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D! Umlauts and terr'ism! A little down the line, we can see our boys playing Far Clantry too. But for now, umlaut. Now, something that's been bugging me. How Awesome is the Awesome, anyway? Highly specialized machines do better than the usual IS "let's install an rear end-facing laser" nonsense, right? And you don't get much more specialized than three shots of the "I'll make you watch you wet yourself" gun. EDIT: Balls almighty, a new page. Welp, better provide something. I hope this isn't a repost. Picked it up off of the some imageboard somewhere a while back.  (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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I'm voting D because it sounds intriguing and ComStar will be there next turn most likely.
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Apr 21, 2011 03:46
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Zaodai posted:Conveniently, Operation Himinbjörg translates literally to "Operation Gratuitous Umlaut". It's the name of the castle of the Norse god Heimdallr. Given the context, probably a raid on ComStar for some juicy forbidden knowledge. Obviously D is the best choice.
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Apr 21, 2011 03:50
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I'm going to vote D as well.
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Apr 21, 2011 03:56
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Mark another one for D. It is still too early to play with LosTech.
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Apr 21, 2011 04:08
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I feel... I... ... I switch from A to D. I must know what Heimdall is doing. 
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Apr 21, 2011 04:13
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D too! Terrorism and mechs sounds like fun.
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Apr 21, 2011 04:14
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I am really, strongly tempted to vote A, but I think I am going to have to vote D. Curiosity killed the Mad Cat.
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Apr 21, 2011 04:17
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Mukaikubo posted:I feel... Knowing that C won't win this and that ComGuard will be an option down the line (it always is), I guess I shall join you. Switching from A to D. I was thinking about it all day, but now I am actually doing this. A-38 B-3 C-20 D-41
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Apr 21, 2011 04:20
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This is an absolutely incredible last second surge of support for D. Unprecendented. I hope PTN did not get halfway through typing an update already.
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Apr 21, 2011 04:21
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Wow, people actually don't want to advance a step up the tech ladder to Comstar's Star League-vintage mechs? 3 scenarios with crappy Succession Wars-era tech isn't enough for you? Oh well, let the votes speak for themselves...whatever the result, it will be interesting to see what PTN has in store for us.
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Apr 21, 2011 04:22
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Mukaikubo posted:The current unofficial returns are in, folks, and we have a real nailbiter on our hands. It is a three way race, even though Himinbjorg is trailing they could still mount a major push to catch up with the Scorpion Uhlans and the Comguards. And from the mouths of bondsmen...
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Apr 21, 2011 04:22
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Voting D let's see some toys.
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Apr 21, 2011 04:24
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Bozart posted:Voting D let's see some toys. A would be the one with the toys. Just sayin' EDIT: I already voted, this isn't a vote (in the interests of not throwing off the count)
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Apr 21, 2011 04:28
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Yeah, D is a privately funded splinter group; they're going to be a big step down from the 2nd Donegal.
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Apr 21, 2011 04:29
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Really, I only voted for them because I've halfway convinced myself that they're going to pilot mechs with fantasy-viking helms and have a skald along to compose an epic poem about the whole event.
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Apr 21, 2011 04:31
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wiegieman posted:It's the name of the castle of the Norse god Heimdallr. Given the context, probably a raid on ComStar for some juicy forbidden knowledge. That's a very interesting idea, glad I voted for this one. I'll probably go C next time, I'm not at all interested in the ComGuard tbh.
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Apr 21, 2011 04:35
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It's funny, every time I vote for a faction, it ends up losing at the last second (except for the first vote, where I was the only one to vote for the Davion Heavy Guard). "We'll get to them next time" is going to bite you all in the rear end when next time never gets here. =P
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Apr 21, 2011 04:36
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Voting A so we can say the Com Guards were used, notice how crazy they are, and then Murder them as the Clans.
