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Grave Digger: Tactical Update 1 “What’s up, Zeke? Why’re you slowing?” “Gang standoff, I think.” It would’ve been charitable to call Ezekiel mar Vohrs’ response terse, the grizzled old tank Sand Whaler had been roaming the deserts before Krel had been born. Now in his seventies, his eyesight wasn’t so hot. Not after decades of staring through binoculars searching for signs of the scarred whale that had killed his wife and son. His tank was as ancient and creaky as he himself was, but in spite of its poor speed it was highly responsive. Krel peered out of his front windshield, past the drab green Marsden II. The tiny spec of a high-bodied Rotunda armored car sat at rest beyond, its quartet of machine guns pointed at—he shifted position, leaning on Riber’s lap to get a better view. She cursed him and slammed on the breaks when he knocked her arms from the steering column. Krel whistled. “Hoo—a Dig Lord.” As if on cue, the brilliant crimson machine twisted the Desert Hawg’s way. The pilot’s voice boomed from the `Mech’s loudspeakers in the peculiar, lilting tones of a madman trying to emulate the language he’d seen on an episode of the insufferable Davion sitcom Royal’s Pride. “Excuse me, good sirs and madams. I appear to be in a spot of trouble. These fine upstanding gentlemen claim I’m trespassing into the demesne of the Cloud Chasers. I would be most indebted to you if you would be so kind as to help me excruciate myself from this facile predicament.” Krel thought for a long moment. Cutting through Cloud Chaser territory would save them half a day—he’d already been doing just that. It’d come down to a fight no matter what. “Fine,” Krell transmitted. “We’ll help, but I’m cashing in the debt right away: you’ll help escort us to our destination and then leave immediately afterwards, no questions asked.”  [N/A] [No Combat]   Player Status:  Ally Status:  Opposing Force Status:  Special Rules  Drifting: Vehicles may shift one column to the left or right during the movement phase without expending an MP to turn, provided the move does not cross through an enemy unit or terrain that would cost additional MP. Adjacent vehicles may be rammed for low damage with a sideswipe and lighter vehicles may be knocked off course next turn! Half-Height Terrain: All terrain features rise to only half their normal height. Vehicles behind a height 1 hill may still attack and be attacked, but may only receive damage to their turrets. Vehicles without turrets are hidden as normal. Hills only cost 1 MP to climb rather than the additional 2. BattleMech and IndustrialMech units treat height 1 hexes as if they are clear terrain, height 2 as if they are height 1, etc. Oases: Oases are surrounded by boggy soil that will trap ground vehicles and may attract native fauna. Mirages: Heat shimmer can make water appear where there is none. Mirages may be driven through safely but may hide other features. Redline the Engines: The Desert Hawg’s speed cannot be reduced by damage or critical hits.Primary Objectives - Protect the Desert Hawg (0/1) - Disable or destroy the Devil’s Due (0/1) Secondary Objectives - Destroy the ???? (0/1) - Destroy the ???? (0/1) Orders Due: Midnight Saturday! Attention, Mechwarriors! You will be receiving a PM / E-Mail soon. PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 19:50 on Sep 28, 2016 |
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MANMOWER amazing
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..isn't the Bulldog one of the tanks made by Quikscell, of "because if you weren’t willing to buy the best, you’d be buying from Quikscell" fame? This is going to
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Primarily produced by Bulldog Industries, but Quikscell pays royalties to sell
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thetruegentleman posted:..isn't the Bulldog one of the tanks made by Quikscell, of "because if you weren’t willing to buy the best, you’d be buying from Quikscell" fame? This is going to Licensed to them, according to Sarna, by Bulldog Enterprises. Bulldog was then acquired by Buda Imperial Vehicles, making them a Draconis Combine concern. Odds are your particular Bulldog doesn't have enough of its original bits left that it would matter if it's of Quikscell or Bulldog make, though if an interesting crit happens the fluff may contradict me. Fake edit: Beaten by PtN himself!
