-4 was completely crippled.

At this point, there was no way the lance was going to survive the encounter with a good chunk of its firepower crippled outright and the Jenner nearly dead. The Marian’s allowed them to flee, only because time was of the essence and making sure the moon was secure for staging a planetary invasion was of utmost importance. They held the moon as more forces poured into the system, repairing the armor on their mechs to prepare to join the rest down on the planet for the assault….

(Long story short, I my main firepower so overtly crippled in the first 3 rounds that continuing would have been an absolute slog, so we decided to call the match there. Thankfully there was enough time to continue playing one more smaller match, so we came up with something that worked out surprisingly well, and turned the day around...)

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>>92584023
>>92584077
>>92584104
>>92584170

Continued in Battle Report #2...

HAMRIC INDUSTRIES BATTLE REPORT (for Tax Filing Purposes):

3026 MARIAN INCURSION [PART 2]
Date: June, 3026
Location: Logan Prime, [Details Redacted]
Planet Status: Under blitzkrieg assault by Marian Hegemony forces.

Hamric's Forces (mine):
>"Marauder" MAD-3R [Pilot Samantha Hamric]
>"Wolverine” WVR-6R [Pilot Jacob Hamric]

Marian Forces (enemy):
>"Mackie” MSK-9H

After the initial routing of Logan Prime forces on the moon and the destruction of its planetary defense platforms, the pirate lance from the Marian Hegemony repatched their armor while Marian forces began to descend on the planet. At the time, the Hamric family was on a business trip establishing trade deals and plans to upgrade and build more facilities on Logan Prime. With knowledge of the elite lance that took out the Talos Guard stationed on the moon and the information obtained by the battle, it was determined that the top priority for destruction was the Mackie.

With the planet under a massive raiding assault, most of Logan Prime’s forces, including Logan’s Lancers and Logan’s Longshots, were too busy trying to fend off the lesser Marian forces to deal with the ancient assault mech. As luck would have it, the elite lance that took out the moon outpost decided to split its forces once it hit the ground, getting cocky with most of the planets forces engaged. The Mackie was heading to a critical comms outpost to destroy it and cripple communications across the planet.

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>>92584221
[Turn 1]

Samantha Hamric, being the closest to the outpost, went to intercept the Mackie with her Marauder. Jacob Hamric joined his sister, having to take his faster Wolverine to catch up to her in time. Once they grouped up, the began to engage the Mackie.

The Hamric siblings split up, Samantha driving straight for the enemy to draw his fire while firing off a PPC round, while Jacob jumped between tree lines to cover his flanking advance. The Mackie positioned itself on higher ground and behind cover, as it began to fire both PPCs at the advancing Marauder.

[Turn 2]

Bart hopped forward again, popping off an AC/5 shot that nicked the Mackie, but the hefty armor was barely damaged by the shot. Samantha’s PPC’s however slammed into the Mackie, melting off some of its armor. The fire she received in return blasted armor from her left leg, while they continued to advance.

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>>92584234
>[Turn 3]

While getting into prime engagement range, Samantha maneuvered herself into a more advantageous position hidden within a tree line, as she let her mech cool down while firing a PPC and AC/5 at the Mackie. Her damage struck true, sheering off more of its heavy armor. All the while, Jacob had landed in a position to hide from the Mackies more deadly fire, while the Mackie maneuvered down to engage Samantha directly.

Opening up with its PPC and AC/20, both shots BLASTING Samantha’s mech head on, evaporating most of the armor from the Marauder in a single go. Stumbling from the hit, she quickly righted herself to continue engaging the monstrous foe.

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What is the best 80 tonner and why is it the Zeus?

What's the best omni-blackjack config?

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>>92584262
>[Turn 4]

Taking a risk, Samantha kept herself hidden within the tree line, as Jacob took the opportunity to flank the Mackie and distract it from his sister. The Mackie maneuvered to engage Jacob, firing off an AC/20 round and its medium lasers being in such close range, while Jacob fired back with his SRM-6 and Medium laser. The Mackie’s fire missed, and several missiles peppered its body in return.

In return, Samantha opened up with a hail of PPC and AC/5 fire, which blasted more armor off of the Mackie, slowly beginning to whittle it down.

