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Thread question: what's your favorite CV?

Post customs if applicable but no WAACshit

I like this only for the butthurt it caused newfags in HBS Battletech

>>95911899
I love hovercraft in general, I don't know why they're just really cool to me.
The LTV-4 in particular has a neat looking design, it's basically a fast moving PPC platform. Like a CV Panther.

I’m really looking forward to the new BT comics. I just hope they’re good. I quite like the old comics that no one even remembers.

>>95911899
Scorpion light tanks. Cheap, cheerful, and overlooked. Form a battery of them and you can be a real third in someone's side.

>>95911958
>new BT comics
Is it all going to be Calarts?

>>95911958
>I just hope they’re good.
A comic, made by the company that's known to put no effort into its printed materials and pay nothing to have it made?

Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate.

The assassin is a wasp or stinger that moves 7//11/7. If you can't see the value of that in 2676, you're probably someone who primarily plays BV matched one off games.

>>95912091
It bottom decrying it as a shitmech, but he's also a lorelet and, by his own words, only here to start trouble and degrade the general. Ignore him.

>>95911917
I always thought they ought to have a proper name. Maybe "Korobeiniki", since there's a precedent for naming missile carriers after Russian folk songs.

>>95912091
maybe in lore, but for most of us we start in intro tech 3025...

I think that a lot of complaints both on tt and in lore are valid, no i'm not a trip.

I actually said it could be a great spotter of sorts, if you play with alt ammo it's def not a head hunter but it can be fun and fill niches.

smoke and infernos a ML that zips around? Cool.

Who is doing battletech stuff tonight/this weekend?

>>95912117
Hwacha would have been good if it wasn't already taken.

Since my schedule for this weekend is shaping up to be a little fucked I'm making this post earlier than normal. Time to decide on the end of month grudge match. If any other suggestions or things I've missed from previous threads feel free to submit them as ideas. Think for obvious reasons will try to avoid maps with more advanced terrain in future as Princess can't handle it.

Easy to setup - i.e. don't need to hunt down RAT's and can just use the table
>Lyrans vs Kurita - Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG - using 3028 RAT
>Mariks/Canopians vs Liao or Mariks vs Mariks/Canopians - Andurien Crisis - using 3028 RAT
>Davion vs Kurita rematch - Possibly Fourth Succession War themed and using 3028 RAT this time?
>Battle Royale on Butte Hold - use either 3028 or 3039 RAT and its a giant free for all on a Butte Hold map - winner becomes BOSS OF THE BUTTE HOLD
>Unthemed House vs House fight using 3028 or 3039 RAT i.e. Mariks vs Kurita, Liao vs Steiner or even Canopians vs Taurians if want to do Periphery as well?

Harder to setup - i.e. need to find a suitable RAT
>Fedcom Civil War fight - Davions vs Steiner
>Blakist Choir vs Clan Nova - mechs and BA against each other (Manei Domei vs Clan slapfight)
>Blakists vs Society

>>95912091
Its not a bad idea but it is very quickly obsolete.
>>95912110
I think he's still butthurt as he was gunned down by an Assassin.
>>95912118
Its not necessarily a bad militia style mech. Its also good at bullying 20 ton designs. Once you face anything heavier than the designs its meant to fight though it tends to get clapped.

>>95912334
We had a silly match last time so something more serious? My vote's for one of these
>Lyrans vs Kurita - Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG - using 3028 RAT
>Mariks/Canopians vs Liao or Mariks vs Mariks/Canopians - Andurien Crisis - using 3028 RAT
Don't really mind which.

>>95912334
Run shitmechs in their intended role. Like an Assassin and some tanks vs a buncha pirate lights.

>>95912117
The lack of name has to do with how originally the missile carriers were fluffed as representatives of a "class" of vehicles that possessed similar capabilities built in various forms by various parties all over, much like the APCs. But that got changed by TRO 3039 for whatever reason.

>>95912334
>>Lyrans vs Kurita - Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG - using 3028 RAT
Mien vote Oberfieldwebel

>>95911899
The LGR Ontos is pretty sweet for what it does. It's like a pocket Alacorn, but doesn't get as much attention because it can't headcap. However, a pair of them flinging 6 shots every turn is great direct fire support softening up enemies for your brawlers, and the volume of fire and 16rpg let you take those marginal shots.

Anon who was complaining about bald spots here, thanks for the advice but I think the damage is already done on my first two attempts. Should I simple green them or keep them as trophies?

>>95912334
Casting my vote for Andurien Crisis, Marik vs Marik/Canopians

>>95912945
keep them so you can remember what it was like when you first started. those are totally acceptable for tabletop. good job! I like the orange.

>>95912334
Butte hold FFA sounds hilarious

>>95912334
Andurien Crisis sounds fun

>>95912117
A lot of russian artillery are named after flowers now (since the late seventies iirc), Krysantima, Vasilek, Giatsint, Pion etc. Could be pretty easy to just run them through TL and use that.

>>95913080
Thanks Though I cheated by using orange primer.

>>95912909
I suppose those would match well with a normal Ontos, but for me it's the Fusion.

>>95913052
>like the Orion, Ontos, LRM special munitions, SLDF designs, and the Achileus

Huh, I guess I should just bite the bullet and add purple trim to my stuff, because I guess I've been a Purple Bird the whole time.

>>95912334
I want nothing more than to beat down Anduriens.

>>95913199
I think a 2-3:1 ratio of long range Ontos to Ontos classic works well (whether LRM or LGR, and whether the classic is Vanilla, fusion, or 3053). The classic usually has some LRMs to plink away, and has enough dice to dissuade fast mechs from trying to punt them - when they might not be as scared of a Demolisher, gambling that it has just two chances to hit vs the Ontos's 8+.

>>95912334
Andurien or Marik Civil War please for the love of God let me roll on some different RATs

>>95912362
He also shit on the Vulcan which is weird because he stole 4 kills with it

Postin my mechs

Kidnap smoke jaguar women as spoils of war and make them concubines

So what's the correct ratio of modern military autism, medieval military autism, and anime military autism for establishing a tone for a battletech campaign?

>>95913477
>and make them concubines
Anon please, the Draconis Combine prefers the term comfort women.

>>95913435
Well good for you! Those are genuinely well painted mechs. You did a good job with them.

Word of Blake/ComStar?

Here, let me post a sampling of mine to try and keep this trend going.

>>95911899
Tokugawa. Decent loadout, fairly cheap and durable. It's like a bulldog+

>>95913477
For a Jag freebirth, that would probably be an improvement in quality-of-life

>>95913477
Make them wear nekosuits and serve at a maid cafe.

>>95913435
How do people get such good panel lines any time I use a wash its so inconsistent with how dark the crevices get and I end up having to hunt down missing spots and with the exorbitant amount of greebles shimmy seems to love its a pain in the ass

>>95913477
Couldn't pay me enough, the ethnic cleansing of the black panthers is one of the best parts of battletech lore.

>>95913940
Probably used a pen to cheat.

What advanced armor is the best for vees?

>>95913212
Do it anon.

>>95913862
>Welcome to the the You Dare Refuse Our Cat-Chall Cafe, Master.

>>95913958
>to cheat
jesus christ

>>95913979
I would say Heat-dissipating armor, but apparently you can't mount that on vehicles for whatever reason. If you could, it would be great since heat weapons are one of the big weaknesses of vehicles and they usually have plenty of tonnage to spare on armor.

>>95914099
It seems like AMS and Armored Motive Systems do more for vehicles survivability than fancy armor. Doesn't ferro-lamellar specifically not stop motive crits?

>>95913435
sick d00dz, post some close ups?

>>95913604
rad. nice mercs

>>95913940
OP here, I use a heavy nuln oil wash and touch up any spots with additional wash. If it just won't take, I'll use black paint and a fine brush and manually do the panel line.

>>95914164

>>95914236

>>95914258
A selection of some of my favs.

>>95914266

>>95914236
Welcome back, dalong.net

>>95912334
Another old ye vote for old ye Andurien slaying.

