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goatface posted:Sometimes you don't want your security service to know who you're paying to have killed. Defiance Industries posted:If they're willing to follow you into secession and murder your enemies they're probably okay.
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Endomorphic posted:And sometimes the people taking out your laundry aren't directly employed by your security service because plausible deniability etc. We ARE talking about the LIC here, the one that takes in war orphans and raises them to be ultra-nationalist counterinsurgents and international terrorists, right?
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Zaodai posted:Was this the guy who tried to kill whats-her-name Kurita that was Victors girlfriend but he had left his pet Elemental there to protect her that night through random chance? Different assassin. The Dancing Joker http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Dancing_Joker was the one who succeeded in killing Omi.
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Oct 25, 2015 20:11
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Did, ah, did you read that page?
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Oct 25, 2015 20:17
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I got as far as plastic-explosive flowerpots and closed the tab.
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Oct 25, 2015 20:22
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Aw, man, you missed the mid-air DropShip explosions.
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Oct 25, 2015 20:28
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Also being hunted down and murdered with a katana by Minoru "Suddenly I'm a Nova Cat" Kurita.
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Oct 25, 2015 20:34
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The Merry Marauder posted:Did, ah, did you read that page? Aw crap. I had a brainfart. Who was the assassin who had the myomer implants and failed due to a tripwire? All my books are boxed up.
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Oct 25, 2015 20:41
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And to think, all of this could have been avoided if they just gave the elemental a gun with some decent stopping power instead of a space 80s gyrojet gun (if memory serves). I mean hell, an elemental is enormous. You could have her just Terminator style and carry a shotgun as her sidearm. No amount of anime bullshit in the world is getting you out of that house alive if half your chest is missing.
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Oct 25, 2015 20:44
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Nah, if you're an Elemental you should carry a Gauss weapon as your sidearm. The Thunderstroke was designed to kill Elementals in their suits, imagine what it'll do to a dude.
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Oct 25, 2015 21:20
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goatface posted:I got as far as plastic-explosive flowerpots and closed the tab. Not as great as that one guy from the Circinus Federation whose skeleton was laced with plastic explosives by the Blakists.
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Oct 25, 2015 21:24
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 How?... And that's just cruel, Medium Laser.
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PoptartsNinja posted:
It takes a certain kind of crazy. http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Fritz_Donner
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Pussy Cartel posted:It takes a certain kind of crazy. http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Fritz_Donner He really felt like a character positioned to be a major hero figure in the Jihad when he bolted from Circinus but then they just had him get captured and explode. There's a number of characters from around that time that seemed like they were positioned to be major players but then they all got killed off so that they could go back to Victor and his super friends. The Donner Bomb wasn't a bad idea but it didn't kill any of the characters who were actual problems for the story.
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Oct 25, 2015 21:46
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I was commenting on the hit-rolls in the update.
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Oct 25, 2015 21:51
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It's like PTN is making this a Halloween scenario with all the  spooky dice rolls
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Oct 25, 2015 21:54
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 Now there's a risk I never thought I'd see someone willingly take. Edit: Technowolf, if you blow yourself up* I promise the Capellans will be so stunned only one of their `Mechs will shoot next turn. double edit: *this turn PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 21:59 on Oct 25, 2015 |
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Oct 25, 2015 21:56
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Battlemaster or Demolisher. Demolisher gauss double tap with a ML follow up?
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PoptartsNinja posted:I was commenting on the hit-rolls in the update.  Sounds like it might be *achievement unlocked* time for Technowolf.
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PoptartsNinja posted:
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goatface posted:Battlemaster or Demolisher. Demo is outside the walls without los to anything too.
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PoptartsNinja posted:Edit: Technowolf, if you blow yourself up* I promise the Capellans will be so stunned only one of their `Mechs will shoot next turn. Technowolf is someone who understands how to play this game. Can't wait to see it!
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Ardlen posted:Never not alpha strike! If you're not alpha striking all the time, you're not trying hard enough. 