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>>92584285
>[Turn 5]

The Mackie turned to run, seeking a more advantageous position as the pilot became concerned. Jacob pursued, and caught up to the Macike to deliver an Alpha Strike to its rear, medium laser melting off back armor while an AC/5 round struck true to the enemy cockpit, and a kick damaging its arm. Samantha stood her ground and fired off another round of PPC and AC, trying to snipe the enemy out. The Mackie, in return, twisted around to fire its AC/20 at Jacob, which he barely dodged in time as the round sailed into the hillside behind him.

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>>92583069

You're playing with fucking unicorns is what's happening. I go to the FLGS every week with between 4-8 other players, and have a separate campaign group of 4, and it's a rare fucking day when someone voluntarily picks something lighter than a Pixie.

Like maybe the lore-guy will have a token light as a concession to the setting, but I usually expect to see at least 2 heavies in a lance, and 3 is not infrequent.

The actual lore should have mediums being the largest percentage of your force, with plenty of lights, a good chunk of heavies, and then a tithe of assaults. But that's not what players tend to pick, so consider yourself in rare territory.

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>>92584292
>[Turn 6]

The Mackie turned to engage the siblings head on, while Jacob deftly jumped behind the Mackie to avoid head on fire. Another blistering exchange of fire took place from the siblings, the armor now slowly beginning to whittle down on the left torso, while the right arm’s armor was nearly sheered off. However, in a sudden bout of luck from the Mackie, it turned its AC/20 onto Jacob again, its shot striking true on his center torso! The armor was instantly vaporized, miraculously leaving his internals undamaged.

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>>92584316
The sheer level of EXACT CT armor being shredded in one hit is astounding this game...

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>>92584316
[Turn 7]

Samantha called out to her brother to group up with her as she held to her position. Jacobs Wolverine jumped to higher ground and behind cover nearby her Marauder, but the Mackie pursued. Emboldened by the damage it delt, and looking to finish one of them off, the Mackie entered into deadly firing range, assaulting Samantha’s mech with shots from the AC/20 and its medium lasers. One of the lasers melted off the last bit of her Center Torso armor, and for a moment, she saw her life flash as the AC/20 round bore down on her.

In a stroke of divine luck, the round whiffed into the hill behind her.

After a heart stopping moment, the siblings struck back, and peppered the Mackie with close range fire. Out of all the shots, it was a single shot from Samantha’s PPC at close range that blasted into the already damaged cockpit of the mech, vaporizing the pilot and winning the fight.

>>92584099
If the models weren't glued to bases by default and leaving me reluctant to remove them, I would just have painted figures on plain black bases. It's not interesting and I don't like standing in a desert on a light woods hex. Flat paint is at least a modicum of effort.

>>92584297
I cant tell if your shitting on my players or congragulating them

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>>92584342
>[Epilogue]
The siblings stood over the downed Mackie, their center torso’s exposed but no internal damage taken. With the comms relay protected, eventually the Marian Hegemony forces reported being overwhelmed by coordinated assaults by the Lancers and Longshots. In the end, though towns and infrastructure were damaged by the heavy assault, the Marian forces were eventually driven to retreat by the locals.

The critical assistance from the Hamrics made discussions between the locals more agreeable to licensing out some of their Talos designs to Hamric Industries for reproduction and distribution. In addition, the Hamrics took the Mackie back to Huntington, trying to decide whether to keep it in reserve, or turn it into a museum display to get more tourists to their edge of the FWL….

>[Battle Report End]

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>>92584371
So, I hope you all enjoyed that two part battle report from yesterday's game. I got my shit pushed in in the first one, but managed to get my revenge on that goddamn Mackie 9H in round two.

And it made for a nice narrative that I quite enjoyed putting together!

I wish UAC5 were as badass as in Battletech PC game.

>>92583577

Everything post 4th SSW has been basically a never-ending string of cappie victories. If it weren't for Clan Wolf, they'd be the undisputed GOATs of plot armor within the setting.

Saying that you're a Cappellan fan because they're the underdogs means that you're either playing with 3025-forever grogs, or are trying to gaslight the audience. Neither's a particularly great look.

For ease of reading...

