Blasterbot
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Sign me up for a set of plates, a howitzer, and a small fusion engine to replace an urbie engine.
Battletech BattleTech discussion thread: May the light of Hanse Davion guide us
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There's an inside joke on that dalahuster thingy...dammit...internets! I'm coming for you!
namar13766
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I'm working on weapon stats for a BT AU called Through A Mirror Strangely.
This is the Inferno Rifle, which could best be described as a Plasma Rifle which doesn't need ammo.
Gives either damage to unarmored infantry, mechanized infantry, battle armor, protomechs, and vehicles or heat to dropships, jumpships, ASFs, and BattleMechs.
This is the Inferno Rifle, which could best be described as a Plasma Rifle which doesn't need ammo.
| Name | Heat | Damage | Short | Medium | Long | Extreme | Mass | Critical | Special |
| Light Inferno Rifle | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 1.5 | 1 | 1d6 heat/2d6 damage |
| Medium Inferno Rifle | 7 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 2d6 heat/3d6 damage |
| Heavy Inferno Rifle | 12 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 4.5 | 2 | 3d6 heat/4d6 damage |
| Assault Inferno Rifle | 17 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 4d6 heat/5d6 damage |
| Siege Inferno Rifle | 22 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 7.5 | 3 | 5d6 heat/6d6 damage |
Gives either damage to unarmored infantry, mechanized infantry, battle armor, protomechs, and vehicles or heat to dropships, jumpships, ASFs, and BattleMechs.
PsihoKekec
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PsihoKekec
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Is that Hanse Davion vs the fake Death Commandos?
No idea. I don't think do, I've seen that Davion blue with red/white strips look on units in Frontline combat in other books, like the fed suns 3145 TRO, so I don't think it's associated with the NAIS.
gral
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Combatmath? Feh, I guess the creator of this one hasn't played Rolemaster ever...
Yes it is. Hanse Davion curb stomping Comstar/WOB is one of my favorite things in the 'verse.
PsihoKekec
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novussa
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hopefully more to come it is really good.
Sarna interviewed the current line developer:
www.sarna.net
Sarna Interviews Ray Arrastia, BattleTech Line Developer At Catalyst Games | Sarna.net
A little while ago, BattleTech got a new line developer. We wanted to interview him back then, but he was busy with the Clan Invasion Kickstarter, then ilClan, and then there was a global pandemic, and it just never really worked out. But now that Wave Two
www.sarna.net
So...I just got my latest update from the Battletech: Clan Invasion Kickstarter.
"...It means that by the time the last of the ForcePacks above hit our warehouse and start rolling out to gaming tables around the world, we will have published nearly 2.8 MILLION plastic miniatures in 3 years!"
WHOOP! That's a lot of gaming right there!
"...It means that by the time the last of the ForcePacks above hit our warehouse and start rolling out to gaming tables around the world, we will have published nearly 2.8 MILLION plastic miniatures in 3 years!"
WHOOP! That's a lot of gaming right there!
Yeap. I've started saving up to stock up on all the mechs I missed from the first wave, I should have just bought everything all at once but I didn't.
Yeah, I dumped some coin into the kickstarter...more than I should have probably.
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Speaking of mechs, I recently learned of a very interesting clan omnimech, the sidewinder:
It's not exactly canon, the design originates from an apocryphal source, the german mechforce magazine, but regardless of canonical status the design is neat. I want one so bad.
As you can see, it's a mashup of the timber wolf and the mad dog, an interesting build given the latter was built as a direct insult to the former. It has the engine of the mad dog, limiting it to a 4/6 speed, but retains the timber wolf's armor, and compensates for the reduced speed with the addition of jump jets and MASC.
We only have information on one "canonical" loadout, the prime, which I'd say most resembles a more focused version of the Timber Wolf B, mounting a gauss rifle, twin LRM 10s with a FCS, a large pulse laser, two medium pulse lasers, and a AMS.
It's not exactly canon, the design originates from an apocryphal source, the german mechforce magazine, but regardless of canonical status the design is neat. I want one so bad.
As you can see, it's a mashup of the timber wolf and the mad dog, an interesting build given the latter was built as a direct insult to the former. It has the engine of the mad dog, limiting it to a 4/6 speed, but retains the timber wolf's armor, and compensates for the reduced speed with the addition of jump jets and MASC.
