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Sent X5 orders and contingency orders for X7. Hopefully they can both show up and countermand me before the update. That should be everyone.
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X5 here. I lost power amd internet when the storm hit and and apparently water in a next few hours. All I have is my phone. My orders will be coming from the company. Hail the Coordinator. Death to the clan invaders.
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Fraction Jackson posted:You should have orders from X10, they should be in the same email as the orders from X3 since I am running both of them? I'm a little confused. Yeah, I do. I just listed X10 twice on my list for some reason and only deleted it once. Zikan posted:Hail the Coordinator. You're not House Kurita. PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 19:42 on Oct 31, 2012 |
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Oct 31, 2012 19:26
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Zikan posted:Hail the Coordinator. Nekekami spotted.
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Let’s Read Warrior: En Garde (part 12) Book 2 Chapter 33 Tharkad District of Donegal, Lyran Commonwealth 24 April 3027 If it seems like there’s not a lot happening in these middle chapters, you’d be right. Melissa Steiner books passage aboard the DropShip Silver Eagle, which is leaving in two days. One of the non-AI yet absolutely brilliant BattleTech computers then analyzes her weight, age, and etc. to assign her to quarters to keep the DropShip from being unbalanced during lift off. Then, because she chose her name from a book rather than picking one at random, a computer in Skye recognizes that she is Melissa Steiner and not Joanna Baker and sends the information to Duke Lestrade who smugs about it for fifteen seconds or so. We then jump to Andrew Redburn who is with Misha Auburn. He’s going back to the Federated Suns and decides that now is the perfect time to declare his undying love for a woman he almost certainly won’t see again for at least a year and, because it’s the Space 80s, it is implied they sleep together. Book 2 Chapter 34 Tharkad District of Donegal, Lyran Commonwealth 26 April 3027 Andrew Redburn will be traveling on the Silver Eagle with Melissa Steiner. We already know this, though. We then cut to Melissa Steiner who is basically breaking down out of sheer terror. Remember she’s about to go visit a man more than twice her age whom she’s never met before yet MUST marry, is leaving behind everything she knows to travel to the Republic of Space Texas (the Federated Suns). She then has a psychotic break where a voice in her head tells her she’s worthless and is only now starting to earn everything she’s taken for granted in her life. It’s supposed to showcase her heroic resolve but it just comes across as insanity. En Garde posted:She shook her head, then massaged her leg. But I’m not Joana Barker. I’m Melissa Arthur Steiner; Archon-Designate. I don’t have to live in a rathole. I deserve better. Creepy. The most sane ruler of the Inner Sphere, everyone. Book 2 Chapter 35 Solaris VII (The Game World) Rhaneshire, Lyran Commonwealth 5 May 3027 Justin and Gray are talking to an old man who knows where House Marik stashed some supplies in the last war. It’s a pointless scene designed to showcase Justin Xiang’s inherent nobility as he threatens to murder a translator with Yen Lo Wang. Gray then talks about the various intelligence agencies on Solaris, although he’s pretty sure Marik’s SAFE contingent killed itself off during the last Marik Civil War, thus beginning the running gag that is SAFE’s ineptitude. Gray then tells Justin about his plans to steal a Lyran dropship on its way to the Federated Suns; on behalf of Duke Aldo Lestrade. DUN DUN DUUUUUUN except we knew that was coming already. Hooray! Gray then invites Justin to be his partner, which Justin agrees to in a method that is supposed to be ominous but turns out to be unintentionally homoerotic. En Garde posted:“[…] Later I’ll nail him on the ship’s location.” [Gray Noton] smiled up at Justin. “What do you think? Are we partners?”
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Zikan posted:Hail the Coordinator. I'm starting to see why the Chancellor sent this particular Death Commandos unit on a suicide mission.
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Oct 31, 2012 22:58
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PoptartsNinja posted:Words about terrible literature If not for everyone else's commentary about these books (and my own knowledge of licensed fiction in general), I'd have a hard time believing that Stackpole made so many characters so utterly uncompelling. I have no idea what's happening in this book that ties together so many disparate threads, and therefore am left completely unfulfilled by any of their respective actions. Way to go, Kell Hounds, your impending clash with Kurita forces leaves me with exactly zero ambition to find out what happens. Good thing I don't have to, and PTN will
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I got my Inner Sphere horrible despots mixed up  The company has permission to use me as a sacrifice or decoy if needed
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Zikan posted:I got my Inner Sphere horrible despots mixed up We were going to do that anyway.
