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Challenges and Gatherings / Re: Atlantic City Open June 14-16 2024
« Last post by AlphaMirage on Today at 05:31:45 »Sounds good, stormlion and I are interested in attending and we should bring some of our crew with us.
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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Mercenaries Kickstarter Discussion 6: the 1st 3rd Star League conversation
« Last post by Kithran on Today at 05:25:01 »Well as I feared the shipping cost update and charging occurred while I was on holiday so wasn't able to check until now - it does appear they have made a major error on VAT for the UK as books are zero-rated for VAT but VAT has simply been applied to the full amount of pledge + add-ons. In most cases this would be relatively minor however in my case I had $899.99 in books as addons so this did make a big difference in what was charged compared to what should be charged. I have raised this with Catalyst via the contact me button on kickstarter so hopefully it will be sorted soon but figured I'd post here in case there are any other UK backers who may be in a similar situation.
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Non-Combat Vehicles / Re: Improved Battlemech Recovery Vehicle (New Horizons AU)
« Last post by figaloprepod on Today at 05:11:53 »amazing)
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BattleTech Miniatures / Re: Wolverine Direwolf D, Pegasi, Mechbusters and Firemoth
« Last post by jimdigris on Today at 05:09:29 »
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Fan Fiction / Re: Opalescent Reflections
« Last post by drakensis on Today at 03:20:19 »Can you imagine how ballistic some of ComStar would be if they knew that they no longer had a monopoly over interstellar communication for the Successor States.
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BattleTech Miniatures / Re: Homeworld 3 - the only Karen I'll respect
« Last post by Gorgon on Today at 03:03:11 »Happy Birthday! Those minis look great. The motherships come with LEDs?
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Fan Fiction / Re: Opalescent Reflections
« Last post by PsihoKekec on Today at 02:30:35 »They are going to point Horses and Hellions towards the Jaguars to seek the IS occupation zone there? Since Jaguars have spent themselves fighting Sharks and must be pulling everything they have into fending off Bears and Star League, the Periphery border of their occupation zone must be wide open.
The Comstar still doesn't know about Black boxes?
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“Their mysterious FTL comms,” Wei murmured. “The First Circuit will go spare. I suppose it is possible that we are misunderstanding and jumpships carried the news…”
“We have not confirmed that they have their own HPGs or an alternative, but it is increasingly suspicious,” Focht agreed. “DRUM will have to make a report soon.”
The Comstar still doesn't know about Black boxes?
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Fan Scenarios and Campaigns / Re: Turkina Keshik: 3057 Falcon and Wolf
« Last post by DevianID on Today at 02:27:53 »In the Line of Fire
Just to get ahead, here is the next scenario for 2 weeks from now as well.
Chase Format
Mountain Lake, Lake and Hills 2. Falcons deploy on east, half may be hidden.
-2 heat, +1 MP cost, +3 PSR per hex entered. The frozen river ice will support a mechs weight, but has 40 CF. A unit will not break the ice by walking on it, but weapons fire may send the units to a frozen watery grave by reducing the CF to 0.
Wolf Forces are a Command, Assault, and Battle Star. Wolf Skill is 2/3, with 75% Forces versus a 4/5 Falcon force. (1.26x wolf blended)
Viper Prime
Rifleman IIC
Warhawk C
Mist Lynx Prime
Linebacker D
Phoenix Hawk IIC
Just to get ahead, here is the next scenario for 2 weeks from now as well.
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Heavy, wet snow covered the head and shoulders of every
BattieMech in Star Commander Tomas's command. Hours ago,
he and his MechWarriors had used their energy weapons to
chisel waist-deep holes into the ice, in which their 'Mechs could
hide. The blizzard had done the rest of the work, concealing the
Falcon BattleMechs from even the sharpest eyes.
Chase Format
Mountain Lake, Lake and Hills 2. Falcons deploy on east, half may be hidden.