We only have information on one "canonical" loadout, the prime, which I'd say most resembles a more focused version of the Timber Wolf B, mounting a gauss rifle, twin LRM 10s with a FCS, a large pulse laser, two medium pulse lasers, and a AMS.
Aaron Fox
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It's a cute, dinky thing, ain't it? At least as usable spite 'mechs are.Speaking of mechs, I recently learned of a very interesting clan omnimech, the sidewinder:
It's not exactly canon, the design originates from an apocryphal source, the german mechforce magazine, but regardless of canonical status the design is neat. I want one so bad.
As you can see, it's a mashup of the timber wolf and the mad dog, an interesting build given the latter was built as a direct insult to the former. It has the engine of the mad dog, limiting it to a 4/6 speed, but retains the timber wolf's armor, and compensates for the reduced speed with the addition of jump jets and MASC.
We only have information on one "canonical" loadout, the prime, which I'd say most resembles a more focused version of the Timber Wolf B, mounting a gauss rifle, twin LRM 10s with a FCS, a large pulse laser, two medium pulse lasers, and a AMS.
I don't think it's a spite mech, in universe it was built by cloud cobra and they don't have a particular beef with either the wolves or the jaguars..or, well, not any more of a beef than anyone else has with the jags.
As for viablity....eh, its seems more than capable, skimming the stats it seems on par with comperable designs like the Orion IIC or Warwolf.
Aaron Fox
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... and that is why I shouldn't post so quickly after work... reading comprehension gets borked. Spite would be the wrong word, it would be more akin to humiliation or something along those lines.
Given that a Warwolf Prime has a 4-4-4 on Alpha Strike for damage... it wouldn't be that bad.
Doomsought
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Superheavy Industrial Equipment
Bucket Wheel Excavator
Designed for continuous excavation and strip-mining, bucket wheel excavators are the largest form individual digging tools ever made by mine. Most bucket wheel excavators are mounted on mobile structures, but some can be found on dropships used for asteroid mining or star league era mega-structure construction. Only the smallest of bucket wheels can be mounted on industrial mechs, and even then they must be super-heavy mechs.
Bucket Chain Excavator
Resembling enormous chainsaws, bucket chain excavators are smaller and slower than bucket wheel excavators. Bucket chain excavators are capable of digging bellow their own superstructure allowing them to be used in unstable environments that would be unsafe for the use of a bucket wheel excavator.
Bucket Chain 5 tons + 10 tons per 5 meters (max 30 meters)
Conveyor Bridge
While little more than a convener belt and a sport structure, conveyor bridges are incredibly useful and can be built to an enormous scale. By continuously offloading harvested materials onto a transport vehicle, conveyor bridges allow large industrial machinery to operate for days on end, only needing to pause long enough to swap the receiving transport. Light conveyor bridges are typically used by combine harvesters while heavier ones are used in mining.
The mass of a conveyor bridge is based on its weight class and length. The maximum length a conveyor bridge can be built to is also based on weight class. Some conveyor bridges are designed to be able to retract at the cost of increasing their weight by 20%
Light 1 tons per 5 meters (30 max)
Medium 6 tons per 10 meters (100 meters max)
Heavy 18 tons per 10 meters (200 meters max)
Super Heavy 60 tons per 10 meters (300 meters max)
Retractable +20%
Energy Drills
The same technology allowing for energy weapons has also been turned towards more constructive use in mining. Laser and plasma drills have numerous advantages over mechanical drills but come with higher risks of overheating or setting gas pockets on fire. Laser drills are cheaper and are typically used for digging. The drilling lasers are designed to help break up rocks in the aid of mechanical digging equipment. Cutting lasers are simplified pulse lasers used as a replacement for rock saws and dual saws. Their lower maintenance and better performance on capital grade materials make them well worth the cost for those that can afford them. Plasma drills are derived from PPCs, but fire a continuous beam rather than in pulses. They used magneto-hydrodynamic effects to pull out molten rock and can be used to create strait and long boreholes to incredible depths, but have anemic ranges when used in open air.
Bucket wheels can be used to make a melee weapon attack, but suffer a +3 penalty to hit any target.
The ranges for plasma drills before the slash represent their ranges in open air, while the range after the slash represents their range through solid earth and stone.
Bucket Wheel Excavator
Designed for continuous excavation and strip-mining, bucket wheel excavators are the largest form individual digging tools ever made by mine. Most bucket wheel excavators are mounted on mobile structures, but some can be found on dropships used for asteroid mining or star league era mega-structure construction. Only the smallest of bucket wheels can be mounted on industrial mechs, and even then they must be super-heavy mechs.