Did they ever clarify the rules on Radical Heat Sinks? Like what happens if the system fails or if you get the heat sunk benefit on the turn it fails or if the movement heat penalty is cumulative?

>>95912945
god there is just no painting or modeling technique that could make that annihilator not look abhorrent

>>95911899
I have had incredible fun hot dropping jump infantry from these.

>>95911899
Nyoom

>>95914288
That brings back memories did he finally stop?

>>95911899
There's something extremely satisfying about ac/20-ing a guy in the back and then skidding into a hill the next turn and exploding.

>>95915073
Battletech tanks got fat.

>>95913995
>>Welcome to the the You Dare Refuse Our Cat-Chall Cafe, Master.

>>95914288
>Welcome back, dalong.net
But where is the pack of Cigarettes for scale?!

>>95915081
>That brings back memories did he finally stop?
Nope.

>>95912945
I decided to put on a wash, but I feel it took out some of the vibrancy. Oops

>>95915183
gotta armor up when facing mechs

Anyone know who would carry decent models for a crab mech?
They are my favorite 50 ton but my LGS never have any... not that the battletech scene is large here anyway but still.

>>95915183
I used a cargo Pegasus as a utility vehicle in an RPG campaign, so I like the fat version more. The super sleek, ultra low profile art just doesn't look like something that could carry 12 tons of cargo.

>>95915221
Pictures generally turn out better when the subject is facing the light source

>>95915241
Ebay. Crabs are easy to get there its just however horrendous shipping is to your area.

>>95915170
Good old suicide sled.

>>95915316
Well it was sunny this morning, bow its cloudy.

>>95912334
I vote for the andurien crisis, and that both sides are augmented by a lance of vehicles.

Any Nightstar enjoyers?

>>95915215
>Welcome to the the You Dare Refuse Our Cat-Call Cafe, Master.
A cat-call cafe of huge, muscled women of known libertine inclinations would be a pretty scary place, ngl.

>>95913538
Watch Dougram, then Xabungle, then read Tigers in the Mud (the autobio, and then the manga).
Then play a full Campaign for North Africa.
You are now officially ready to run a campaign.

>>95915598

Speaking of Canopian Catgirls, look what I've got

>>95915734

>>95915587
Fuck yeah bud. 9FC.

>>95915215
>But where is the pack of Cigarettes for scale?!
He wouldn't use a pack of ciggies, obviously.

>>95915598
Honestly, the fraternization that Clanners do probably causes drama out of a high school theater group, but they'll never fix it because it's the Clan Way. Except maybe the Wolves, who adapted to the IS leadership style that "favoring the subordinates you're banging might not be good for morale". Only the Wolves can have this lightbulb moment, naturally.

>>95915587
Currently painting one but have not used it yet

>>95915587
I love this mobile siege engine I cant justify bringing in mydudes

>>95915915
HE ALWAYS USES A PACK OF CIGS!

>>95915928
Poverty&pride probably protect them. It also helps that they're super casual about sex. It's kinda hard to sleep your way up in an environment where everybody acts like they're on grindr.

>>95916275
The motherfucker.

Shame that he didn't visit any of the other large scale gundam models.

>drift away from MW, still wanting pewpew but wanting something different
>get into Elite, where your appreciation of pretty lights is met with three dimensions of movement
>start looking at the ground combat
>realize there's no reason Elite couldn't/shouldn't have battlemechs
Vicious cycle.

>>95915587
Love the nightstar.

>>95914236

4/6 erppc and double lbx10 nightstar is best star.
Bring the double barrelled shotgun.

>>95915734
>>95915744
Sauce?

>>95917288
I bought it here
https://minifreemarket.com/catalog/games-with-miniatures/battletech/neko-canopus-masters-degree-pilot-35551

>>95917288
I bought it here
https://minifreemarket.com/catalog/games-with-miniatures/battletech/neko-canopus-masters-degree-pilot-35551

>>95915928
>Except maybe the Wolves,
>"favoring the subordinates you're banging might not be good for morale"
Lolwut?

>>95917514
Clanners are massive fucksluts. They solved all health concerns related to having sex and developed a culture that places absolutely no special value on it. They'll fuck kids, siblings, subordinates, random civilians off the street, whoever. But no matter what they tell each other, they are technically still human and will develop feelings for people they fuck. This results in poor command cohesion.

>>95912130
I'm finished up 4 bases of Elementals (honestly FUCK painting these little bastards) tonight, and playing a game with a buddy tomorrow afternoon. Not sure what scenario we'll do yet, but since he's new I've got a big handful of pre-built lances he can pick from depending on what he thinks sounds cool.

>>95915073
I don't remember F-Zero having weapons

>>95913435
Man, the panel lines on those look great. I need to take a stab at white sometime so I can add a ComStar force to my collection, and some Gamma Galaxy Snow Ravens to go with my Beta Galaxy guys. I’ve only got 30-something of them, they need some friends.

>>95911938
LTV-4 release when?
Karnov model when?
I tell you, not soon enough.

>>95917712
I have some acrylic ink and a nice pen for panel lining now, but I'm not sure if it would ruin my camo. I already hit them with tone.

Idea for a merc lane:
Kingfisher Prime
Marauder II 4A
Storm Giant 2
Bull Shark BSK-MAZ

>>95917830
U havin a giggle?

>>95917837
At the knowledge that many anons ITT will burst a vessel because this is full of "unicorns" and a "non-canon" mech? Yes.
But also I'm 100% dead serious. I'd have swapped the MAZ for a Rifleman III if I could have found a model for it that I liked though.

If you were going to play RAF remnants in the ilClan era, what kind of mechs or vehicles would you field? My play group has taken a recent interest in "current history" and is wanting to bump us up from the Dark Age. I like my RAF, they're my guys, I'm just not sure what would make sense to bring because the normal stuff wouldn't be as accessible after getting skullfucked by clan nonsense.

>>95917958
>actually playing dark age
I do not have the words to describe my contempt/disgust.

>>95917958
A lot of the RAF ditched out after Stone got got, and if MUL is anything to go by, a lot of them either sold off their toys to buy a one way ticket away from Wolf space, or became mercenaries themselves.

>>95917886
You can put whatever you want on the board if your opponent will play with you.

If you put that on the table without previous agreement though I'm taking my bat and ball and going home.

>>95917971
We all like having a larger selection of toys to play with
>>95917986
Might go with the merc general tables then, thanks

>>95917997
>my bat and ball
I don't think we're playing the same game.

>>95918071
No, bloat is a real thing, and validating the disgusting shitshow of clickytech is demeaning to the Battletech name on top of that.

>>95913940
Have you tried oil paint pinwashing?

It's relatively foolproof and skill-agnostic. It does take multiple steps of preparation so its mild downsides are time spent and tedium.

>>95918154
Clickytech was fun for what it was, scifi Mage Knight with a recognizable IP stapled to it. I think that's why they called it Mechwarrior instead of Battletech. I was huge into Mage Knight when clickytech came out and tried it on a whim when it launched because the store's MK judge was excited about it, I was like 11 at the time. I made the jump to Battletech years later when Weisman sold Wizkids to Topps and they canceled everything. Not saying it was a good Battletech game, but it is responsible for getting a whole slew of people into Battletech proper

>>95918220
>but it is responsible for getting a whole slew of people into Battletech
That's a bad thing if all those people are fans of clickytech trash.

>>95918315
Hey from what I've heard Mage Knight was a decent game, and we can't fault other players for the DEVS trying to force shit.

>>95918315
What is it about the DA designs that you dislike?

>>95917541
And I love it. I love how weird and alien the Clans are, and while I don't like my Green Birds going full retard under Malvina, I like how they have an alien value system that their own humanity sometimes can't square. Sometimes you get someone with half a conscience like Aiden Pryde, more often you get Malvina Hazen.