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Sep 28, 2016 18:31
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Wow, that guy did a great job getting backed into a corner by something that couldn't take a single hit from it. And an admittedly slightly more threatening Vedette.
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Quikscell: "Your Treasury's Best Friend: because why buy the best when you're just arming a planetary militia?"
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PoptartsNinja posted:Depends on how many SRM-6s or machine guns I've slapped on, or whether it's got a (rare for a reason) LB-20X Voyager I posted:...usually.  dice-roll buddy. i was small time compared to you but I did my part with SRM6s  speaking of which I've been doing some reading on how the new BT is likely to calculate missile rolls and I like it a lot. LRMs are going to be mean.
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Psion posted:
Do tell -- curious to see how they handle that
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FWIW that shitbox with six MGs would be reasonably likely to blow the tracks off any of the given player vehicles and knock them out of the mission. Actually, that raises an interesting point? How are you handling motive damage given that the stock rules mean any hit from literally anything is liable to be an instant TKO? EDIT: oh man I hope the White Whale shows up in this.
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Sep 28, 2016 18:52
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Voyager I posted:FWIW that shitbox with six MGs would be reasonably likely to blow the tracks off any of the given player vehicles and knock them out of the mission. "Better charge hard and get as big a lead as you can! This poo poo's a race!!!"
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Awesome, this is gonna be a fun mission.Guitar_Hero posted:I'm unreasonably sad that I didn't think of this. Alas I can't take credit for it, someone else in thread said it first. vorebane fucked around with this message at 19:13 on Sep 28, 2016 |
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Sep 28, 2016 19:10
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Voyager I posted:EDIT: oh man I hope the White Whale shows up in this. You thought it was just Mad Max. What you didn't realize was, it was also the Star League of Extraordinary Gentlemen! Starring: Captain Ahab Don Quixote Tank Girl Lo Pan and Ash, in a tank with a chainsaw on the front Coming this fall to a BattleTech thread near you.
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Sep 28, 2016 19:48
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I hope the missing hand actuator comes into play somehow
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Sep 28, 2016 19:57
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Chronojam posted:I hope the missing hand actuator comes into play somehow What do you mean? The missing hand actuator is there so it can mount the rock drill, like how you need to have no hand actuator to mount a 'mech lance.
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Sep 28, 2016 20:06
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As long as we walk without rhythm we will be fine.
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by the by, the real-life giant robot fighter is undergoing stress testing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahtjHY9xsDw
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Sep 28, 2016 20:08
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Shoeless posted:What do you mean? The missing hand actuator is there so it can mount the rock drill, like how you need to have no hand actuator to mount a 'mech lance. I'm just saying, do we even know where the actuator is right now?
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Oh boy, I get to drive the tank full of FOOF! 
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Sep 28, 2016 20:14
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Chronojam posted:I'm just saying, do we even know where the actuator is right now? What do you mean? The Dig Lord doesn't come with that actuator, because by default it has a Rock Drill in that arm which necessitates not having a hand actuator. It's not missing, it never existed. I'm confused.
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Sep 28, 2016 20:24
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Ammo Types: Infernos against vehicles do no damage but have an automatic critical hit with no penalty to the roll for every missile that hits. Dead-Fire SRMs deal 3 damage but have a -2 to the cluster hit roll. The results can be brutal. Harpoons kill, I believe, 1 infantry/shot but are useless against armor.
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Sep 28, 2016 20:31
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Chronojam posted:I'm just saying, do we even know where the actuator is right now? I am sure it will show up just in the nick of time, to save the day when all hope seems lost.
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Sep 28, 2016 20:51
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Hey PTN, what's the damage values on those chemical lasers? I'm thinking of giving that Vedette a wake-up call before it gets to do anything significant.
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Sep 28, 2016 21:28
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They're large lasers with reduced range.
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Shoeless posted:What do you mean? The Dig Lord doesn't come with that actuator, because by default it has a Rock Drill in that arm which necessitates not having a hand actuator. It's not missing, it never existed. I'm confused. Well PTN just finished pointing out the cast offhandedly (he's got a good grip on interesting characters), so I'll wave you towards the list he held up.
