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Seraph
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PostPosted: 01-Apr-2004 16:42    Post subject: RE: Bargain vehicle sale. Reply to topic Reply with quote

Especially when you have 184 of the vehicles in stock waiting for their turn to go die.
Hmm...sounds like an excellent vehicle for the Draconis Combine.
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PostPosted: 01-Apr-2004 17:12    Post subject: RE: Bargain vehicle sale. Reply to topic Reply with quote

which kinda begs a question, did the DCMS ever field and/or produce a Kamakazi unit during the clan invasion? i would imagine it looking something like this myself.

          BattleTech Vehicle Technical Readout
                   * CUSTOM WEAPON

Type/Model:    Concept  
Tech:          Inner Sphere / 3050
Config:        V.T.O.L.
Rules:         Level 3, Custom design

Mass:          5 tons
Power Plant:   25 I.C.E.
Cruise Speed:  162.0 km/h
Maximum Speed: 248.4 km/h
Armor Type:    Standard
Armament:      
  1 Demo Charge*
Manufacturer:  (Unknown)
  Location:    (Unknown)
Communications System:  (Unknown)
Targeting & Tracking System:  (Unknown)

--------------------------------------------------------
Type/Model:    Concept  
Mass:          5 tons

Equipment:                                 Items    Mass
Int. Struct.:  5 pts Standard                0       .50
Engine:        25 I.C.E.                     0      1.00
    Cruise MP:  15
     Flank MP:  23
Heat Sinks:      0 Single                    0       .00
Cockpit & Controls:                          0       .50
Crew: 1 Members                              0       .00
Rotor Equipment:  Main/Tail Rotors           0       .50
Armor Factor:   24 pts Standard              0      1.50

                          Internal    Armor
                          Structure   Value
   Front:                     1          7 
   Left / Right Sides:        1        5/5 
   Rear:                      1          5 
   Rotor:                     1          2 

Weapons and Equipment    Loc  Heat  Ammo   Items    Mass
--------------------------------------------------------
1 Demo Charge*           Front    0          1      1.00
--------------------------------------------------------
TOTALS:                           0          1      5.00
Items & Tons Left:                           5       .00

Calculated Factors:
Total Cost:        60,764 C-Bills
Battle Value:      411
Cost per BV:       147.84
Weapon Value:      0 / 0 (Ratio = .00 / .00)
Damage Factors:    SRDmg = 0;  MRDmg = 0;  LRDmg = 0
BattleForce2:      MP: 15V,  Armor/Structure: 0 / 1
                   Damage PB/M/L: 12/-/-,  Overheat: 0
                   Class: VA;  Point Value: 4



Demo Charge: Unit causes 120 pts of damage in 5pt clusters to any unit it
successfully charges [in addition to any charge damage.] and is destroyed instantly
with no hope of salvage. max of 1 per unit.


[ This Message was edited by: Vagabond on 2004-04-01 18:56 ]
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PostPosted: 01-Apr-2004 19:08    Post subject: RE: Bargain vehicle sale. Reply to topic Reply with quote

Gee, the Savannah Master only costs 88,367 C-Bills. Wonder if you could rig it up to have a thermal meltdown of it's reactor core upon impact? Drop the medium laser for a fusion detonator and some reactant to make the engine go BOOM! Of course you'd have to strip all the shielding off the engine to facilitate the meltdown.
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PostPosted: 01-Apr-2004 22:01    Post subject: RE: Bargain vehicle sale. Reply to topic Reply with quote

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On 2004-04-01 17:12, Vagabond wrote:
Demo Charge: Unit causes 120 pts of damage in 5pt clusters to any unit it
successfully charges [in addition to any charge damage.] and is destroyed instantly
with no hope of salvage. max of 1 per unit.



This really begs for the increased piloting skill mods from MaxTech...

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PostPosted: 02-Apr-2004 09:27    Post subject: RE: Bargain vehicle sale. Reply to topic Reply with quote

I have often thought about doing that in a scenario. Desparate homeland forces charging mechs legs with vehicles. Take a handful of fast vehicles and charge from across the map and you could take out a few of the legs before they even get close. The only downside is that you lose many pilots that way. But then what use does the Combine have for pilots without honor?



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PostPosted: 02-Apr-2004 13:02    Post subject: RE: Bargain vehicle sale. Reply to topic Reply with quote

remember also....

during world war II japanese pilots, who also lived and died for bushido, felt it was a great honor to sacrific there lives in the service of there country, emporer, and family. remember to a "divine wind" pilot it was honorable to drive a flying bomb. it was still a desperate act of last reserve, but it was seen as a way to die with or regain your honor in combat.

it is this sole reasoning that i choose the combine and nobody else. for them in 3050, more so in 3025, it was about honor and the way of bushido. so if you are the last defenders on a world with little hope of reinforcements, would it not be honorable to sacrific your life for your country by flying/driving a vehicle or fighter into a battlemech?

so why would this be an act performed only by the disgraced? as i see it, it would be the last act of many warriors in a position of last resorts.

as a side note the only other people i see using such weapons are Clanners, and only those that are dizegra.

ps: i did not post this question to debate or argue the goods, bads, honorable, or dishonorabvle of the kamikazi during WW2. only to ask if the DCMS ever feilded something similar. if this topic offends anyone it was not my intention, and i appologize.

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