>>95918335
It was interesting. It had alternating activations but not phases the way BT does, and you could move whole groups in a single activation if they were all touching, which was convenient. But it wasn't very well-balanced and you couldn't just get what you wanted, you had to buy randomized boosters, and there were three quality types for almost every unit. Higher quality meant higher points cost, but even so there basically weren't any low-quality units worth taking under any circumstances ever. It was fun but it wasn't great. I kept all the models and I've used them in D&D games before. Some of them like the bone golem were pretty decent, even as cheap pre-painted plastic.

I got into it with a bunch of friends and we just all gave each other the models for our chosen faction, so the randomness wasn't quite as terrible for me, but even as teenagers we thought the business model was exploitative. You were much more likely to get useful cards from a mtg booster than you were from a mage knight booster, and for less money. Which is saying something.

>>95918344
The models and art all looked terrible until about 2016. Even in that environment, the dark age stuff is insultingly bad. Like bootleg 1980s toys from before plastic molding matured.

>>95918358
>but even as teenagers we thought the business model was exploitative.
Yeah, playing Gacha with physical Minis never sits well with me and it'd be even worse with in-game qualitative effects.
Cards have almost no overhead, but Minis take up space.
While I'm not against the Salvage Boxes since they're usually things you could get for sure in other sets, it is kind of annoying to only get one extra Vedette with a Sturmfeur...
Of course, being a construction toy autist as well, I appreciate Government pressure on "Blind bag/box" style distribution so that companies put SOME kind of identifiers on the package so you can find what you want if you know what to look for.

>>95914205
>OP here
Why lie about this?

https://files.catbox.moe/6phj9n.webm

>>95918344
Look at the Tundra Wolf and tell me the designer didnt just alter one of his kids transformers

>>95918401
TRO 3145 came out in 2013, art looks fine to me. Every era has some art and models that look like shit, dark age isn't different in that respect, but writing off the entire era by saying it's entirely shit is just absurd.
>>95918522
Yet the unseen are fine?

>>95918557
If you are the same guy that started with the dark age when you were eleven you are totally blinded by nostalgia. If you are not you have terminal contrarian brain.

>>95918401
Fuck you

My first exposure to Battletech was the Saturday morning cartoon. Grandma bought some of the toys for me. Then I found Battletech novels at used book stores and yard sales. I got MechWarrior 4 from Walmart for making good grades. Never even knew there was a tabletop game for a long time, we didn't have internet until I was in highschool. I got into the dark age game for awhile but even as a kid, knew the blind box bullshit was exploitative. And none of my friends gave a fuck about the game. I had to play it by myself. Will never forget the disappointment I felt pulling an agromech out of a booster pack.

>>95918588
That doesn't even look like a mech. That's a furry doing samurai cosplay.

>>95911883 (OP)
Honestly it's a little surprising nobody ever decided to use capitalist companies for colonization ala the Hudson Bay Company/East-India Trading Company/Russian-American company, or for that matter setting up free economic zones ala what Dengist China did.

>>95918588

>>95918629
Not sure if this post was meant for this thread or the other space-themed one.

>>95918640
Now post the IWM mini

>>95918629
The Terran Alliance did, but the great houses have always been more interested in keeping their megacorporations at home. The Taurians and Marians are both the result of capitalist colonization, but it was private in both cases (with the Marians being a prospector who found space gold and then built a nation around it and the Taurians being a successful business tycoons wife liquidating the entire business empire to go found her own nation with blackjack and hookers). Some individual planets within a national territory were founded by and are run by corporations, but they're less tangled up with the government than something like the East India Company.

>>95918614
All battlemechs look like people doing cardboard box gundam cosplay. That's the aesthetic.

>>95918651
Maybe that's where Battletech really split from the real world. It takes place in a world where corporations never really took off, but instead companies remained in the hands of private families.

Friendly reminder, 55t 5/8/5's and 60t 5/8's both with max armor, a phys weapon, and a combination of srms+med lasers are the objectively best mechs you can field in all scenarios and everything that isn't those two is purely for flavor. If you want lrms, get cheapo lrm carriers.

Unless you wanna use experimental rules or c-large pulsers

>>95918629
Wasn't that essentially what Hansa was?

Alright, I overexposed the shit out of them, so I had to nuke them in post to have them not look like a carnival, but I took a swing at some panel lines and I think they turned out nice. All the mediums except for my Chameleons are done. I'll probably hit the lights another night and the heavies and assaults all at once.

>>95918722
Hansa was more of a primitive feudal pseudo merchant-aristocrat confederation

>>95918588
Stupid ass upside down katana

I tried my hand at panel lining my dudes, got through all the mediums well enough. Photo isn't great, but it's better than the one I deleted where i deep fried the fuckers.

Probably hit the lights all in one pass and then do my assaults and heavies together. It's a bit dramatic up close but it looks awesome from table height.

>>95918673
Considering how the Terran Hegemony formed I wonder if corporations kind of fell off by getting in bed with growing aristocratic powers. So we get a situation where corporations the predate space colonization mostly started to get in bed with the monarchies. Example being Nissan which moved to the Draconis Combine and the majority of productions go to it. While the ones formed after were from conception in bed with them. Defiance Industries for example being a corporation founded by the Lyrans where they just put a noble family in charge. So in general the corporate world is probably a bit more crazy in some ways while more structured in others. Noble family making the calls is gonna be a lot different from shareholders. Probably varies a lot more depending on the state as well, not to mention whatever mess it is in clan controlled territories.

>>95918732
Project Phoenix Thud and many of the other PP mechs look like prototypes of the original design. I dont hate the Thud. The Marauder can fuck all the way off though.

>>95918557
The Unseen are still the most iconic designs to this day despite being actually contracted from other IPs. The DA clusterfuck is artists not knowing what the fuck WizKids wanted and winging it.

>>95918780
The big corporations are heavily intertwined with the government, I keep using it as an example, but LAW pretty much is the government when it comes to the production of battlemechs. When someone fucks up, LAW is the entity that steps in to correct (or "correct") them. The Coordinator tells the Kuritan mech manufacturers to jump and LAW tells them how high. LAW could probably deploy some parts of the military and intelligence apparatus on their own initiative. DI and IBMU don't seem to have as much national power as LAW, but they do have extensive local power up to and including being the entire planetary government of worlds that exclusively fuel or house their production lines.

Hey /btg/, currently in the process of starting up a local BT scene in my small town, and I’m trying to come up with a sort of standardized series of intro games to guide new players into the game, both to teach them the concepts of the game and not totally overwhelm them, and wanted some feedback on how I did. The current pipeline is this:

1st game:
New player: Stock Wolverine 3/4
Me: Stock Shadow Hawk 3/4

Reasoning: In addition to teaching the basics of how mechs move, shoot, heat management, etc., both mechs are at the ideal movement speed of 5/8/5 to allow for teaching good positioning and movement. Both mechs have all the weapon types of ballistic, missile, and energy, allowing for familiarization with the weapon types, as well as bracketing fire and crit fishing. The Wolverine has a decided advantage, which will allow the newbie to win pretty easily with help from the veteran player.

(1/3)

>>95918862
2nd game
New player: Thunderbolt 5SS 3/4, Phoenix Hawk 1D 3/4, Stock Hunchback 3/4
Me: Stock Catapult 3/4, Stock Enforcer 3/4, Stock Blackjack 3/4

Reasoning: This team allows for more team play without overwhelming the newbie with a full lance. This also allows a new player to see the different roles battlemechs have (brawler for the Thud, Juggernaut for the Hunchback, Striker for the PHawk) the mechs can work together, but each has an assigned target it’s designed to go after (the Thunderbolt can bully the Blackjack, showing off it’s brawling, the Hunchback can go internal on any part of the Catapult save the CT, and can rush under its guns, making it a good ‘pick’ for the hunch, and the Enforcer’s terrible rear armor makes it very susceptible to getting flanked by the PHawk). This teaches the player about how to analyze your mech to see what role it should play in your force composition. I was also going to try and relate the mechs to DnD/video game classes to better define their roles: Thud is a tank, hunchie is a barbarian, and the PHawk is a rogue, etc. let the DnD sperging about how wrong that is commence

(2/3)

>>95918869
3rd game
New player: Stock Charger 4/3, Quickdraw 5A 4/4, Phoenix Hawk 1K 4/4, Stock Whitworth 3/4
Me: Stock Zeus 4/4, Griffin 1S 4/4, Stock Hatchetman 4/4, Stock Scorpion 3/5

Reasoning: this is more of a “real” game of BT which uses BV and shows how you might want to assign skills with said BV (both lists are 5K) It is also useful to show off the concept of variants with the new Phoenix Hawk, and melee with the Hatchetman and Charger. It also shows off some more niche things like melee weapons (Hatchetman), Quads (Scorpion), and smoke warheads (Griffin), and the over all list is a good example of faction based mechs (Kurita for the new player and Stiener for me)

Let me know if there are any major issues with these lists, and what you would do instead.

