Mukaikubo posted:

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I say Group fire on the lights, withdraw if anyone starts to get seriously hurt. Two of the light mechs have exceptionally thin armor, and could go down quicker than you think, while only our Jenner is strongly vulnerable to a Surprise like that. I say go for it. The only problem is that you all are pretty terribly positioned at the moment, and if you let it that Dragon is going to pick you apart.

Axe-man posted:

Axe-man posted:

Yeah I see that , I'm not sure, you have any firewall going on? may want to allow megamek

evilmiera posted:

But the HPG network is also used to control all communications aren't they? I mean sure, that's needed to make sure every state doesn't collapse, but if that got shut down all of them would just invade and re-establish the system under their control, ending the wars early, right? Or is that too simple thinking on my part?

Mr. Despair posted:

Voting F because of the potential for some Duncan Fisher narration.

Affi posted:

Based on Far Country, what else could the opposing team have to work with?

Anyway. I will recommend that after this round you all consider your moves very carefully next round. The first light to step on a DEST team will probably die real fast.

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Alchenar posted:

They're a small studio and got the chance to work on the multiplayer element of Duke Nukem Forever. I wouldn't be surprised if it's anything as simple as them just dropping everything to knock that out and get guaranteed money for x months operating costs.

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GenericOverusedName posted:

The Gargoyles seem pretty decent to me. I don't know where the weapons are located on them, but the loadout isn't something to laugh at.

PoptartsNinja posted:

Not a whole lot, honestly. Most Level 1 `Mechs are pretty heat efficient if used properly, and the ones that aren't tend to have more problems than simply heat dissipation (I'm looking at you, Rifleman! ).

paragon1 posted:

Wait, if this planet is considered a backwater, then why the gently caress are there so many mechs on it? Why do the clans care about taking it at all? How did they even scrape together the funds to hire the Black Thorns? God this book is so loving stupid.

Der Waffle Mous posted:

Orders sent.

Honestly, if I don't die from a faceplant, an I-beam through the head, or skidding off the map, Taku's probably going to finish the job.

dis astranagant posted:

He'll have to risk the ire of the MASC gods to get quite that close

Tempest_56 posted:

I literally squealed with delight when I heard that voice at the startup sequence.

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Bryan Ekman, on 28 February 2012 - 12:23 PM, said:

Yes. It's the in-game HUD. Yes it's the in-game cockpit. Yes it's the in-game Atlas.

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Its arms are vestigial—wings, really—and mount only minimal armor. The Cicada’s legs, while strong enough to carry the ’Mech at phenomenal speeds, are under armored as well.

LeschNyhan posted:

Checking in and ready to Go Fast!



Seriously check this derpy motherfucker out. Speed: 151.2 km/h. That's like 9/14, and we haven't got a spot of concrete in sight. I'm going to be doing laps of the pond. Or something.



(Yeah, ok, I've got 2 mlas and a flamer and I'm made of paper, big deal.)

(Also, dude in the Cicada might want to rehost his image.)

edit: How are we coordinating ourselves this round, guys? Another google doc, or PMs, or what?

jng2058 posted:

Speaking of the bug variant, I know your instinct might be to dump the MG ammo first thing, but I wouldn't be so quick to do so unless you're sure there's no hidden infantry on the board. As I mentioned before, having 8 player 'mechs vs. 6 OPFOR 'mechs seems too easy, even if the Arcturans do have a Guass Rifle in play.

landcollector posted:

You actually have a 400 damage bomb in your CT.

cafel posted:

I get there's some risk, but aren't you at a point where the difference between a kill from your ammo cooking off and your center torso being straight out destroyed by damage really small? I know we have a ton of speed, but it seems like relying on one mech for all anti infantry work might bite us in the rear end.

PoptartsNinja posted:

Normally I wouldn't do this, but you've got a field refit to something slightly less insane.

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Cicada CDA-3C-F
40 tons
Movement: 7/11
Heat Sinks: 11
Internal: 67
Armor: 64/137

Weapons Loc Heat
Small Laser LL 1
Small Laser RL 1
Medium Laser CT 3
PPC RT 10

Notes:

A hastily improvised refit for the venerable Cicada, this modification is a fairly simple job for a tech with limited field facilities. Swapping a pair of machine guns for a pair of small lasers with a similar size, weight, and combat profile, the modification immediately reduces the threat of internal ammunition explosions at the expense of an added heat burden.

This field expedient modification also makes use of the room in the Cicada's centre torso previously used for ammunition storage. By cutting away parts of the ammunition feeding system, enough room is made for an additional medium laser.

Andrevian posted:

Yeah. I didn't know much about them other than the fact that they're a country founded on the principle of FUCKDAVIONS. Which is quite possibly the noblest principle to found a country upon.