MARIAN INCURSION OF 3026 STORYTIME:
>PART 1
>>92584023
>>92584077
>>92584104
>>92584170

>PART 2
>>92584221
>>92584234
>>92584262
>>92584285
>>92584292
>>92584316
>>92584342
>>92584371

Also this was definitely a learning experience, not only about the Talos Mechs, but about the merits of improving Gunnery and Piloting vs taking better/more mechs.

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>>92584269
A challenger appears!

>>92584433
The ROTS beat them on the routine so badly that despite never disarming like everyone else they still weren't a military peer to the FedSuns and got sent home in the Victoria War.

>>92584498
Luv the awesome and always have one in my companies, and yet I wouldn't call it the best. It is slow, I often struggle to walk it in range and 66% of firepower is in the torsos, so quite vulnerable to flanking and under running. At least it has plentiful back armor

>>92584269
I think on paper it's the awesome. But the zeus has always been a favorite of mine and worked wonders for me (when it's a PPC variant). The 9T specifically is usually what holds up my FCCW lyran lances

Neanderthal AG
Sarath B
Sarath A
Trebuchet 9N
Gonna Regulan so hard. Minimum speed 5/8, sometimes 6/9, two melee mechs, four cLRM-15s. The only way it could be more Regulan is if something had an Arrow IV with extra spicy missiles.

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>>92584023 >crippled
>>92584104 >crippled
>>92584170 >crippled
>>92584221 >cripple


Anon, you have a crippling need of a thesaurus. One could say that your vocabulary is crippled by its lack of variety. You've deliberately crippled your posts with the sparsity of synonyms.


Silly grammar tics aside, nice batrep, thanks for the posts.

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>>92584362

They will live in interesting times and may burn through a few PCs just from sheer accumulated pilot damage. I sincerely wish them the best of luck.

Lights in my experience work best as part of a larger force where they can harass and hover until they've got an opportunity for a backstab, where they either pay for their own BV many times over, or die ignominiously. The second option is much more likely than the first. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE some of my light mechs, but I'd never want to run a unit that was mostly light mechs. They want to have that heavy fist of mediums and heavies to rely on to keep the enemy occupied so that they can get their backstabs in.


Now, I might be letting my CBT bias show, it may play differently in Destiny, which is what I believe you said you were running in another post, but I guess what I'm trying to say is that your players have set themselves up for a challenge, all the more glorious if they succeed, but unsurprising if they fail. I shall cheer them from the sidelines in my modded Stalker.

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Update: I have learned to dislike the akuma less. After switching up my lance composition so 4/6 is the average speed and keeping the slow mechs in a tighter formation, the akuma has proven itself effective. Still wish it had jump jets though

>>92584848
>rereads through own battlerep
Christ you're right, I forgot to proofread it, FUCK! Well, then again, after getting fucked over in the first game, I didn't have much enthusiasm for writing it out, just dedication so that the second one would come out well.

But thanks for the point out, and you're welcome! It's always fun to weave a narrative in these games.

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Completed my Clan Coyote project today.

>>92584949

I was just ribbing you good-naturedly. Thank you for the batrep regardless.

>>92584437
The Marian Hegemony officially reports this strike as a strategic victory, and is perplexed yet pleased that the Logan's Lancers are broadcasting it. Ave, true to Caesar O'Riley.

Good stuff LAMFAG. Glad to see some Batreps, especially with those Proliferation junkers.

>>92584984
very clean good job

>>92585041
Lol, no problem, I took it as such.

>>92585077
THank you! And though mechs like the Ymir is kind of a junker...the 9H Mackie is a fucking MONSTER.

50 Points of armor in the CT ALONE and all those weapons, it put the fear of God into me...

>>92584984
Love the colors, well painted too.
You've got me wanting to do some clan mechs too.

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>>92579992
>>92580860
>>92581531
The Davions are anti-Papists in open, nuke-enforced schism. It's a direct parallel to the Avignon anti-Papacy. Once the Curia was reassembled they gave him the chance to rejoin the Church and get a hearty pat on the back for working so hard and he told them to get bent.

