Author Topic: 'Shattered Fortress' release this summer - the timeline advances! (Read 61546 times)

ColBosch · « **Reply #30 on:** 01 March 2018, 15:58:06 »

Quote from: Kidd on 01 March 2018, 07:27:16

Yay, my curse continues - from the Exiled Wolves to the Nova Cats to Wolf's Dragoons to the Republic, my factions never survive.

I'm rooting for Ghost Bear so they probably don't get to be ilClan.

I'm only working off of the pre-Brent plans here, but if the new books pan out anything like the old ilClan plans...heh.

Corrinald · « **Reply #31 on:** 01 March 2018, 17:05:43 »

Quote from: Kidd on 01 March 2018, 07:27:16

Yay, my curse continues - from the Exiled Wolves to the Nova Cats to Wolf's Dragoons to the Republic, my factions never survive.

I'm rooting for Ghost Bear so they probably don't get to be ilClan.

Sounds similar to a guy in my group who played as the Smoke Jaguars, the Blood Spirits, and finally the 2nd Sword of Light regiment of House Kurita. I didn't have the heart to tell him about them during the Jihad.

Showers · « **Reply #32 on:** 01 March 2018, 18:39:15 »

The ilClan will be... Clan Wolverine.

nckestrel · « **Reply #33 on:** 01 March 2018, 18:59:55 »

Quote from: Showers on 01 March 2018, 18:39:15

The ilClan will be... Clan Wolverine.

Yes, but which one?

(Joking)

Alexander Knight · « **Reply #34 on:** 01 March 2018, 19:01:57 »

Quote from: nckestrel on 01 March 2018, 18:59:55

Yes, but which one?

(Joking)

WVR-1R, of course.

ANS Kamas P81 · « **Reply #35 on:** 01 March 2018, 19:13:51 »

Quote from: nckestrel on 01 March 2018, 18:59:55

Yes, but which one?

(Joking)

Khan Logan of Clan Wolverine.

Showers · « **Reply #36 on:** 01 March 2018, 19:26:18 »

Quote from: nckestrel on 01 March 2018, 18:59:55

Yes, but which one?

(Joking)

All-New of course. The original was annihilated.

YingJanshi · « **Reply #37 on:** 01 March 2018, 19:29:33 »

The only thing left of the Wolverines was the Genecaste...

Kitsune413 · « **Reply #38 on:** 01 March 2018, 19:51:16 »

I'm glad it's getting closer to release. But summer feels far away. I'm pretty exhausted. Need a fix. Hope something comes out soon.

mcjomar · « **Reply #39 on:** 02 March 2018, 11:39:16 »

Are we still throwing out funny clan names?
If so, I vote Clan Photonic Stunt-Weasel >:D

I'm very excited to see the story progress.
Always good.

Niopsian · « **Reply #40 on:** 02 March 2018, 16:54:22 »

Quote from: nckestrel on 01 March 2018, 18:59:55

Yes, but which one?

(Joking)

Clan Old Man Logan.

Deathknight69 · « **Reply #41 on:** 05 March 2018, 17:55:43 »

Meh. . .

I'm partial to "Clan Fuzzy Navel" myself.

GRUD · « **Reply #42 on:** 05 March 2018, 21:39:41 »

Quote from: Azakael on 01 March 2018, 13:34:21

"They're not dead!" "They're getting better!"

But do they feel like going for a walk? :D

SteelRaven · « **Reply #43 on:** 06 March 2018, 01:01:44 »

Both the Great Houses and Clans will fall, the Corporations will rise. All hail Sea Fox Incorporated, the once and future employer!

jklantern · « **Reply #44 on:** 06 March 2018, 01:24:27 »

Quote from: SteelRaven on 06 March 2018, 01:01:44

Both the Great Houses and Clans will fall, the Corporations will rise. All hail Sea Fox Incorporated, the once and future employer!

Psh, since when was Battletech ever that grounded in realism?

I am Belch II · « **Reply #45 on:** 06 March 2018, 04:52:10 »

Very interesting and awesome.

Requiemking · « **Reply #46 on:** 10 March 2018, 17:08:34 »

Quote from: jklantern on 06 March 2018, 01:24:27

Psh, since when was Battletech ever that grounded in realism?

Tell me, do you want to kill a Canopian Cat Girl? Because every time someone brings realism into Battletech, they kill a Canopian Cat Girl.

jimdigris · « **Reply #47 on:** 10 March 2018, 17:36:56 »

Clan Cat Girl it is. O0 You keep killing them, and they keep regenerating. :D

I am Belch II · « **Reply #48 on:** 10 March 2018, 20:29:36 »

Quote from: jimdigris on 10 March 2018, 17:36:56

Clan Cat Girl it is. O0 You keep killing them, and they keep regenerating. :D

Those birthing chambers are working overtime!

