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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: What kind of Battletech player are you
« Last post by Gray_Noton_4lfe on Today at 13:38:12 »BattleForce added
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The Inner Sphere / Re: What tech actually becomes obselete
« Last post by Lone-Wolf on Today at 13:19:00 »I'm looking at the bigger picture - you need to look at whether those single mech lines out in the boonies have switched from standard internal structure to endo steel? If not when they are finally upgraded it would make sense to go to clan spec endo steel in the same way a lot of thrid world countries skipped over mass introduction of domestic telephones and wait straight to mobile phones. Also I'm not talking about full clan-tech mechs either - I'm talking about specific technologies that would cause other techs to be phased out. I refuse to believe that IS powers would want to have to train techs to maintain three types of internal structure rather than two once they have the capability to produce clan spec endo steel in bulk - even if they have to pay to upgrade the last couple of lines the savings both in training and logistics costs would soon cover those costs
You are right in the regard that only two types of ES are better in a logistics sense than three types of ES.
But the very great BUT is:
Only the first SL was a big fan of standardization: entire battalions / regiments composed of the same Mech / tank etc.
But now you can be lucky if you have the same mech twice in a company.
So the reality looks unfortunately different.
And to battleship technology ( I assume the wet water version was meant):
Again reality bites.
While we have examples of the old Saturn-V rocket we cannot replicate them.
Yes, we can go to Huntsville, measure them and build copies but a documentation once said that while the engines in one rocket (I believe 5 engines were in a rockets first stage) may look identical, they are not. According to this documentation each one was welded distinct from the others because of small differences in the production processes demanded that certain parts were welded (EXAMPLE!!) 5 mm more to the right so that in the end this engine would produce the same amount of thrust as the others.
And the big question:
Why hasnt it been done already?
In the Technical Readouts we find wet water ships, but they are only shortrange (AC2, LRM etc). I remember one ship on Skye. Just imagine Skye had build a battleship like the IOWA, BISMARCK, YAMATO. They could have fired from the middle of the ocean at the invading Kuritas, but they didnt do it.
The reason?
In-Game I believe that the nobles are "encouraged" by the Archon / Coordinator etc to buy good clothes, build castles but dont have a real defense force because if said noble rises up it will be very costly for the Archon etc to get control of the planet if said noble has abovementioned battleships (plural!) at his disposal. Or maybe a functional SURCOUF submarine with a big gun turret.
And if I may be so bold:
I once asked the same question where I mentioned various artillery pieces / railway guns of both World Wars and how they would translate into Battletech terms.
One answer was, that the 38cm gun of the Sturmtiger would be the equivalent of the AC-20.
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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Looking for ideas for a new Campaign?
« Last post by wundergoat on Today at 13:18:44 »I've been having fun with a War of 3039 campaign with the players taking the role of mercs in FWL employ. I did pull some of the tech progression up a few years (field testing 3040s upgrades) and rearranged a few of the forces in some of the battles but more or less have kept the broad strokes.
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BattleMechs / Re: 'Warcriming the Militia' - Battlemechs of the WoB
« Last post by Wrangler on Today at 13:15:46 »Glad you're still going, Red Pins.
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BattleMechs / Re: Filling in the Syberian AutoMechs (Open Thread)
« Last post by Wrangler on Today at 13:14:58 »I have figure out how to insert these pictures into the book.
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Hobby Tips and Tricks / Re: Paint Pen discovery for minis free tip.
« Last post by Nastyogre on Today at 13:13:55 »Sort of surprising that the white covers badly. White is the most opaque color and should cover the best. I suppose to get it to flow properly maybe they have to have a low pigment to medium ratio. (White pigment tends to be very large) Supplementing white pens with white paint or white ink and a brush might be good.
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MechWarrior Hall / Re: Word Association 36: SAY WHAT AGAIN!!!
« Last post by Wrangler on Today at 13:01:38 »Vacuum
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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Upcoming Releases XXIX: First Annual 29th Birthday
« Last post by rebs on Today at 12:58:59 »Praise be to international shipping? That doesn’t sound right, but whatever brings us new releases works for me!!
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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Looking for ideas for a new Campaign?
« Last post by Col Toda on Today at 12:52:58 »I did a campaign with a Corporate unit called The Baker Street Irregulars . They Worked for Luthen metal works . It was 3030 they took the place of a house unit one company at a time as those units were rotated back to the factory t
third line units can make an interesting campaign for 6 or so game years .
Another idieas I had was called the Marion Scorpion's retro , advanced and Experimental
tech , 3025 unit . The object of the unit was to proved the Hegemony with Inner Sphere currency . A Senator was the Face man and if need be fall guy .
Had a couple of innovated ideas recon cameras on all combat vehicles all vehicles fusion or special ordered fuel cell engines so hydrogen was the only fuel used. Had standard Trebuchet 5Ns but customized Centurion and Quickdraw mechs with a 5/8 move profile . Motorized AC/2 field guns 30 man platoon with 5 guns . Retro tech primitive large Chemical laser Condor Tank and had a fireworks company make rocket launcher 10s which is pre 2800 tech to develop tactical doctrines for when the Hegemony develops the better ones without the -1 cluster problems of thes old ones. Made a Blazer cannon varient of the Centurion and put a Trebuchet engine in it . Had GM make the fuel cell engines as well as custom fully amphibious 100 ton mech recovery vehicle with 2 lift hoists . So it cam pick up a downed Atlas and drive away with it . Had fluff text that the expensive unit never caught on with house or mercenary units but repo units from financial institutions loved them . Custom fuel cell engineering unit as well . Also never caught on because of expense.
third line units can make an interesting campaign for 6 or so game years .
Another idieas I had was called the Marion Scorpion's retro , advanced and Experimental
tech , 3025 unit . The object of the unit was to proved the Hegemony with Inner Sphere currency . A Senator was the Face man and if need be fall guy .
Had a couple of innovated ideas recon cameras on all combat vehicles all vehicles fusion or special ordered fuel cell engines so hydrogen was the only fuel used. Had standard Trebuchet 5Ns but customized Centurion and Quickdraw mechs with a 5/8 move profile . Motorized AC/2 field guns 30 man platoon with 5 guns . Retro tech primitive large Chemical laser Condor Tank and had a fireworks company make rocket launcher 10s which is pre 2800 tech to develop tactical doctrines for when the Hegemony develops the better ones without the -1 cluster problems of thes old ones. Made a Blazer cannon varient of the Centurion and put a Trebuchet engine in it . Had GM make the fuel cell engines as well as custom fully amphibious 100 ton mech recovery vehicle with 2 lift hoists . So it cam pick up a downed Atlas and drive away with it . Had fluff text that the expensive unit never caught on with house or mercenary units but repo units from financial institutions loved them . Custom fuel cell engineering unit as well . Also never caught on because of expense.
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Off Topic / Re: What movies/tv are we watching part XXX, Back into the fray!
« Last post by Jal Phoenix on Today at 12:49:30 »Yeah, unfortunately the wiki doesn't clearly indicate which origin went with which continuity.
I guess I could go into the attic and dig out my original Marvel comics run. I'm not that ambitious, though.
Also, it's been a long time since I felt that strongly about Transformers. 