>>92582032
You recall wrongly. Arianism is a minor philosphical trend (the belief that the Christ is a specially-created being of a different order than Man) that only gained traction in the time of Arius. After his ejection from the Church following his asskicking at the hands of Santa Claus, Arians were invited into Scandanavia as a political ploy to keep the influence of Rome and Carolus Magnus as low as possible but still avert crusades. The Gnostics have much better claims to be The First European Heresy (since Paul was struggling with it already in his lettters). Christianity proper had gotten to Europe long before Arianism and were spreading like a wildfire. The seeds of the Great Schism were already propagating in the Levant, Anatolia, and the Caucasus as well, though again some people feel the need to fight about whether the Caucasus should be considered European.

>>92581893
>How do you guys stand not being able to just make your own models of everything without models?
By doing it analog, and only if it's fun or good. I'm not doing a custom model for every single enemy ace in my campaigns, but I'll sure as shit have fun with something that performed well or captured my imagination. As part of my ongoing pirate project I made a Wolverine for Wilson's Hussars out of a damaged EBay rescue Shadow Hawk, for example, and it's got a custom mini and record sheet that I still break out on occasion. Second from the left here.

>>92585276
>following his asskicking at the hands of Santa Claus
Excellent bait but for this.

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>>92582522
I'm just imagining some poor, dumbass CJF who got tattooed with the unit patch and then keeps getting transferred because his bloodhouse thinks it's funny.
>GET IN UNIFORM SURAT
>I am doing my utmost Star Colonel but the tattoo gun only works so quickly
>COVER UP THAT UNSEEMLY BLEMISH FROM YOUR PAST MECHWARRIOR
>Star Colonel I implore you
>IS THAT A CHALLENGE TO A TRIAL OF GRIEVANCE? Fine! Issue me your batchall as soon as you wipe off, I shall transfer you to Beta Galaxy if I win!
>Star Colonel it is on my piloting hand
>Sounds like FREEBIRTH talk to me, surat!
*Labor Caster sighs, prepares another bottle of ink*

>>92581893
But I have a 3D printer, I /can/ make my own models of everything that doesn't have an (((official))) model.

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>>92585324

>>92585340
Except clanners have no concept of humour.

I do not care for the no-dachi

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>>92583511
>If I get into this, is there like a battle box that has enough minis to paint two different ''armies''?
>I know it's more like 4 mechs each person, and I'd rather do that than do that dumbass warhammer shit with thousands of fucking minis on a fake hill or shit.
>I just like the idea of mech minis and how cool they look.
The starter box is $25 and has a coupon for $20 off the main game box. Main box has 8 minis, and both boxes have enough standies to run a mirror match and then some. I encourage people to try for the speed they need to play a Company-level game, because it's where BT really starts to shine, but that's the practical max unless you have a half-a-dozen extremely skilled players and a full day to fuck off.

>>92583577
Just play, and get into, more than one faction. It's not like it's hard. Helps keep some perspective too.

>>92583997
Congrats, you now have a scout/Cav lance as players. Assign them to go do Scout things. Like break through enemy picket lines to set X hexes of a critical forest on fire, engage enemy scouts, go on a headhunter mission against an enemy C3 van, knock out an enemy Long Tom battery with light escort, or scan buildings in an area rife with hidden Deployment enemies. Just make sure the Urbie player has a truck to load onto, or give him something faster as salvage.

>Venting
Dude, Cavalry pilots are usually bros who want fun scenarios. Enjoy not having all your game plans boil down to "how can I get these bitch-ass motherfuckers to stop hiding in the woods". Also, coming up with scenarios rewards will be MUCH easier. Most scouts are happy with an ERLL or a new light chassis, maybe something like the chance to pull a Cronus.

>>92585353
>clanners have no concept of humour.
We know for a fact that the Falcons do. Check the Wars of Reaving books in particular. We've got them making dick jokes about the Wolves, drinking heavily and making fun of the BattleTech cartoon, high-fiving the Wolves for their stunt with the Kerensky Blood Chapel, and "accidentally" "losing" their "science caste" in a "training accident".

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Im at a bit of an impasse as to what to paint the cockpit colors. Any suggestions? Dont want to do light blue because the striping is dark blue, but can't think of anything better

>>92585574
I have been looking for something to read, been doing nothing but watching red dwarf for over a week now.

Just a reminder for all the popularity the King Crab is a terrible mech.