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Zikan posted:X5 here. I lost power amd internet when the storm hit and and apparently water in a next few hours. All I have is my phone. My orders will be coming from the company. Serving the Dragon does seem pretty appealing when you are stuck as a foul Capellan.
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KnoxZone posted:Serving the Dragon does seem pretty appealing when you are stuck as a foul Capellan. Counterpoint: Currently the Dragon is acting as the Bitch of the FedSuns (in a way), so you would actually be serving the Fox.
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KnoxZone posted:Serving the Dragon does seem pretty appealing when you are stuck as a foul Capellan. Our Plasma Rifles say hi~ Just, give us a few decades. We'll get there eventually...
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Nov 1, 2012 01:39
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'Kay, my words about the Po just needing a confidence booster? Still true.
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landcollector posted:Counterpoint: Currently the Dragon is acting as the Bitch of the FedSuns (in a way), so you would actually be serving the Fox. Nothing wrong with being on the winning team. Shoeless posted:Our Plasma Rifles say hi~ Just, give us a few decades. We'll get there eventually... Plasma Rifles are pretty rad, but so are the other cool factional items (Kuritan C3, Lyran Heavy Gauss, Marik Light Gauss, Davion LACs with Precision Ammo, C*/WoB C3i, etc) KnoxZone fucked around with this message at 01:49 on Nov 1, 2012 |
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Shoeless posted:Our Plasma Rifles say hi~ Just, give us a few decades. We'll get there eventually... The LC gets to build both those and Stealth Armor. Power and money got me crazy cocky.
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The LC? Really? I mean I knew the Feddies did because lolauthorfavorites and they get a bit of everyone's special tech. But the Lyrans get stealth and Plasma too?
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We actually design it without resorting to reverse engineering like the FS had to for Stealth Armor. Defiance Industries products are, as usual, also higher quality and more reliable than other models.
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Mechs made in the Lyran Commonwealth hold their value 5 times longer than mechs manufactured in other areas. This incredible increase in longevity and value comes from a combination of practical Space German engineering and the fact that the other mechs will have to endure being shot at by shitloads of Lyrans.
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FACT: all Defiance orders come with a pair of sunglasses and a box of condoms because you're about to become so rad you're gonna need them.
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Defiance Industries posted:FACT: all Defiance orders come with a pair of sunglasses and a box of condoms because you're about to become so rad you're gonna need them. That's just awesome.
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PoptartsNinja posted:'Kay, my words about the Po just needing a confidence booster? I told you adding medium lasers makes everything better. Also I have power again. 
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Which hand is Justin's "good" hand?Shoeless posted:The LC? Really? I mean I knew the Feddies did because lolauthorfavorites and they get a bit of everyone's special tech. But the Lyrans get stealth and Plasma too?
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There's a dude on the official forum who "proved" Davion was the author's favorite and Kurita the least favorite by calculating the total amount of advanced tech in each military by adding the upgrade totals up for each unit in each house and multiplying them by that unit's size. Then after that he added a coefficient for experience. I'm fairly sure he has never seen a boob without paying for it.
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Defiance Industries posted:The LC gets to build both those and Stealth Armor. The flagship LC stealth armored 'mech is only produced in extremely limited numbers and is generally a gigantic money-pit legal calamity, to be fair. The Ghost itself was also a shared project between Earthwerks and Defiance Industries. Generally speaking I am fairly sure every faction has Plasma rifles post-jihad. Generally speaking the post Jihad Era really spreads the tech around quite a bit. There are a number of Capellan designs using Targeting Computers (which are generally a FedSun thing). Generally speaking it has gotten to the point where any kind of specialist tech has gone from "this faction only" to "most common for this faction" Generally speaking though I would say that strictly gamewise, while I love Plasma Rifles and stealth armor they are a huge trap if you play by BV. Both are really extremely big BV sinks. This gets even worse as a lot of Capellan designs combine Stealth Armor with an all-energy loadout or worse yet an all-energy loadout and TSM (generally this is a bad thing on the heavier designs) The only mech I have seen that actually uses TSM+Stealth well is the Ebony, which is kind of a special case. Otherwise you have a lot of really schizophrenic 'Mechs that can't decide whether they want to be a sniper who ends up only using half of its firepower to fight at range or a brawler who has a crapload of BV sunk into maybe 1-2 turns of +2/+1 TH numbers before it becomes useless.
