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For context the planet in question will likely be several jumps away from the border unless you're unfortunately weird enough to want to be a capellan.

As for how you get it.
Hidden SLDF factory set up during the ACW to feed their forces new stuff
 
Knowledgeispower said:
For context the planet in question will likely be several jumps away from the border unless you're unfortunately weird enough to want to be a capellan.

As for how you get it.
Hidden SLDF factory set up during the ACW to feed their forces new stuff
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The border of who or what exactly?
 
bullethead said:
What the hell does that even mean.
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catalyst game labs bought Ironwind Metals. I'm sad I didn't get the celestials yet.

Edit: one thing to consider is Ironwind was in Cincinnati. it may be that they keep it there and use those facilities to manufacture product in the USA. that would get them around the Tariffs for the metal minis at least.
 
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That likely was CGLs logic.
Ideally they'd transfer the Chinese produced stuff to the US as well but short of someone handing them a lot of cash that's not happening unless the trade war forces it and even then that's more likely to result in no plastic minis
 
the BattleTech miniatures line for IWM is a low % of their total sales.
Only Mike Noe loving BattleTech has kept IWM in RP/BT miniature production, especially during the dark years of 1999-2015.
But now, Mike isn't young and his wife, Melissa is still doing very poorly.
So for Mike & Melissa, this makes a ton of sense.
I highly doubt IWM was 'given' to CGL... from Mike's statement, it seems like CGL gained a very large chunk... maybe even a controlling interest.
I also doubt that IWM will be making plastic miniatures anytime soon: that would require a MA$$IVE infusion of hardware & people... to the point of they may as well create a whole new company.

**point** NOE is pronounced "NO" like Negative. NOT "No-Ay" ***
 
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Wonder what people think about this proposed rework of the BattleTech rules:
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Battletech Reloaded

Battletech Reloaded Battletech was my first ever tabletop game. I was introduced to the ‘Battledroids’ first edition when I was 8 years old, and it will always hold a special place in my heart. The core rules come closer than anything to simulating the “real robot” genre, and they even have almos...
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I think it's really well thought out solution to a lot of the problems the construction rules have:
Article:
One benefit was the ability to completely standardize sections - each section now has the same internal structure, and the amount is easy to remember.

Another benefit is that torso-twisting is much clearer -- the bit above the waist is all the pilot stuff, the stuff below the waist is all the engine stuff. It neatly solves the "quads can't torso-twist" thing by putting enough of the torso below the rotation collar that you can spec off the artwork without it looking goofy (and of course, any mech - biped or quad - that doesn't torso-twist can just be assigned a quirk to that effect)

Third, it keeps the "headshot instakill" (since TACs are now through-cockpit shots), without the weirdness of "no matter how big the mech, the head will never have more than 9 armor or 3 internal structure".

Really, the old Battletech hit locations were kinda goofy, we're just so used to it because we've been playing it for 40 years. A Battlemaster doesn't really *have* a proper "head", just a big ol' cockpit glass. This way, "head" or "no head" is just a question of sensor array design.


Honestly, I think it'd be sick AF to have a BattleTech video game work on these rules, but you'd need to build it from the start with them, since it's a huge pain in the ass to convert one of the existing games to a new construction rule set.
Code: 
JR-7D Jenner
Layout:
       Left Arm            Left Torso              Upper Torso        Right Torso            Right Arm       
 1    Small Laser        Shoulder               Sensors               Shoulder               Small Laser
 2    Small Laser        Arm Myomer        Cockpit                Arm Myomer        Small Laser
 3    Heat Sink           Jump Jet               Life Support        Jump Jet               Heat Sink
 4    Heat Sink           Jump Jet               SRM-4                 Jump Jet               Heat Sink
 5    Heat Sink           Heat Sink              SRM-4                 Heat Sink              Heat Sink
 6    Heat Sink           Heat Sink              Heat Sink            Heat Sink              Heat Sink
 7    Heat Sink           Heat Sink              Heat Sink            Heat Sink              Heat Sink