>>92585664
Dual gauss is never bad.

>>92585664
I bet you also hate ginger girls with braces.

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Finished my two stars of bears.

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>>92585664
This is a crab board.

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>>92585664
Glad I'm not the only one who thinks so.

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>>92585634
Whenever I've stumped and feeling like that, I open up: https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel
Hope this helps <3

>>92585664
Me, you, batchall.

>>92585677
Ginger girls are the best.

Complete opposite of King Crabs which fucking suck.

sorry for a stupid question, but do you only get to play with 'mechs with preset loadouts? or can you change wargears equipped like you do in vidya? even build a custom/new 'mech rule?

>>92585664
what of it you think is terrible? the design? loadout?

>>92585970
Yep, the TechManual covers building cusom mechs. Most people stick with stock because 1. Its simpler and 2. Some people like the challenge of artificial restrictions.

otherwise it just becomes tarcomp+CLPL boat spam

>>92585970
You can customize mechs. Most people just play with stock variants though because it's really easy to just make a completely unfun death machine with custom loadouts.

>>92585970
Pick up games are generally restricted to prebuilt units, whereas campaign and longer form games typically allow refits. There are extensive rules for what you're describing.

There are so many existing units that you will be hard pressed to find something truly new and unique though.

>>92585883
Your mother dropped you on your head as a child.
Repeatedly.

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>>92585970
Sticking to stock machines is more "fair" but it is well within the rules to design your own mechs, example attached.

>>92585857
Neat little tool. Maybe a brownish red or purple then

>>92585970
>change wargears equipped
40k transplant detected.

But in all seriousness, yeah you can do customs, Tech Manual covers building things from the ground up.

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Picked up a brush for the first time in ~15 years. Here's two schemes I'm thinking for /mydudes/. The Shadow Hawk is still a work in progress, and yes I am going to base my 'mechs once I get some sand.

>>92586035
>Tech Manual
But Megamek Lab makes it easy.

>>92586057
Too much grey not enough color.

>>92585981
For a 100 ton mech the loadout is bad.

I rather go with an Atlas as it can do more and is actually a threat.

>>92586081
>the loadout is bad
Which one?

>>92586058
It is wise to develop an understanding the underlying principles of mech building before jumping to using the shortcuts. You should have learned that concept in highschool

>>92585634
Something golden or yellow would pop nicely

>>92586114
Hmmm, maybe with a dab of white in the corner for a jewling effect, could be good

>>92586095
KGC-0000

The only good variant is the KGC-001

>>92586159
So why is the KGC-000 bad and the Atlas good when they have similar dmg at long/short range, the same movement profile, and similar armor value?

>>92586101
Yeah, go ahead and master cutting down trees with an axe, chopping them up with a handsaw, and splitting them with an axe, before using a chainsaw and log-splitter.

>>92586182
Atlas looks cooler. KGC-000 is just some stupid crab.

>>92586081
I don't know about the older tech versions, but someone made a pretty compelling case for the 005 and 005r, dropping accurate LBX-20 fire at unexpected distance with the assistance of a spotting mech. Contemporary AS7-S2s and AS7-S3s are much better generalist assaults though I feel for a non-networked lance.

>>92586197
You need to get your eyes checked.

>>92586211
Yeah but your only going to see the 005 and 005r with Blakist or Comstar. Fell out of production because you know both died.

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Yeah I like fedcom dual gauss machines, how could you tell?

>>92586273
Also you can't do arm things with the LBX-20 since it eats crit into the torso.

>>92585990
>otherwise it just becomes tarcomp+CLPL boat spam
Good. War machines should be optimal. People don't use substandard equipment when lives are on the line.

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>>92585664
I think it suffers from it's own success. 2 AC/20's in that much armor is an unignorably large threat. So it gets unbelievably focused, and only being 3/5 it has to either cower cover to cover the whole game, which is not what you want out of such an expensive assault, or you throw it straight down the gullet and just pray it makes it to that 6 hex range bracket with acceptable damage. It also doesn't help that the weapons you are bringing it for, the cannons, are in the arms, the locations most likely to be hit by incoming fire. The Gauss Crab doesn't suffer from this as much, and does better as a mech IMO.

