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Re: The Ask Gorky Zubok Column
« Reply #30 on: 29 January 2013, 21:03:15 »
Why do Catapults taste like chicken but not Jenners? What do Jenners taste like?  Why does my phone's spell check not recognize BattleMech names?
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Re: The Ask Gorky Zubok Column
« Reply #31 on: 29 January 2013, 21:30:25 »
Why catapult and trebuchet fire LRM while Onager no have LRM;  all name after siege engine, who no do same thing?  Also where ballista mech?

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« Reply #32 on: 29 January 2013, 23:24:08 »
Why catapult and trebuchet fire LRM while Onager no have LRM;  all name after siege engine, who no do same thing?  Also where ballista mech?

A: Onager is Jade Falcon mech. Clan have poor understanding of fire of indirect nature.


Why do Catapults taste like chicken but not Members? What do Jenners taste like?

A: Actually all mech taste like styrofoam or electified rubber and antifreeze. If your chicken taste like that, Gorky very sorry for you. Gorky know pain of Capellan canteen also. Member unusual food. Not see much outside of deep periphery. Traveller tell Gorky many taste not fit for description but closet come is jerky of troll from Davion outback.

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Re: The Ask Gorky Zubok Column
« Reply #33 on: 29 January 2013, 23:40:07 »
Why not sell all Chargers to Lyrans?  Make perfect scout mech for people think Commando is light battle armor.  Tidy profit for make purchase of useful mechs in return.
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Re: The Ask Gorky Zubok Column
« Reply #34 on: 30 January 2013, 00:00:58 »
Why not sell all Chargers to Lyrans?  Make perfect scout mech for people think Commando is light battle armor.  Tidy profit for make purchase of useful mechs in return.

A: Lyran like not only big mech but also weapons of large size. Charger sadly lacking in qualities of this type.

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« Reply #35 on: 30 January 2013, 01:05:18 »
Jenner cool mech, and effective, but why no sculpt feature torso-twist and instead look somewhat phalac?
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Re: The Ask Gorky Zubok Column
« Reply #36 on: 30 January 2013, 01:19:31 »
Jenner cool mech, and effective, but why no sculpt feature torso-twist and instead look somewhat phalac?

A: Because Kuritas is dicks. But not as dick as Stalker.

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Re: The Ask Gorky Zubok Column
« Reply #37 on: 30 January 2013, 03:32:41 »
Are Steiners master Stalker pilots, then?
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Re: The Ask Gorky Zubok Column
« Reply #38 on: 30 January 2013, 16:45:31 »
Gorky, how you tell if wife having affair, or just work for Maskirovka?
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Re: The Ask Gorky Zubok Column
« Reply #39 on: 30 January 2013, 17:04:09 »
Are Steiners master Stalker pilots, then?

A: Lyran Stalker pilot like all thing of Lyran Commonwealth: Customer get what he pay for

Gorky, how you tell if wife having affair, or just work for Maskirovka?

A: If wife is having affair, strange man visit wife. If wife agent of Maskirovka, strange man visit YOU!

Comrade Giovanni have answer also: "If wife is having affair, she disappear in middle of night. If wife agent of Maskirovka, YOU disappear in middle of night!

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Re: The Ask Gorky Zubok Column
« Reply #40 on: 30 January 2013, 17:05:00 »
How you tell if wife having affair, or just agent of SAFE?
My wife writes books
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Re: The Ask Gorky Zubok Column
« Reply #41 on: 30 January 2013, 17:17:14 »
Or LOKI?
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« Reply #42 on: 30 January 2013, 17:36:44 »
Or LOKI?

A: If wife always serve meatloaf after missing person report on news, wife probably agent of Loki.

How you tell if wife having affair, or just agent of SAFE?

A: If wife having affair but able to hide it so you not sure, she definitely not agent of SAFE.