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Chronojam posted:Well PTN just finished pointing out the cast offhandedly (he's got a good grip on interesting characters), so I'll wave you towards the list he held up. I feel like we're having two different conversations. What are you talking about?
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Well, my orders are in. Drifting to 1008 and attempting to swat the Rotunda if I can see it. If not I'll hopefully give the Vedette a rude awakening.
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Sep 28, 2016 21:55
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Bloody Pom posted:Well, my orders are in. Drifting to 1008 and attempting to swat the Rotunda if I can see it. If not I'll hopefully give the Vedette a rude awakening. Looks like the Rotunda has no turret, so you wouldn't be able to blap it behind the hill, but you can certainly shoot the Vedette.
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Sep 28, 2016 22:11
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They'll have a shot from 1008
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Good to hear. I don't want that little bugger taking advantage of his move mods.
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Shoeless posted:I feel like we're having two different conversations. What are you talking about? I'll quit playing around and making hand puns, this is Ash. (anything handless is suspect) Chronojam fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Sep 28, 2016 |
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Chronojam posted:I'll quit playing around and making hand puns, this is Ash. Okay, I thought that might be it. But Ash is in the Killdozer with the giant chainsaw, isn't he? The Dig Lord is Don Quixote, going by the airs being put on.
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Never be afraid to mix your metaphors. Also, that Megabot video was fun. For all the discussion in Battletech about how mechs don't really make sense militarily unless you make up a bunch of sci-fi tech and setting weirdness to accommodate them, the potential for giant robot fighting as a sport is real. Perhaps one day robot-fighting TV will go beyond Battlebots and Robot Wars up to Solaris VII.
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So! What's the strategy here? Drive straight forward (0807 in the Bulldog's case) and shoot the Vedette with rifle and SRMs (I'm thinking one inferno and HE each) at medium range? Or maybe only use the SRMs, since other people will be shooting at it and ammo might get a bit tight in the future? I'm pretty sure the Rotunda is gonna be more bullet than vehicle thanks to those machine guns its facing, so a contingency order doesn't seem worthwhile; at least, not against it. Also, I haven't seen a Spreadsheet come up yet, so I made one: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19qBXU8ycc5dgpxXNiTuMzF5JlYVElAYaG3hnz0VEUuo/edit#gid=0. If there's already one up, I could use a link to it. thetruegentleman fucked around with this message at 23:54 on Sep 28, 2016 |
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thetruegentleman posted:So! What's the strategy here? Drive straight forward (0807 in the Bulldog's case) and shoot the Vedette with rifle and SRMs (I'm thinking one inferno and HE each) at medium range? Or maybe only use the SRMs, since other people will be shooting at it and ammo might get a bit tight in the future? The Vedette's only taking damage on a 10, 11, or 12 on the hit location roll. That said, if you inferno the turret you score a bunch of turret auto-critical chances, and the turret's the location with the highest chance of instantly killing the tank (with another 11 or 12 on the crit table, admittedly). Still, I'd personally save the infernos for clear shots because you don't have a lot of them to waste if you're firing both racks.
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vorebane posted:Awesome, this is gonna be a fun mission. I'm just glad someone noticed and used it. I was worried that pun had flown entirely under the radar. That the mech's able to drift is hilarious. Make like a heavy gear and skate! What's next, roller skate parks and sick jumps for our drivers?
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TheParadigm posted:I'm just glad someone noticed and used it. I was worried that pun had flown entirely under the radar. It can? The house rule specifically states vehicles, not mechs.
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Yeah, `Mechs and Vehicles are considered different unit types in BT.
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I believe the half-height terrain rule means that the mech won't expend extra MP to traverse height 1 terrain though, correct?
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Bloody Pom posted:I believe the half-height terrain rule means that the mech won't expend extra MP to traverse height 1 terrain though, correct? Yup, so the Dig Lord has its own advantages. Drifting is a way to keep the vehicles moving forward at max speed and avoid minor terrain obstacles while the Dig Lord can ignore some of those obstacles outright.
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