>>92585857
>Me, you, batchall.
Stop trying to pick up dates here BA. Maybe if you didn't have some chipped-ass painted nails you could pull a boyfriend irl.

>>92586187
I said understand, not master. You were clearly a C student with that level of reading comprehension.

Is the gauss victor any good? I normally prefer my vics to have autocannons but I've got a spot open in my drac lance and there's also a C3 version of it so I was considering getting one.

>>92586273
005r still exists according to MUL since it's just a refit kit designed to bring 000 models up to near-005 performance. It's available to mercenaries and RotS, and given its nature as a refit kit, could probably show up anywhere else an 000 could reasonably be. I would even go so far as to say 000 goes extinct because the remaining examples are upgraded to 005r.

>>92586385
>Is the gauss victor any good?

Not really, mostly because it's too expensive for what you get. Still a fluffy choice and a good mook for a Drac force.

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Shitposter talking bout Alaskan Kings. Go to sarna to lock at variants. See the 010. Its extinct. I would have been happier never knowing.

>>92586385
The 9B(C) or 9D? 10L is my personal pick for Gauss Vics

>>92586273
>Fell out of production because you know both died.

Wobbie plant on Mars got captured by Stoners and kept cranking them out to the end of the DA at least. Probably making them for Allie now.

>>92586418
>C* Thug stomping a Goon

All is right with the world

>>92586428
Broadsword Legion. It's the heel turn during the Galetea attack. Great fucking moment, and that's the cover of the Anthology that has the story in it.

do they make/sell tanks and vtols models as well? 3rd party?

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>>92586428
One of my favorite covers. Mostly because its a nice looking Thug thats colorized.

Does the MoC get most of the cool Capellan mechs? I cant find a way to like the CC, but aside from a few things I can dig Canopus.

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>>92586355
alright. i'm done posting here.

stay positive, anons. take care.

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>>92586286
>HeavyGausslander
Lol, that is one of the grosses examples of Crazy Kats Heavy-Gaussitis

>Archon, we come before you to submit several applications for new mech updates for our upcoming secession from the FedSuns. First up, the venerable Atlas an impressive close range brawler.
>Put a Heavy Gauss Rifle in it.
>Very good Archon. Next up, we have a few salvaged Goliaths from the Free Worlds League. We were hoping for new parts in to bring it in line with Alliance logistic train-
>Put a Heavy Gauss Rifle in it.
>Uh, very well Archon. We can always use another close assault mech. Next, we were hoping to create a new line of Highlanders. Typically boasting a good mix of long range weapons, the Highla-
>Put a Heavy Gauss Rifle in it.
>A-Archon, this seems highly unadvisable, it ususally excels at long range engag-
>Put a Heavy Gauss Rifle in it.
>*sigh* As you say Archon. One final point this afternoon. TharHes is hopping for your endorsement of a new Crusader variant. This Missile Boat could be very effective at pinning down enemy troops in both cities and open fields, and perhaps with some more weight saving measures it cou-
>Put a Heavy Gauss Rifle in it.
>...Archon, the Crusader is a missile boat, it provides LRM Support, surely such a cumbersome and heavy weapon like the Heavy Gauss Rifle would compromise it's effectiveness to an unacc-
>Put. A. Heavy. Gauss Rifle. In it.
>...By your wish Archon.

>>92586454
Is that a viking? I love the viking. Shame it's only available for a small window and to a small group.

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>>92586495
The Goliath is an excellent mech gor heavy gauss, just like the Barghest. That piloting bonus matters.

>>92586469
No, there's nothing good about the MOC at all, and there's nothing good about you if you're thinking of becoming an MOCfag. They are the worst part of the fan base and I can't wait until late January of next year when it will become legal to string them all up from lamp posts

>>92586500
In the back left, yes.
It's not "only available for a small window."
It's available from 3059 onwards. The Viking has not ceased production.

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>>92586495
And then of course she couldn't be satisfied by Victor's heavy gauss rifle alone, so she had to have a second one too

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>>92586495
>>...Archon, the Crusader is a missile boat, it provides LRM Support, surely such a cumbersome and heavy weapon like the Heavy Gauss Rifle would compromise it's effectiveness to an unacc-
>>Put. A. Heavy. Gauss Rifle. In it.

