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wiegieman
Apr 22, 2010

Royalty is a continuous cutting motion


Xarbala posted:

People who genuinely thought the Argo broke the setting were wildly exaggerating. It's because it has a piece of equipment that wasn't canon as of the release of the game: an extra K-F boom that allows a smaller dropship to latch onto it while it's hooked up to a jumpship (it's how the Leopard sticks onto the Argo whenever it's not in use).

There was then a sourcebook released that gave rules for the equipment in question.

Battletech has some of the most brokebrained fans I've ever seen, for anything.

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wiegieman
Apr 22, 2010

Royalty is a continuous cutting motion


A Merc company is probably the single edge case where the Argo is worth the trouble.

wiegieman
Apr 22, 2010

Royalty is a continuous cutting motion


Battletech has practical high energy density fusion engines so orbital lift is cheap.

wiegieman
Apr 22, 2010

Royalty is a continuous cutting motion


Technowolf posted:

Land-to-space weapons are also very expensive (and most are probably lostech at this point), so Planet Bumfuck in the middle of the periphery isn't gonna have anything capable of shooting down the Argo.

Hell, most planets in the core of the Successor States probably don't have that capability.

The successor states just tell the jumpships not to carry you anywhere and they're too big of customers to say no to. Either you starve to death out in space, or you land and they drop a real military unit on you, or eventually one of their warships swings by and kills you.

As far as the people who matter care, the Argo is full of good contractors who can work dispassionately and keep their mouths shut.

wiegieman
Apr 22, 2010

Royalty is a continuous cutting motion


Don't people have, like, rights and stuff in the Magicstracy? They'll probably tax you some but you could likely keep most of it. There are some neutral planets like Solaris that let people settle down with wealth too.

wiegieman
Apr 22, 2010

Royalty is a continuous cutting motion


PMush Perfect posted:

Hahaha, this loving Flashpoint. :allears:

"ALL OF THE INNER SPHERE WILL HATE YOU."

Reputation Loss: Federated Suns, -3

The FS are poorly educated enough to think they're the whole inner sphere, so that scans.

wiegieman
Apr 22, 2010

Royalty is a continuous cutting motion


Take us to story mode because I've never actually finished the campaign

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wiegieman
Apr 22, 2010

Royalty is a continuous cutting motion


"Energized lightning." As opposed to regular lightning.

Come on guys, it was right there.

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