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Defiance Industries posted:There's a dude on the official forum who "proved" Davion was the author's favorite and Kurita the least favorite by calculating the total amount of advanced tech in each military by adding the upgrade totals up for each unit in each house and multiplying them by that unit's size. Then after that he added a coefficient for experience. Tons of free internet porn.
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That is seeing a picture of a boob. 
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Defiance Industries posted:There's a dude on the official forum who "proved" Davion was the author's favorite and Kurita the least favorite by calculating the total amount of advanced tech in each military by adding the upgrade totals up for each unit in each house and multiplying them by that unit's size. Then after that he added a coefficient for experience.
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No, that was a different guy stricken with a cocktail of OCD and Assburgers.
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We share a wonderful hobby, you and I.
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Defiance Industries posted:The Mongoose II model 267 isn't built in small numbers and isn't a legal disaster, though? And that, not the Ghost, was the first mech to mount Lyran-made stealth armor. The Ghost is clearly the fault of the FWL and Republic. That is a good point regarding the Mongoose II; I assumed the Ghost was the first Lyran design to use Stealth armor due to the whole legal tossup writeup it had in TRO 3085. To be fair though, the Mongoose II was only "created" by the LC in the loosest possible sense of the word. It was primarily developed by LAW, and afterwards sold to Defiance Industries by ComStar who actually bankrolled building up the new factories for it as well. The 267 was an original Lyran modification though. Also regarding the whole "Designs favor Davions" thing, there is a kernel of truth in there but it isn't regarding the advanced tech really. Though the FS has quite the fair share of stinkers in their mech lineup, there are a few specific designs that are particularly over-optimized and really frustrating to play against. I got over the "Federated Suns magically get access to every technical advance" thing when I realized that in many ways it is good because most people getting their feet wet with Battletech go after Fedsun stuff first and it is better that they have a wide variety of equipment and a 'Mech lineup that is generally more forgiving for when the player makes mistakes.
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Defiance Industries posted:That is seeing a picture of a boob.
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mercenarynuker posted:I'd have a hard time believing that Stackpole made so many characters so utterly uncompelling. There are plenty of compelling characters in Stackpole's novels! Gray Noton is extremely well defined, his motives are clear and understandable and his friendship with Justin Xiang is genuine as is his regret for maiming a man he has recently come to know and like. He's still a terrible person, but for a space-80s businessman he's a very relatable one. Meanwhile, Yorinaga Kurita is a man struggling with what his honor has done to himself and his family. Likewise, Vlad Ward is forced to confront the idea that every idea which serves as the foundation for his life is false or worse, an intentional lie. He's simply responding to having his world turned on its head in the only way his culture accepts: with violence.
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Picard Day posted:The flagship LC stealth armored 'mech is only produced in extremely limited numbers and is generally a gigantic money-pit legal calamity, to be fair. The Ghost itself was also a shared project between Earthwerks and Defiance Industries. Wait, you don't like having crappy IS mechs with a bv greater than an equal weight clan mech? Boring. Well ok, I pretty much agree 100%. LACs and MMLs are the only fancy weapons I ever need. Nothing like having an awesome cavalry heavy for under 1300 bv 
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Excellent choices of targets this turn (well, mostly). Sorry I didn't finish it last night, by the way. I had to work at 5:00AM today, but I should have the update finished fairly soon. The Mongoose gets kudos-points for not killing its own chances to hit! Edit: Not that it needed to worry with numbers like that. Jesus. Double Edit: Ahaha this turn. I can't believe PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 22:30 on Nov 1, 2012 |
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Andrevian posted:Well I guess that means my cunning part of the plan didn't work. Mine either. I was hoping for three casualties.
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PoptartsNinja posted:Eta Star's accuracy this turn: 100% And how much of Eta was actually in position to fire this turn?
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