Author Topic: Fan XTRO - Delranes Military Equipment 3059 (Read 3181 times)

marauder648 · « **on:** 23 July 2023, 23:33:13 »

The latest addition to the Zhukov AU, Delranes 3059 features Inner Sphere vehicles and 'Mechs both new and familiar, albeit a different take on them with custom units, FrankenMechs, limited production runs and viability tests produced by the Great Houses or small teams of keen amateurs and engineers with a vision.

The main PDF can be downloaded here – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xj-fzpw5tC4a9HUiK7n3HharZHs3WB4X/view?usp=sharing

The Record sheets are here as a PDF- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IIERiWjEw8P2TNC9cT12_zlPgQtLZlZe/view?usp=sharing

And here individually – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IIERiWjEw8P2TNC9cT12_zlPgQtLZlZe/view?usp=sharing

And the MML Files are here –

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ebh8ForocoagffadU3CgjVPY2tpvBwIw?usp=sharing

I'd love any feedback and thoughts, and I hope you enjoy reading the book!

https://thezhukovau.wordpress.com/2023/07/24/xtro-delranes-combat-equipment-3059/

Other PDFs can be found here - https://thezhukovau.wordpress.com/

marauder648 · « **Reply #1 on:** 24 July 2023, 11:21:06 »

65 views and no comments, have I made a dud?

Maingunnery · « **Reply #2 on:** 24 July 2023, 11:36:36 »

No dud, I am just still reading through it before really commenting.

It is also nice to see this as I have been wondering what all that art I saw from MattPlog would be for.

However I have found an issue with the record sheet bundle: in PDFs it is better to have an uniform page width, as a lot of PDF readers scale all pages on basis of the widest page.

marauder648 · « **Reply #3 on:** 24 July 2023, 11:42:38 »

Ahh I did wonder about that! I can fix that :)

Tyler Jorgensson · « **Reply #4 on:** 24 July 2023, 12:43:39 »

Out of curiosity: Is this an update to the previous Delranes?

Downloading but probably won’t get to read it until tomorrow

marauder648 · « **Reply #5 on:** 24 July 2023, 12:47:24 »

Quote from: Tyler Jorgensson on 24 July 2023, 12:43:39

Out of curiosity: Is this an update to the previous Delranes?

Downloading but probably won’t get to read it until tomorrow

This is a full TRO.

Takiro · « **Reply #6 on:** 24 July 2023, 14:25:53 »

Very nice marauder648!

Reading in progress!!

wolfcannon · « **Reply #7 on:** 24 July 2023, 14:34:24 »

downloaded and loved it!

Yu Kigono · « **Reply #8 on:** 24 July 2023, 16:26:10 »

Absolutely adore the Trapdoor and the array of Mackie variants.

Daryk · « **Reply #9 on:** 24 July 2023, 18:12:57 »

RL has been VERY busy for me lately... will try to get to it later this week!

Takiro · « **Reply #10 on:** 25 July 2023, 14:48:36 »

Some comments if I may.....

Chemical Lasers
I really like the idea of the Capellan Confederation developing this retrotechnology for their armed forces in this setting. Makes alot of sense that truncated House Liao would look for such lowtech solutions to amplify its Home Guard vehicles and subsequently other forces. Do they function in the same way as their Clan canon equivalents??

M-88 Keiler Self-Propelled Gun
Like this design for the Federated Commonwealth but the art has got me questioning is that a turret or not? I see the design itself has no turret, so this is merely an aesthetic observation or inquiry. There are a lot of 15-ton weapon systems like the Gauss or AC/20 (well its close anyway) but I like the artillery configurations best to stay well out of range and hammer away.

Dragon Cat · « **Reply #11 on:** 25 July 2023, 21:00:34 »

New thing cool I'll look tomorrow

marauder648 · « **Reply #12 on:** 26 July 2023, 23:58:49 »

Quote from: Takiro on 25 July 2023, 14:48:36

Some comments if I may.....

Chemical Lasers
I really like the idea of the Capellan Confederation developing this retrotechnology for their armed forces in this setting. Makes alot of sense that truncated House Liao would look for such lowtech solutions to amplify its Home Guard vehicles and subsequently other forces. Do they function in the same way as their Clan canon equivalents??

M-88 Keiler Self-Propelled Gun
Like this design for the Federated Commonwealth but the art has got me questioning is that a turret or not? I see the design itself has no turret, so this is merely an aesthetic observation or inquiry. There are a lot of 15-ton weapon systems like the Gauss or AC/20 (well its close anyway) but I like the artillery configurations best to stay well out of range and hammer away.

To answer your question, the Chem lasers are identical to their Clan counterparts was thinking of doing this thing where the ammo was reduced by 50% to represent the use of inferior chemicals but didn't in the end :)

The M-88 SPG's gun is mounted in the 'front' but its basically like this - https://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar/France/F3_155mm.php not turret mounted with limited traverse. Designed to sit far back and lob shells at targets many KM away.

Dragon Cat · « **Reply #13 on:** 27 July 2023, 02:45:20 »

Interesting TRO designs from your super secret ops unit but with regular armour I noticed a few which is could

Also featuring Mechs like Agincourt was pretty cool, the things a beast

marauder648 · « **Reply #14 on:** 27 July 2023, 12:21:43 »

Please feel free to use them :D Single units like the Devastator were replicated by the manufacturer.

