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SIGSEGV posted:Let's turn the Stalker into an ostrich by grafting a LAM torso where its head was. propatriamori posted:we could cobble together another godawful frankenmech for them! There's lots of parts strewn all around here! Can we somehow frankenmech the Stalker into something that looks like that?
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PoptartsNinja posted:Oh, I haven't played 40k since... 4th edition? I got frustrated by the way Games Workshop releases codexes and WYSIWYG has always bothered me. I've never played either, but I do sorta enjoy the fluff. Oh well, WH40k is very much about Your Dudes. We could just Make poo poo Up.
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fwiw, Tex of Tex Talks Battletech ran a Dark Heresy campaign recently. and it is hilarious, well worth checking out ("Magistratum Mundanus", a WH40K police procedural).
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Kesper North posted:fwiw, Tex of Tex Talks Battletech ran a Dark Heresy campaign recently. and it is hilarious, well worth checking out ("Magistratum Mundanus", a WH40K police procedural). Nice crossover! I want to check out campaign videos, but they're always so long. 30 minutes is my limit. 40 minutes I might stretch to. An hour is too much. Anything beyond is an automatic "No". Reading something that's several hours long is fine, but watching something for that long makes me antsy.
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painedforever posted:Nice crossover! Theres no visuals. Its basically an audio book. Also Grigglack son of Grigglack flies on real bird
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...i'm realizing that i would probably listen to a battletech rpg / wargame campaign. is there an untapped niche in the Charismatic Actors / Comedians Play RPGs space? are podcasts lostech?
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Worse, podcasts are premium space Comcast content with the monthly subscription costs and (lack of) quality that implies
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Ad-free podcasts are LosTech.
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propatriamori posted:...i'm realizing that i would probably listen to a battletech rpg / wargame campaign. is there an untapped niche in the Charismatic Actors / Comedians Play RPGs space? One of the Penny Arcade guys has a campaign based on a mashup of Alpha Strike/MW Destiny. I haven't had time to listen, so I can't speak for much beyond it existing, but it might be up your alley.
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Showdown at High Noon 4-14 The final Land-Air ‘Mech crumpled into a barely-recognizable heap. Smoke poured from the shattered wreckage, but the fires died quickly enough in Frigid’s extreme cold. Syntyche brought her BattleMaster to a slow stop. “Alright, time to pack it in. Grandpa, take the others and secure the perimeter while the marines do their work. Ravager, I want you up the boarding ramp—your Thunderbolt’s a lot more imposing than a Falcon, and I’d rather make sure the turncoat doesn’t have second thoughts.” she ordered. “I need to call mother duck.” “Understood,” Theo radioed; followed shortly by Ravager’s “Aye.” “Obligation-4 to Dimetrodon,” She switched to the command frequency. Their communications would all be monitored by the Dimetrodon regardless, but Commander Ryoji wasn’t the type to distract a combat team unless some new, immediately pertinent information came in—like a second DropShip landing in the A.O. “Mission successful. Enemy Union-class is tentatively secured, all ‘Mech forces downed. Waiting on the boarding teams. The locals put in good work, which means we need to decide how to settle the bill. What are the odds of talking Commander Shearer off of the Bichon Frisé?” “… Slim.” Came the slightly delayed response. “Why?” “That’s what I expected,” Syntyche took a deep breath. “We owe the locals a DropShip for their help. They’d like to make a run for JàrnFòlk space on the next trader, and Dimetrodon will make that more—” “I’m not giving up my ship, Lieutenant.” Syntyche winced. Commander Ryoji sounded furious. “The Key Largo only has three docking rings,” Syntyche had been preparing for this argument for weeks. “And we need to get this ship back to Epsilon Pegasus. As captain of the prize crew, they’ll almost certainly let you retain command once Intelligence has had a chance to pick the computers apart—which means a brevet promotion to full Captain at a minimum for you and prize bonuses for the entire Dimetrodon crew.” She pressed a little harder, “We need the Goddess Orinoco’s reaction