(Fin)

>>95913940
I use enamel panel liner after a gloss acrylic varnish. Enamel and acrlic don't mix so it sticks in the recesses.
Still annoyed I forgot the clean the mould lines on this and didn't notice until it was too late.

>>95918977
>clear base

>>95912334
Slapping around an old woman? In public, without repercussion? Give me Andies or give me Butte.

>>95917391
Danke

>>95918732
The head is on the wrong side.

>>95919822
your mom is on the wrong side

>>95918869
Hunchback can be tricky to use. Against players with some experience, slowISH AC/20 carriers serve more as area-denial props than actual weapons. Maybe something heavy on SRMs instead? It doesn't scare people as much, and maybe you can ay with Infernos (Javelin or SRM Treb?).

>>95918869
Make sure you carefully choose what maps to use for this, on rough terrain all those 4/6/4s could have an advantage.

They where the biggest of mechs, they where the smallest of mechs.
Omega for my Wobbies and a wip Slowpoke for... whom knows? Probably my Holdfast Guard.

Anyone playing battletech today? Make sure to report back.

>>95921150
clean your keyboard. this is how you wind up with greasy bald mechs.

>>95921653
Man, the word bald really set you off, huh?

>>95921653
Take your own advice you disgusting troglodyte.

>>95921653
this poster is himself fat and greasy
and balding
like a fat bastard in a dress

>see faction with a scorpion motif
>assume they'll be scheming warriors out to conquer the universe
>they're just autistic historians that go on quests and get high sometimes
I was disappointed but also pleasantly surprised

I wanted Brotherhood of NOD but got Brotherhood of Steel scribes

So… out of curiosity.

If I land my spheroid dropship on top of an enemy mech, how much damage should that deal to the mech?

>>95922414
That was word of blake and they're effectively dead as of 3081.

>>95922476
Total Warfare p88, Landing and Liftoff - Proximity Damage, and the corresponding Dropship Exhaust Damage Table.
Short version, same hex = automatically destroyed; adjacent hex, significant random damage, and reducing amounts of damage out to 6 hexes.

>>95922414
balderhood of nod

>>95922414
The Command&Conquer memes rightfully belong to the Capcon anyway.
As for NOD - there is no faction that would look kindly upon Transhumanists, not even the literal battle monk cyborgs.

>>95922762
>there is no faction that would look kindly upon Transhumanists, not even the literal battle monk cyborgs.
...The fuck?!

>>95913940
A brush with a nice fine tip and black acrylic paint is the most reliable method I've found.
Battletech models lack the more fine well defined features that washes work well with in my experience, so if you use them it will be a lot of clean up.

>>95922877
Becoming a cyborg is an act of penance in their eyes, which they perform for humanity. They're Space Catholics, not Space Protestants like the Adeptus Mechanicus.

Are there any adventure modules about mechwarrior academy?

Why yes I roll LB 20-X clusters one at a time, why do you ask?

Hello again /btg/. I've got my first two lances painted. In the case of the Sword of Light lance, I stripped and repainted them, tried to apply some of the advice I received here as best I could. I think they turned out alright considering I'm new to this and painting in general. Thanks in advance for any feedback and critique. I look forward to growing as an artist. I'll post individual pics of each lance as well.

>>95923778

As I understand it from /btg/ all the Battletech novels that actually center around the major players of Battletech (your Steiners, Liaos, Kuritas, etc…) tend to suck.

But can you recommend any exceptions to that?

>>95923778
>>95923785

>>95923791

>>95923785
>>95923795
can't tell if disgusting fedrat or honoruburu dragon enjoyer. good work, they look pretty great for a first attempt!

>>95922060
I'm none of those things -w-''

>>95923791
There are no proper periphery novels, I understand. Neither is there Social Science Fiction set in B, other than as part of characters commenting on each other's nation's way of life (specifically Clan and the asian factions. The white factions are naturally completely void of any culture that could alienate or upset the core audience)

>>95924090
Thanks. I'm a mercenary at heart, but Kurita and Davion are the two Great Houses I appreciate the most. I mainly chose to do Sword of Light and Davion Guards for my first two paint schemes because they are simple. Figured it would be easy for a beginner and the stripes on the guards just enough of a challenge to help me further develop as a painter.

The decals were a pain in the ass. The decals that fit on the Locust and Valkyrie are so tiny I couldn't tell what orientation was correct even with a maginfier.

>>95924124
> Neither is there Social Science Fiction set in…
Why the fuck would I want to read that in a setting that’s entire shtick is “giant robot battles and sci-fi warfare in a space opera setting”?

I mean that’s like reading a Jane Austin novel and then complaining that there’s not enough sword fights in them.

>>95923791
Thurston's Jade Phoenix trilogy. Being the Vegeta Clan helps them not be as Sue-ish as the Wolf-centeic stories, as does as the central conceit of the story of a guy who basically gets shit and sabotaged by Clan society, and only gets appreciated after he's dead.

>>95924257
Well it's a setting very much centered around giant robots and pan-humanistic imperialism being counter-cut by strongly entrenched local planetary cultures. They do try to at least nod to that in the novels.

The term generally means that the author will pay some additional attention to how this assume far-future society operates in a technical sense and how that shapes people's lives. Growing up under a OWG that's subject to giant robot invasions from outer space would produce interesting results, one would assume.

Also there are Jane Austen Zombie novels, I understand and there is a lot of Arthurian fiction that's literally knights fighting and falling in love and having to deal with their specific personal and their courtship target's hang-ups.

>>95924361
>a lot of Arthurian fiction that's literally knights fighting and falling in love and having to deal with their specific personal and their courtship target's hang-ups.
This has been the basic formula for Arthurian fiction since Le Morte D'Arthur. Man I wish Battletech leaned heavier into knighthood as a theme.

>>95924257
>reading a Jane Austin novel and then complaining that there’s not enough sword fights in them
This is exactly what Master And Commander is for, actually.

>>95923778
You have honored the dragon.

>>95921150
Is that one on the left just a Jenner with torso missing

>>95924361
> a lot of Arthurian fiction that's literally knights fighting and falling in love and having to deal with their specific personal and their courtship target's hang-ups.

Well they better, that’s kinda the whole point of Arthurian stories.

>>95924580
>This is exactly what Master And Commander is for, actually.
Hell the start of Post Captain pretty much is a Jane Austin novel.

Had an idea for a mechwarrior RPG plot hook
>It's the pre-Clan Invasion era
>PCs are hired to look into attacks on Periphery worlds by raiders with extremely powerful mechs.
>The few survivors mention "animal-people" and "genetically engineered monsters" before dying of their wounds.
>Players will assume it's Clanner scum
>It's actually genetically altered human/animal hybrid super soldiers from a lost Star League research facility.

