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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Upcoming Releases XXIX: First Annual 29th Birthday

« Last post by Hydrofoil Goat on Today at 01:40:38 »

Seems like a perfectly sensible answer given the minis are produced by two different groups?

You'd still expect a product that you are planning to sell to go through appropriate QA. There's nothing to be gained from selling a potentially defective product, and everything to be gained from making sure your product is without major flaws.

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BattleMechs / Re: 'Warcriming the Militia' - Battlemechs of the WoB

« Last post by Red Pins on Today at 01:34:49 »

Are you going to devise a totally original mech?  Or is this just another refet book only?

Oh, yeah, lots of them.  Primitives, standards, a couple Omnis - but the vehicles and drones are going to seriously outnumber them.  I didn't think there would be many combined arms or armored units able to escape - most of the military units seeming to have officially escaped were Shadow units with a few Militia, so most of the supporting vehicles and drones will be all new units.

Sorry, saw your PM, haven't had time to answer yet.  Here, have a screenshot - this is about two hours design work and fiddling.  The Falcon Hawk is pretty simplistic, the Hollander done, so call it another hour, hour and a half depending on people bothering me.

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Fan Fiction / Re: Opalescent Reflections

« Last post by drakensis on Today at 01:05:13 »

Also from House Davion:

It is with some embarrassment that I come to the subject of my own ancestry. When Kerensky’s troops slaughtered everyone in the Rim Worlds that bore the name Amaris, they overlooked maternal cousins with names like Siever, Wong, Chan, and Marcus.

With the danger of being even distantly related to Amaris, people with those names fled the Rim Worlds. My own family settled in the Outworlds Alliance. I honestly do not know if I am a descendant of Stefan the Usurper. Genealogical records that might have cleared up my ancestry were destroyed in the aftermath of the war. It is a reflection of my parents’ macabre sense of humor that they named me Anastasia, after the Terran legend of Anastasia Romanov, daughter of the last Russian Czar.

Our research has resolved one matter, however. No conclusive link can be found between Amaris and anyone still living. With such total lack of pedigree, anyone claiming relationship to Amaris, let alone claiming leadership to any of the Rim Worlds (now the Bandit Kingdoms) on the basis of such a claim, can be assumed to be a pretender or a usurper. We can hope that the shame that my putative kinsman brought to the Periphery will never be revived, and that the carnage he brought to the Inner Sphere will never be forgotten.

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Off Topic / Re: How to make a package that looks like...

« Last post by Falchion on Today at 00:34:46 »

I think maybe go to a thrift store and get a right-sized game-box.

Carefully open it up and unfold it.

Trace the full, un-folded shape on Bristol-Board with pencil.

Cut out the shape with a hobby scalpel and glue it together in correct box-shape.

Hope this helps.

To add to this, you could try printing out the box art on some nicer lightweight photo paper and tacking it to the box with spray adhesive, since not all printers are made equal and might not be able to feed bristol or other cardstock properly.

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MegaMek Games / mekhq - how does swapping out equipment on omnimechs work?

« Last post by freebirthsurat1337 on Today at 00:19:22 »

So I have an Adder that needs a small pulse laser replaced.  We have no small pulse lasers and no way of getting more right now.  How would I go about theoretically swapping in a different weapon in MekHQ since it's an Omnimech, presumably that shouldn't be much of a problem, correct?

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Fan Articles / Re: Battle Armor of the Week - 3145 Special - Marauder Battle Armor

« Last post by Liam's Ghost on Today at 00:05:57 »

Nah, whichever battlesuit has a view of what's in front of them yells directions to the pilot.

The suits soak the impact of any unintentional collisions.

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Fan Articles / Re: Battle Armor of the Week - 3145 Special - Marauder Battle Armor

« Last post by Arkansas Warrior on 27 April 2024, 23:52:05 »

If the BA had C3, I’d say he was using their telemetry, but alas…

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Fan Designs and Rules / Re: Ideas for improved and economical units for lower tech Worlds.

« Last post by Primus203 on 27 April 2024, 23:50:00 »

The comments got me to looking at my designs again and I realized that I forgot long endurance harasser units so I present three harasser units 2 built on previously listed frames. All three units have similar weapons loadouts an AC-2 with a ton of flak and one of standard. All units are intended to be used at max range in groups of 10 or more focus firing on one target. Elite units have AP instead of standard AC-2 ammo.

Lupus Light Tank- Built on the Bradley frame removes infantry compartment. Crew compartment is moved to where the infantry compartment was to make space for larger engine and one more ton of ammo, less armor. Slowest of the three units but least vulnerable to motive hits.