mass to make it back safely; and the survey teams aren’t going to want to give up the comparative luxury of the Bichon Frisé for a Confederate. It’s a loss—but we’d be losing something no matter what.” “… Understood, Lieutenant.” The commander’s reply was a long time coming. She still sounded furious, but she’d relented. The captains would likely talk things out amongst themselves—in truth, turning over the Buccaneer-class Bichon Frisé would be preferable to losing a combat vessel, both for the SLDF and for the locals who’d net a larger, easier to fly ship out of the bargain—but having two command crews aboard unfamiliar ships could create complications. “We’ll review our options and get back to you.”    Movement Phase [n/a] AeroSpace Movement Phase [n/a] Shooting Phase Hoplite (Player) - Reverses arms! - Fires Medium Laser at Unknown Medium LAM (2 Gunnery + 2 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 airborne target = 7): rolled 9, hit Left Torso (6/12 structure remaining)! Crit! - - Unknown Medium LAM suffers a critical chance in Left Torso: rolled 7, no critical hits sustained! - Fires Medium Laser at Unknown Medium LAM (2 Gunnery + 2 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 airborne target = 7): rolled 9, hit Left Leg (0/15 armor remaining)! - Fires Medium Laser at Unknown Medium LAM (2 Gunnery + 2 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 airborne target = 7): rolled 8, hit Right Leg (1/15 armor remaining)! - Fires LB-10X [Cluster] at Unknown Medium LAM (2 Gunnery + 0 range + 0 movement + 2 enemy movement - 2 cluster vs airborne target = 2): rolled 9, with a cluster roll of 6: 6 submunitions hit Left Torso (5/12 structure remaining (Crit!)), Right Leg (0/15 armor remaining), Right Torso (10/18 armor remaining), Left Torso (4/12 structure remaining (Crit!)), Left Torso (3/12 structure remaining), Right Arm (3/10 armor remaining)! - - PTN’s note: Sorry, I forgot about the cluster munitions FLAK bonus vs. airborne targets until now. - - Unknown Medium LAM suffers a critical chance in Left Torso: rolled 7, no critical hits sustained! - - Unknown Medium LAM suffers a critical chance in Left Torso: rolled 6, no critical hits sustained! - - Unknown Medium LAM suffers a critical chance in Left Torso: rolled 3, no critical hits sustained! - gains 11 heat, sinks 16! Rifleman (Player) - Fires ER Large Laser at Unknown Medium LAM (4 Gunnery + 2 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 heat - 2 airborne target = 8): rolled 7, missed! - Fires ER Large Laser at Unknown Medium LAM (4 Gunnery + 2 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 heat - 2 airborne target = 8): rolled 7, missed! - Fires Ultra AC-5 [Ultra] at Unknown Medium LAM (4 Gunnery + 2 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 heat - 2 airborne target = 8): rolled 5, missed! - Fires Ultra AC-5 [Ultra] at Unknown Medium LAM (4 Gunnery + 2 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 heat - 2 airborne target = 8): rolled 5, missed! - gains 29 heat, sinks 20! Overheating! Ostsol (Player) - Fires Large Pulse Laser at Unknown Medium LAM (3 gunnery + 0 range + 2 movement +2 enemy movement + 1 airborne target - 2 pulse laser = 6): Rolled 7, hit Left Torso (0/12 structure remaining)! Torso destroyed! - - 6 damage transfers to Center Torso (7/23 armor remaining)! - Fires Large Pulse Laser at Unknown Medium LAM (3 gunnery + 0 range + 2 movement +2 enemy movement + 1 airborne target - 2 pulse laser = 6): rolled 7, hit Center Torso (0/23 armor, 6/16 structure remaining)! Crit! - - Unknown Medium LAM suffers a critical chance in Center Torso: rolled 8, 1 critical hit sustained! - - - Rolled 6: lower. Rolled 5: Landing Gear destroyed! - Fires Medium Laser at Unknown Medium LAM (3 gunnery + 0 range + 2 movement +2 enemy movement + 1 airborne target = 8): rolled 11, hit Left Leg (7/12 structure remaining)! Crit! - - Unknown Medium LAM suffers a critical chance in Left Leg: rolled 9, 1 critical hit sustained! - - - Rolled 3: Lower Leg Actuator damaged! - Fires Medium Laser at Unknown Medium LAM (3 gunnery + 0 range + 2 movement +2 enemy movement + 1 airborne target = 8): rolled 4, missed! - gains 28 heat, sinks 32! Thunderbolt (Player) - Fires Large Laser at Unknown Medium LAM (3 Gunnery + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 airborne target + 1 heat = 9): rolled 6, missed! - Fires Medium Laser at Unknown Medium LAM (3 Gunnery + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 airborne target + 1 heat = 9): rolled 9, hit Right Arm (0/10 armor, 6/8 structure remaining)! Crit! - - Unknown Medium LAM suffers a critical chance in Center Torso: rolled 7, no critical hit