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BattleMechs / Re: Filling in the Syberian AutoMechs (Open Thread)
« Last post by HABeas2 on Today at 17:47:16 »The Sounder in TRO Syberia uses the Primitive Thunderbolt chassis type.
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Fan Fiction / Re: BattleTech Flash Fiction
« Last post by Daryk on Today at 17:46:52 »This is an interesting collection! :)
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Fan Fiction / Re: Guided by the light of a (Red) Cameron Star
« Last post by Daryk on Today at 17:43:30 »Loving it! :D
I can only hope Danny's mom makes it home...
I can only hope Danny's mom makes it home...
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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Mercenaries Kickstarter Discussion 6: the 1st 3rd Star League conversation
« Last post by Ruger on Today at 17:34:23 »$171.50 shipping and state shipping tax on a $1060 order.
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Clan Chatterweb / Re: Growing your fleet
« Last post by Sjhernan3060 on Today at 17:34:02 »To me the Volga is the closest comparison. 6 dropship collars check. Lots of cargo capacity check. 2/3 speed, check. Enough firepower to defend itself from some threats in the wilds of space, check.
The Volga was designed to ship supplies and such out to the SLDF's periphery outposts. Which reminds me a lot of the Dart's mission of independent operations, carrying a lot of dropships and cargo in the wilds of unsecured space. It does have enough firepower to defend itself, like the Dart did.
If the Volga feels too much like a support vessel for your liking, then I'd pivot to the Congress. Also noted for its capabilities to operate independently. Instead of carrying lots of dropships itself, it's more of a convoy escort/recon craft.
So to me the Congress and Volga are the two closest things to a straight-line comparison. Warships of similar weight, capable of independent operations. But the Congress leans more into potential combat and recon roles, where the Volga leans more into the armored cargo transport with lots of dropships.
The York deserves an honorable mention but is rather different. The Dart didn't carry any fighters, but presumably some of its dropships could have. The York leans into being capable of independent operations, but focusing on ASF carrier operations.
If none of those fit your parameters, you may have to start looking at the warships with variations of "Cruiser" next to their class. By just having more tonnage to work with, and more dropship collars than most of the lighter warships, they start to check a lot of the same boxes as the Dart, just in a much larger hull.
So you are saying I simply must purchase three more warship models?😀
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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Mercenaries Kickstarter Discussion 6: the 1st 3rd Star League conversation
« Last post by General308 on Today at 17:30:20 »The number one rule of Comments sections is "never read the Comments section"
Still haven't received my updated Shipping yet...
Though given that CGL hasn't bothered to respond to comments pretty much the whole kickstarter that might have something to do with the frustration of those people in the comments.
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Fan Fiction / Re: Guided by the light of a (Red) Cameron Star
« Last post by Wrangler on Today at 17:28:19 »That's hilarious how Niops is poking at the most diabolical fantastic Primus in ComStar history.
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Non-Canon Units / Re: 21st D.A.K. (Merc Combined Arms Battalion)
« Last post by Hammer on Today at 17:12:59 »
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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Mercenaries Kickstarter Discussion 6: the 1st 3rd Star League conversation
« Last post by Ghaz on Today at 17:11:57 »On a side note the toxicity on the KS forums is really disheartening.
The number one rule of Comments sections is "never read the Comments section"
Still haven't received my updated Shipping yet...
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Clan Chatterweb / Re: Clan Jade Falcon III: Admittedly, We May Have Falconed a Little Too Hard
« Last post by Scotty on Today at 17:11:18 »I'm planning a Cluster that's built entirely out of what's in active production on Sudeten and the most difficult part was trimming it did to "just" a Cluster.