This is the most lulzy thing if you ever use it. The armor is tissue paper but it hits like a truck if you can keep on your feet when you hop out and cry SURPRISE at close range.

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Comstar WILL return.

>>92586560
I usually prefer the heavy gauss hollander. Yes, it may backflip after firing but it's the cheapest heavy gauss available, one of the fastest, and it doesn't mount a vulnerable larger engine unlike most HGR carriers

>>92586007

Just bring 5x LRM carriers for the same BV and park them behind a hill.

Use actual direct fire mech weapons for your 175 ton superheavy, otherwise all that tonnage and armor is wasted.

>>92586385

I drive the 9K all the time, and it gets work done. It's not super flashy, but it's pretty solid. Like all jumping heavies though, it pays too much in BV for what it does.

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>>92586495
>the Crusader is a missile boat, it provides LRM Support, surely such a cumbersome and heavy weapon like the Heavy Gauss Rifle would compromise it's effectiveness to an unacc-
>Put. A. Heavy. Gauss Rifle. In it.

I despise this Mech *so much*. It effectively canonizes everything wrong with the BattleTech customization system.

>>92586524
>I can't wait until late January of next year when it will become legal to string them all up from lamp posts

Fair. In respect for your honesty, I shall give you the choice which shall determine the manner how I greet you. Your options are as follows: 5.56x45, 7.62x39, .30 Carbine in full auto, .30-06, .303 in full auto, 7.62x51, 7.62x54R, .45-70, .50BMG, or M67.

>>92586426
The KGC-005 wasn't kept up with production and fell into extinction soon after the Republic took hold.

Plus it has a IC3 system its gone.

>>92586731
7.26x39 and M67 is redundant. I don't know why this bothers me enough to post.

>>92585634
Light green would work well with that black and darker blue. Or you could use red if you want a more "evil" look.

>>92586762
M67 is a type of grenade, bro

>>92584387
I thought it was neat, especially seeing a Ymir in action. And how you shrunk the battle to fit the second round's narrative.

>>92586731
What nodachi variant is that?

>>92586776
It's also an excellent yugoslavian 7.62x39 cartridge. At least I know what he meant now. Although I dont understand why he would jump through the hoops necessary to own one. Thats a lot of money on a one use item.

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>>92586781

This kind. Custom in the campaign. Picked up a package of Experimental equipment and whipped this up during a stop on a factory world before our current contract.
>that pic depicts a 72-point head hit

>>92586762

That is not the sort of M67 I was talking about. Check other Google search terms.

>>92586426
>>92586748
See >>92586395

>>92586568
I did find it interesting how the Hanseatic League, all the way out in the Deep Periphery, was able to produce three Battle Armors - the Infiltrator Mark I, the Inner Sphere Standard, and then the Purifier. Isn't it odd how that one stands out?

>>92586869
If the blakists are hiding out in the Hanseatic league, I absolutely cannot wait until the scorps find them.

>>92586883
What are they going to do? Throw their antiques at the nuke-happy zealots?

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>>92586912
>Throw their antiques at the nuke-happy zealots?
Yes.

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Best RPG pitch. Explorer Corps in late-3050's glory days. Kurita/Comstar frenemies ride or die in the Deep Periphery searching for the Clan Homeworlds. ISF plants in the Dracs. Wobbie spies in the robes. Who can you rely on when you drop into some god-forsaken colony uncontacted for 300+ years?

Mercs - Mydudes
Mechwarrior House - My other dudes
Quickscell asset protection - My other, other dudes.
LC - 6th Lyran Guard
DC - Legion of Vega
FWL - Undecided, 1st FWL Guards or Regulan Hussars
FS - 8th Deneb Light Cavalry
MoC - 2nd Canopian Cuirassiers
Scorpion Empire - Omega Galaxy

>>92587006
Who did bond and the soviet captain get written in as?

>>92586395
Main issue with the 005 and the 005R is because of the weapons eating up crit space into the side torso's you lose any kind of arm maneuverability leading to the mech getting back-stabbed alot without the ability to fight back.

>>92586869
Battle armor seems like it's pretty easy to make once you know the tricks. The Inner sphere started making deployable prototypes the same year they encountered working examples.