Maingunnery · « **Reply #15 on:** 27 July 2023, 12:32:08 »

Keiler: I love that you did so much with just 30 tons, very elegent in a way. Also the art really fit well with the design.
Brutus (Blazer): I would see this more as a bodyguard for LRM Fire support lance. Able to contribute with the LRM-20 but also able to one-shot Elementals with its Blazer. I would likely make a sub-variant that downgrades the streaks in order to upgrade the MGs into AMS systems.
Minuteman: Very solid art. I wonder how a 'C' refit would look like.
Kintaro: What an art improvement, thankfully it got rid of that skirt.
Archer: Love the use of the primitive Archer
Maelstrom: Very aggressive, would work well with the right players.
Mackie: 100% excellent, would use it.

marauder648 · « **Reply #16 on:** 27 July 2023, 13:47:35 »

Quote from: Maingunnery on 27 July 2023, 12:32:08

Keiler: I love that you did so much with just 30 tons, very elegent in a way. Also the art really fit well with the design.
Brutus (Blazer): I would see this more as a bodyguard for LRM Fire support lance. Able to contribute with the LRM-20 but also able to one-shot Elementals with its Blazer. I would likely make a sub-variant that downgrades the streaks in order to upgrade the MGs into AMS systems.
Minuteman: Very solid art. I wonder how a 'C' refit would look like.
Kintaro: What an art improvement, thankfully it got rid of that skirt.
Archer: Love the use of the primitive Archer
Maelstrom: Very aggressive, would work well with the right players.
Mackie: 100% excellent, would use it.

The Archer config is actually the Agincourt from Mechwarrior 5 :D I'm glad ya like the kit :) and good idea about the Brutus, the AMS would also help with Elementals, and the blazer can still happily smash through the armour of many Clan 'Mechs with a single hit.

Wrangler · « **Reply #17 on:** 31 July 2023, 17:44:14 »

Wow, I totally missed this released.

Daryk · « **Reply #18 on:** 31 July 2023, 18:02:36 »

Finally had a chance to skim, at least... :)

Woo hoo for the Blazers! I see Plog only gave you the single barrel version for the Brutus, but got it right elsewhere. I'll also say that Mackie TOTALLY missed an opportunity for a Blazer Cannon opposite that GLORIOUS LTAC! :D

ColBosch · « **Reply #19 on:** 31 July 2023, 19:54:08 »

Can't wait to dig in!

Daryk · « **Reply #20 on:** 31 July 2023, 19:57:09 »

I daresay you won't be disappointed, good sir! :)

DOC_Agren · « **Reply #21 on:** 31 July 2023, 20:59:46 »

Quote from: Daryk on 31 July 2023, 18:02:36

Finally had a chance to skim, at least... :)

Woo hoo for the Blazers! I see Plog only gave you the single barrel version for the Brutus, but got it right elsewhere. I'll also say that Mackie TOTALLY missed an opportunity for a Blazer Cannon opposite that GLORIOUS LTAC! :D

Damm Daryk found the Blazers

I like this

Red Pins · « **Reply #22 on:** 31 July 2023, 23:05:35 »

Tagged.

Red Pins · « **Reply #23 on:** 01 August 2023, 01:15:02 »

NM - should have googled it first.

marauder648 · « **Reply #24 on:** 02 August 2023, 15:56:22 »

Quote from: Daryk on 31 July 2023, 18:02:36

Finally had a chance to skim, at least... :)

Woo hoo for the Blazers! I see Plog only gave you the single barrel version for the Brutus, but got it right elsewhere. I'll also say that Mackie TOTALLY missed an opportunity for a Blazer Cannon opposite that GLORIOUS LTAC! :D

*fist bumps the Blazer bro* And yeah its a single barreled version, to make it more distinguishable from the Brutus which has the double barreled large lasers :)

Daryk · « **Reply #25 on:** 02 August 2023, 17:08:11 »

That makes total sense, and "Blazer bro" has a nice ring to it... ;D

beachhead1985 · « **Reply #26 on:** 05 August 2023, 02:54:56 »

I liked this a lot, but my favourites were the Thumper SPG, Brutus Blazer (why had no-one ever thought of that before?!), And the Kintaro and Devastator variants.

Daryk · « **Reply #27 on:** 05 August 2023, 05:53:14 »

My guess is because Heavy PPCs were introduced at the same RL time.

Wrangler · « **Reply #28 on:** 05 August 2023, 09:51:51 »

With permission of marauder, I have added the a TRO and all the associated links to the wiki as backup to marauder's site.

marauder648 · « **Reply #29 on:** 06 August 2023, 02:13:31 »

Quote from: Wrangler on 05 August 2023, 09:51:51

With permission of marauder, I have added the a TRO and all the associated links to the wiki as backup to marauder's site.

Thank you! <3

rufusexc · « **Reply #30 on:** 16 August 2023, 09:37:36 »

I just downloaded it, I have yet to watch it, but if it's like your previous works, it will certainly be well done.