Bucket Chain Excavator
Resembling enormous chainsaws, bucket chain excavators are smaller and slower than bucket wheel excavators. Bucket chain excavators are capable of digging bellow their own superstructure allowing them to be used in unstable environments that would be unsafe for the use of a bucket wheel excavator.
Bucket Chain 5 tons + 10 tons per 5 meters (max 30 meters)
Conveyor Bridge
While little more than a convener belt and a sport structure, conveyor bridges are incredibly useful and can be built to an enormous scale. By continuously offloading harvested materials onto a transport vehicle, conveyor bridges allow large industrial machinery to operate for days on end, only needing to pause long enough to swap the receiving transport. Light conveyor bridges are typically used by combine harvesters while heavier ones are used in mining.
The mass of a conveyor bridge is based on its weight class and length. The maximum length a conveyor bridge can be built to is also based on weight class. Some conveyor bridges are designed to be able to retract at the cost of increasing their weight by 20%
Light 1 tons per 5 meters (30 max)
Medium 6 tons per 10 meters (100 meters max)
Heavy 18 tons per 10 meters (200 meters max)
Super Heavy 60 tons per 10 meters (300 meters max)
Retractable +20%
Energy Drills
The same technology allowing for energy weapons has also been turned towards more constructive use in mining. Laser and plasma drills have numerous advantages over mechanical drills but come with higher risks of overheating or setting gas pockets on fire. Laser drills are cheaper and are typically used for digging. The drilling lasers are designed to help break up rocks in the aid of mechanical digging equipment. Cutting lasers are simplified pulse lasers used as a replacement for rock saws and dual saws. Their lower maintenance and better performance on capital grade materials make them well worth the cost for those that can afford them. Plasma drills are derived from PPCs, but fire a continuous beam rather than in pulses. They used magneto-hydrodynamic effects to pull out molten rock and can be used to create strait and long boreholes to incredible depths, but have anemic ranges when used in open air.
| Equipment | Heat | Damage | Short | Medium | Long | Weight | Space |
| Bucket Wheel (10m) | 0 | 2/bucket C5/12 | 1 | - | - | 40 | 16* |
| Bucket Wheel (15m) | 0 | 3/bucket C7/12 | 1 | - | - | 150 | - |
| Bucket Wheel (20m) | 0 | 5/bucket C9/12 | 2 | - | - | 250 | - |
| Bucket Wheel (30m) | 0 | 8/bucket C13/12 | 2 | - | - | 550 | - |
| Bucket Chain | 0 | - | - | - | - | 5+10/5m | 6+2/5m |
| Light Conveyor Bridge | 0 | - | 1 | - | - | 1/5m | 3 |
| Medium Conveyor Bridge | 0 | - | 3 | - | - | 6/10m | 6/10m |
| Heavy Conveyor Bridge | 0 | - | 7 | - | - | 18/10m | - |
| Super-Heavy Conveyor Bridge | 0 | - | 10 | - | - | 60/10m | - |
| Drilling Laser | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | - | 0.5 | 1 |
| Cutting Laser | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Plasma Drill | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6/30 | 7 | 4 |
| Heavy Plasma Drill | 20 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 9/40 | 15 | 8 |
The ranges for plasma drills before the slash represent their ranges in open air, while the range after the slash represents their range through solid earth and stone.
So, I got the parts needed to start working on a sidewinder of my own. Got everything attached and should be ready to paint soon, just need to work on the added green stuff a bit.
I'm also working on some new metal mechs, including a pair of Thor IIs, a dark age clan design that I discovered shares a number of parts with the Loki II. And so in the spirit of the sidewinder build, I'm looking for ideas for another kitbash build based on combining parts from the thor and loki (any config of either is fine), and also a name for the resulting mech.
I'm preemptively banning the name "Slashfiction" or anything related to the concept. I've heard about what those MCU fanfic writers get up to and I want no part of it.
I'm also working on some new metal mechs, including a pair of Thor IIs, a dark age clan design that I discovered shares a number of parts with the Loki II. And so in the spirit of the sidewinder build, I'm looking for ideas for another kitbash build based on combining parts from the thor and loki (any config of either is fine), and also a name for the resulting mech.
I'm preemptively banning the name "Slashfiction" or anything related to the concept. I've heard about what those MCU fanfic writers get up to and I want no part of it.