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

« Last post by Hazard Pay on Today at 14:34:20 »

#1106

December 18th, 2776

A week before Amaris attempts to pull off his coup that Terra's HPGs pick up messages from General Kerensky from the Periphery. He claims he has made First Contact with a multi-species polity that governs a majority of the Orion Arm. They overall appear to come in peace and will be sending an ambassadorial detachment to meet with the Star League Council for trade and a non-aggression pat and law enforcement cooperation.

To say Amaris is peeved would be an understatement.

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Ground Combat / Re: Clan Large Pulse Lasers

« Last post by General308 on Today at 14:30:32 »

Artillery is something not gonna be a preferable choice on battletech, because of its complicated and hard to use rules, as well as its inefficient performance on gameplay. After all, the game is already not meant to be played on the larger size unless you play it by a computer program such as megamek, but put the artillery rule on it makes the game even worse.

I am going to disagree on both of these one BT really doesn't hit isn't own to you play on some larger size playing areas.  Then a lot of units that don't in little battlefields start making sense.   Two artillrey is actually quit fun to use on the battlefield.  Would I use it on a 1X1 map game no.   But honstly I would rather not play than play on such a small playing area.

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Fan Fiction / Re: The Lyre Ascendant: A Dark Age AU Writeup

« Last post by Steve on Today at 14:19:50 »

Ah, so poor Trillian won't be handed a crap sandwhich.  Do go on.

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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Upcoming Releases XXIX: First Annual 29th Birthday

« Last post by Gaiiten on Today at 14:13:46 »

Do we know if Jason Schmetzer writes a new BT novel?

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MechWarrior and BattleTech Computer | Console Games / Re: MWO - Bullshark - new 'Mech

« Last post by martian on Today at 14:10:09 »

(Though BattleMechs, not OmniMechs.)

The talk was if they are OmniMechs. They are not.

The -4 and the -M Mako are Clan tech base, the others Inner Sphere. At least in the sales sheet stats rundown.

Yes, it is in the very first post of the thread.

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Off Topic / Re: Sore Thumbs III: What Non-BT Video Games Are You Playing?

« Last post by Bedwyr on Today at 14:02:08 »

OpenTTD has long since surpassed the original and I think is free on Steam.

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Fan Designs and Rules / Re: Heavy Duty v. Armored Gyro

« Last post by Lycanphoenix on Today at 13:51:53 »

Compact Heat Sinks are useful as an upgrade for things like the UrbanMech. That puny engine can't hold very many heat sinks normally, and the UrbanMech doesn't typically need the extra heat dissipation of Double Heat Sinks.

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Off Topic / Re: What movies/tv are we watching part XXX, Back into the fray!

« Last post by Daemion on Today at 13:46:52 »

Working my way through Alf, Red Green Show, and Who's Line on Tubi, among some old cartoons and anime.

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Off Topic / Re: What movies/tv are we watching part XXX, Back into the fray!

« Last post by elf25s on Today at 13:45:53 »

I watched that through a year or two ago. I really enjoyed the early episodes, but man, did it go way off the rails at the end. I maintain that what happened was that they finally succeeded in breaking Number Six, and the last couple episodes are just the lunatic ravings of his shattered mind.

my take on a village in general was a place to find people like number 6 as tool for evolution of society into something more stable with inherant ethics of caring for both individual and society which number 6 to have been showing through his stay. village i think was prototype and potential for more stable society or societies that were more in balance with out killing creativity it was also mentioned by different number 2s. it was also mention by number 2s that it is a place for people that know something or created something that they can be kept an eye on. but in reality i think these people were the idea makers and village was the test bed for those ideas and test bed for what they made the general was a good example of that. it scared the hell out me if such tech was released on general populace.

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Off Topic / Re: Anyone else remember Hypernauts?

« Last post by Daemion on Today at 13:43:36 »

During the 90s, i mostly watched things like Stargate, TNG/DS9/Voyager.  not kids shows..
That might explain why i don't know it.

I had a period where my mom went on a 'No Television, it's evil' kick.  So, I missed out on a lot of things like ExoSquad Season Two, Gargoyles season 2 and 3, among many, many other things.  That changed a couple years later, but by then, it was too late.  When I had the chance, I watched anything fantastic that I could, including Xena and Hercules, in addition to the ones you mentioned.  Some really interesting midnight level tv out there like Cleopatra 2525 and so on.