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Apr 21, 2011 04:39
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Zaodai posted:It's funny, every time I vote for a faction, it ends up losing at the last second (except for the first vote, where I was the only one to vote for the Davion Heavy Guard). To be fair, this time it's the Com Guard. Unless things go incredibly badly incredibly quickly, they will always be there next time. That said, I stand by my vote of A. We need to engage the Clanners on more equal footing and rescue Waterly before the Clans drain her dry.
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Apr 21, 2011 04:41
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Since we can play Bobbin's mission later, I will also switch my vote from C to D.
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Apr 21, 2011 04:41
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landcollector posted:Wow, people actually don't want to advance a step up the tech ladder to Comstar's Star League-vintage mechs? 3 scenarios with crappy Succession Wars-era tech isn't enough for you? Oh well, let the votes speak for themselves...whatever the result, it will be interesting to see what PTN has in store for us. We want pretzels and beer. Is that too much to ask?!
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Apr 21, 2011 04:43
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How did it slip my mind never to sign up for the endless pilot list?? Count me in, PTN; if there's even an off chance of getting a mech headshotted in public, I want it. Voting A. Com Guards amuse me. Edit: I am available whenever and have PMs. Not the busiest fellow these days. LegioPraetoria fucked around with this message at 04:48 on Apr 21, 2011 |
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Apr 21, 2011 04:45
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Polaron posted:We need to engage the Clanners on more equal footing and rescue Waterly before the Clans drain her dry. Let 'em, it can only lead to hilarious episodes of Clan Park where new sibkos learn "THIS IS WHAT INNER SPHEROIDS REALLY BELIEVE"
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Apr 21, 2011 04:49
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Zaodai posted:It's funny, every time I vote for a faction, it ends up losing at the last second (except for the first vote, where I was the only one to vote for the Davion Heavy Guard). Switching from A to D
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Apr 21, 2011 04:49
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Polaron posted:To be fair, this time it's the Com Guard. Unless things go incredibly badly incredibly quickly, they will always be there next time. Doing some meta speculation, based on the brilliant insight by wiegieman above that the terrorists are going to steal something off comguard, we actually have a rather cool meta-choice here. If we rescue Waterly, the religious elements of Comstar will get a boost. However, if waterly dies and.. say.. a Comstar memory core is handed over, the secular, open elements of Comstar will get a boost. So voting for Comstar now is voting for a religious Comstar, whereas if you want a purely athesistic evil megacorporation, you can vote for the terrorists! Total speculation though and probably bullshit
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Apr 21, 2011 04:53
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:Doing some meta speculation, based on the brilliant insight by wiegieman above that the terrorists are going to steal something off comguard, we actually have a rather cool meta-choice here. I am still betting that the Heimdall mission is either: 1. Duke Lestrade Must Die 2. (wildcard) Katrina Steiner has been replaced by a double. The real Archon must be restored to the throne by any means necessary. I am likely wrong.
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Apr 21, 2011 04:54
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Notgothic posted:Let 'em, it can only lead to hilarious episodes of Clan Park where new sibkos learn "THIS IS WHAT INNER SPHEROIDS REALLY BELIEVE" Will video surveillance tapes of Caesar end up being their version of Mandingo?
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Apr 21, 2011 04:55
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Polaron posted:To be fair, this time it's the Com Guard. Unless things go incredibly badly incredibly quickly, they will always be there next time. The ComGuard may be better suited to fight the Clans than the Great Houses, but they're still not at parity with the Clans, and their stockpiles are (theoretically) limited. Sooner or later, they're either going to get rolled or their mission will be so lopsided it will be irrelevant that they have lostech to use. A single Level II against a cluster of 'mechs and REDACTED or the like. Props to Felime for the spite vote though. Doing it to be a dick is still a better reason than "Meh, we can delay them as long as we want". =P [EDIT] And there's always the chance that you stall so long the Wobbies say gently caress your poo poo and start a ComStar civil war. So it's not really a "religious ComStar vs atheist ComStar" approach for certain. Zaodai fucked around with this message at 04:59 on Apr 21, 2011 |
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Apr 21, 2011 04:57
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T.G. Xarbala posted:How Awesome is the Awesome, anyway? In my experience Awesomes are pretty awesome indeed. Like any specialized mech, they excel at their role, which is shooting from mid-long range, but being an assault class mech they can take more punishment than a catapult or rifleman. Get in close against them with a short-range loadout and they will suffer, but that's true of any long-range mech and a couple token medium lasers won't change that. Especially when one is installed backwards.