sustained! - Fires Machine Gun at Unknown Medium LAM (3 Gunnery + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 airborne target + 1 heat = 9): rolled 10, hit Right Torso (8/18 armor remaining)! - Fires Machine Gun at Unknown Medium LAM (3 Gunnery + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 airborne target + 1 heat = 9): rolled 8, missed! - Fires Machine Gun at Unknown Medium LAM (3 Gunnery + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 airborne target + 1 heat = 9): rolled 6, missed! - gains 13 heat, sinks 16! Overheating! BattleMaster (Player) - Fires PPC at Unknown Medium LAM (3 Gunnery + 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 airborne target = 7): rolled 9, hit Center Torso (0/23 armor, 5/16 structure remaining)! Crit! - - Unknown Medium LAM suffers a critical chance in Center Torso: rolled 8, 1 critical hit sustained! - - - Rolled 6: lower. Rolled 3: Engine hit! - Fires Large Pulse Laser at - Fires Medium Laser at Unknown Medium LAM (3 Gunnery + 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 airborne target - 2 pulse laser = 5): rolled 7, hit Center Torso (0/16 structure remaining)! LAM Destroyed! - Fires Medium Laser at Unknown Medium LAM (3 Gunnery + 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 airborne target = 7): rolled 7, hit Left Leg (2/12 structure remaining)! - Fires Medium Laser at Unknown Medium LAM (3 Gunnery + 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 airborne target = 7): rolled 2, missed! - Fires Medium Laser at Unknown Medium LAM (3 Gunnery + 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 airborne target = 7): rolled 3, missed! - Fires Medium Laser at Unknown Medium LAM (3 Gunnery + 0 range + 1 movement + 2 enemy movement + 1 airborne target = 7): rolled 7, hit Center Torso! - gains 32 heat, sinks 34! Unknown Medium LAM - Fires ER Large Laser at Ostsol (3 gunnery + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 7, hit Left Leg (9/22 armor remaining)! - Fires Medium Laser at Ostsol (3 gunnery + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 4, missed! - Fires Medium Laser at Ostsol (3 gunnery + 0 range + 2 movement + 2 enemy movement = 7): rolled 10, hit Left Leg (4/22 armor remaining)! - Gains 25 heat, sinks 22! Overheating! Marsden CWT #1 (Ally) - Fires Medium Rifle at Unknown Medium LAM! Marsden CWT #2 (Ally) - Fires Medium Rifle at Unknown Medium LAM! Heavy Tracked APC #1 (Ally) - Holds fire! SnowCAT #1 (Ally) - Holds fire! SnowCAT #3 (Ally) - Holds fire! Shooting End Phase [n/a] Melee Phase [n/a] Melee End Phase [n/a] Heat Phase Heat applied! Rifleman - Must pass a 4+ check to avoid a shutdown: rolled 6, succeeds! - Must pass a 6+ check to avoid a shutdown: rolled 5, fails! - Must pass a 4+ check to avoid an ammunition explosion: rolled 6, succeeds! - - Rifleman shuts down! End Phase Next Turn’s Movement Phase  [n/a] Map Link Objectives Primary Objective - Capture the Enemy DropShip (Complete!) - - Overwhelm DropShip Troop Strength (53/46 Complete!) - - Turns until the Turncoat is Overwhelmed (Complete!) Secondary Objective - Defeat Enemy BattleMech Lance (Complete!) - Keep All Enemy Mechs Engaged for 3 Turns (Complete): - - Unknown Heavy ‘Mech 2 Engaged (Failed) Player Status:      Ally Status:          OpForce Status:         Special Rules Glacial Exposure: Ejecting pilots suffer 1 automatic pilot damage. Light Autocannon Tweaks - Autocannon/5s can fire singly or burst fire two shots as per the Ultra Autocannon rules, with the standard chance to jam. - Autocannon/2s can fire singly or burst fire three shots as per the Ultra Autocannon rules, with the standard chance to jam. - Ultra Autocannons don't jam, and receive a +2 bonus on cluster table rolls at short range, +1 at medium range, and +0 at long range. Small Weapon Tweaks - Weapons with a range of 3 or less only have a short range bracket. After-Action Report: LAMs aren’t that bad, I might do it again. We’ll see. The players got pretty beaten up, but by an amount that feels about perfect given how quickly that could’ve gone south with an enhanced Stalker in play. Since most of what are considered to be ‘royal’ technologies have proliferated by this era, we’re probably going to encounter more of them from now on just to make it clearer that the mechs available in 3025 are usually some sort of downgrade. To that end, I do intend to sneak in a few Light Fusion Engines here and there. It just makes logical sense that the light engine would be developed before the extralight, even if the schematics didn’t make it into the Helm core. An excellent job done by all the players in this one. Of all the mechs to lose control of in the lead-up to the final capture push, the Dragon was absolutely the safest since it was pretty well incapable of one-turn killing an APC by itself. I was a bit worried when the first SnowCat went down, because the local infantry weren’t adding much to Troop Strength; but the players did a great job controlling and pressuring the defenders and keeping them from focusing their attention on the transports. And punishing them for doing so when they did anyway.  Mission 4 MVP Vote