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Re: The Ask Gorky Zubok Column
« Reply #43 on: 30 January 2013, 17:39:30 »
What is Gorky Zubok thought on WarShips?
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Re: The Ask Gorky Zubok Column
« Reply #44 on: 30 January 2013, 17:46:31 »
Are you secretly Wintermute?
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Re: The Ask Gorky Zubok Column
« Reply #45 on: 30 January 2013, 19:23:51 »
Gorky, why Brutus Assault Tank relegated to militia by CCAF, only to be adopted by evil Davions as frontline tank?
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Re: The Ask Gorky Zubok Column
« Reply #46 on: 30 January 2013, 20:03:40 »
What is Gorky Zubok thought on WarShips?

A: Gorky think warships excellent but very expensive distraction. Modern faction lack unified sistema of deployment and usage of Star League-era. Lack of viable quantity of ships for navy. Lack of viable crew for ships. Instead, become expensive toy for stupid admirals with undersized pitot tube to recruit bridge bunny for accesorizing of zero-g stateroom. Spend all time being expensive transport or scary inaccurate artillery of orbit that smash blindly like drunken fist of God with bad eyesight. But mostly warship spend time as very big target for enemy to destroy with reckless creativity.


Are you secretly Wintermute?

A: Gorky is Gorky. Friend Computer Syrinx say Wintermute re-educated by comrade Neuromancer, tovarish


Gorky, why Brutus Assault Tank relegated to militia by CCAF, only to be adopted by evil Davions as frontline tank?

A: Is because of expense of fusion engine. Confederation is poor Communist country. Have much trouble replacing fusion engine of Brutus. Militia is military tier of most time for maintenance and of least time for fighting and field exercise. Militia Brutus is not get shot unless everything already go to shit anyway.

Davion is country of fascist invaders that spend much time liberating poor communist peasants by replacement of despotic party apparatchik with despotic minor noble. Use of combined arms sistema of organization mean lots of tanks. Fusion engine vital to reducing requirement for fuel of unit. Expense is smaller factor for Davion invader. Can replace losses by looting of Capellan militia tank after sending drunk militia conscripts to Davion gulag.

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Re: The Ask Gorky Zubok Column
« Reply #47 on: 30 January 2013, 20:38:52 »
Who your faction favorite?
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« Reply #48 on: 31 January 2013, 22:56:42 »
Who your faction favorite?

A: Favourite faction of Gorky one that pay on time and most for service. If paycheque bounce, Gorky no afford vodka. Just like Communist.

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Re: The Ask Gorky Zubok Column
« Reply #49 on: 01 February 2013, 23:29:34 »
Gorky, what mech I get? Centurion? Clint? Enforcer III? Jenner?
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« Reply #50 on: 05 February 2013, 01:14:07 »
Gorky, what mech I get? Centurion? Clint? Enforcer III? Jenner?

A: Gorky assume you mean Foundtech 3060-era models like Enforcer III.

Why you compare these mechs? One of these not like others.

JR7-C Jenner is light mech, no have humanoid torso, no replace hand of human with large ballistic cannon. Jenner is mech for most unsamurai of samurai. No have funding for new heatsink of double capacity. Only remove one laser for datalink for lancemate to smash enemy with accuracy of short range. Can only be used by mechwarrior of conflicted cultural identiy.

Other three mechs of medium weight and humanoid form. For mechwarrior with fantasy of remove hand and replace with big gun.

CLNT-2-3U is most sensible of three remaining mech. Replace peashooter class 5 autocannon with particle cannon of extended range and heatsink of double capacity so pilot can shoot until weapon break down from over use.

Enforcer III good for crazy man with wish of death. Combine fat XL engine with ammunition weapon that jam so mechwarrior can fire wildly and jump screaming across battlefield like child with too much sugar.