“The Dragon 1D was a field refit kit sourced primarily from Achernar BattleMechs and was well in line with the FedSun doctrine of simple but sturdy battlemech design. The 1D stripped out the LRM 10, and used the tonnage to upgrade the autocannon to a Federated Autocannon AC/10 fed with two tons of ammunition. The remaining tonnage was employed to house an extra heatsink and increase the armor to 12 tons, giving it near total protection. While the mech was light on weapons, what weapons it did have were quite powerful, and its well armored frame meant that it could take serious punishment, ensuring that those Dragons in Davion service remained so for long periods of time…

“...The 1S was a more extensive refit kit from Coventry Metal Works, which sought to increase firepower as well as to be appealing to the merc market as well as regular troops. The troublesome missile launcher was replaced with the Lyrans’s own chest mounted missile system, the Shannon Six Shooter SRM-6 found in the Commando. The AC/5 was exchanged for a non muntion depended system in the Thunderbolt A5M Large Laser. In addition to a second Medium Laser in the left arm, the 1S had 6 extra heat sinks to better handle the heat load. In addition to being rolled out to regular units, this variant was commonly seen among Lyran mercenaries as an alternate form of payment. However, it had a somewhat negative reputation, as less scrupulous Lyran commanders would give the mercs the mech, but not the refit kit, which the mercenaries would have to buy themselves. While rare, it caused enough of a stir in the merc community to cause the phrase “get the right Dragon” to become commonplace as a term for ensuring proper forms payment.”

- excerpts from “Prodigal Dragons: How the Combine’s most prolific mech became a staple among their enemies” by Thomas I. Helton, 2989 New Avalon Publishing.

>>95925008
Useless 11th heatsink. It's like a worse Wolverine 6D.

>>95925008
Weird how you made s Wolverine 6D and Wolverine 6K from dragons.

>>95925132
Dragon has more armor, better quirks and fatter.

>>95925136
Its actually skinnier thanks to quirks

People actually use quirks?

>>95925136
That RT on the DRG-1D though...

What do people think of the Jenner JR7-D? Sure it's fast, but it seems far too fragile to actually be useful.

>>95925187
It's fun to use because it lets you dictate the engagement and consistently generate a +3 TMM. It's undersinked and underarmored, but that's the price we pay for a fast, high firepower introtech mech

>>95925156
They can provide occasional entertainment and added spice although some like the narrow/low profile quirk can be rather brokenly OP. Taking only half damage cause a person rolled the minimum number or +1 above minimum can make some designs absurdly tanky.

>>95925156
Sometimes…

I tend not to.
I kinda figure I already am putting enough brainpower into keeping all the vanilla rules and normal mech operations stuff straight in my head that I really don’t want to commit more to tracking weird special rules that either have no effect in-game or are extremely niche or minor in nature for each and every mech on the board.

I mean I need to leave at least SOME of my focus free for actual tactics.

>>95925156
Quirks are a nice way to add depth to Introtech games. Them and special pilot abilities.

>>95925156
For campaign games, absolutely.

I counted 125. Plus Denny's Danger Dogs (12+4) plus <unnamed merc company> is 153, plus my vees.

And even with that I'm pretty sure I'm missing a few.

So HAH! Take that anon who said I didn't paint as much stuff as Nazi-anon.

>>95925313
so chewable...gonna just bite one or two...

>>95925132
Would you believe me if I said that was entirely accidental, lol. My design process was "what doe the Lyrans and FedSuns have that would slot well on to a Dragon?" and came up with those designs. It's a similar weapons loadouts, but much better armor and heatsinking. So leaning into the fat medium role the Dragon always had, just a fat Wolvie instead of a fat Shad.

>>95925166
It's the same on the RT of the 1N, only you'll run out of ammo faster with the 1D.

>>95925127
Fuck you, it's got better armor, and it can fire everything (even the butt laser) and be heat neutral.

>>95925156
In an IntroTech campaign game? Sure. It can be a good way to add spice to a limited mech roster and make the mech feel more like yours. Outside of that, fuck no. It inevitably creates a quirk arms race where everyone takes a Cyclops and as many low profile/improved targeting mechs as you can, which takes you from hundreds of mechs to about a dozen or so.

>>95925313
You're purposefully being stupid, right?
Anon specifically said "in the past year" and then linked to much older photos you posted showing most of this was painted well before then.
Did that seriously sit rent free in your head this long? That's really sad.

>>95925313
Normally people get *better* as they paint more...

>>95925313
I genuinely want to eat a few of those, the color choices just look satisfyingly edible. Good job, you have permission to suck my cock whenever you want.

>>95925322
>>95925545
It's really sad when you samefag your own replies too, bottom.

>>95925488
picrel

>>95925545
ok ty! ilu2 bestie <3

>>95925553
Guess again, Clouseau

>>95925584
Because that means anything.

>>95925343
>heat neutral.
Lol noob

>>95925584
>>95925626
Lol.
Right, the only proof that any anon is not samefagging is for all accused posts to timestamp some of their painted mechs.

>>95925654
But max armor heat neutral is the Davionman way. Don't hate the playa, hate the game. Also I literally made a non-heat neutral Dragon as part of the set.

I played the “Take Intact” scenario from Instant Action with a buddy this afternoon. Since he’s new, I let him pick from a bunch of pre-designed and pre-painted mechs for the match, so he wouldn’t have to do any prep work. Fun scenario - his Gargoyle made a fun Prize mech to maneuver around, and since I designed his force to carry 3 UAC-20s, all his mechs were insanely threatening at brawl distance, which we reached very quickly. Unfortunately, his Ebon Jag and Stormcrow both suffered massive ammo explosions and were out of the game by turn 4. We called it there since we didn’t want to chase elementals the rest of the match.

One situation we ran into: if you’re carrying elementals on the Prize mech, you can’t exactly shoot at them (unless you swarm with elementals of your own) and since you’re not allowed to shoot the Prize, you could potentially just leave them on there and claim victory because the elementals are totally fresh, and thus the Salvage player hasn’t crippled all of the other units. We didn’t end up playing it out that way, but we considered that it could be exploited easily.

>>95925626
>>95925665
Well that seemed to put a stop to bottom and his pathetic samefagging, thanks anons!

>>95925665
K. I'm at work, so cope with a pile of clicky vtols that I'm working on cleaning up and repainting. I'm the one that said bottom's mechs look edible.

>>95925799
>no paint to show you aren't bottom by painting style
This is why I specified PAINTED mechs, it's easy to hide behind blanks and pretend to be someone else that way.

>>95925156
The arms race for chassis with narrow/low profile I think makes force composition more limiting. I think it adds complexity instead of variety beyond introtech.

And if people spam low/narrow profile mechs, introtech slugfests become even slower from the glancing hits.

>>95925799
>I'm at work
That doesn't make sense anon, why would you be able to timestamp this at work but nothing else? Why would you have a timestamp for today ready and waiting if you don't have your hobby stuff at work? This looks like a weak dodge exactly as >>95925811 points out, it's easy to pretend you're not bottom with a blank project.
If you can timestamp that you can timestamp your finished stuff.

>>95925811
The two on stands are absolutely painted, dingus.

>>95925824
By wizkids, not you bottom.

>>95925823
Sure, I'll just punch out real quick, head to the other room, rummage around for a while until I find a mech I feel like showing off. The vtols are my current project, so they're at my desk. Also, that timestamp is a sheet of printer paper and a dying sharpie, took 2 seconds to make.

>>95925665
>>95925811
I'm confused? Do you want me to post lewds?

>>95925834
>head to the other room
Work from home means no supervisor, if you can fuck the dog on 4chan and making timestamps you can go get a fucking mech.
All this bitching out shows you really are samfagging.

>>95925830
Left is mine, right is wizkids. I might not be the best painter in the world but I can see that there's a pretty decent difference between them.

>>95925856
no mechs, no finished product, no proof.
The requirement of valid proof was laid out and you're intentionally not meeting it
>muh work muh time!
You're wasting plenty, nut up or shut up.

>>95925844
so... lewds? do you want me to timestamp my cute petite feminine cock or something?

>>95925867
Here, a Mad Cat MKII-3 that I finished up a while back. I showed you mine, now show me yours.

Hey guys what's going on in this thre-

oh

>>95925884
There is clearly only one of me making demands, you really don't get the point here do you?
So one of you is not bottom samefagging, took you long enough.