Bosefius · « **Reply #49 on:** 10 March 2018, 20:32:28 »

We've let this run but at this point take the silliness to the MechWarrior Hall. Back onto "Shattered Sphere".

Oy, "Shattered Fortress".

ColBosch · « **Reply #50 on:** 10 March 2018, 20:38:04 »

Quote from: Bosefius on 10 March 2018, 20:32:28

We've let this run but at this point take the silliness to the MechWarrior Hall. Back onto "Shattered Sphere".

Not a bad sourcebook, updating the universe to the edge of the FedCom Civil War. But I think you meant "Shattered Fortress," which now that I think about it is kind of a clunky name.

Empyrus · « **Reply #51 on:** 10 March 2018, 21:02:38 »

What would be better then? Broken Fortress?

sadlerbw · « **Reply #52 on:** 10 March 2018, 21:08:57 »

Quote from: ColBosch on 10 March 2018, 20:38:04

Not a bad sourcebook, updating the universe to the edge of the FedCom Civil War. But I think you meant "Shattered Fortress," which now that I think about it is kind of a clunky name.

Well ‘fortress republic’ was already a thing, so it at least makes sense. I don’t personally find it any more clunky than most of the rather prosaic book names this franchise has produced. Perhaps a bit less descriptive than ‘Field Manual: 3150’, but I don’t mind it.

SCC · « **Reply #53 on:** 10 March 2018, 21:20:59 »

I have to wonder does Shattered Sphere refer to the RotS or to the Inner Sphere itself? And if the later, will the sphere be shattered by whatever hyperspace nonsense is going on preventing travel between certain areas?

ColBosch · « **Reply #54 on:** 10 March 2018, 22:58:08 »

Quote from: SCC on 10 March 2018, 21:20:59

I have to wonder does Shattered Sphere refer to the RotS or to the Inner Sphere itself? And if the later, will the sphere be shattered by whatever hyperspace nonsense is going on preventing travel between certain areas?

Shattered Sphere was the name of a FASA sourcebook. Shattered Fortress is the name of the upcoming CGL sourcebook.

SCC · « **Reply #55 on:** 10 March 2018, 23:45:49 »

*Headdesk* but I see I'm not the only one. And an event that throws hyperspace fault lines across the IS that prevent travel, that may or may not respect national boarders, would be a very interesting setup, a great way to churn factions and spark a bunch of new wars when the faults receded.

ColBosch · « **Reply #56 on:** 11 March 2018, 00:16:18 »

Quote from: SCC on 10 March 2018, 23:45:49

*Headdesk* but I see I'm not the only one. And an event that throws hyperspace fault lines across the IS that prevent travel, that may or may not respect national boarders, would be a very interesting setup, a great way to churn factions and spark a bunch of new wars when the faults receded.

I would love to see the aftereffects of the Fortress cause a total breakdown in transportation across the Inner Sphere. That would be an awesome excuse for a proper time jump, as the handwavium dissipates and empires start to form again.

SCC · « **Reply #57 on:** 11 March 2018, 04:09:56 »

Not what I was envisioning. I was thinking that broke the Inner Sphere into chunks to size of a province, but the extent of these chunks doesn't respect existing borders, so, for example, you have one that included New Syrtis, but it wouldn't include all of the Taygeta Operational Area, however it might include chunks of the CC and TC. Now this effect covers the Inner Sphere, but not all of it, there are a few sections of it not covered and in reverse there are a few sections of the Periphery covered as well, probably most importantly the Clan Homeworlds.

And sometime before 3250 whatever was causing this effect stops, how does everyone react? Remember that there are now likely several copies of each IS faction, how do the various FS factions react to one another?

Maingunnery · « **Reply #58 on:** 11 March 2018, 05:34:22 »

Quote from: SCC on 11 March 2018, 04:09:56

And sometime before 3250 whatever was causing this effect stops, how does everyone react? Remember that there are now likely several copies of each IS faction, how do the various FS factions react to one another?

Either a copy will think that they are the most qualified to lead or they have grown so independent that they see no need for joining up.

Terminax · « **Reply #59 on:** 11 March 2018, 08:14:14 »

I've grown increasingly numb to caring about IlClan and any future of the game. I've been playing since summer of '86 or so and probably should have laid down when the Blood Spirits got smashed. Sorry guys, it just doesn't excite me anymore.