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Oct 25, 2015 22:58
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The players started this mission with eight legs. Taking bets: how many do they have left after this turn?
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Five. One colossal explosion, one legging.
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PoptartsNinja posted:The players started this mission with eight legs. None.
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Four. One mech with no legs and two with one.
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PoptartsNinja posted:The players started this mission with eight legs. Gonna take the longshot bet here - eight legs.
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PoptartsNinja posted:The players started this mission with eight legs. 12. They're getting a 4 leg mech marching out of the hanger as reinforcement.
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Six, maybe? 
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Oct 26, 2015 00:31
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Still eight but only five still attached to their original mech?
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Does it count if one is picked up and used as a melee weapon?
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PoptartsNinja posted:
I regret nothing 
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One leg each.
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Technowolf posted:I regret nothing If it makes you feel any better, I actually thought the designation for that mech was "Technowolf". Sounds like a :battletech: name to me. You know, the mech named after Ian Technowolf-Davion.
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PoptartsNinja posted:The players started this mission with eight legs. Three. Just because. Bonus points if each leg is on a different mech. Any brownie points for a correct guess?
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Laager: Tactical Update 12 The answer was '7' Vassago’s Catapult groaned as the Snake’s autocannon shattered the ferro-titanium bones in its upper thigh. His machine lurched as the leg threatened to collapse beneath him. He leaned heavily to the left, throwing most of the Catapult’s weight over the intact left leg. Unlike most of the rest of his lance, Vassago had been shot out of a `Mech before. Another step, so much as the slightest shift, and he was guaranteed to snap the leg off at the hip. Well. There was nothing left but to make sure the Capellans didn’t capture a Tight-Stream EMP Cannon. His hands spread wide, flipping the dual safeties that disabled the Catapult’s engine heat sinks and sealed the exhaust vents. Heat spiked to intolerable levels in an instant, and the temperature gauges in the ammo bins howled in warning. Distracted as he was, Vassago barely managed to align his crosshairs with the Lao Hu and the closer Snake. His thumbs stabbed down on his target interlock circuits, unloading his entire arsenal at both machines. Prompted by the spiking heat, the Catapult’s auto-ejection system activated an instant later. Even so, the dual compression waves of the Catapult’s vaporization were faster than his command chair. Vassago blacked out, leaving his final, spiteful handiwork unwitnessed.   Movement Phase BattleMaster (Player) - Must pass a piloting test to Stand (4 base = 4): rolled 10, succeeds! Shooting Phase BattleMaster (Player) - Fires ER PPC at Lao Hu (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 1 target movement = 6): rolled 5, miss! - Fires Large Pulse Laser at Lao Hu (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 1 target movement - 2 pulse laser = 4): rolled 3, miss! - Fires Medium Laser at Lao Hu (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 1 target movement = 6): rolled 8, hit Left Leg (18/28 armor remaining)! - Fires Medium Laser at Lao Hu (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 1 target movement = 6): rolled 10, hit Right Leg (13/28 armor remaining)! - Fires Medium Laser at Lao Hu (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 1 target movement = 6): rolled 6, hit Right