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Apr 21, 2011 04:58
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Zaodai posted:Props to Felime for the spite vote though. Doing it to be a dick is still a better reason than "Meh, we can delay them as long as we want". =P Yeah, Honestly, the time of lovely IS machines being useless at eachother won't last long either, I'll certainly be voting for comstar before any other combat with the clans.
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Apr 21, 2011 05:02
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:Doing some meta speculation, based on the brilliant insight by wiegieman above that the terrorists are going to steal something off comguard, we actually have a rather cool meta-choice here. The thing is though if we don't vote for the ComGuard now who's to say the mission changes when we get a chance to vote for them later? It could end up still being the same mission just with altered conditions, in effect making Myndo Waterly a Schrodinger's Lunatic.
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Apr 21, 2011 05:02
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Zaodai posted:Props to Felime for the spite vote though. Doing it to be a dick is still a better reason than "Meh, we can delay them as long as we want". =P Not gonna lie, it's kinda fun to not like you. On the plus side (for you), you now have a great power to influence votes!
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Apr 21, 2011 05:02
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Zaodai posted:The ComGuard may be better suited to fight the Clans than the Great Houses, but they're still not at parity with the Clans, and their stockpiles are (theoretically) limited. Sooner or later, they're either going to get rolled or their mission will be so lopsided it will be irrelevant that they have lostech to use. A single Level II against a cluster of 'mechs and REDACTED or the like. ComStar's limits aren't materiel (the Sol system has an industrial output that's like Hesperus and Luthien and Irian combined) but their really small number of experienced troops. Once ComStar exhausts the mercenary units they have absorbed and their ROM commandos, they're going to have to start arming the Houses just because they don't have anyone left who can hit a stationary target.
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Apr 21, 2011 05:04
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This is like election day results only with Comguards vote acutally saving the IS and D being some lyran circle jerk 
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Apr 21, 2011 05:06
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Pretty sure if the ComGuard win without Focht around we just trade one evil overlord for another.
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Apr 21, 2011 05:09
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Defiance Industries posted:Pretty sure if the ComGuard win without Focht around we just trade one evil overlord for another. Operation Scorpion, everybody. In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only The Phone Company.
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Notgothic posted:Not gonna lie, it's kinda fun to not like you. On the plus side (for you), you now have a great power to influence votes! Oh, I know. I don't mind the thread hating on me. I get to be a dick and everybody else gets to be a dick back. It works out fine. At least you can always count on there being one dissenting opinion.  Plus when stuff isn't up for vote, I do actually contribute something to go with it. Defiance Industries posted:ComStar's limits aren't materiel (the Sol system has an industrial output that's like Hesperus and Luthien and Irian combined) but their really small number of experienced troops. Once ComStar exhausts the mercenary units they have absorbed and their ROM commandos, they're going to have to start arming the Houses just because they don't have anyone left who can hit a stationary target. This is part of what I meant by stockpiles, but as far as materiel itself goes, PTN suggested that ComStar is currently fighting using it's fractured garrison units, not the Armies of the ComGuard. This gives them a much weaker supply chain and pool of weapons and support to pull from than we might normally picture them having right now.
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Apr 21, 2011 05:12
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I'm not sure you can count murdered children as a contribution as such, Zaodai 
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Gay Abortions, if you're reading this we have a small matter of a bet to settle. While neat toys would be fun to see, a good scenario is even more so. And nothing is more fun than seeing a rag-tag band of terrorists do a hit & run strike against technologically superior, arrogant opponent. Besides it's our best opportunity to actually do collateral damage instead of trying to prevent it. Here's hoping the correct scenario wins.
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