                   Left Leg                  Lower Torso        Right Leg                   
 1                Hip                         Reactor               Hip                        Heat Sinks (23)
 2                Leg Myomer          Reactor               Leg Myomer          o o o o o    o o o o o
 3                Leg Myomer          Reactor               Leg Myomer          o o o o o    o o o o o
 4                Leg Myomer          Reactor               Leg Myomer          o o o   
 5                Heat Sink               Reactor               Heat Sink             
 6                Heat Sink               Jump Jet             Heat Sink               Dissipation: 5
 7                Foot                       Heat Sink            Foot                       Overheat: [     ]
Weapons:              Damage    Heat        ROF          Range                                 Ammunition   
1x SRM-4              8                1             1 - 4          3 -  6  -  9  -  12  -  15        4
4x Small Laser       3                2             1               3 -  6  -  9  -  12  -  15        N/A
Small Laser mode:    [ Offensive ]    [ Anti-Missile ]

Code: 
TDR-5S Thunderbolt
       Left Arm                Left Torso        Upper Torso        Right Torso        Right Arm       
 1    Shoulder               LRM                 Sensors               Cockpit              Shoulder
 2    Arm Myomer        LRM                 LRM                    Life Support       Arm Myomer
 3    Arm Myomer        LRM                 LRM                    SRM-2                Arm Myomer
 4    Arm Myomer        LRM                 LRM                    Heat Sink           Arm Myomer
 5    Hand                     LRM                 LRM                    Heat Sink           Hand
 6    Empty                   LRM                 LRM                    Heat Sink            PPC
 7    Empty                   LRM                 LRM                    Heat Sink            PPC
 8    Empty            Ammo (LRM)          LRM                    Heat Sink            PPC
 9    Empty            Ammo (LRM)          LRM                    Heat Sink            Heat Sink   
10    Empty            Medium Laser       Heat Sink            Empty                 Heat Sink   
11    Empty            Medium Laser       Heat Sink            Empty                 Heat Sink   
12    Empty            Medium Laser       Heat Sink            Empty                 Heat Sink
+    o             o             o             o             o         

                   Left Leg                Lower Torso        Right Leg                   
 1                Hip                       Reactor                Hip                        Heat Sinks (27)
 2                Leg Myomer        Reactor                Leg Myomer          o o o o o    o o o o o
 3                Leg Myomer        Reactor                Leg Myomer          o o o o o    o o o o o 
 4                Leg Myomer        Reactor                Leg Myomer          o o o o o    o o   
 5                Leg Myomer        Reactor                Leg Myomer         
 6                Leg Myomer        Reactor                Leg Myomer         
 7                Leg Myomer        Heat Sink             Leg Myomer         
 8                Heat Sink             Heat Sink             Heat Sink           
 9                Heat Sink             Heat Sink             Heat Sink         
10               Heat Sink             Heat Sink             Heat Sink         
11               Heat Sink             Heat Sink             Heat Sink        Dissipation: 8         
12               Foot                     Heat Sink             Foot                Overheat: [     ]
+                 o             o             o                     
Weapons:            Damage    Heat        ROF            Range                             Ammunition   
1x PPC                      10          10           1          6  - 12 -  18 -  24  -  30         N/A
3x Medium Laser      5             4            1          4  -  8 -  12 -  16  -   20         N/A
10x LRM                    1*           1            1          7  - 14 -  21 -  28  -  35         30
1x SRM-2                  8             1         1 - 2        3 -  6  -  9  -  12 -  15            2
 

BATTLETECH: What if? - The Clan Invasion. Instead of #ClanJadeFalcon, #ClanSmokeJaguar, #ClanNovaCat, #ClanSteelViper, and #ClanGhostBear, what if it was #ClanIceHellion, #ClanFireMandrill, #ClanGoliathScorpion, #ClanStarAdder, and #ClanCloudCobra?
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yes, it's 4 hours long. there's some "for want of a nail"* and some modified "stations of the canon**"


*Clan Smoke Jaguar lost their trial when their mech warriors got food poisoning.
** the Turtle Bay Massacre was replaced by Trell I.
 
Carrot of Truth said:
So many people hate Clans but they have the coolest looking mechs imo
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No they don't

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