Torso (5/24 armor remaining)! - Gains 35 heat, sinks 34 Viking (Player) - Holds fire! - Gains 10 heat, sinks 20 Catapult II (Player) - Fires ER Medium Laser at Snake (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 3 enemy movement = 10): rolled 7, miss! - Fires ER Medium Laser at Snake (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 3 enemy movement = 10): rolled 9, miss! - Fires TSEMP at Lao Hu (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 secondary target = 9): rolled 7, miss! - Fires TSEMP at Lao Hu (4 base + 2 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 secondary target = 9): rolled 7, miss! - Fires LRM-20 at Lao Hu (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 secondary target = 7): rolled 6, miss! - Fires LRM-20 at Lao Hu (4 base + 0 range + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement + 1 secondary target = 7): rolled 9, 20 missiles hit Right Leg (8/28 armor remaining), Left Torso (8/24 armor remaining), Center Torso (14/33 armor remaining), Center Torso (9/33 armor remaining)! - Gains 43 heat, sinks 20! Overheating! Legacy (Player) - Fires Gauss Rifle at Lao Hu (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 1 enemy movement = 7): rolled 7, hit Left Arm (2/23 armor remaining)! - Fires ER Medium Laser at Lao Hu (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 1 enemy movement = 7): rolled 4, miss! - Fires ER Medium Laser at Lao Hu (4 base + 2 range + 0 movement + 1 enemy movement = 7): rolled 8, hit Right Torso (0/24 armor remaining)! - Fires Streak SRM-2 at Lao Hu (4 base + 4 range + 0 movement + 1 enemy movement = 9): rolled 5, fails to lock-on! - Gains 13 heat, sinks 18 SRM-6 Turret 1730 - Fires SRM-6 (Inferno) at Brutus (PPC) (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement - 4 enemy movement = -1): automatically hit, 5 missiles hit Front, Front, Front, Front, Turret! SRM-6 Turret 1530 - Fires SRM-6 (Inferno) at Brutus (PPC) (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement - 4 enemy movement = -1): automatically hit, 4 missiles hit Turret, Front, Front, Front! Lao Hu - Fires LB 20-X Autocannon at BattleMaster (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 9, hit Center Torso (8/40 armor remaining)! - Fires ER Large Laser at BattleMaster (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 7, hit Right Torso (20/28 armor remaining)! - Gains 20 heat, sinks 20! Archer - Holds fire! - Gains 0 heat, sinks 24! Rifleman II - Holds fire! - Gains 0 heat, sinks 28! Huron Warrior - Fires Gauss Rifle at BattleMaster (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 8): rolled 4, miss! - Gains 3 heat, sinks 11! Snake - Fires LB-10X Autocannon (Cluster) at Catapult II (4 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement - 1 cluster = 6): rolled 8, 6 submunitions hit Right Leg (1/15 structure remaining (Crit!)), Right Torso (9/20 armor remaining), Right Torso (8/20 armor remaining), Left Arm (15/18 armor remaining), Right Torso (7/20 armor remaining), Left Arm (14/18 armor remaining)! - Fires Streak SRM-2 at Catapult II (4 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement = 7): rolled 7, 2 missiles hit Right Torso (5/20 armor remaining), Right Torso (3/20 armor remaining)! - Fires Streak SRM-2 at Catapult II (4 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement = 7): rolled 9, 2 missiles hit Center Torso (22/24 armor remaining), Center Torso (20/24 armor remaining)! - Fires Streak SRM-2 at Catapult II (4 base + 0 range + 3 movement + 0 enemy movement = 7): rolled 6, fails to lock-on! - Gains 11 heat, sinks 22! Wolverine - Fires ER Large Laser at Viking (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 prone target = 7): rolled 9, hit Center Torso (20/33 armor remaining)! - Fires Medium Pulse Laser at Viking (4 base + 4 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 prone target - 2 pulse laser = 9): rolled 4, miss! - Fires SRM-6 at Viking (4 base + 4 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement + 1 prone target = 11): rolled 7, miss! - Gained 22 heat, sinks 24! Brutus - Holds fire! Brutus (PPC) - Crew Stunned! Demolisher (Gauss) - Holds fire! End Phase Lao Hu - Must pass a piloting