Battletech BattleTech discussion thread: May the light of Hanse Davion guide us

[The Whispering Monk]

....I really, really need to learn how to properly art, since Zerg-infested Battlemechs would be a kickass crossover project.

You've seen Infested Terran units like Marines? Scale it up to Battlemechs.

Legend of the Black Marauder

"The Black Marauder resembles an MAD-3R Marauder with flat black paint, although its shape supposedly looks somehow "wrong" and its "proportions not quite right", too sleek yet of terribly imposing bulk and with too-smooth angles. It has no serial number and no other factory markings whatsoever.

Its presence seems to grow larger when sight is obscured by darkness, fog or smoke, incidentally circumstances in which it seems to perform markedly better.

In some instances the 'Mech was—always inconclusively—described to move in ways that are impossible for a Marauder (or any 'Mech), including one tale where it was said to have turned its "head" by bending its long snout just forward of the arm joints and revealed a maw with rows of serrated teeth."

 

[Jormungandr]

Legend of the Black Marauder

"The Black Marauder resembles an MAD-3R Marauder with flat black paint, although its shape supposedly looks somehow "wrong" and its "proportions not quite right", too sleek yet of terribly imposing bulk and with too-smooth angles. It has no serial number and no other factory markings whatsoever.

Its presence seems to grow larger when sight is obscured by darkness, fog or smoke, incidentally circumstances in which it seems to perform markedly better.

In some instances the 'Mech was—always inconclusively—described to move in ways that are impossible for a Marauder (or any 'Mech), including one tale where it was said to have turned its "head" by bending its long snout just forward of the arm joints and revealed a maw with rows of serrated teeth."

Huh... was this made before or after Starcraft became a thing? 'Cause it looks like someone was a fan of Starcraft, haha.

Edit: Though, a Chaos-infected machine makes more sense, if it's older. Looks like a Daemon Machine.

 

[ShadowArxxy]

Huh... was this made before or after Starcraft became a thing? 'Cause it looks like someone was a fan of Starcraft, haha.

Edit: Though, a Chaos-infected machine makes more sense, if it's older. Looks like a Daemon Machine.

Honestly, it comes off as more generic eldritch horror tropes than anything specifically Starcraft or 40K.

 

[Morphic Tide]

Huh... was this made before or after Starcraft became a thing? 'Cause it looks like someone was a fan of Starcraft, haha.

Resulting crossover thought: Bit of the Clan Invasion Fleet runs into Niadra who's here because blowing up the Protoss warp drive mid-trip sent her spiraling off in strange directions, her abandonment issues rise to new hights because the Jump Drives scramble her telepathic control. So there's now roaming feral Infested Clanners and a Zerg hitchhiker who has to slow hers down to re-establish control.

 

[Jormungandr]

Honestly, it comes off as more generic eldritch horror tropes than anything specifically Starcraft or 40K.

Well, the concepts for the Warp do sort of come from Eldritch tropes, and Blizzard did basically "adapt" the Zerg from the Tyranids since they were originally planning to do a 40k game before they had to do their own thing with Starcraft (much how like Doom was originally meant to be an Aliens game before id couldn't get the license), so it makes sense.

 

[PsihoKekec]