>>95925876
Only if you tie a cute little ribbon around it.

>>95925938
I couldn't find a ribbon :c

what part of "don't give the attention whore any attention" did you guys fail to understand?

>>95926003
I'm not a whore, I'm a seiso tradwife. My main hobbies are painting, cooking, and gardening. I have severe social anxiety and I'm loyal to a fault. I cooked my dad breakfast lunch and dinner today.

I dunno why you don't appreciate me more. -w-''

Anyways, here's my board for tomorrow.

>>95926017
This post is off topic and should be deleted.

It's so funny that the namefags keeps trying to pal around and play nice with him and then the very next day he's shitting up the whole thread with his "owo look at my cock fuck this board" gimmick. No one asked you all to associate with him lol

>>95926208
Stop falseflagging, bottom.

I have too many Longbows already. What other assault LRM boats should I get? It's going into a non-specific merc company.

>>95926368
Stalker is always good, and it's common.

>>95926368
viking
LRM awesome

>>95926368
4/6 generalists there's the battlemaster-1S and cyclops-10Q.

How do you decide how to paint your mercs /btg/?

When would you bring a conventional infantry platoon over a battle armor squad? And what's your favorite delivery mechanism?

>>95926534
CI platoons are much cheaper and more accessible in universe, but yes, battle armor does the vast majority of the same job, if you can get your hands on it.

>>95924549
I imagine people would look back kindly upon the time they beat down a lady's seven exes, followed by raiding and conquering their fiefs for her.

>>95926897
What, like a Scott Pilgrim situation?

>>95924580
>Is that one on the left just a Jenner with torso missing
Torso missing, arms removed, legs sawn off, reversed (the Slowpoke art shows backwards jointed legs) and a de-jawed genestealer head stuck on as a former for the putty work.

>>95921653
Fuck off you filthy fag, I've been unfortunate enough to witness your vile shitpit. Clean your own room before you criticise others, and fix your diet, your hairline receding.

>95926017
>"I'm loyal to a fault"
So loyal you beat up your sister for no reason
>"I have severe social anxiety"
Yeah, so socially anxious that you made multiple jokes about and sexual references to the recently deceased father of an anon
>"I'm a seiso tradwife"
1, your a man, and can never be a wife or woman
2, your not "trad". You do not clean or tidy, and you post your body about like a desperate thirsty hooker
>"dunno why you don't appreciate me more"
There is a huge list of reasons

>95927169
this guy doesn't even know about malewifes. is liberace nothing to you?

>>95912334
So tallied the votes and it's going to be Andurien Crisis. Cause there was a few requests for it to be a Marik vs Marik fight so we doing Andurien Crisis pt 2! I am tempted about the idea of adding a Lance of vehicles per side but I'm going to hold off for now to see how things appear first.

>How do I roll my mech?
Using the 3028 RAT which you can find from https://battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=1219.0
To roll your mech use a "dice+2d1000" in options without quotes. First number determines your weight. Second is what mech it is.
In this case cause its Marik vs Marik so the same distribution applies to both sides.

0-300 = Light
301-700 = Medium
701-925 = Heavy
926+ = Assault

I've also decided that the Duchy of Andurien can use not only the 3028 Marik RAT but also Magistracy of Canopus using above distribution just for some added options. If you are rolling for the Duchy of Andurien remember to cite which RAT you are using! This is also being set past 3035 so pay attention to the † signs if you do use the Canopian RAT!

>How do I roll my character stats
See attached pic on how to roll your character stats, typos and all. There are no bonuses being applied to character rolls at this time.

>Reolls?
You can reroll your character stats once though you must keep the rerolled result.
You can reroll your mech if it has a ** next to it on the RAT but must keep the rerolled result.

>When does the match start?
Next weekend, either on a Saturday or Sunday depending on what happens that weekend for myself. The week gives people time to roll characters and make adjustments as needed, as well as come up with entertaining backstories for characters.

FWL Faction - 12 slots open

Andurien Faction - 12 slots open

Remember if you roll for a slot state which side you are fighting for! Also need to come up with nicknames for these factions.

Rolled 752, 166 = 918 (2d1000)

>>95927416
Rolling for the glory of Marik! (FWL)

>>95913435
Very Blake, fellow disciple!

>>95915889
Sick camo pattern, I like it.

Rolled 3, 5, 1, 2 = 11 (4d6)

>>95927448
I believe that's a quickdraw! Rolling stats

>>95927475
Tito Vulovic (4/6) and his Quickdraw 4G
Ready to return those filthy anduriens under rightful Marik control

>>95926208
And yet both those namefags get super offended because the nazi painted his mechs a certain way.
Really says something about the quality of character for nea and mca.

Rolled 330, 260 = 590 (2d1000)

>>95927416
Rolling for Andurien using the MoC RAT, because why not?

Rolled 6, 2, 5, 3 = 16 (4d6)

>>95927584
>SCP-1N Scorpion
Rolling for skills, will sort a name in a bit.

Rolled 398, 479 = 877 (2d1000)

>>95927416
It's time to throw off the yoke of Marik Oppression!
Rolling for Andurien faction on the 3028 Marik RAT.

Rolled 6, 1, 1, 1 = 9 (4d6)

>>95927595
Chester Lee, piloting a Phoenix Hawk PXH-1. Now rolling for skills.

>>95927631
A very mediocre 4/6, but he has the strength of 10 Marik lackeys because his cause is just!

Rolled 77, 79 = 156 (2d100)

>>95927416
Rolling mech for Sanyarae Thaweekarn, a mechwarrior born in Thailand on Terra whose family emigrated to Andurien when she was a small child because of their political radicalism. Sanyarae sends frequent messages home to some family connections she still has on Terra, including an uncle who's apparently a Demi-Precentor.

She's Andurien, rolling on the CAnopian table

Rolled 123, 970 = 1093 (2d1000)

>>95927710
aw crap, rerolling with the right numbers

Rolled 2, 3, 2 = 7 (3d6)

>>95927713
Looks like Sanyarae has a Firestarter. Rolling for skills.

Rolled 3 (1d6)

>>95927720
I am especially stupid this morning. 2, 3 for her first two numbers means she's Green, rolling the fourth d6

>>95927592
Skills: Regular, 3/5
Pilot: Zita "Bracco" Bertoli
Earned her nickname by pointing out the enemy with PPC fire. Also because she's a quad pilot and her lancemates love to remind her about it.

>>95927647
You can always reroll if you're feeling brave.

Rolled 4, 2, 5, 4 = 15 (4d6)

>>95927725
She is a 5/6. Well that's just embarassing. I'm gonna take the reroll

Rolled 6, 6, 4, 6 = 22 (4d6)

>>95927647
Nothing ventured, nothing gained! Let's reroll!

>>95927731
Okay, that's better.

Pilot: Sanyarae Thaweekarn
Affiliation: Andurien
Skills: Regular, 3/5
Mech: Firestarter FS9-H

Notable features: Terran-born, in Thailand. Has not yet earned a callsign. Has an uncle who's a Demi-Precentor.

>>95927743
Chester Lee is actually a 2/2 Phoenix Hawk pilot! Marik Mooks watch out!

Rolled 2, 4, 4, 6 = 16 (4d6)

>>95927416
Let's go Marik!

Rolled 855, 876 = 1731 (2d1000)

>>95928148
4/4 Regular pilot, could do far worse.

>>95928164
ON1-K Orion, classic beater. Let's fuck those traitors up!
Pilot name is gonna be Bruno "Mace" Zimms, all the way from the far off world of Oliver.

Rolled 226, 988 = 1214 (2d1000)

>>95927416
Colonel Conrad Murgatroyd, of Murgatroyd Cavalry Contracting, not that his rank means anything. The company ceased to exist after a particularly brutal Davion raid while in the employ of the Capellans, and the survivors resigned their commissions with the company to join up with the Big MAC. What's worse is that my own mech was shot out from under me as I led the defense. I'm dispossessed and with no one to command. But I've been given an offer by the Dutchy of Andurian: sign on, and I'll get a new battlemech, pay and repair, and the chance to sign on any of the other mercenaries who want to to my command. I'm not a fool. I can smell the desperation a mile away. And I know how leaguers love alternative interpretations of contracts. But I'm desperate too. Nothing to do now but go forwards. Glory to Dame Humphreys...