test or fall (4 base + 1 massive damage = 5): rolled 12, succeeds! Brutus (PPC) - Inferno critical chance in Front! No critical hit sustained! - Inferno critical chance in Front! No critical hit sustained! - Inferno critical chance in Front! (8 - 2 = 6) Driver Hit (second hit) becomes Crew Stunned! - Inferno critical chance in Front! Driver Hit (second hit) becomes Crew Stunned (2 turns)! - Inferno critical chance in Turret! (12 - 2 = 10) PPC Destroyed! - Inferno critical chance in Turret! (10 - 2 = 8) Weapon Malfunction (no functional weapons) - - Malfunction becomes Turret Lock (turret already locked) - - - Turret lock becomes Weapon Destroyed: PPC Destroyed! - Inferno critical chance in Front! (11 - 2 = 9) Sensors hit! - Inferno critical chance in Front! No critical hit sustained! - Inferno critical chance in Front! (10 - 2 = 8) Stabilizer hit (stabilizer already destroyed)! - - Stabilizer hit becomes Sensor hit! BattleMaster - Must pass a piloting test or fall (4 base + 1 massive damage = 5): rolled 11, succeeds! Catapult II (Player) - Critical chance in Right Leg! 2 critical hits sustained! - - Upper Leg Actuator damaged! - - Hip Actuator damaged! - Must pass a piloting test or fall (4 base + 2 actuator damage + 2 hip damage = 8): rolled 7, fails! - - Suffers 8 damage in the fall to Center Torso (15/24 armor remaining), Right Leg (0/15 structure remaining)! Leg Blown Off! - - - 4 damage transfers to Right Torso (0/20 armor, 14/15 structure remaining)! - Critical chance in Right Torso! No critical hits sustained! - Overheating! Must pass an 8+ Shutdown test: rolled 8, succeeds! - Overheating! Must pass a 4+ Ammo Explosion test: rolled (I'm fudging this for the Drama Bonus. Since you're already out of the game it doesn't count as me cheating  ), fails!- Ammunition explodes! - - Catapult II suffers 100 damage in Right Arm (0/18 armor, 0/11 structure remaining)! Arm Blown Off! - - - 77 damage transfers to Right Torso (0/15 structure remaining)! Torso Destroyed! - - - - 63 damage transfers to Center Torso! - - Catapult II suffers 100 damage in Left Arm (0/18 armor, 0/11 structure remaining)! Arm blown off! - - - 75 damage transfers to Left Torso (0/20 armor, 0/15 structure remaining)! Torso destroyed! - - - - 40 damage transfers to Center Torso! - Center Torso suffers 103 damage in an Ammunition Explosion (0/24 armor, 0/22 structure remaining)! Torso destroyed! `Mech destroyed! - - 66 damage vented harmlessly! Physical Combat Phase: BattleMaster (Player) - Kicks Lao Hu (4 base + 1 movement + 1 enemy movement - 2 kick = 4): rolled 10, hit Left Leg (2/28 armor remaining)! Lao Hu - Kicks BattleMaster (4 base + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement - 2 kick = 4): rolled 11, hit Right Leg (11/26 armor remaining)! End Phase: BattleMaster (Player) - Must pass a piloting test or fall (4 base + 0 kicked kick + 1 massive damage = 5): rolled 10, succeeds! Lao Hu (Player) - Must pass a piloting test or fall (4 base + 0 kicked kick + 1 massive damage = 5): rolled 9, succeeds! Next Turn’s Movement Phase Lao Hu - Forced to Withdraw!   Player Status:  Allied Status  Opposing Force Status:    Mission Objective: - Hurt them (complete) - - Hurt them more (5/6) - - - Teach them the Word (5/9) Secondary Objectives: - Defend the Turret Control Tower (0/1) - Defend the Administration Building (0/1) - Keep enemy `Mechs out of the `Mechbay (Failed!) Special Rules:  Construction Zones – Unless the hex states otherwise, all construction zones count as light woods.  Hidden Assets – The light autocannon turrets are currently in low-power standby mode. ComStar has always maintained up rumors that the power grid supporting them is incomplete or somehow insufficient to power them. They will not open fire until at least two players request their activation on the same turn. This deception may be detected by enemy units with a Beagle Active Probe.Orders Due: Midnight Tuesday!
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...you just stackpoled a mech. Niiiiiiiiiiiice. 
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Did he just.... We have a STACKPOLE! I think that's a thread first!
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