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Came to despise them, but how much of that was the Cats going 2nd SL and how much was Black Dragon shenanigans? part of me can see some Bears wanting to go at the DC for turning casual friends into enemies or for destroying a Clan in such a dishonourable way, i.e. using the Bears to do their dirty work.

Side question; Has anyone gone through out MUL in and figured out what unit rolls we have a lot of? Skirmisher vs Sniper vs Scout ect. it would be interesting to me at least to see how our Touman has evolved over the era's and extrapolate how we are mostly fighting going in to the ilClan era.

the cats didnt start raiding us without Hegira due to joining the 2SL or the black dragons. thats why we hated them, the other stuff made it worse.
I dont see the bears doing this for the Cats, but if Alaric can capitalize on the situation that works too. Also I assume the dracs are the first target for the smoke jags revenge as well. Although they cant take that many Ls in a row, unless the become the 3SW capellans narratively.


your side question:
I think that is a silly way of looking at things, given omni mechs.
a better way is to look at native production, speed and pod weight

Fire Moth: 6.5t 10/15(20)
Viper: 8.5t 8/12/8
ROtter: 18.5t 5/8(10) (re)
Mad Dog MkIII: 30t 5/8
Karhu: 30t 5/8
Executioner: 26.5t 4/6(8)/4
Mastodon: 45t 3/5 (re)

we have some second line mechs we also build
Kodiak/Kodiak II brawlers or missile snipers depending (4/6)
Viking IIC missiles (3/4)
Highlander IIC 3 3/5/3 (i think this is a refit from New Oslo which we lost in the closing of the dark ages. New oslo seemed to be a HAG foucsed refit facility)
Cyclops C, brawler that does ok at range (4/5)
some variatns of MAD IIC, long range (3/5)
Bruin a fancy grizzly (4/6/4)
Ryoken II (gross) long range (5/8)
Grizzly 2/3 skrimish at shorter ranges preferably (4/6/4)
Arcas of all varieties, skirmish at close preferably (5/8/5)
Kuma (gross again) hyper jumpy (6/9/8 or 6/9/6)
Gravedigger (grosser) (4/6)
a coupe Shadow Hawk IIC variants, skirmisher (striker via MUL) (6/9/6)
Beowulf IIC scout/striker (6/9(12)/6
Kontio, striker/scout (7/11)++
Horned Owl striker/skirmisher (6/9/6 or 6/9 or 5/8/7)
a couple locust IIC variants, sniper scout (fast)
Bear cub, trainer (8/12)
Ursus/II lots of variants for different situations, skirmisher


to answer the question directly we have alot of strikers and skirmishers but that is just clan tech. a huge amount of snipers and a fair number missile boats. a decent number of juggernaughts and then some (more than Jugg) brawlers. more scouts than i though, but alot of them are just fast and do no damage compared to having dedicated electronics.
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Fan Fiction / Re: I, Caesar
« Last post by Sir Chaos on Today at 13:48:11 »
Thank you. I hope I can deliver. :DHe's going to go off script pretty soon. I mean if he didn't where'd be the fun in this fic?

I mean, technically he has already gone off script in how he treated his sister during the funeral (his talk with his old tutor, too, but that was not a public event). In a society as hidebound and ritualized as the Romans whom the Marians are emulating, that has got to have an effect.

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I guess the big issue is trying to correctly portray the Marians as a bag of d*cks while while keeping them interesting and likeable enough as a protagonist faction, with the added difficulty of not everything going right for them just because of Marius' general foreknowledge of events for the next forty years. Nothing gets boring so soon as a fic where everything just falls into place for the main character(s).

That is indeed a challenge; but at the same time, those are also usually the most interesting stories.
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Fan Fiction / Re: I, Caesar
« Last post by FWCartography on Today at 13:37:06 »
  Congrats this is the best Marian Hegemony thread, not real fans so most of this is new to me. Looking forward to more as you have peaked my interest.
Thank you. I hope I can deliver. :D
The plot is extremely well thought out ... so far.

Reliving his original life won't work anymore even at this as the butterflies have been flapping their wings already.... and the same decisions made at the same time may not be  (or may be more ... isn't chaos theory delightful  ;D) appropriate to the changed situation at the respective points-in-times.
He's going to go off script pretty soon. I mean if he didn't where'd be the fun in this fic?
Now while I couldn't give adamn about a bunch of slavers cosplaying as Romany, but good writing tends to pull me in. What do they say, youth is wasted on the young? Being young with lifetime worth is a great opportunity, Sean is determined to fo things differently, but we have all been there, after initial struggle to change things there is always the temptation to retreat into a comfortable routine.

That doesn't say much  ;D
I guess the big issue is trying to correctly portray the Marians as a bag of d*cks while while keeping them interesting and likeable enough as a protagonist faction, with the added difficulty of not everything going right for them just because of Marius' general foreknowledge of events for the next forty years. Nothing gets boring so soon as a fic where everything just falls into place for the main character(s).
TAGged!
Thanks, appreciated.
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Clan Chatterweb / Re: Touman sizes
« Last post by Tyler Jorgensson on Today at 12:58:59 »
A lot of the newer fiction, especially those with the Ghost Bears, actually seem to show those other forces of the Clan. Dominions Divided even has a listing for the Clan Watch unit, a unit we’ve never seen in any Touman before to date. Include all the police forces mentioned thru out the fiction you end up with some interesting Force numbers.
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acting
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A-Pods are less something to be used offensively and more something you use if enemy infantry manage to get close to you (often via ambush).
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Count Of Monte Cristo 1998 version

i always liked it ever since i saw 1975 version in 1978


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Absolutely. As a Hell's Horses player myself, ignore my infantry at your peril.

As my local opponent is a Hell Horses I have never ignored his infantry. I know they can be dangerous and even the first time I played against them, even though i didn’t know the full rules for them I was right.

Ever since I’ve fielded at least one unit with an AP weapon (sometimes my Elementals with AP Gauss rifles).

I’ve never used A-Pods because why do I want to be closer to them?
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3500D is the GoAC box. 35020M is the revised beginner box

based on the limited number of instances using the CYT prefix, it might just be an error
I am aware. However, AGoAC has the full-size record sheet and AS card for the Griffin.
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BattleTech Miniatures / Re: Kell Hounds and Marik Hawks
« Last post by Daryk on Today at 11:55:58 »
Still, good job getting them on there!  :)
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