(Rolling on MoC RAT)

Rolled 734, 149 = 883 (2d1000)

>>95927416
Rolling for purple burd thank God I dont have roll for Feds again

Rolled 4, 6, 4, 4 = 18 (4d6)

>>95928267
Well bless me. The damn thing is ambulatory. Can't say I'm happy about a Mongoose. But it's not the worst. Fast, good weapons, excellent command equipment. Don't make em like they used too... Now, can I pilot the thing...

>>95928296
that's a 3/4 G/P for Conrad.

Damn, that's a smooth ride. They *really* don't make em like they used to, huh? Well, the easy parts done, now to rebuild the MCC...

>>95928287
Quickdraw-4G rolling for pilot

>>95928287

>>95927571
Anon, that is because normal people don't like nazis and don't want to share activities or be associated with people who think nazis were right or good. What disliking nazis says about their character is that they have some.

>>95928422
Oh yes it's much preferable to associate with a nude posting degenerate freak than someone who paints their models the wrong way!

>>95926638
I mean mechanically what do they do better than BA?

>>95928422
Lmao projection much

>>95928422
I don't think you actually understand what normal is.

May mech God Bless you, /btg/. I came as fast as I could. Removing Bottom from a /btg/ thread is harder than remove the stank from a hunk of shit. We must use these tools that the great God has given us to fight Bottom: enjoyment of the hobby, apathy towards his posts, ignoring his gay tranny shit. These things strike fear into Bottom' heat. A decent paint job. Avoid conversation with Bottom anon. Bottom will ragebait, Bottom will post from socks, he will randomly bring up Nazism. If he gets really desperate he may begin to post pornography, or nudes.

>>95928530
They take hits from vehicle scale weapons better. A PPC shot either completely strips a BA down to their underwear or one shots them, but it only kills one or two CI out of 28.

Rolled 698, 438 = 1136 (2d1000)

>>95927416
Rolling for Marik. Let's see about putting the MoC back in its place. And those dirty traitorous Mariks of course!

>>95927416
Rolling for Andurien for true Anduriens

Rolled 1, 5, 5, 5 = 16 (4d6)

>>95929122
Okay, looks like I get a Medium mech, just short by 2 on the roll from being a heavy. Dang it. 438 puts me smack dag in the middle of the super common Phoenix Hawk, PXH-1. Well, common mechs need represented too. Maybe I'll hunt some bugs. Time to roll the pilot stats, using the table I created, typos and all.

Rolled 557, 876 = 1433 (2d1000)

>>95929164
It's my fault for phone posting. Dice roll this time.

Rolled 2, 1, 4, 5 = 12 (4d6)

>>95929180
Wolverine 6M fuck yeah

>>95929167
6, so regular, but then 5 & 5 translates to a 3 gunnery and 4 piloting. My guy is an experienced veteran. All right!
Phoenix Hawk PXH-1: Dylan "Minute Man" Zephyr (3/4)
Dylan Zephyr was taught from a young age that he would inherit his family's ancestral mech. While possessing no extraordinary talent, he was sufficient. Not satisfied with being merely sufficient however, he practiced and trained regularly and the results paid off. After a surprise enemy attack one time in the night, Dylan managed to get up and into his mech far quicker than anyone hoped for and as a result the attackers were repelled before they could take advantage of their surprise. His ability to quickly react to a battle earned him the callsign of "Minute Man" that night, along with the respect of his peers.

>>95929235
>Green 4/6

Murphy "Mumphrey" Humphreys is a distant forgotten scion of House Humphreys. The 7th son of a 5th son of a 3rd cousin of a step-uncle by marriage twice removed of Dame Humphreys herself (allegedly), Mumphrey at first glance comes across as another story of nepotism but in reality is a shameful reminder of what inbreeding can do and what a family is willing to do to get rid of it via a convenient battlefield.

What's the correct play in this situation?

>>95929296
>Insert joke about how "Minute Man" refers to Zephyr's sexual prowess here

>>95929303
Punching out or dying with your mech.

Rolled 5, 5, 5, 1 = 16 (4d6)

>>95928287
Idk what the deal is with it not working. If it fails a 3rd time someone else can roll his skills and call him Generic Soldierman. It won't let me go back and delete the other two either.

>>95929356
Veteran 2/5 I'll take it. Generic Soldierman, the hero you never notice.

>>95929315
Not from the people who gave him the callsign that night. From others though? I could imagine a fistfight being started over someone saying that. I picture Zephyr as a pretty serious guy. Not total autistic never smiles level of serious, but he takes himself and his mech seriously and expects others to do the same.

Andurian bros, I'm noticing a rather concerning tonnage disparity. Is it already over?

>>95929378
>Generic Soldierman
Not even close! This guy is a dang good shot which should be really good for a Quickdraw, but this clearly came at the expense of his piloting abilities. Consider giving your guy an actual name. We are going for a more serious vibe for this one. Callsigns are never self selected. They're always given by others. Maybe his lancemates saw how fast and good of a shot he was and gave him the callsign "Blondie".

>>95926017
>gardening
Post pics of garden or I don't believe you.

Rolled 921, 417 = 1338 (2d1000)

>>95927416
Going to roll for an Andurien on the Marik table, hoping for a hunchback!

Rolled 5, 4, 1, 1 = 11 (4d6)

>>95929524
Aw Crud. Here's pilot skills.

>>95929432
You're fucking retarded, right? You have to be if you're asking the faggot to post pictures, especially when the faggot is obviously now banned again.

>>95929530
I'm going to take that reroll, too many 1s.

>>95929411
Relax, only 9 of the 24 pilots have been generated so far.

Rolled 2, 4, 2, 6 = 14 (4d6)

>>95929536
Forgot the dice.

>>95929530
Crud? Bro you got a Crusader. At 4/4.>>95929544

>>95929553
The Crusader is often called a Crud

>>95929571
You suck Mcbane!

>>95929303
According to the paperdoll the mech is fully functional, just overheated.
If it's not a much lighter mech, tank the hit and attempt restart. If the mech can be disabled with one punch, it's probably a loss.

Are you a single merc striking out on your own? Worried that some landed gentry will take advantage of you? Join Murgatroyd Cavalry Contracting today! You'll have protection from unscrupulous house lords, flexible contract signings, and a band of brothers who will stick by you through thick and thin. You'll have something on your Resume should you ever decide to go your own way upon completion of service, with many mercs in the grandest of regiments claiming their humble beginnings in our faithful band. Should you join now and stay, you'll be sure to gain sonority and with it rank and pay. No more scrounging for contracts, for repairmen, for transport. Only glory, pay, and drinks for all! Join to day, and we shall go forth and pluck the purple Eagle of Marik!

This is in no way me trying to get control over Andurian players, and I won't be a dick and try and "give orders", I just think it's fun roleplay :)

How many mercs have their own jumpships?

>>95929796
All of them. Argo style. Like Roguetech. Thousands of Argo style dropships are just everywhere in the Inner Sphere. They only function for mercs though.

>>95929796
If you're not one of the big autism inducing super mercenary outfits, you probably don't own your own jumpships. Even a reasonably large company probably has dropships, but is reliant on getting jump service from contract to contract.

>>95929796
Very few. If you're one of the regiment or bigger mercs, you might. Otherwise, you'd be reliant on negotiating for each jump.

>>95929796
Not many. Dropships are "available" and relatively within reach for mid sized operations (especially if they're willing to take clunkers at a discount), but jumpships rarely change hands at all, and are almost never for sale. You can negotiate a long term agreement with an owner-operator though. Some jumpships are owned by their crews, and they might be up for indefinite employment as long as they get their cut. Still very expensive, but not impossible.