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Lupus Light Tank

Mass: 30 tons
Movement Type: Tracked
Power Plant: 150 ICE
Cruising Speed: 54 kph
Maximum Speed: 86.4 kph
Armor: Standard
Armament:
     1 AC/2
Manufacturer: Unknown
     Primary Factory: Unknown
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 3075
Tech Rating/Availability: E/X-X-F-E
Cost: 334,750 C-bills

Type: Lupus Light Tank
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Standard)
Movement Type: Tracked
Tonnage: 30
Battle Value: 369

Equipment                                          Mass
Internal Structure                                    3
Engine                        150 ICE                11
Cruising MP: 5
Flank MP: 8
Heat Sinks:                   0                       0
Control Equipment:                                  1.5
Power Amplifier:                                    0.0
Turret:                                             1.0
Armor Factor                  88                    5.5

                          Internal   Armor   
                          Structure  Value   
     Front                   3         18   
     R/L Side               3/3      18/18   
     Rear                    3         16   
     Turret                  3         18   


Weapons
and Ammo              Location    Tonnage   
AC/2                   Turret       6.0     
AC/2 Ammo (45)          Body        1.0     
Flak AC/2 Ammo (45)     Body        1.0     Remus Light Hovertank- A small hover tank decent speed better armor than Lupus. More vulnerable to motive hits and has terrain limitations.

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Remus Light Hover Tank

Mass: 29 tons
Movement Type: Hover
Power Plant: 75 ICE
Cruising Speed: 75.6 kph
Maximum Speed: 118.8 kph
Armor: Standard
Armament:
     1 AC/2
Manufacturer: Unknown
     Primary Factory: Unknown
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 3075
Tech Rating/Availability: E/X-X-F-E
Cost: 456,225 C-bills

Type: Remus Light Hover Tank
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Standard)
Movement Type: Hover
Tonnage: 29
Battle Value: 385

Equipment                                          Mass
Internal Structure                                    3
Engine                        75 ICE                  6
Cruising MP: 7
Flank MP: 11
Heat Sinks:                   0                       0
Control Equipment:                                  1.5
Lift Equipment:                                     3.0
Power Amplifier:                                    0.0
Turret:                                             1.0
Armor Factor                  104                   6.5

                          Internal   Armor   
                          Structure  Value   
     Front                   3         24   
     R/L Side               3/3      20/20   
     Rear                    3         20   
     Turret                  3         20   


Weapons
and Ammo              Location    Tonnage   
AC/2                   Turret       6.0     
AC/2 Ammo (45)          Body        1.0     
Flak AC/2 Ammo (45)     Body        1.0     Hwacha Harasser Heli- Built on the "Attack Heli Budget Flak Export Varriant" frame the only difference is a slightly downrated engine freeing up 2 tons for standard ammo at the cost of 1 MP otherwise total parts compatibility.

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Hwacha Harasser VTOL

Mass: 25 tons
Movement Type: VTOL
Power Plant: 85 ICE
Cruising Speed: 97.2 kph
Maximum Speed: 151.2 kph
Armor: Standard
Armament:
     1 AC/2
Manufacturer: Unknown
     Primary Factory: Unknown
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 3075
Tech Rating/Availability: E/X-X-F-E
Cost: 548,014 C-bills

Type: Hwacha Harasser VTOL
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Standard)
Movement Type: VTOL
Tonnage: 25
Battle Value: 352

Equipment                                          Mass
Internal Structure                                  2.5
Engine                        85 ICE                  5
Cruising MP: 9
Flank MP: 14
Heat Sinks:                   0                       0
Control Equipment:                                  1.5
Lift Equipment:                                     2.5
Power Amplifier:                                    0.0
Armor Factor                  72                    4.5

                          Internal   Armor   
                          Structure  Value   
     Front                   3         18   
     R/L Side               3/3      17/17   
     Rear                    3         18   
     Rotor                   3         2     


Weapons
and Ammo              Location    Tonnage   
AC/2                   Front        6.0     
AC/2 Ammo (90)          Body        2.0     
Flak AC/2 Ammo (45)     Body        1.0     So just asking have I missed any other necessary capabilities that aren't space based as that exceeds tech limits.

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Ground Combat / Re: Help/Recommendations Requested - Main Battle Tank (50T or less)

« Last post by Charistoph on 27 April 2024, 23:45:49 »

An additional +1 for the Goblin from me.

The Vedette is too much a sniper in its base consideration, with nothing to back it up.  It's basically a heavier Scorpion.

The Goblin still carries a gun that can punch holes in its main SW configuration, then has 2 more that can fill it up even more depending on if you want it from downtown or up in the grill.  While the Armor isn't amazing, it's still pretty good for its weight.  Toss in a few sassy squads of Infantry to be spotters or ambush harassers, and you have a decent medium tank.

Of course, this is coming from someone who hasn't actually deployed any, yet.  I will be deploying a Lance-worth this next Friday as part of a Clan campaign OpFor, along with a few other tanks for them to blow up.  I searched up and down what was available to figure out what to consider, and these look like the best option.

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Ground Combat / Re: Favorite hauler for assault BA (Inner Sphere, Clan, and Comstar/WoB)?

« Last post by worktroll on 27 April 2024, 23:35:01 »

Meanwhile WT mentioned the Mantef-D above which is a beast & I love it, but, I also don't own the mini & would find some issue with justifying my cheapo mercs having access to them with their "new" (for the CI/CW eras) production limited house access & pricey XL engine when those mercs can use ICE powered cheapo Maxims/Karnovs that are more effective than the Heavy APC lines but also not touching the XL-HeavyOmni pricetag either.

All my Manteuffels are MW:DA minis, which are reasonably sized enough for use, especially with Alpha Strike.



The Ds each carry 2 squads of Kopis internally, and each tank carries a Kopi squad on the outside. Kopis converted from MW:DA Centaurs.