CN9-D Centurion design for pilot who not expect make long contribution to battle. Machine of mechwarrior who learn lesson from destruction of Enforcers of comrades. Centurion have autocannon of advanced alloy and dual-mode with submunition for hitting of target even when fire with poor aim. Replace jump jet with larger engine of more use. But still medium mech with thin armour and fat engine and ammunition so pilot should not expect to make long contribution to battle.

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Re: The Ask Gorky Zubok Column
« Reply #51 on: 05 February 2013, 15:20:33 »
Hi Gorky,

Perhaps you can help me with something that's been bothering me for some time. Why does the Stinger have two hands, but the Wasp only one? Why is the Wasp sometimes depicted as having two hands despite all current record sheets showing it doesn't?
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Re: The Ask Gorky Zubok Column
« Reply #52 on: 05 February 2013, 19:47:05 »
Hi Gorky,

Perhaps you can help me with something that's been bothering me for some time. Why does the Stinger have two hands, but the Wasp only one? Why is the Wasp sometimes depicted as having two hands despite all current record sheets showing it doesn't?

A: Stinger is newer mech, improved with addition of second hand acutator and cockpit for hobbit. Many mechwarrior larger than hobbit forced to pilot older Wasp instead. These mechwarrior are suffer from hand jealousy, not fan of cut off hand and replace with tiny peashooter of gun. Pilots comfort selves by adding dummy hand to Wasp. Like hand of mannequin or hook of man who no afford multi-function prosthetic after loss of hand in terrible industrial accident. Hand seen on Wasp much like hook, only usable like dead limb of leper.

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« Reply #53 on: 06 February 2013, 11:00:36 »
Q: Gorky, what combined arms we hear much about? Is hit with both fists?

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Re: The Ask Gorky Zubok Column
« Reply #54 on: 06 February 2013, 11:52:39 »
Why Mad Cat so mad if everybody favorite clan mech?
Can fuel vulture with salvage?
Where hammer on thor?

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« Reply #55 on: 07 February 2013, 22:15:46 »
How Phelan Kell/Ward become bloodname warrior
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Re: The Ask Gorky Zubok Column
« Reply #56 on: 07 February 2013, 22:47:14 »
Q: Gorky, what combined arms we hear much about? Is hit with both fists?

A: Combined Arms when service branches drink Kool-Aid and have communal delusion that opposing force is bigger enemy than rival service.


Why Mad Cat so mad if everybody favorite clan mech?
Can fuel vulture with salvage?
Where hammer on thor?

A: Mad Cat stay Mad because no one like mech with name of Happy Cat

A: Vulture omnimech is sistema with fusion propulsion. Can fuel with salvage if salvage contain reactor fuel.

A: Thor missing hammer. Planet Hammer in FWL. Hammer Mech also in FWL. Thor need to pass through Lyrans to reach Hammer.


How Phelan Kell/Ward become bloodname warrior

A: Phelan eligible for bloodname because of matrilineal deserter ancestor who follow madman Kerensky in abandonment of post. Become bloodname warrior by method of winning duels against real clanner distant relatives born by system of artificial womb through method of fiat and clever cheating. Real clanner have severe allergy to cheating. Suffer immediate anaphylactic shock and require urgent injection of epinephrine by medics.

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Re: The Ask Gorky Zubok Column
« Reply #57 on: 07 February 2013, 23:00:36 »
A: Thor missing hammer. Planet Hammer in FWL. Hammer Mech also in FWL. Thor need to pass through Lyrans to reach Hammer.
Should blame wolves like usual?

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« Reply #58 on: 07 February 2013, 23:58:20 »
Wolves good guys right?
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Re: The Ask Gorky Zubok Column
« Reply #59 on: 09 February 2013, 05:10:20 »
Should blame wolves like usual?

A: Falcons can blame anybody they like for constant abject failure. Make no difference to failure.


Wolves good guys right?

A: Tricky question. What you mean by 'good'? Wolves have successful public relation apparatus. Nekul’turnyi okay if rebrand as kapitalist concept of 'cool'.