>>95929796
Depends on whether you follow the merc creation rules or the game fluff. By fluff, under 2% of Merc commands own their own jumpships. Those who do are almost universally battalion sized or larger. If you go by the rules, you can acquire a jumpship about 30% of the time, which rises to about 60% if you don't fully own it outright.

What makes for good fluff and good gameplay are different things, though. Don't forget that.

>>95930398
>What makes for good fluff and good gameplay are different things, though. Don't forget that.
This is how you trigger about 75%+ of anons ITT.

>>95930593
>Arano clones BSK-MAZ lbx in 3022 AS7-D-HT comstar grrr rawrrr rumble rumble fart

>>95930646
Rifleman III is an introtech mech

>>95929544
Cassie Riggs was born and raised on Andurien V, with a squat, heavyset build from growing up in a 1.2G environment. She enjoys long walks on the beach, home cooked meals, and a good old fashioned brawl. After her family Hunchback was shot out from under her during the early operations against the Capellans, it was replaced by a salvaged Crusader that she had downed, saving her from the ranks of the dispossessed.

Anyone go to the event at TJ's? Highways seemed a mess so I stayed home.

>>95930865
Yeah, though it was just me and a few regulars. There's a couple other people interested I think.

>>95929718
>spoiler
I think you'd have more trouble with Princess than anything

>>95929420
Hes the USNC Marine that managed to stay with Master Chief for a whole level. Hes the SEAF who didn't get plastered by strategems in Helldivers. Hes the soldier that gets good evals but never nominated for awards because his chain of command only cares about the guy who can do alot of pull ups. He gets a name when he does something this mission.

>>95929553
Crusaders have been in every single one of these and haven't performed that great

>>95931187
I fail to see how me clarifying to the Andurian players that the "Join my Merc Company" stuff is an invitation to roleplay and not me trying to 'lead' the group has anything to do with Princess, but okay.

>>95931450
Because it's the most bad faith take I can think of to make you and your retarded Gary Stu quit the event and quit the thread. Your OC isn't wanted here. Happy now?

>>95931665
Y u gay?

>>95929801
The final version of the Argo used in the game can't jump though.

Played a game today. I have been banned from ever using the dual LB 20-X Emperor ever again.

>>95931665
Firstly, lmao

Secondly, if no one engages, Murgatroyd's character arc doesn't become one about how he rebuilds his company, but about how he's a failure of a commander, the grand Colonel of himself and a fucking Mongoose.

And thirdly, if you are trying to "make me quit" you could at least have your jibes make sense. A non-sequitur about Princess doesn't give me the impression that I'm not wanted, it gives me the impression that you are ESL and/or retarded.

I was thinking about flaking and doing something else with my weekend, but now Colonel Murgatroyd will ride for the Dutchess of Andurian.

I WILL have fun.
I WILL roleplay the character.
And you WILL remain a seething faggot.

>>95932159
Are you that same loser that kept role playing as an anime school girl and got reported for avatar fagging

>>95932095
I just read jumpship and thought dropship. I didn't give it much thought since I was doing an obvious shit post.

>>95932159
The guy is a joyless loser that's upset about seeing an OC for the event when the entire event is about making OCs.

>>95932266
No. Who/when the fuck was this? It sounds like Manic, but I though his fetish was Monster Girls.

>>95932280
Many such cases.

>>95932280
Dude would have a heart attack if he saw what this board was like 10 years ago.

>>95932312
Think he's talking about the person that would post a schoolgirl image an do the old "Oh ho ho ho ho! You Davion peasants!" schtick. Like I said before, he's joyless.

>>95932324
Idk, kinda fuckin weird. Make a character for a roleplay event =/= popping into a thread and pretending to be a schoolgirl for... (You)s?

Rolled 531, 13 = 544 (2d1000)

>>95927416
Rolling an FWL pilot.

Rolled 467, 695 = 1162 (2d1000)

>>95932430
Hmm. Liao salvage? Let's see...

Rolled 4, 2, 3, 1 = 10 (4d6)

>>95932453
Ugh, a SHD-2H. Well, I didn't expect to be useful. Now for skills...

>>95932466
Welp. Grady "Grody" Paulsen, 4/6 skills, piloting a Shadow Hawk SHD-2H.

His shitty Piloting is because he is more used to his old Wasp and is still getting used to this new-to-him mech.

Rolled 677, 9 = 686 (2d1000)

>>95927416
Let's crush these secessionists! Rolling for the FWL.

Rolled 536, 18 = 554 (2d1000)

>>95932668
Salvage Liao, hell yeah. Let's see what the cappies gave me.

Rolled 170, 220 = 390 (2d1000)

>>95932687
Apparently, I've got a mech that's been passed around. Davion salvage here we go.

Rolled 3, 5, 5, 5 = 18 (4d6)

>>95932702
>>95927416
All that for a bloody Wasp-1A. How fitting, Let's see the stats

>>95932712
Pretty sure the standard rule has been if it gives you salvage picks you just reroll. Doing it twice in a row is crazy especially to just get a Wasp.

>>95932758
I'll leave it up to the GM, but for now i'll just roll with it.
Mechwarrior Izak "Bushman" Kahn (3/4) Recce Specialist. A jolly dude outta Salur. He's lookin to put the hurt on these traitorous Andurians

Rolled 43, 657 = 700 (2d1000)

>>95927416
Rolling for the Anduriens!

Rolled 4, 3, 3, 1 = 11 (4d6)

>>95932874
A stinger!

Rolled 3, 2, 4, 4 = 13 (4d6)

>>95932880
Rerolling

>>95927416
dice+4d6
dice+2d1000
Marik
>Captcha: SPASS

Rolled 2, 2, 4, 6 = 14 (4d6)

>>95932914
Fuck

Rolled 412, 843 = 1255 (2d1000)

>>95932914
>>95932921

>>95932894
Lol of course. Glemmy Zala 4/6 with a Stinger 3G. Andurien for Anduriens!

>>95932894
>Rerolling
Why must you spam us with your bullshit if you're just going to be a bitch about your dice? Just pick the numbers you want and spare us the flooding.

>>95932914
>>95932921
>>95932926
Pilth Zabur, 4/5 with a Griffin-1N for Marik

>>95932945
Cranky because others are having fun aren't you

>>95933100
If endlessly replying to yourself is your idea of "fun" that's pretty fucking sad.

I need an lrm boat under 60t. What are my options?

>>95933514
Trebuchet and Whitworth are the two classics.

>>95933514
Howler
Mandrill

>>95933549
Sorry I need it to carry at least 40 lrms tho. 60 would be better.

>>95933597
There's not enough tonnage for this unless it's 2/3 and has no armor and only 2-3 turns of firing.

>>95933596
>mandrill
>30t with 90% armor coverage
>twin lrm20's with 4 tons of reloads
>double heat sinks for days
>...4/6/4

>>95933597
Well you're shit out of luck. Unless you've got Clanner bullshit, it's Trenchie or bust.

>>95933514
mad cat iii

If you jump 5 hexes, is your tmm +3(5 hexes+jump), +2(5 hex movement), or +1(jump)

>>95933647
>>95933597
There is one, and only one, inner sphere mech that could meet his demands
The A config of the omnimech blackjack

>>95933663
+3

>>95933682
Is the raccoon tail antenna topper included?

>>95933687
>racoon tail
>on a 50t blackjack
If that thing is to scale, it's the coon is the size of a honda civic

>>95933692
The scourge of rim worlds.

so i don't have to pull my book out

>>95933750
A quick reference sheet will solve this

>>95933692
That's pretty ordinary by BT xenofauna standards

>>95933866
Then where are my 6mm modern infantry fighting bear sized game animals on their hex?

>>95933870
Have you made them yet?

>>95933597
Other than the blackjack Omni, best you can do is 2lrm15s with artemis.

New thread

>>95934363

>>95933634
And remember, NO MINIMUM RANGE!
>This is why Clantech disgust me