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DeepThrobble posted:One of the Penny Arcade guys has a campaign based on a mashup of Alpha Strike/MW Destiny. I haven't had time to listen, so I can't speak for much beyond it existing, but it might be up your alley. Thank you for the rec! The Penny Arcade + Chris Perkins campaigns were the first roleplaying campaigns I ever consumed rather than played. I did eventually lose track of whatever was going on with Acquisitions Incorporated's C Team, but Jerry Holkins is entertaining as long as he's not writing comics so I'll give this a shot!
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PoptartsNinja posted:An excellent job done by all the players in this one. Of all the mechs to lose control of in the lead-up to the final capture push, the Dragon was absolutely the safest since it was pretty well incapable of one-turn killing an APC by itself. I was a bit worried when the first SnowCat went down, because the local infantry weren’t adding much to Troop Strength; but the players did a great job controlling and pressuring the defenders and keeping them from focusing their attention on the transports. And punishing them for doing so when they did anyway. What a mission! Whew! Hard to keep tension for that many turns. As somebody with only a couple of hours of prior Battletech play time who lurked PTN's stuff for over a decade before grabbing PMs and signing up--if anybody else has thought about it but not thrown their name in the hat, give it a shot! Playing things with goons is fun!
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Rifleman Despite my best efforts I failed to achieve a glorious ending. Good job all. I felt a bit distant from the fun but all in all with my mech it was best for me to stand back and harass the LAMs.
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Hoplite This was great fun. A very dangerous OpFor, vulnerable things to escort, a nailbiting time limit, a very fun twist in the LAMs. Great lance coordination all round, dealing with the curveballs we were thrown remarkably well, from holes in the ice to souped up assaults and heavies to a hard to hit reinforcement lance.
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Also PTN was the Rifleman because of the LAMs or were the LAMs because of the Rifleman of was it entirely coincidental?
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Ostsol Pretty sweet, I think. Aside from a couple of movement flubs (punching when I should have kicked), I think it turned out alright. Ostsol's a pretty good platform. But we need more jumpers!
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Z the IVth posted:Also PTN was the Rifleman because of the LAMs or were the LAMs because of the Rifleman of was it entirely coincidental? It was incidental. I had replacement mechs planned for downed player units, with a little bit of randomness baked into it. The Sentinel was about 50% likely to turn into a Rifleman but could've been replaced by a JagerMech or a Hunchback, the Blackjack was going to become an Ost or a Guillotine, the Hoplite had a pretty good chance of turning into an Orion or an Archer, and the Mongoose was almost guaranteed to get replaced with an Assassin. But there were some definite downgrades in the mech replacement tables, and everyone had a slim chance to pick up a Charger.
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PoptartsNinja posted:the Mongoose was almost guaranteed to get replaced with an Assassin. lol and then Goonlance turned into all headcaps all the time and scored Syntyche a Royal Battlemaster. But I guess the life of a Battletech Campaign GM is full of "if I put this on the field, the players are going to try to salvage it"
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I will never field something I don't think the players should have in a campaign. Whether or not they get to keep everything when they return to Epsilon Pegasus is up in the air, but Syntyche has plans and there is going to be cause to keep her in a Command 'Mech after this. The return to Epsilon Pegasus will give you a chance to vote on whether to keep a unit or risk a roll on a RAT; so it'd be a good chance to replace the Hoplite.
