Clan Nova Cat - Zombie Catgirl Extravaganza

[Dragon Cat]

The Clan might be dead but its influence continues even in new products.

We get a mention in the new Spotlight on Thermo Police a Nova Cat descendant serves alongside them

[Istal_Devalis]

How much of a Nova Cat is he still, though?
Summary for someone who doesnt have it?

Back to the Vision Quest: From other spoilers, looks to be a Gauss Rifle, 2 ERLL, and a brace of SPL. And 12 DHS so...not to bad. Not sure why it died out.

[Dragon Cat]

How much of a Nova Cat is he still, though?
Summary for someone who doesnt have it?

Virtually not at all to be honest, in name and in blood only he was born in 3010 so by current timeline likely gone.  He was a freeborn son of members of the Clan's Intelser which was the precursor to the Dragoons mission.

Given how little Intelser is mentioned it's a nice mention and another link to the Nova Cat's past and their actions with the Clans.

[Wrangler]

How much of a Nova Cat is he still, though?
Summary for someone who doesnt have it?

Back to the Vision Quest: From other spoilers, looks to be a Gauss Rifle, 2 ERLL, and a brace of SPL. And 12 DHS so...not to bad. Not sure why it died out.

I suspect the devil will be in the details. 
Maybe rise of the OmniMech maybe a factor. Maybe it's speed isn't good enough.  Maybe it has design quirks like weak superstructure or the MechWarrior's built in potty backs up too much no one wants to be piloting that thing.

[Crimson Dynamo]

You guys have seen the CSO Diorama for this year on Facebook, yes? Depicts part of the Nova Cat combat drop near Tost on Tukayyid, and looks damned good. Personally I feel they missed an opportunity to depict the Jaguar Grenadiers' charge down the Dinju Pass, but I'm somewhat partial.  :D

Like the Jaguars, the Cats are still alive in well in this Clan Invasion Kickstarter period we find ourselves in.  :thumbsup:

[Dragon Cat]

The mini battle and DropShip look great

[James Bedford]

Paladin Tyrina Drummond is mentioned in Rock of the Republic, so we can assume there's probably some Nova Cat enclaves still in Fortress Republic.

[Dragon Cat]

Paladin Tyrina Drummond is mentioned in Rock of the Republic, so we can assume there's probably some Nova Cat enclaves still in Fortress Republic.

I think Tyrina Drummond was one of the original or second generation Paladins she's been around for a few books I think so is hardcore Republic.

From TRO Golden Century the Vision Quest is a nice Mech even if the last one has a sad end... running theme among Nova Cat Mechs unfortunately.

Fortunately the Nova Cats/Clan Protectorate gets a decent mention in the reintroduced Lupus OmniMech too

[Jellico]

And a whole heavy aerospace fighter.

[Dragon Cat]

And a whole heavy aerospace fighter.

 ;D I hadn't forgotten about that decent bird nice art too

[James Bedford]

I asked Blaine Lee Pardoe if Tyrina Drummond being named-dropped in Rock of the Republic was just needing a random Paladin or if it was a sign of things to come, his response;

"Tyrina will be back"

[Istal_Devalis]

Finally had a chance to go over TRO Golden Century. I do like the looks of the Qasar, but did we need an 80 ton Visigoth with less fuel? It's like the aerospace equivalent of a Charger. 

[Jellico]

Predates the Visigoth.
Yes it is like a Charger, though a Gargoyle is a closer comparison.
It needs a reason for extinction. Would you rather functional but grossly inefficient, or it has bloody single heatsinks?
Most variants can deliver 50-60 points of damage without wincing on the heat scale too badly. That does counter the light armor a bit.

[Dragon Cat]

If you had the fighters that can dogfight and distract the Qaser would make a decent anti-ship/strike craft fly in cause a lot of damage on target then bug out to refuel

[James Bedford]

Just throwing this out there, but I recently compiled all the old Dark Age fiction stories that were on the now-defunct Wizkids website in one handy-dandy PDF.  I post in this thread about it because several of these short stories feature Spirit Cat characters.  When I say short however, I mean what I say, some of them are only a few pages at most.

https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=70451.msg1638415#new

[Istal_Devalis]

If you had the fighters that can dogfight and distract the Qaser would make a decent anti-ship/strike craft fly in cause a lot of damage on target then bug out to refuel

That's thanks more to clan weapon efficiencies though. Wish we refittted it a bit when we brought it back into production. Not sure how I'd improve it while keeping it's Qasar'ness, though. Swap in Ferro Aluminum?

