New and Upcoming Releases, Vol. VIII: The IlClan is ...

[Colt Ward]

Is this stuff coming from some of the other PDFs?  I know the Inquisitor Mk II is in TP Irian, so we get to see Mk I?

[The Eagle]

I don't know who's the genius who came up with this name....

But I approve.  Well done.

I was more interested in the fact that there's a 31st-Century version of the Higgins Boat.

[Tai Dai Cultist]

I was more interested in the fact that there's a 31st-Century version of the Higgins Boat.

That's what I always considered Leopards and Unions to be.

[Rainbow 6]

I was more interested in the fact that there's a 31st-Century version of the Higgins Boat.

It was the one that caught my eye as well.

[I am Belch II]

What is irregular tech? Tech that isn't normally used or tech that shouldn't be on a modern battlefield.

[cavingjan]

Stuff that is used by irregular forces. In other words, the battletech equivalent of modern era technicals.

[Wrangler]

Essentially gorilla warfare type equipment.  3132-3136, alot disarmed planets were either in rebellion/splinter groups/arming up due to sudden independence.

On top of that, it gives more varity of equipment for a poor merc unit can have to bolster their fighting force.
Many of the splinter groups were using industrialMechs such as the one in this book. 

I hope TRO: Irregulars will include the record sheets like the TRO:3145 books.  I'd hate to have to wait another year for record sheets.  I'm glad CGL was able to do TRO:VAR to get the 'Mech units out with Exoskeletons in record sheet form. 

[Empyrus]

Essentially gorilla warfare type equipment.

Can we get knuckle walker 'Mechs? Just because.

[Wrangler]

Can we get knuckle walker 'Mechs? Just because.

We got Republic Battle Armor that does that, is that ok?  ;D

[Maingunnery]

Here is to hoping for Industrial Exoskeletons with Rocker launchers and machine guns.

[nckestrel]

Ignore, my phone has bested me again.

[ColBosch]

http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/3831/blackjack-bj-3x
The BJ-3 with all double heat sinks could not have existed that early.  So we created a BJ-3X that was a step toward the 3. It has not received a record sheet yet.

Wrong thread. ;)

Ignore, my phone has bested me again.

TOO LATE! ;D

[Dragon Cat]

Stuff that is used by irregular forces. In other words, the battletech equivalent of modern era technicals.

Roll it our :)

[jymset]

I hope TRO: Irregulars will include the record sheets like the TRO:3145 books.  I'd hate to have to wait another year for record sheets.  I'm glad CGL was able to do TRO:VAR to get the 'Mech units out with Exoskeletons in record sheet form.

Yes, RS will be included. Overall, the scope will be very similar to the 3145 faction PDFs. Best view it as a halfway point between those and an XTRO in that some art will be reused.

Focus seems to be on 'Mechs, so it is more like a normal TRO but with Industrial 'Mechs rather than BattleMechs.

Very interesting in any case. Should be nice addition to Dark Age forces (yes yes, some, if not all, MODs have record sheets already; but that's not the point.).

Yes, the TRO VA units already have some of their MODs covered in the revised edition's appendix, but the variants in Irregular Tech will feature some at least surface differences.

Is this stuff coming from some of the other PDFs?  I know the Inquisitor Mk II is in TP Irian, so we get to see Mk I?

Most of the content is rooted in various bits and pieces of the established universe. Hidden behind those names are the missing MWDA game pieces, and then we have things like the Inquisitor, where the description and stats ties in the little snippets that have been dropped in past publications. Speaking of which...

I don't know who's the genius who came up with this name....

That would be the writer of TRO VA's Pompier entry, where "the 90-ton St. Florian" is mentioned. O0

[JadeHellbringer]

Can we get knuckle walker 'Mechs? Just because.

[Jaim Magnus]

I think it's time to stop monkeying around.

[CampaignAnon]

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Don't forget the Baboon too.

[Weirdo]

I was more interested in the fact that there's a 31st-Century version of the Higgins Boat.

That's what I always considered Leopards and Unions to be.

You're in no way wrong. :)

As for the one in this book, I'm expecting the ships the SLDF used to cross the Bering Strait.

Wait. A ninety-ton firemech?! :o

[Empyrus]

Does 90-ton FireMech just crush fires? Fall on them or something.

[Jaim Magnus]

It's all those heat sinks it needs to carry.

Plus the massive foam reserves.

Fooooooaaaaaammmmmmmm. Fwwoosh.

[Liam's Ghost]

Does 90-ton FireMech just crush fires? Fall on them or something.

It uses a Short Tom artillery cannon loaded with Thermobaric shells, using the oxygen sucking blast of a fuel air explosion to snuff out the flames. While some boringly practical people suggest that this creates more problems than it solves, they are usually overwhelmed by how incredibly awesome it is.

(note, the above is not in any way based on canon, however it would be awesome.)

[ANS Kamas P81]

It uses a Short Tom artillery cannon loaded with Thermobaric shells, using the oxygen sucking blast of a fuel air explosion to snuff out the flames. While some boringly practical people suggest that this creates more problems than it solves, they are usually overwhelmed by how incredibly awesome it is.

(note, the above is not in any way based on canon, however it would be awesome.)

If it's good enough for Red Adair, it's good enough for me!

[truetanker]

Irregular Tech - primary writing mostly done. Art not yet done.

Would it get a possible release date, like at this years GenCon perhaps?

Or sometime soon after? [notworthy]

TT

[Colt Ward]

You're in no way wrong. :)

As for the one in this book, I'm expecting the ships the SLDF used to cross the Bering Strait.

They actually had a 'amphibious' invasion in one of the DA books.  Erik was in charge of the defenders using a old fortified set up I want to say in arctic conditions, with a lot of the inlets being fjord types with small rock beaches at the feet of steep cliffs.  I think it may have been the Capellan initial wave, not sure but something kept them from being able to orbital drop.  Ships closed up, mechs were dropped over the side from ships on the shelf in limited numbers because of the ocean floor conditions.  Armor, BA and infantry were transported to those rock beaches along with IIRC medium or smaller mechs- the heavier ones walked in.  Hovertanks & infantry launched from a very few ships further out for their runs into the landing zones.  When I search it says Fortress of Lies, but its in a box somewhere and I do not have that one as PDF . . .

Anyway, we could very well see those ships pushing past the breakwaters!

[Scotty]

Would it get a possible release date, like at this years GenCon perhaps?

Or sometime soon after? [notworthy]

TT

No.



Really, you guys should know better by now.  CGL loves releasing new stuff, and Randall and Ray post and tease as much as they can.  If there's a date that can be shared, it will be shared.  Begging for it does nothing.

[YingJanshi]

No.



Really, you guys should know better by now.  CGL loves releasing new stuff, and Randall and Ray post and tease as much as they can.  If there's a date that can be shared, it will be shared.  Begging for it does nothing.

Well...nothing except show how desperate we all are for another fix, er...I mean product...  :-[

[SteelRaven]

[Tyler Jorgensson]

Fortress of Lies it was Colt.

Erik forgot the Capelleans had JJ and ha to rush a couple companies of MechMods to fill huge gaps in his line before IIRC Aaron came to save his bacon.

[klarg1]

That's why allot of people like TRO: VA, it does a great job world building. Unfortunately, most BT books are rated by how many guns are in it.

I really liked the vehicle annex.  :(

[roosterboy]

Erik forgot the Capelleans had JJ and ha to rush a couple companies of MechMods to fill huge gaps in his line before IIRC Aaron came to save his bacon.

Ladies and gentlemen... the man in charge of the defense of the Draconis March!