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Fan Fiction / Re: It's a family curse.

« Last post by Lone-Wolf on Today at 04:05:20 »

This reminds me more and more of the Nagaraja, flesh-eating vampires.

And my bad feeling increases.

They need food and if they are like the vampires of Vampire The Masquerade after leaving Torpor you are really, really hungry.
Once they had their hunger satiated their ahem "food" requirements drop.
But it still says, that the more you wake up, the more "food"  you need.

I now have the bad feeling that the Archon decrees that all criminals of certain crimes who are condemned to death must be brought to Kowloon.
This would play hell with the logistics chain  to say the least.

And as they are infectious - then only one needs to escape to start an avalanche.

This could lead to an Extinction Level Event.

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Fan Fiction / Re: BattleTech FanFiction Tribble Emporium 3: It's a Trilogy!

« Last post by Sir Chaos on Today at 03:42:26 »

My money is on the previous poisons essentially interfering with each other, and one of the people poisoning him gave up and stopped.  This caused the other poisons to go to work.

I.e. one person giving rat poison to the chancellor, and another person giving them a massive dose of Vitamin K.  Rat poison thins out the blood to cause internal bleeding, and Vitamin K thickens the blood.  The sudden scares in the court room gave him a jolt of adrenaline to restart his heart fairly often.

That would be utterly hilarious.

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Off Topic / Re: So.....GASLANDS!

« Last post by Triptych on Today at 03:39:53 »

Is it possible for different factions to start from other sides of the map?

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Novel and Sourcebook Reviews / Re: Without Question

« Last post by Orwell84 on Today at 02:40:40 »

It would be allowed out of universe. To be sure. I think there might be some misconceptions about how the last big story summit went, but everything and anything was on the table and we hashed out everything so we could point the universe in the best direction as we saw it. So, anything could have happened and it would have been given the go ahead if it were the best idea.

I actually did kind of expect that Chistu had survived the bombing somehow but him being really dead would have made a good subversion of expectations so figured it could go either way. The reason why is what you wrote above.

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BattleMechs / Re: 'Warcriming the Militia' - Battlemechs of the WoB

« Last post by Red Pins on Today at 02:32:09 »

And...  Drama.  Its like my kids don't want me to have any fun.   

And a screenshot.

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Off Topic / Re: What Are We Listening To: This List Goes Up To Eleven!

« Last post by parable on Today at 02:18:01 »

Good song.  Very Celtic.  In Music and in subject matter.  Many an Irish and Scotsman was labeled an outlaw - some justly and some unjustly.

I can play this on my guitar but it's missing something without the bagpipes!

He's apparently a minor celebrity in Ireland due to his song Galway Girl being a pitch-perfect Irish folk ballad from a Texas-raised Virginian who got his start in Nashville.

what I'm listening to: Highway Star -- Deep Purple, but as covered in lang belta for The Expanse by Cory Todd.

Namang na gonya take my ship
Mi gonya race it til im xush
Namang na gonya beat my ship
im gonya bek da fash da lush

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Off Topic / Re: So.....GASLANDS!

« Last post by ANS Kamas P81 on Today at 02:13:49 »

I wonder how hard it would be to recreate the opening police chase in Mad Max with Gaslands.

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Off Topic / Re: Deep Space and Interplanetary Exploration: Control, we have cleared the tower!

« Last post by ANS Kamas P81 on Today at 02:12:57 »

A chemical spectrum for meteors - the one in Portugal must have been rich in iron and magnesium.

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Clan Chatterweb / Re: Clan Nova Cat - Zombie Catgirl Extravaganza

« Last post by parable on Today at 02:09:00 »

Classic Battletech Companion says that they brought a breeding population to Irece, where they thrived.  I'd imagine they'd do the same on other worlds with suitable conditions.  Having a live nova cat is part of the Chronicle of Battles ritual--having ready access to them would be a necessity.

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Combat Vehicles / Re: Merkava Mk VIa1 (yes, the Merkava 6)

« Last post by Sabelkatten on Today at 01:58:37 »

It's not a terrible vehicle if you optimize it (as much as you can "optimize" an ICE tank with an AC/5...):

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Less-kava

Mass: 50 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Motive Type: Tracked
Rules Level: Introductory
Era: Age of War/Star League
Tech Rating/Era Availability: D/C-C-D-A
Production Year: 2750
Cost: 778,750 C-Bills
Battle Value: 580

Power Plant:  200 I.C.E.
Cruise Speed: 43.2 km/h
Flanking Speed: 64.8 km/h
Armor:  Standard Armor
Armament:
    1  Autocannon/5
    2  LRM-5s
    2  SRM-2s
    1  Machine Gun
Manufacturer:
    Primary Factory:
Communications System:
Targeting and Tracking System:

================================================================================
Equipment           Type                         Rating                   Mass 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Internal Structure: Standard                      25 points                5.00
Engine:             I.C.E. Engine                200                      17.00
    Cruise MP:  4
    Flank MP:   6
Heat Sinks:         Single Heat Sink             0                         0.00
Control Equipment:                                                         2.50
Lift Equipment:                                                            0.00
Turret:                                                                    1.50
Armor:              Standard Armor               AV -  96                  6.00

                                                      Armor     
                                                      Factor     
                                               Front     24       
                                          Left/Right   20/20       
                                              Turret     16       
                                                Rear     16       

================================================================================
Equipment                                 Location    Heat     Spaces     Mass 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Autocannon/5                                 T         1         1         8.00
2 LRM-5s                                     T         4         2         4.00
2 SRM-2s                                     T         4         2         2.00
Machine Gun                                  T         0         1         0.50
@AC/5 (20)                                   BD        -         0         1.00
@MG (1/2) (100)                              BD        -         0         0.50
@LRM-5 (24)                                  BD        -         0         1.00
@SRM-2 (50)                                  BD        -         0         1.00

BattleForce Statistics
MV      S (+0)  M (+2)  L (+4)  E (+6)   Wt.   Ov   Armor:      3    Points: 6
4t         2       2       2       0      2     0   Structure:  3
Special Abilities: EE, TUR(2/2/2), IF 1
Of course you're still probably better off with a pair of Scorpion tanks...