BattleTech: Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation

[SCC]

Not sure why you'd say that. Why do you say that? No missiles?

More the whole infantry support thing, that aligns more with the Urbie then the Panther

[Garydee]

Any new tech in this book?

[wantec]

Any new tech in this book?

Yes and no. New tech, but IIRC the game rules for it aren't in the pdf

[Deadborder]

The Amazon is the best Inner Sphere Battle Armour ever.

[Kitsune413]

The Amazon is the best Inner Sphere Battle Armour ever.

Makes sense in the magistracy, but is obviously female oriented armor. Wonder how men feel piloting it? Really impressive though.

[ColBosch]

More the whole infantry support thing, that aligns more with the Urbie then the Panther

Interesting, since I always saw the Panther as being an infantry support design that got thrown into being a line unit.

[MrKiasu]

Where are the rules for the Power Reverse quirk found on the Pixiu?

Oh, and how the hell do you pronounce Pixiu? ::)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_xiu

http://translate.google.com/#zh-CN/en/%E8%B2%94%E8%B2%85

[Klat]

The Amazon is the best Inner Sphere Battle Armour ever.

I agree. Simple, no nonsense medium BA with good weapon capacity; an evolution of the IS standard.

[ColBosch]

I agree. Simple, no nonsense medium BA with good weapon capacity; an evolution of the IS standard.

An Elemental without the missiles. Simple; I like it, too.

[Kitsune413]

Interesting, since I always saw the Panther as being an infantry support design that got thrown into being a line unit.

Actually... in House Kurita thats the infantry getting thrown into being a line unit. They don't use them the same way everyone else does...

[Marwynn]

I like the Amazon. Can take a PPC hit and keep on fighting. Standard mobility, heavy enough firepower with the MRR.

[theothersarah]

If the Shun ends up being used by the MoC, I can forsee myself airdropping Amazon squads out of that all the time. The Gun should also be fun for carrying non-jumpers. Maybe I'll finally give the Theseus Killshot a try.

The Raven II is the Raven upgrade that I always wanted. The XTRO Raven was kind of garbagey due to being fragile and devoting way too much weight to heavy weapons than to survivability. It looks like the Raven II fixes those problems.

The Calliope isn't the most exciting thing I've ever seen but it seems solid enough.

If either variant of the Catapult II is MoC then I'll certainly give them a try. I'd love to see the rules for the TSEMP and Heat-Dissipating Armour first.

The Behemoth II makes me want to give it a try to see if its very large number of Thunderbolt 5s is interesting enough. The Support variant loses a bunch of armour but is equipped in a way that seems more useful, though.

[Kit deSummersville]

The writers continue to concentrate their efforts on the Deployment section, so there's very little "reading the record sheet out loud."

Its amazing what you can do when everything isn't brand new.

[Jal Phoenix]

I'm highly impressed by the art in this book.  Stellar work all around!

[ColBosch]

Its amazing what you can do when everything isn't brand new.

I know. I did some of that, once upon a time...

[BirdofPrey]

Finally, some new IS Omnis.  These two seem fairly decent if a bit esoteric.  Also, canon BC3, though I am surprised to see those from the CCAF.

So a few units with TSEMP, but no rules yet :(

[Terminax]

The Predator finally makes it into mainstream BT from it's Battletechnology roots.

[SpaceCowboy1701]

If the Shun ends up being used by the MoC, I can forsee myself airdropping Amazon squads out of that all the time.

The Highlander Shun was certainly awesome at this in the Clix game; glad to see it's translated over this way. It was my go-to unit for delivering battle armor across the board ... the variant I used was extremely hard to hit. My "flying bricks" left many people frustrated ...  will have to research Republic ability to field these ...

I'm not really a Liao fan, but I am enjoying the heck out of the TRO. Great art and good write-ups. 

The Arrow IV tank is a nice signature unit from MWDA ... too bad they couldn't work in a Targe or "ATV squad," but that would have cost two entries, and I don't see anything I'd want to trade just for a nod and wink.

[Stormforge]

If the Shun ends up being used by the MoC, I can forsee myself airdropping Amazon squads out of that all the time. The Gun should also be fun for carrying non-jumpers. Maybe I'll finally give the Theseus Killshot a try.

The Raven II is the Raven upgrade that I always wanted. The XTRO Raven was kind of garbagey due to being fragile and devoting way too much weight to heavy weapons than to survivability. It looks like the Raven II fixes those problems.

The Calliope isn't the most exciting thing I've ever seen but it seems solid enough.

If either variant of the Catapult II is MoC then I'll certainly give them a try. I'd love to see the rules for the TSEMP and Heat-Dissipating Armour first.

The Behemoth II makes me want to give it a try to see if its very large number of Thunderbolt 5s is interesting enough. The Support variant loses a bunch of armour but is equipped in a way that seems more useful, though.

Curious about the TSEMP and the Heat-Dissipating Armor also. Especially since the Agrotera shows 10(23) on the record sheet for Heat Sinks and Partial Wing, yet the Catapult II with the Heat-Dissipating Armor shows a normal 10(20). Unless this is an error or maybe the armor is Flamer, Plasma, and Inferno resistant?

[theothersarah]

Curious about the TSEMP and the Heat-Dissipating Armor also. Especially since the Agrotera shows 10(23) on the record sheet for Heat Sinks and Partial Wing, yet the Catapult II with the Heat-Dissipating Armor shows a normal 10(20). Unless this is an error or maybe the armor is Flamer, Plasma, and Inferno resistant?

Yeah, after I saw that I'm almost certain that Heat-Dissipating Armour simply provides protection from external heat sources.

[Klat]

The Yun is such a wonderful idea. The part about dropping Amazons conjured such wonderful imagery.  >:D

[cawest]

how many pages is this?  please don't count the record sheets if any.. thanks

[ColBosch]

how many pages is this?  please don't count the record sheets if any.. thanks

50 pages of content. 1 page outer cover, 1 page interior cover, 1 page credits, 50 pages writing and stats, 46 record sheets.

[Stormlion1]

Just downloaded it, and can't wait for the time to read it.

[Kojak]

I feel like this TRO should come with a pronunciation guide.

[Stormlion1]

From a quick scan, what jumps out is the Amazon, the Mortis, and the Lu Wei Bing. Maybe its the artwork, maybe its the back story. But I like them. I really want to have a fight between a Company of Challenger X MBT's and Behemoth II's though.

[YingJanshi]

Ok just started reading it. A quick glance and I love it. It feels Capellan.

Amazon is cool. It's nice we get our (um, well sorta our) own standard BA and don't have to field Fa Shih in that role.

The Shen Long is just nasty. I love it.  >:D

Is is just me or does the Luduan look Romulan?

The Nisos is cool. Nice just to have more WiGEs.

Can someone please explain the TC on the Shun to me? That seems like a waste of a ton for just two Magshots.

[wantec]

I kinda like the TC on the Shun. For only 1 ton, the same as a third Magshot, you get the opportunity to aim shots against enemy units.

[Suralin]

The Shen Long is just nasty. I love it.  >:D

You must defeat the Shen Long to stand a chance. ;D

(Those who get the reference shall receive a cookie.)

[jymset]

Here is another good fight a Shen Long squad vs Fenrir squad

Seeing how the Fenrir is a relatively early 2nd generation IS BA and the Shen Long is a tightly mini-maxed 4th generation BA, I hope the outcome is a no-brainer!

The Predator finally makes it into mainstream BT from it's Battletechnology roots.

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