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As of Mr. Despair's post the vote count is as follows: A- 6 B- 1 C- 4 D- 7 E- 3
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I'm not really all that familiar with the actual timeline/history, but I agree that Choice A sounds intriguing. I'll toss my vote in for that one.
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May 22, 2011 04:10
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GhostStalker posted:a Dr. Banzai with the Helm Memory Core will be all sorts of hilarious. A
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May 22, 2011 04:12
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I know nothing about Battletech and don't know what most of these words mean, so I'll vote D.
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May 22, 2011 04:18
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D. Morgan Kell and Melissa Steiner deserve their own base.
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May 22, 2011 04:23
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A million times A. Upgrades for everyone!
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May 22, 2011 04:24
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I want to say A, and I think that one's gonna win regardless, but I look at the House Davion patch that I bought at the Chicago Battletech Center (may it rest in peace) so long ago, and I'm going to vote with my heart. C Sword and Sunburst forever!
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May 22, 2011 04:25
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This vote is making me deeply soul-search. I know everyone expects me to vote E. And frankly, the idea of a Steiner Family Reunion as Viper bondsmen makes me cackle like a hyena that just found a dead wildebeest. And yet... I cannot in good conscience do so. Why? Because Aldo Lestrade Must Die. I can countenance no option that has the strong possibility of solidifying his hold on power as E and the destruction of the hounds and banzai and capture of Melissa does. At the same time, I do not accept C. It is too much like the canon timeline, and I am in this for massive changes and awesomeness and forcing PTN to bendy-straw to avoid retreading too much ground does not sound like a good time to me. That leaves A, B, and D. I do not like B; the Heimdall base is probably compromised, and Lestrade capturing Melissa is not a starter. D I dislike, simply because throwing everything into the Capellan pot seems to be overkill. That leaves me with my choice: A. Helm in the Free Worlds’ League. Give Dr. Banzai the Helm Core. Comstar is too busy to suppress it. The Kell Hounds and Team Banzai with fully Lostech upgraded battlemechs will beat the living poo poo out of Lestrade's forces, and then be a match for the Clans. (But Muk? Why are you, a Steel Viper patriot, arguing for that? My answer: Have you been paying attention? The stronger the challenge, the greater the glory when it is overcome. Vote A. It is the best path to awesome fights in the future and off the hook political intrigue.) *Votes as of mine: A- 10 B- 1 C- 5 D- 9 E- 3 Mukaikubo fucked around with this message at 04:39 on May 22, 2011 |
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May 22, 2011 04:26
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Taerkar posted:Gonna throw my vote in for E because seriously, Dr. Banzai with the core. So Helm then New Avalon. E is the clanners, did you mean to vote A? I know next to nothing about canon, but after a brief perusal of sarna.net told me that Dr. Banzai is in fact named after Buckaroo and his team is responsible for the Hatchetman, I don't see how anything but giving him as much Lostech as possible to dink around with is even an option. A. Second choice would be D because that might get them more immediate tech and materiel, but giving the dude the manual for everything seems like the better option in the long run.
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May 22, 2011 04:34
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Gonna throw in with A for the chance of giving Doc Banzai the Helm Core and watching the potential ComStar clean-up/suppression attempt aimed at "mere pirates" meet elements from two friggin' elite units.
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May 22, 2011 04:36
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Octatonic posted:That's what I meant. They don't exist in this universe! Sure, the Widowmakers can have a cluster or something classified as dragoons or something, but you don't have Wolf's Dragoons: the political superpower of a mercenary unit that changes Combine doctrine forever and brings everyone to Outreach to shut up and actually fight the Clans. Anyway, on the basis that deviating as far as possible from canon events and important areas is the best course possible, let's go with B.
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May 22, 2011 04:37
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Mukaikubo posted:The stronger the challenge, the greater the glory when it's overcome. You have besmirched your honor by using Freebirth grammar! 
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May 22, 2011 04:38
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Polaron posted:You have besmirched your honor by using Freebirth grammar!  I will correct it. I stand ashamed before you all.
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May 22, 2011 04:39
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Going with A, Helm. Because why not?
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May 22, 2011 04:43
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Mukaikubo posted:
Such a taint on your honor shall be cleansed, provided you survive frontline battle in a Hunchback IIC. Edit: As of Trast's post, the revised standings: A- 15 B- 2 C- 5 D- 9 E- 3 landcollector fucked around with this message at 05:09 on May 22, 2011 |
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May 22, 2011 04:44
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Go to Helm. The Inner Sphere needs that memory core. It needs that cache of Star League era machinery. It needs every advantage it can get. Unfortunately the Helm core doesn't have the Royal stuff in it, but we'll take what we can get. A
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May 22, 2011 05:03
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Everyone loves upgrades. I'm voting A. Go to Helm, unleash the knowledge upon the galaxy in the form of Lostech firepower.