[Jellico]

Check the Kublai.

[Istal_Devalis]

Without just copy/pasting the DCs variant, I mean.

[Wrangler]

I asked Blaine Lee Pardoe if Tyrina Drummond being named-dropped in Rock of the Republic was just needing a random Paladin or if it was a sign of things to come, his response;

"Tyrina will be back"

Well since Devlin returned, she pestering him daily apparently.

[Kitsune413]

The vision quest is gorgeous. David White strikes again.

[Deadborder]

Gorgeous, but a pain in the arse for me to draw

[Pa Weasley]

The vision quest is gorgeous. David White strikes again.

I do miss the lack of a "like" button right now.

[Empyrus]

The Nova Cats did not make use of ProtoMechs, right? Outside some initial testing?
Just thinking that with their post-Jihad resource shortage, ProtoMechs would've made sense for them...

[AlphaMirage]

The Nova Cats did not make use of ProtoMechs, right? Outside some initial testing?
Just thinking that with their post-Jihad resource shortage, ProtoMechs would've made sense for them...

I think their resource shortage may have also been in Warriors particularly Trueborn Aerospace. The Jihad wasn't kind to anything but definitely harsh on the Spaceborne Forces

[Talen5000]

The Nova Cats did not make use of ProtoMechs, right? Outside some initial testing?
Just thinking that with their post-Jihad resource shortage, ProtoMechs would've made sense for them...

The only Clan that currently seems to make extensive use of ProtoMechs appears to be the Ravens. Other Clans...notably the Horses...use them to a lesser degree, but their use appears to be declining even amongst the Ravens.

[wantec]

TRO Prototypes has the Satyr-XP, a Nova Cat ProtoMech. Much of the entry discusses the few ProtoMechs in the Nova Cat ranks. Here's a selection from the beginning

When Clan Nova Cat found itself cast out of the Homeworlds, it found its nascent ProtoMech program cut off at its proverbial knees. What few production models existed straggled their way to the Nova Cats’ new home in the Draconis Combine’s Irece Prefecture. Combat loss and time whittled down the surviving ProtoMechs that to barely a Trinary.

While the Nova Cats had the capability to revamp production on Irece to build new models, Khan Santin West believed it a waste of the Clan’s resources. Because ProtoMech pilots came exclusively from the aerospace Phenotype, and required major surgery to implant the necessary enhanced imaging tattoos, the Nova Cats were loathe to strip their already-depleted aerospace cadres to pilot these specialty ground units.

As such, the few Satyr ProtoMechs possessed by the Nova Cats—which made up the bulk of the Clan’s ProtoMech arsenal—were restricted to insertion and reconnaissance roles, often used in raids over the shared border with Clan Ghost Bear. Because the Clan Council did not see the program as a viable avenue of weaponry, ProtoMech pilots were volunteers only, usually those aerospace pilots deemed too old for active duty or those injured in combat or training exercises.

[Wrangler]

Eeesh, talk about slam against the ProtoMech concept.

[Empyrus]

... I'm not sure i've ever looked at TRO Prototypes entry on the Satyr. And i like the TRO. Guess i need to get around reading every single entry.

Right. I guess the Nova Cats had a point there. Presumably if they had had more personnel available, things could've been different. I guess the Smoke Jaguars were more strapped for material resources than personnel when they created ProtoMechs.

[Wrangler]

From what i read, Protomechs didn't do good sales for the game. So their being phased out. The Hell's Horses are only ones we know of that use them in the Inner Sphere.

[Jaim Magnus]

From what i read, Protomechs didn't do good sales for the game. So their being phased out. The Hell's Horses are only ones we know of that use them in the Inner Sphere.

Horses and Ravens.