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VICTORY CONDITIONS
As in most battles fought during the Refusal War, the goal
of both sides is to destroy the enemy. The winner is the first
side to destroy or drive all opposing forces off the map. (+2 points for winning, +1 if fought with honor)
SPECIAL RULES
Weather conditions on Evciler play a considerable role in
this scenario. The temperature is -50C and the entire battlefield is coated with ice
-2 heat, +1 MP cost, +3 PSR per hex entered. The frozen river ice will support a mechs weight, but has 40 CF. A unit will not break the ice by walking on it, but weapons fire may send the units to a frozen watery grave by reducing the CF to 0.
Wolf Forces are a Command, Assault, and Battle Star. Wolf Skill is 2/3, with 75% Forces versus a 4/5 Falcon force. (1.26x wolf blended)
Viper Prime
Rifleman IIC
Warhawk C
Mist Lynx Prime
Linebacker D
Phoenix Hawk IIC
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Fan Scenarios and Campaigns / Re: Turkina Keshik: 3057 Falcon and Wolf
« Last post by DevianID on Today at 02:24:47 »Hide and Seek was completed out of the posts, so below is 'Into the Storm', the next mission from Falcon and Wolf
Maps: Desert Mountain Map 1&2. Half the Falcons deploy in the center of the map, half deploy on turn 3 from the north. Wolves deploy south.
VICTORY CONOITIONS
This scenario is a desperate fight to the finish. The winner
is the first side to destroy all opposing forces. (+2 point, +1 more if fought with honor)
Glass Spider (2 gauss rifles)
Gargoyle C (UAC20/6ERML)
Warhawk Prime (4 PPCs)
Timberwolf Prime
Warhawk Prime
Direwolf Prime
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Star Captain Matthew Von Jankmon stared into the swirling
sandstorm. It was true that the Wolves had lost many
BattleMechs to the Falcons' Charlie Trinary. But something felt
wrong. The fighting had been fierce at first; then the Wolves
seemed to lose their taste for comba!. Some of their 'Mechs
actually ran from the field. Yes, something was definitely wrong.
"Star Commander Trevor, you will take your Star to the
northwest quadrant and post a watch for any enemy 'Mechs.
Alert me before engaging any opposition," Von Jankmon
ordered.
"I will follow your orders, Star Captain, but you are overestimating the danger here. I am certain that our other units have
achieved similar successes."
Maps: Desert Mountain Map 1&2. Half the Falcons deploy in the center of the map, half deploy on turn 3 from the north. Wolves deploy south.
VICTORY CONOITIONS
This scenario is a desperate fight to the finish. The winner
is the first side to destroy all opposing forces. (+2 point, +1 more if fought with honor)
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SPECIAL RULESWolf Forces: 2 Assault stars and 1 Battle Star, skill 2/3. 75% the Falcon Force with Falcons at 3/4 (96% blended)
The Wolf player will be at an extreme disadvantage in this
scenario. He has no Elemental support, and any of his 'Mechs
that use ballistic ammunition are limited to half their normal
ammo loads. Before the combat begins, the Wolf player should
divide all his ammo by 2 to calculate the correct total (for example, 200 rounds of machine gun ammo divided by 2 = 100).
The lightning and blowing sands of the O'Tsung Plain
wreak havoc with all types of sensors. At the beginning of every
Reaction Phase, the Falcon player determines the effects of the
storm for that turn by rolling 1 D6 and subtracting 1 from the
result. The figure is the to-hit modifier added to all weapon
attacks for that turn. For example, on a die roll result of 4, all
weapon attacks would suffer a +3 modifier for that turn (4 - 1 =
3). The storm has no effect on physical attacks.
Glass Spider (2 gauss rifles)
Gargoyle C (UAC20/6ERML)
Warhawk Prime (4 PPCs)
Timberwolf Prime
Warhawk Prime
Direwolf Prime
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Fan Articles / Re: Mech of the Week: HEL Helios
« Last post by BrianDavion on Today at 02:06:58 »I'm sure it'll get revised art eventually. And honesty, I don't think it's that bad. The art in 3060 was in general a big step up from 3058.
with the Helios getting an apperance in the 2nd star league pack, there's no doubt it WILL get revised art
