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No, I did the same contingency orders. DFA the Seagull.
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Defiance Industries posted:Yeah, it's not so much the issue of the DropShip not being a threat on the way in. It's when the thing is down that it becomes easy to deal with (even moreso if you're a unit that typically has artillery assets attached).
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I voted, and my contingent orders were basically "FIRE EVERYTHING" and then die as I take a bunch of large lasers in the rear end from E1. It's a humble plan, but I'm proud of it.
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PoptartsNinja posted:Stop spoiling the final scenario! 
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I'm just giving you grief, man. There are only going to be five dropships on this map.
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I think I'm DFAing E1. I really do hope we went for this unanimously.
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the JJ posted:I really do hope we went for this unanimously. If it makes you feel any better, it'd be a good excuse for me to show off why coupling EI Implants with a Targeting Computer is broken as gently caress.
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the JJ posted:I think I'm DFAing E1. Otherwise we're going to be treated to the most expensive fireworks show ever. Airborne ammo-splosions! Edit: ...man, I kinda want to see the write-up for the Death Commandos all getting blown up mid-jump, near simultaneously.
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Heh. Cross post from the D&D political pictures thread: quote:The Age THE VCE exam body has been left red faced after a doctored artwork depicting a huge robot helping socialist revolutionaries during the Russian Revolution was accidentally included in this year’s year 12 history exam taken by 5700 students.
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Zeroisanumber posted:Heh. Cross post from the D&D political pictures thread: Bonus points for using an Unseen 'mech. Props to the photoshopper, and to whomever snuck that into that test. It's not as though any of the students would have taken the 'mech-based alteration seriously... right?
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That's fuckin' hilarious. God, our educational system today!
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Zeroisanumber posted:Heh. Cross post from the D&D political pictures thread: Holy gently caress, that's 
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That's clearly an officer's Battlepod. 
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jng2058 posted:That's fuckin' hilarious. God, our educational system today! Victoria confirmed for best tertiary exam thingy.
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SynthOrange posted:That's clearly an officer's Battlepod. Get. The gently caress. OUT.
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SynthOrange posted:That's clearly an officer's Battlepod. Oh, you people and your silly gundams. 
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I wonder if any of the kids had the balls to just write a little alternate history essay instead.
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SynthOrange posted:That's clearly an officer's Battlepod. You would have flunked that test and been doomed to a life of penury and manual labor. Keep that in mind the next time you think about spreading such execrable statements.
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SynthOrange posted:That's clearly an officer's Battlepod. There are no officers in the Glorious People's Revolution, only good proletarian Marauders who have been repurposed to spread the Socialist message through brick walls and at ranges greater than 1500m. 
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Zeroisanumber posted:There are no officers in the Glorious People's Revolution, only good proletarian Marauders who have been repurposed to spread the Socialist message through brick walls and at ranges greater than 1500m. What weapon in BT has a 50 hex range? None that I know of.
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landcollector posted:What weapon in BT has a 50 hex range? None that I know of. nPPC.
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TildeATH posted:nPPC. thats 50 space hexes
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landcollector posted:What weapon in BT has a 50 hex range? None that I know of. That depends on whether or not you own TacOps.
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Defiance Industries posted:That depends on whether or not you own TacOps. Oh, I do. I'm aware of the Extreme Range and LOS range optional rules, but I am sticking to official standard ranges for the moment. Also, Extreme Range is barely useable without something like C3 and LOS range is not at all worth it.
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Defiance Industries posted:That depends on whether or not you own TacOps. The way you say this makes me imagine one side in-universe lamenting the enemy having extreme range and they don't because their commander didn't own tacops.
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I'm sorry, you're all wrong, it's clearly a Glaug.
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You know, if they were going for the Kerensky joke they really should've used an Orion. Just saying.
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Rorac posted:The way you say this makes me imagine one side in-universe lamenting the enemy having extreme range and they don't because their commander didn't own tacops. That's exactly how I play, but it's pretty well-documented how much I hate FUCKIN POOR PEOPLE. Oh what, I bought JHS: Terra? Looks like all my pilots are now hyped advanced cyborgs backed up by drone mechs. PAY 2 WIN BITCHES.
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Oh, and you WILL pay to win, Defiance. They make you pay through the loving nose in BV for MD implants. Enjoy your mechs costing ~2x their base BV..... before you even touch their Piloting/Gunnery scores.
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SynthOrange posted:That's clearly an officer's Battlepod. I love how mad people got about this comment. Sorry everyone, a Valkyrie is actually a VF-1S and you can all deal with it also I'm sort of glad Dr. Banzai disappeared because man early BT was just asking for a huge wave of copyright lawsuits. That said, Harmony Gold can die in a fire.
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Psion posted:I love how mad people got about this comment. I think everyone was just kidding. I know I was.
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Psion posted:I love how mad people got about this comment. Sorry everyone, a Valkyrie is actually a VF-1S and you can all deal with it Early Battletech actually licensed those designs from the company that made them (and those crazy redesigns from the Japanese release of Battletech were done by the same company). In fact, the company Harmony Gold got their rights from (the TV station that aired Macross) recently lost them in Japanese court. dis astranagant fucked around with this message at 21:10 on Nov 15, 2012 |
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Psion posted:I love how mad people got about this comment. Sorry everyone, a Valkyrie is actually a VF-1S and you can all deal with it
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Psion posted:early BT was just asking for a huge wave of copyright lawsuits It's not just early BattleTech, but they've pretty much nipped that in the bud. From memory: - The Battletech Universe takes a lot of its cues from Dune (so do many other works, including Fading Suns and Star Wars) - The Unseen - Dr. Banzai -> Buckaroo Banzai - Natasha "The Black Widow" Kerensky -> Marvel's Natasha "The Black Widow" Romanov - Spider (Battlemech) -> Spider Man (stylistically). It's more of a homage, though - Venom (Battlemech) -> Venom (oh look it's a bigger spider!  )- Alexander loving Kerensky Now, for other things that are a stretch: - Various other `Mechs have been named after Marvel superheroes, but this gets a pass because the Shadowcat is awesome and superhero names are silly enough that it could be coincidence. - Hanse Davion is King Arthur - Ardan Sortek is Sir Lancelot - Melissa Steiner is Gwenhwyfar (thankfully this plotline was interrupted by THE CLANS and Ardan Sortek was never seen again and nothing came of this OR DID IT?!) - Morgan Hasek-Davion is Gawain - Victor Steiner-Davion is Mordred (and brought about the doom of - Katherine is also Mordred - Max Liao (Sword and the Dagger, 1987) is basically Lo Pan (1986) crossed with Fu Manchu (1933, most recent movie in 1980), but this doesn't really count. - Janos Marik is also someone but I forget who OH WAIT SPACE 80s, HE'S LENIN
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So any girl with green eyes in Draconis Suns territory is basically screwed? God I love 80s space opera 
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Shoeless posted:Oh, and you WILL pay to win, Defiance. They make you pay through the loving nose in BV for MD implants. Enjoy your mechs costing ~2x their base BV..... before you even touch their Piloting/Gunnery scores. That's only if the other guy bought a book with the rules to explain BV.
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What about those flying 'mechs that are either Gundams, Robotech, or Transformers?
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Actually, I take it back. Janos Marik isn't Lenin (except for the completely bald version of his character that shows up later in the Warrior Trilogy). No, Janos Marik is really Charlton Heston (as Cardinal Richelieu)  Edit: Also, everyone evil in Battletech has a widow's peak big enough to give Vegeta a run for his money.
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