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Re: More crack please
« Reply #510 on: 29 April 2014, 17:45:05 »
The two Clan Historical are pretty interesting.  Was there alot details on the fights against the Widowmakers?  Golden Digest and Klondike skipped most of the action that happened during the Trial of Absorption was concluded.

Details of the Widowmaker's final stand on Roche, too, dude!  The Khans were dead, it was down to a saKhan and a cluster or so of troops.  SaKhan Vordermark launched a nasty ambush on the attacking Wolves, who were beleaguered somewhat in their struggle to destroy the Widowmakers and things did not look good for them at all.  Then came Ethan Morreau of the Goliath Scorpions and a few stars and Khan Cyrus Elam. All of them totally unbidden, and at the urging of Loremaster Morreau who charged headlong into the fray with everyone else following. 

The Widowmakers are no more today, and the Goliath Scorpions have always felt the Wolves were allies, even if the Wolves did not always see it that way.

In a nutshell. FM: Warden Clans, the Goliath Scorpion section has most all of this.   Always read every section, but not all in one sitting.  Retention is greatly aided by taking in only three or four Clans at one time  O0 

Widowmaker will be fraykin' heeeuuuge!   :D  even if it's shortish.
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Re: More crack please
« Reply #511 on: 30 April 2014, 04:06:28 »
I believe that there were some rumors that Natasha Kerensky had a drop of Widowmakers' blood in her veins.

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« Reply #512 on: 30 April 2014, 07:11:24 »
I believe that there were some rumors that Natasha Kerensky had a drop of Widowmakers' blood in her veins.


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« Reply #513 on: 30 April 2014, 09:00:18 »
I'm hoping for some info on the Widowmaker fleet. We need more than just a transport called Egg Sac.
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« Reply #514 on: 30 April 2014, 10:36:53 »
I'm hoping for some info on the Widowmaker fleet. We need more than just a transport called Egg Sac.

Agreed also hoping this may be the product that will have the Riga destroyer stats in it. Would fit the time frame and it is the only SL ship that we have yet to see.

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« Reply #515 on: 30 April 2014, 16:58:40 »
I'm hoping for some info on the Widowmaker fleet. We need more than just a transport called Egg Sac.

Wouldn't it be horrible if the Widowmakers went with an egg theme instead of (presumably) a spider theme for the Dropships? 

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Good thing that wouldn't happen.    :)  ...right?
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« Reply #516 on: 30 April 2014, 17:16:36 »
Only if they want to poach the collective brain of the fan base with eggstreme prejudice.

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« Reply #517 on: 30 April 2014, 17:41:25 »
I don't think everyone would appreciate the yolk.

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« Reply #518 on: 01 May 2014, 02:12:24 »
The yolk would be on them, then.

It would be interesting to know if the names of the former Widowmaker WarShips given to Wolf's Dragoons for their mission to the Inner Sphere were the original names...

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« Reply #519 on: 01 May 2014, 07:08:41 »
The excitement has scrambled this thread

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« Reply #520 on: 01 May 2014, 07:34:08 »
Yep, we had better get back on topic before the mods crack down on us and we all end up with egg on our faces . . .
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« Reply #521 on: 01 May 2014, 07:45:51 »
An eggcellent idea.
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« Reply #522 on: 01 May 2014, 09:16:06 »
An eggcellent idea.
Omellete you get away with that one, but I hope the egg jokes are now ovum. They're scrambling my brain.

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« Reply #525 on: 01 May 2014, 11:46:23 »
That's a nice picture.

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« Reply #526 on: 01 May 2014, 13:51:14 »
That's a nice picture.

It really is. My phone has a new background now  O0
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« Reply #527 on: 01 May 2014, 16:33:04 »
Sweet cover art.
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Re: More crack please
« Reply #528 on: 01 May 2014, 21:30:43 »
It is almost like there is a hidden artist war to develop the best cover art as it just keeps getting better and better.

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« Reply #529 on: 01 May 2014, 22:10:42 »
It is almost like there is a hidden artist war to develop the best cover art as it just keeps getting better and better.

'Twas a terrible time that, the Artists War.  The horrors of kaleidoscopicly rendered concepts, thrown together with reckless abandon, in order to flatten the awe of even the most jaded fan, tore the visual spectrum apart.

In the end, all that was left was a barren wasteland of stick figures and cackling madmen, producing mere finger paintings, all rendered in puce.
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« Reply #530 on: 01 May 2014, 23:39:40 »
'Twas a terrible time that, the Artists War.  The horrors of kaleidoscopicly rendered concepts, thrown together with reckless abandon, in order to flatten the awe of even the most jaded fan, tore the visual spectrum apart.

In the end, all that was left was a barren wasteland of stick figures and cackling madmen, producing mere finger paintings, all rendered in puce.

Wait, you're saying that Catalyst is gonna partner with XKCD? SWEET! :D
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« Reply #531 on: 02 May 2014, 02:42:35 »
Yup, and can you image the awesome that would be the Warrior Trilogy rendered in stick figure cartoons?
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« Reply #532 on: 02 May 2014, 05:18:58 »
Yup, and can you image the awesome that would be the Warrior Trilogy rendered in stick figure cartoons?
  I’m sorry, my brain rearranged that into ‘the Warrior Trilogy rendered in Order of the Stick cartoons’.  I just spent twenty minutes rebooting from an awesome-induced system-crash.  [notworthy]

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« Reply #533 on: 02 May 2014, 09:09:14 »
Yup, and can you image the awesome that would be the Warrior Trilogy rendered in stick figure cartoons?
Black hat man as Hanse Davion.
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« Reply #534 on: 02 May 2014, 11:54:29 »
Riddle me this:

I'm standing in my LGS right now looking at a print copy of Wars of the Republic Era.

I ordered it via BattleShop a month and a half ago, since which time the order has been "processing." I was told, correctly I believe, that my order wouldn't ship until there was a street date.

There's been no street date announced that I've seen. And yet, here I am, looking at the thing.

I read on one thread or another that LGSs get product shipped before online orders are filled. Is that what's happening here?

Or am I losing my mind?
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« Reply #535 on: 02 May 2014, 14:02:27 »
You're not losing your mind. You will get your book. You just need to be patient. Questions of "When?" never get answers, but rest assured that questions of "Will it?" will always end up with an answer of "Yes."
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« Reply #536 on: 02 May 2014, 14:26:24 »
I understand. I wasn't trying to be impatient, just wanted to make sure that I hadn't missed something or there wasn't an issue with the order. I haven't used BattleShop often (in fact I might have only used it once, a while back) and wasn't sure there wasn't something unusual here. Thanks for the response.
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« Reply #537 on: 02 May 2014, 16:04:09 »
You're not losing your mind. You will get your book. You just need to be patient. Questions of "When?" never get answers, but rest assured that questions of "Will it?" will always end up with an answer of "Yes."

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« Reply #538 on: 02 May 2014, 16:05:18 »
It's less than infinity, yes? :)
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« Reply #539 on: 02 May 2014, 19:04:14 »
It's less than infinity, yes? :)
So is Graham's number, that doesn't mean much...
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