Ain't nothin' wrong with being Space Texas, but I'm guessing it'd be handled about as well as Space Anything Else is.

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Ten days after Yin Takami assumed the mantle of Primus in 2979, Precentor ROM Karl Sims informed him and the rest of the First Circuit of a possible threat to the Order. In a routine survey of an empty star system near New Vandenburg, the Taurian Concordat had discovered a long abandoned Black Lion-Class battlecruiser, the SLS Tripitz, orbiting one of the planets. The ship was a battered relic left behind during the Amaris-Kerensky Civil War, but the Taurians believed they could recover the vessel and possibly even repair it.

Because the bitter fighting of Succession Wars had seen the loss of all Inner Sphere WarShips outside of ComStar's hidden fleet, the discovery of the Tripitz and even the slim possibility that it could enter active duty would upset the current balance of power in the region. Adding to the problem was indications that the Capellan Confederation's Maskirovka had also learned of the discovery and planned to stage their own recovery mission.

In response, Primus Takami ordered the 1st Division of the ComStar Guards and Militia to the star system with orders to destroy the Tripitz rather than risk it falling into the hands of either the Taurians or the Capellans. To disguise ComStar's complicity, the Primus ordered that the ships and fighters be painted white and given no identifying markings that might link them to the Order. When the Taurians learned of an unknown JumpShip in the system, they immediately launched four Lances of AeroSpace Fighters, which the ComStar fighters quickly engaged. While the Taurians put up a determined fight, the advanced Star League-era equipment used by the Comstar forces more than made up for their lack of practical combat experience, especially against the low-technology aerospace fighters of the Taurians. The battle lasted just under an hour, with only three deaths in the ComStar forces. The Taurians sent several messages requesting that the mysterious white attackers identify themselves, but the ComStar commander ignored the attempts at communication. He quickly recovered the dead pilots and turned his attention to the battlecruiser.

The remaining fighters strafed and bombed the antique Tripitz, blasting the ship until it was no more than a charred hulk in a decaying orbit. After recharging their JumpShip, the ComStar Guards departed the isolated system, leaving only the Taurian recovery crew as witnesses to the entire event.

Cthulhu Dreams posted:

Wow, that thing is going to run super hot. Doesn't the stock Cicada actually have medium lasers in the arms and a small laser in the torso, so it would be designed to have energy weapons fitted like that? Probably two medium lasers is more thematic but the heat burden would be intolerable.

Sair posted:

Turn 4, Cicada eats a gauss and disintegrates.

ZeeToo posted:

Turn 3, Cicada gets headcapped

PoptartsNinja posted:

Turn 1 critical hit, nice!

Edit: Update delayed because lpix is undergoing maintenance and the map's too big for a less awesome source.

jng2058 posted:

I'm going with this being a ROM op. In the regular continuity, when ROM hit the NAIS under Myndo's orders false-flagged as Liao's Death Commandos, they had the same auto-self destruct systems running.

Now, whether or not the ROM team is acting under Primus Tiepolo's orders or, as with Myndo pulling the rug out from under him in the regular storyline someone taking orders from the Blakes is running the op remains to be seen. But dollars to donuts that's Comstar trained an equipped ROM agents in those very explodey 'mechs.

Affi posted:

I'm leaning heavily towards Amaris is incontrol of this alternate universes "blakists" and has comstar infiltrated to a high degree. This is very worrying because if Comstar still has their secret fleet then I bet you Amaris has a small fleet of warships of his own.

PoptartsNinja posted:

drat, the communication this match is really telling, it's like watching a bunch of `Mechs in parade formation.

I may have to introduce some chaos little earlier than I was expecting.

Defiance Industries posted:

The real reason the WoR needed to happen is that there were simply way too many goddamn Clans and a lot of them were so gimmicky that it made no sense they still existed (CIH, CFM for example). Housecleaning was needed.

PoptartsNinja posted:

Alright, orders are in, update will be soon (60-90 minutes unless something comes up), and the players have hit upon the winning strategy.

Time to withdraw and introduce the Assault lance.

PoptartsNinja posted:

M4 Cicada
- Torso twists to threaten hex 0310!
- Fires PPC at A2 Commando (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 8): rolled 11, hit Rear Center Torso (0/4 armor, 2/8 structure remains)! Critical chance!
- Gains 12 heat, sinks 11!


A2 Commando
- Critical chance in Center Torso! No critical hits sustained!

Angry_Ed posted:

Since I keep forgetting how much stuff costs in C-Bills, did you mean that it's way too little money for something so high-value as stealing a jumpship, or that it's just way too little money in general?