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Fan Fiction / Re: Opalescent Reflections
« Last post by Smegish on Today at 16:35:41 »I'm guessing it's from other foreigners stuck on Kowloon.
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Ground Combat / Re: Favorite hauler for assault BA (Inner Sphere, Clan, and Comstar/WoB)?
« Last post by Daryk on Today at 16:35:25 »Heavy APCs are cheap and do the job well enough... that said, Worktroll has a really good point too! :)
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Ground Combat / Re: Favorite hauler for assault BA (Inner Sphere, Clan, and Comstar/WoB)?
« Last post by AlphaMirage on Today at 16:30:22 »My Karnovs and Anhurs survive because they move fast, assault BA are not really tactical deployment units IMO, they are defensive area denial assets. If I needed to get BA into a fight I'm doing it on an Omnivehicle/mech or hover IFV like the Maxim.
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Ground Combat / Re: Favorite hauler for assault BA (Inner Sphere, Clan, and Comstar/WoB)?
« Last post by Luciora on Today at 16:27:23 »I like the Maxim and had good experience with the heavy wheeled.
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Ground Combat / Re: Holographic decoys and field guns
« Last post by Daryk on Today at 16:27:05 »You hide a Demolisher behind a light 'mech decoy by stacking it with infantry, of course... ;D
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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Upcoming Releases XXIX: First Annual 29th Birthday
« Last post by Prometheum5 on Today at 16:26:25 »Here are some Mad Dogs
First sculpt from IWM about 20+ years old.
2nd is the IWM redo.
3rd is the Catalyst sculpt.
4th is the Premium sculpt just recent.
The Premium sculpt is much larger than the other sculpts.
Haha WTF. Why is the Premium Vulture larger than the CGL Plastic? How is this so difficult??
As for the Phoenix Hawk, seems like the skinny limbs are fixed but the head fused to the torso is not, so any argument about the Premium minis having better detail is moot.
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Ground Combat / Re: Favorite hauler for assault BA (Inner Sphere, Clan, and Comstar/WoB)?
« Last post by worktroll on Today at 16:24:57 »In my head-canon, I distinguish between tactical deployment, and logistic deployment. The latter is thin-skinned transport, to get the BA from point A to point B in good time. A subset of this could be use of fast hovers or VTOLs to deploy heavier BA in blocking positions, or lighter BA into spotting/ambush positions, ahead of actual engagement.
Most BT games are, I imagine, using tactical deployment, where the need is for a relatively thick-skinned transport that can survive with the battle going on around it. Hellraiser, how do your Karnovs survive when the heat is on?
Most BT games are, I imagine, using tactical deployment, where the need is for a relatively thick-skinned transport that can survive with the battle going on around it. Hellraiser, how do your Karnovs survive when the heat is on?
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Ground Combat / Re: Favorite hauler for assault BA (Inner Sphere, Clan, and Comstar/WoB)?
« Last post by Daryk on Today at 16:14:39 »Being that the flat-bed truck doesn't carry cargo internally, I'm fairly certain the BA would survive its destruction (albeit, hoofing it, as described). The trucks are so cheap, I think they'd still be worth the investment.
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Fan Fiction / Re: Opalescent Reflections
« Last post by Daryk on Today at 15:55:39 »On Kowloon, that's all pity... no sane person would claim relation to the guy they hang in effigy every year.
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Off Topic / Anyone else remember Hypernauts?
« Last post by Daemion on Today at 15:49:32 »It's a show that aired on Fox back in the 90s, for me, anyway. Only got to see the first episode or two, and then lost track of it. At the time, being a fan of Exo Squad and having freshly discovered BattleTech, the fact that it had Mechs in it as part of the core plot device had me interested.
I also forgot the name of the show until Secret Galaxy brought up that it was one of the few CG shows put together by the same folks that had a hand in Babylon 5 in their video on Voltron: Beyond the 3rd Dimension.
I was able to find the series on YouTube.
I also forgot the name of the show until Secret Galaxy brought up that it was one of the few CG shows put together by the same folks that had a hand in Babylon 5 in their video on Voltron: Beyond the 3rd Dimension.
I was able to find the series on YouTube.
