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Orcmaul

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Personal Re-Entry Unit
« on: 31 January 2011, 01:57:22 »
Is there any more information about the Personal Re-Entry Unit detailed on pages 26-27 of Strategic Operations?  I'm particularly curious about c-bill cost and history.  I don't recall previous mention of this equipment so I'm wondering if it's new equipment introduced at a certain point in BT history. 

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Re: Personal Re-Entry Unit
« Reply #1 on: 31 January 2011, 02:08:17 »
I believe it first appeared in the MechWarrior 2 RPG book, but I don't have my books with me right now. Either there or Battlespace 2.
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Re: Personal Re-Entry Unit
« Reply #2 on: 31 January 2011, 08:34:47 »
There is no Battlespace 2.

They're not in the MW2 equipment section.

I'd check Covert Operations, Lostech, and Combat Equipment Guide, but I don't have those handy.

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Re: Personal Re-Entry Unit
« Reply #3 on: 31 January 2011, 09:52:08 »
I've checked all the books above and so far I have not found it.   :(

The 0.25 ton weight that Strategic Operations specifies is lighter than is typically used for battletech scale gear and 250 kg is on the high side of what I've seen for mechwarrior gear (besides battle armor).  From the quick reading I've done of previous iterations of aerospace rules this is the first book to cover ejecting from an aerospace fighter. 
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Re: Personal Re-Entry Unit
« Reply #4 on: 31 January 2011, 10:55:22 »
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Mike Miller, Materials Engineer

**"A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything." --Wash, Firefly.
**"Well, the first class name [for pocket WarShips]: 'Ship with delusions of grandeur that is going to evaporate 3.1 seconds after coming into NPPC range' tended to cause morale problems...." --Korzon77
**"Describe the Clans." "Imagine an entire civilization built out of 80’s Ric Flairs, Hulk Hogans, & Macho Man Randy Savages ruling over an entire labor force with Einstein Level Intelligence." --Jake Mikolaitis


Disclaimer: Anything stated in this post is unofficial and non-canon unless directly quoted from a published book. Random internet musings of a BattleTech writer are not canon.

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Re: Personal Re-Entry Unit
« Reply #5 on: 31 January 2011, 13:07:07 »
Anyone else picturing orbital skydiving as veing a popular "extreme" sport in the Battletech universe?
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Re: Personal Re-Entry Unit
« Reply #6 on: 31 January 2011, 13:21:00 »
Quote from: Giovanni Blasini on 31 January 2011, 13:07:07
Anyone else picturing orbital skydiving as veing a popular "extreme" sport in the Battletech universe?
Which is mentioned when the Re-entry unit is talked about in the book.
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Re: Personal Re-Entry Unit
« Reply #7 on: 31 January 2011, 18:58:27 »
..and something I completely forgot.  Dang it. *whaps self on the forehead*
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Re: Personal Re-Entry Unit
« Reply #8 on: 31 January 2011, 19:07:22 »
Oh! I know what I'm thinking of. GURPS UltraTech has something equivalent.
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Quote from: cray on 20 July 2011, 20:52:06
I mean, it's not like once you having something in low Earth orbit you can stick a gassy astronaut on the outside after Chili Night and fart it anywhere in the solar system.
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