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I wanted to ask if the clint's head was still in salvage storage, actually - a while ago you said 'if you had a good idea for a refit, bring it up', and I don't think it ever got used for anything. I mostly ask because it basically fixes the hoplite.
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I feel like I asked this before but have already forgotten the answer: given the current point in the timeline, how much Cool poo poo is on this battlefield? The LAMs and the K1pult and the Stalker all seem VERY good in their own ways. Like, the Locust LAMs might be complete deathtraps, but the Stinger and Phawk LAMs seem great. Let's maybe even put aside the idea that we're talking about upgrading/sidegrading one of our Dropships and just...the mechs! Wow!
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LAMs aren't particularly uncommon (except insofar as they're a long-running boondoggle). Anyone fielding royal-tier equipment is concerning. The great houses do have much greater access to that technology than the 3025 core book suggests, with House Kurita (at least) being in full production of er large lasers, medium pulse lasers, and double heat sinks (per the PHX-1Kk Phoenix Hawk). The PHX-1Kk is half the reason I decided I really should be upgrading some machines to higher-spec equipment, because the Stalker's weird LRM loadout makes a lot more sense if it's actually been downgraded over time. About the only SLDF royal technology that I believe is still entirely unique to the SLDF is the gauss rifle; which is probably at least partly why the SLDF never fixed the whole 'explodes when damaged' problem.
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I imagine it was on their agenda, yeah. The gauss rifle feels like a really effective prototype that never quite had all the problems hammered out of it before the SLDF fell.
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PoptartsNinja posted:I imagine it was on their agenda, yeah. The gauss rifle feels like a really effective prototype that never quite had all the problems hammered out of it before the SLDF fell. What would a production era gauss rifle look like, you think? Less weight? Custom ammo? Less volatlity or built in case? early access to ap gauss, magshots, or like, the protomech ac/8 reflavored as a gauss weapon? I'd agree tho. The silver bullet feels like a staple-on/post production kluedge.
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Great job, Goonlance. This was probably the most hectic and dangerous mission so far, and you acquitted yourselves very well. The LAMs were a surprise, but no match for the Rifleman / the Hoplite's cluster munitions.
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Gauss Rifles debut in the late 2500s, it's really hard for me to think that the Hegemony didn't have time to finish developing them in almost 200 years.
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Magnetic weapons having persistent gremlins sounds like one of the more believable aspects of Battletech to me. Just look at how long the things have been in the proof-of-concept stage IRL.
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And a giant bloated bureaucracy being unable to fix an issue is pretty realistic too. Sure we'd love to fix that problem but it would mean diverting funds from this other pet project and since my planet doesn't have a gauss rifle factory I can't vote for it... maybe in next year's budget.
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Plus going with the Clans making use of cutting edge research on Star League weapons (their early stuff just being super Hegemony tech), and the Golden Century development Clan standard they still have Gauss rifles that explode.
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The Clans idealize the Star League to such a degree that I suspect that they left in the exploding issue out of a desire not to deviate too far from Kerensky-Kun-Sempai's vision. You notice that almost all their tech is just Star League Tech ++, or stuff that the Star League would have eventually developed had they not imploded and instead developed certain concepts to their logical conclusions, such as the Omnimechs just being the Mercury's modular design taken to its extreme. About the only tech that was straight up and up a divergence from their Star League origins was their breeding program, which instead was the result of Kerensky The Lesser's fever dream.
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That, and don't clan omni's get free case on everything, so like, explosions don't matter as much?
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TheParadigm posted:That, and don't clan omni's get free case on everything, so like, explosions don't matter as much? It won't kill the mech, but it will still gut whichever section had the explosion in it (unless it's CASE II, but that's not built in for free.)
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And also brainfry the pilots, which is by far the worst thing about every kind of tiny gauss that came out after.
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PoptartsNinja posted:But there were some definite downgrades in the mech replacement tables, and everyone had a slim chance to pick up a Charger. Did you customize them, or are these standardized from some book?
