Ferrosol posted:

Ooh retro Hammer, I love the Hammer. I wonder how this one is statted up compared to its later tech canon version.

Ferrosol posted:

Ooh retro Hammer, I love the Hammer. I wonder how this one is statted up compared to its later tech canon version.

quote:

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.

cafel posted:

Huh, going from piloting a Marauder in a tight arena to a Spider in a vast open field. Should be an interesting change of pace, I hope the speed doesn't go to my head.

landcollector posted:

Actually, I think the Marian Hegemony is the slaveholding one.

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?

Andrevian posted:

Ah. That's right.

Crap. What was the Concordat again? Were they the space libertarians?

Felime posted:

Speed is life

Ferrosol posted:

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.

Felime posted:

M1) SHD-2H Shadow Hawk Lieutenant S.G. Erasmus Chatzi (Sair)

pre:

55 tons
Movement: 5/8/3
Heat Sinks: 12
Internal: 91
Armor: 152/185 

Weapons      Loc Heat
Medium Laser RA 3
Autocannon/5 LT 1
LRM 5        RT 2
SRM 2        HD 2
 
Ammo       Loc Shots
AC/5 Ammo  LT  20
LRM 5 Ammo RT  24
SRM 2 Ammo CT  50

Sair, you lucky dog! You get to pilot a Shadow Hawk, possibly the best mech in the inner-sph- Ok. I can't say that with a straight face. The Shadow Hawk is an all-rounder, equally incompetent at all ranges. It has decent mobility, but mostly useless jump jets. In a fight like this, though, it's got some serious advantages, mainly from being heavier than a lot of the things on the battlefield. Let's go over your advantages:

Heat: You won't have to worry about it unless you start taking engine hits. With your abundant ammo supplies, you don't have to feel guilty about firing anything that can possibly hit.

Weapons: For a fight like this, you've got a halfway decent punch. I'd recommend getting in close so you can bring the medium laser and SRM2 into play. The AC/5 is actually fairly effective close in, unless you're right next to the enemy.

Armor: You've got a decent bit. You can take some hits that could cripple the lighter mechs without any trouble, mainly PPC hits.

Rhobot Mk. II posted:

We've got a lance of mechs with very different talents , and walking around with a 200 damage bomb in my CT means that ammo is going out the chute turn one, if not before.

If I run into infantry, I'm running the gently caress away and going to call on my buddy Hermes II for . There's no way I'm hanging out within range 3 of -anything-.

Rhobot Mk. II posted:

We've got a lance of mechs with very different talents , and walking around with a 200 damage bomb in my CT means that ammo is going out the chute turn one, if not before.

If I run into infantry, I'm running the gently caress away and going to call on my buddy Hermes II for . There's no way I'm hanging out within range 3 of -anything-.

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.

Rhobot Mk. II posted:

I wonder if PTN will let me come onto the field with the ammo already dumped and -maybe- 2 rounds in the bin.

Felime posted:

STN-1S Sentinel
Sentinel STN-3L

My condolences. This is a sentinel. It's another AC/5 mech

PoptartsNinja posted:

No it isn't.

Felime posted:

Sorry about that. The mech list I had didn't have the 1S so I made it out of the 3L and forgot to change the name when I copied the list.

There's a canon STN-1S, the tech 1 Steiner prototype, which is what I put in there. If this is a refit, then it might be useful.

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Sentinel

Ferrosol posted:

nah the Concordat are the space or the space texans or possibly both

Basically they believe the davions are always out to get them and are prepared to nuke the hell out of anyone who tries to take their JerbsPlanets

PoptartsNinja posted:

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

quote:

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.

quote:

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.

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.

LeschNyhan posted:

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

Sair posted:

Awww yeah, it's Shadow Hawk time.


I'm pretty much always on IRC.

Slaan posted:

Whats the IRC then?

Rhobot Mk. II posted:

Thanks PTN! I tried to make the refit match the 'spirit' of the original, while keeping in mind how much time and money serious refit would require. I can actually see a tech performing this kind of a straight-forward hack-job.

Edit: Changed it after looking at Strategic Operations re-fit rules. This is now a Class B modification.

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.

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.