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May 22, 2011 05:07
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MJ12 posted:Unfortunately the Helm core doesn't have the Royal stuff in it, but we'll take what we can get. All we really need is an arbitrarily large supply of Flashman-8Ks and the war will win itself.
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May 22, 2011 05:18
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Dr. Banzai? Helm Core? A has my vote
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May 22, 2011 05:25
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VOTING A. While a big part of me wants to vote E so the Clans always have a Kell in them with the added hilarity of Salome Ward there as well, I like the idea of Melissa Steiner/Kell Hounds/Team Banzai finding a Memory Core along with a poo poo ton of Star League era mechs. Coupled with the regiments already under the Kell/Banzai command, they'd out gun even Wolf's Dragoons in it's heyday.
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May 22, 2011 05:28
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Capskye posted:I'm not really all that familiar with the actual timeline/history, but I agree that Choice A sounds intriguing. I'll toss my vote in for that one. So Dr Banzai is the awesome dude who makes hilarious special edition mechs that range between hilarious and hilariously awesome? Right? The plan is then to get him to unlock some super awesome technology from the old days? How can I resist? Choice A It will also help the Innersphere a heap if he can churn out designs for Gauss rifles and double heatsinks.
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May 22, 2011 05:29
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:So Dr Banzai is the awesome dude who makes hilarious special edition mechs that range between hilarious and hilariously awesome? Right? The plan is then to get him to unlock some super awesome technology from the old days? With a name like Doctor Banzai why do you think he'd make something as blase as a gauss rifle or double heatsink design? He'd probably make gauss heatsinks and double rifles or something. Which is even more reason to put him there.
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May 22, 2011 05:33
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MJ12 posted:With a name like Doctor Banzai why do you think he'd make something as blase as a gauss rifle or double heatsink design? Heavy double heatsink laser artillery? Anyway, sign me up x 5
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May 22, 2011 05:35
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A, because Dr. Banzai with all that delicious lostech = 
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May 22, 2011 05:56
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Based on responses so far, Choice A is easily winning.
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May 22, 2011 05:59
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A Because I don't know who this Dr. Banzai is or what's in the Helm memory core but I can't resist a name like BANZAI. EDIT: I mean in the game! I don't know what crazy nonsense he's known for as far as technological business is concerned. Runa fucked around with this message at 09:38 on May 22, 2011 |
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May 22, 2011 06:10
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D, for the independent base of operations (with a bonus of LosTech).
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May 22, 2011 06:15
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Jeez, gently caress, A/D/E. A would be incredible if we're not being pursued and have time to let Dr. Banzai do this thing. E would be pure hilarity. Crusader IS  D would be great too; time to set up a whole planet as a military base! But, then again, A itself is a hardened, massive military complex and if any of it survived then it would be a suitable base of operations although depending on who knows, it might just draw unwanted attention. I'm going to have to go with A.
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May 22, 2011 06:24
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E Let's see how hard we can break this timeline off even further from cannon.
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May 22, 2011 06:28
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B exposes Heimdall to an unsafe degree of risk; C is bound to end up turning the LC into a virtual client-state of the FedSuns, and E has the interesting possibility of bringing Caesar and Melissa together, sure, but I can't see it working out well. I like D, actually; A is another good choice but I kinda wanna see what happens if the FWL picks up the discovery themselves.
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May 22, 2011 06:46
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:Heavy double heatsink laser artillery? I like the way you think, my good Elder God. Put me down for the choice with the fewest votes, because I think I see a pattern developing and I don't want the least popular choice to be left out.
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May 22, 2011 06:47
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Buckaroo Bonzai takes the Helm? Voting A
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May 22, 2011 06:47
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Hmm.... Since we're nowhere near the proper timeline, gently caress Hanse Davion. He can help himself. Let's got raid the poo poo out of the (helpless, useless, purple) FWL, and go to HELM (option a)
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May 22, 2011 07:19
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E sounds like fun and I can't see how it could backfire 
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May 22, 2011 07:23
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T.G. Xarbala posted:A You need to go watch yourself some The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
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May 22, 2011 07:26
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A
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May 22, 2011 07:27
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I would love to see House Steiner and the Clans cooperate: However, that seems like more than a little bit of a forlorn hope. Let's go to Helm, and put a memory core in the hands of a technological innovator. A.
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May 22, 2011 07:31
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I'm tempted to do C, but in the end, this is a Steiner problem. We don't need to go crawling to another house for their help in fixing our own. Let's go A, get the equipment we need, and settle this thing.
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May 22, 2011 07:51
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I hate to jump on a bandwagon, but I feel A is a good choice. I assure you all that this vote is in no way affected by certain knowledge of future events which I may or may not possess.
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May 22, 2011 08:13
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I'm voting D since that just seems plain awesome and I otherwise know nothing about the locations and the groups in this universe. Also, on the off chance that things could somehow go long enough to get to me, sign me up to pilot! I could be playing in a mission alongside Vox!
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