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Downtime #4A Fort Morro - Outpost Castle Epsilon Pegasus - Columbus Base Spinward Periphery November 5th, 2763 “And that’s my report,” Syntyche folded her hands, straightening the edges of her presentation report, but otherwise stood at attention. “Thank you, Lieutenant” General Vasylenko said amicably. Standing in front of senior staff was always intimidating; but Generals did run in the family. For better or worse, she’d gotten used to performing under pressure. Identifying whether an officer was feigning neutrality because they were pleased or angry had become second nature. Fortunately, General Vasylenko wasn’t hiding his approval. The old man clasped his hands together in a half-clap. “Commander Ryoji’s report corroborates your own—and I must say: you both showed exceptional judgement. The Commander is already aware of this, but it’s my intention to promote you both: effective immediately.” The General thrust a hand forward, which Syntyche shook. She then saluted as he smiled. “Congratulations, Captain Moon. It just so happens we need a new company commander.” “To go after the Draconis Combine?” Syntyche asked. “Just so,” the General still seemed amused even as a carefully crafted mask of neutrality settled over his wizened features. “What I’m about to say doesn’t leave this room.” “Understood, sir.” “The Star League has been in talks with several of the more developed colonies in the Spinward Periphery. We were encouraging trade and communication in the hopes that they would come together to form a new periphery state.” “In the hopes that a new nation—even a bandit kingdom—would put additional pressure on the Draconis Combine in the same way the Rim Worlders and Taurians have put pressure on the Lyran Commonwealth and Federated Suns respectively?” “Just so,” the General confirmed. “Most of the periphery colonies have cause to dislike House Kurita. With implicit Star League support—and I have little doubt the Davions would swiftly back a new state as well—House Kurita would have to contend with a new hostile border. We’d even have settled for a bandit kingdom.” “But,” Syntyche considered, “House Kurita seems to have caught on.” “And they’re trying to throw a wooden shoe in the gears. We’ve sent recall orders to the dispersed expedition forces, but it will be some time before the regiment musters and assembles. You aren’t the first unit to return, but yours was the first to return with results—and grand results at that! An intact DropShip taken directly from the attackers.” The General clapped his hands again. “It won’t take our teams long to extract every bit of data from that ship’s computer core. After which: well, we now have a Union DropShip and a fresh company commander who can do some good with it. Normally, I’d assign you to an existing formation or move you up within your current command structure; but with the current dispersal of your regiment we have an opportunity. So, Lieutenant, I’d like you to consider what sort of force you’d prefer to lead, take stock of the equipment you’ve brought back and whether or not any of it’s usable, and decide what objective you’d like to pursue. Put a proposal together and have it on my desk by the end of the week and I will strongly consider your recommendations.” The General turned away, gazing out of his office window and into the outpost castle’s small but still cavernous Mechbay. “You’ve shown good judgement and initiative thus far and I’m inclined to let you off the leash a bit and see what you come up with. Just don’t get too greedy, Captain. I’ll likely deny your proposal if you ask for a Corvette.” “Understood, sir. I’ll try to avoid requesting a Black Lion and accidentally transferring to the navy.” The General laughed. “Dismissed, Captain. And congratulations.” Post Mission Gain: Obligation Lance gains 3 shared XP Mission MVP: Grandpa gains 1 personal XP  Notable Salvage - BLR-1Gb BattleMaster - STN-3L Sentinel - STK-3F Stalker - CPLT-K1 Catapult Current Unit Assignments - - HOP-4Dc Hoplite – Obligation-1: Sgt. Theo “Grandpa” Key - - MON-66b Mongoose – Family Property: Lt. Syntyche "Prodigal" Cameron-Moon - - OST-4D Ostsol – Obligation-2: Zawadi "Rampart" Stewart - - RFL-2N Rifleman – Obligation-3: Vladyslava "Ironhead" Havrylyuk - - BLR-1Gb BattleMaster – Obligation-4: Lt. Syntyche "Prodigal" Cameron-Moon - - TDR-5Sr Thunderbolt “Pirate Special” – Personal Property: “Ravager” Rayan O’Clery (Irregular Volunteer) - - FLC-4N Falcon – Aliyah “Falconer” Bieber (Mercenary) - - Unassigned: Elrika Voss & Markus White (Irregular Volunteers) Evidence Collected 1) The SLDF Impostors were using HR8482 to stockpile SRM and Inferno ammo (Conclusive) 2) The Draconis Combine is conspiring with Mercenaries in the Draconis Reach (Conclusive) 3) [An unknown party], likely the Draconis Combine, has hired Mercenaries to pretend to be the SLDF (Conclusive) 4) [An unknown party] is aiding the Draconis Combine in the Draconis Reach (Inconclusive) 5) There is at least a battalion-sized force of SLDF Impostors in the Draconis Reach (Conclusive)  The Proposal (Part 1: Unit Composition) A) Standard SLDF Company with Expanded Raiding Capacity - - 3 Lances of SLDF regulars - - 2 AeroSpace Fighters - - 1 Union-class DropShip, 1 Aqueduct-class DropShip, 1 Leopard-class DropShip - - - 2 Available spares aboard the Aqueduct-class DropShip - - 1 Star Lord-class JumpShip - - Lose access to auxiliary volunteers & mercenaries B) Standard SLDF Company with Combined Arms Support - - 3 Lances of SLDF regulars - - 8 Light Vehicles - - 4 infantry platoons - - 2 AeroSpace Fighters - - 1 Union-class DropShip, 1 Aqueduct-class DropShip, 1 Fury-class DropShip - - - 2 Available spares aboard the Aqueduct-class DropShip - - 1 Star Lord-class JumpShip - - Lose access to auxiliary volunteers & mercenaries C) Standard SLDF Company with Air Support for JumpShip Interdiction - - 3 Lances of SLDF regulars - - 8 AeroSpace Fighters - - 1 Union-class DropShip, 1 Aqueduct-class DropShip, 1 Leopard Carrier Version-class DropShip - - - 2 Available spares aboard the Aqueduct-class DropShip - - 1 Star Lord-class JumpShip - - Lose access to auxiliary volunteers & mercenaries D) Irregular Company - - 2 Lances of SLDF Regulars - - At least 1 lance of recruited mercenaries or local auxiliaries - - 12 Light Vehicles - - 2 AeroSpace Fighters - - 1 Union-class DropShip, 1 Aqueduct-class DropShip, 1 Lion-class DropShip - - - 6 Available spares aboard the Aqueduct-class and Lion-class DropShips - - 1 Tramp-class JumpShip E) Laison Company - - 1 Lance of SLDF Regulars - - At least 2 lances of recruited mercenaries or local auxiliaries - - 12 Light Vehicles - - 2 AeroSpace Fighters - - 1 Union-class DropShip, 1 Aqueduct-class DropShip, 1 Lion-class DropShip - - - 6 Available spares aboard the Aqueduct-class and Lion-class DropShips - - 1 Tramp-class JumpShip Proposal Vote 1: Unit Composition (Choose up to 2) The Proposal (Part 2: Composition) A) Battle Company – 1 Heavy Battle Lance, 1 Medium Battle Lance, 1 Light Scout Lance B) Raider Company – 1 Medium Battle Lance, 1 Light Striker Lance, 1 Light Scout Lance C) Cavalry Company – 1 Heavy Support Lance, 1 Medium Battle Lance, 1 Light Striker Lance D) Line Company – 1 Heavy Support Lance, 1 Heavy Battle Lance, 1 Medium Battle Lance E) Command Company – 1 Command Lance, 1 Mixed Battle Lance, 1 Scout Lance F) Assault Company – 1 Assault Lance, 2 Medium Battle Lances Proposal Vote 2: Unit Composition (Choose up to 2) The Proposal (Part 3: Primary Objective) A) Seek & Destroy – Using data taken from the captured Union-class DropShip, seek and destroy the Fake SLDF’s support bases in the deep periphery to deny them logistics support. B) Reprisal Raid – Make a series of deep raids into the Draconis Combine to hit likely logistics bases. C) Big Game Hunt – Hunt and engage the fake SLDF’s raiding forces directly. D) Resistance Training – Seek colony worlds that have yet to be attacked and train the locals to resist the fake SLDF. E) Recon in Force – Attempt to find an in-progress attack to monitor the fake SLDF’s methods, striking targets of opportunity as they arise. Proposal Vote 3: Primary Objective (Choose up to 2) PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 01:47 on Mar 26, 2024 |
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PTN the infocards don't reflect Prop 1: B+D I'm voting B because infantry enables us to do crazy poo poo like steal DropShips. My one reservation is that more local flavor seems like it'd mean more ArchBansheeBattleHammers, but they're going to be around anyway, so voting D because I think we should still primarily be an SLDF force. Prop 2: I have no idea. I think there was some talk in the Scintilla thread about how running a scout lance in a Battletech campaign might actually make sense? That might be relevant. Prop 3: C Logistics strikes like A and B make sense for winning a war. Being sensible in Battletech get you killed. Vote for glory. Vote C. Because once we're fighting the Coordinator of the Draconis Combine there's a chance an office chair will show up.
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