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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Battletech Heavy Metal
« Last post by MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on Today at 14:58:36 »In many cases, the name was used for a battlemech before the band formed.
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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: In a tech raid against the Clans in the early 3050s . . .
« Last post by MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on Today at 14:57:27 »That sort of acquisition is better left to deep agents, not commando raids.
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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Battletech Heavy Metal
« Last post by ColBosch on Today at 14:38:57 »I mean, J. Edgar Hoover was a person in-universe. Although that's probably a pretty obscure figure to pluck out of history to use for a pun in the year 2722.
This has changed as of the IlClan Recognition Guides, thankfully.
Like it's any different than 'Mechs being called after Heavy Metal bands?
I don't think any of these are named for the bands, it's just coincidence. They're all real English words.
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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: In a tech raid against the Clans in the early 3050s . . .
« Last post by nerd on Today at 14:38:04 »Going after technical documentation. Descriptions are a lot of use to reverse engineer, and the industrial tooling was always an issue in the Inner Sphere.
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Ground Combat / Re: Clan Large Pulse Lasers
« Last post by General308 on Today at 14:10:00 »You could use like 4 tubes of Artillery to deal with the Clan Large Pulse laser. 
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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Project Aphrodite
« Last post by SteelRaven on Today at 14:08:44 »For earlier sources, I'm pretty sure the five original House books, plus The Star League and The Periphery, mention genetic engineering. But I should also note that gengineering has been in sci-fi almost from the day Crick and Watson announced their discoveries, and even before that there was eugenics as a pretty common trope. The idea that genetic tinkering somehow isn't "eighties" is just weird to me.Because people think in extremes. You same genetic engineering, their brain goes to ether Elemental or Genecaste instead of "next generation won't have knee and joint pain."
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Clan Chatterweb / Re: Giftake sibkos expected to excel?
« Last post by Hellraiser on Today at 13:48:20 »they’re also complete morons.HAHAHAHA. LMAO. Say it ain't so ;)
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The Inner Sphere / Re: Political instability in the Capellan Confederation?
« Last post by AlphaMirage on Today at 13:47:57 »Free Capella wasn't even necessary a Hanse project, it was definitely something that was allowed to exist in the Commonwealth however, and I associate it more with organized crime as 'charity.' It is not like Tormano didn't have his own designs, he did after all nearly cause a war with it using Peter SD.
As for an anti-Liao movement, I think the secret police were probably very effective in handling those.
The only times I can think of political instability is between Liao, not necessarily Anti-Liao, and there are some instances where that boils over and creates havoc although the most recent instance of that is the well known three-way conflict between Maximillian's kids. Its always a shadow war though a major civil war would likely mortally wound the Capellan Confederation and make it weak enough that someone might try to take over (like they did in my Fanfic).
As for an anti-Liao movement, I think the secret police were probably very effective in handling those.
The only times I can think of political instability is between Liao, not necessarily Anti-Liao, and there are some instances where that boils over and creates havoc although the most recent instance of that is the well known three-way conflict between Maximillian's kids. Its always a shadow war though a major civil war would likely mortally wound the Capellan Confederation and make it weak enough that someone might try to take over (like they did in my Fanfic).
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MechWarrior and BattleTech Computer | Console Games / Re: MWO - Bullshark - new 'Mech
« Last post by martian on Today at 13:41:13 »Wait what? They're including a HBS design into MWO? Sweet!Yes, they are going to add the Bull Shark on the 21. V. 2024.
I see that I am not alone who remembers this BattleMech.
I made this screenshot, so even people, who have never played the HBS game, can see the original 'Mech.
Of course, the MWO Bullshark is going to have different models than the HBS' Bull Shark.
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The Inner Sphere / Re: Political instability in the Capellan Confederation?
« Last post by Metallgewitter on Today at 13:38:04 »So going to the topic I just have a question: does the Confederation have a society / group that is opposed to the way the Liao's rules?
Let's take a look:
The Combine has the Black Dragon society (including the council of gems), The Commonwealth and the Federated Suns had movements for "pure" bloodlines while the Commonwealth also had separatist movements. The Free Worlds League probably doesn't need any mention civil strife seems to be baked into it, most extreme might be the Regulans or even the old Scourge movement. But did House Liao have something homegrown? You could say Free Capella but that was more a pet project from Hanse Davion
Let's take a look:
The Combine has the Black Dragon society (including the council of gems), The Commonwealth and the Federated Suns had movements for "pure" bloodlines while the Commonwealth also had separatist movements. The Free Worlds League probably doesn't need any mention civil strife seems to be baked into it, most extreme might be the Regulans or even the old Scourge movement. But did House Liao have something homegrown? You could say Free Capella but that was more a pet project from Hanse Davion
