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Kraken
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 Posted: 28-Apr-2007 17:24 Post subject: Air Mechs? |
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If you could choose 1 specific mech to be the basis for another LAM, which one would it be?
Thanks.
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CO_17thRecon
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| Posted: 28-Apr-2007 17:27 Post subject: Re: Air Mechs? |
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| Kraken wrote: | If you could choose 1 specific mech to be the basis for another LAM, which one would it be?
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Atlas.
Just 'cause it would be very, very, wrong.
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Karagin
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| Posted: 28-Apr-2007 18:11 Post subject: |
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Wolverine or maybe the Griffin or even the Battlemaster.
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cain
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| Posted: 29-Apr-2007 15:08 Post subject: |
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Spider its almost able to fly as it is why not go that one step further 
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Rudel Gurken
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| Posted: 29-Apr-2007 15:31 Post subject: |
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| cain wrote: | | Spider its almost able to fly as it is why not go that one step further |
I second that! Just drop the speed to 7/11/7 and you can go with the same weapons, armor and tonnage!
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Kraken
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| Posted: 29-Apr-2007 22:09 Post subject: |
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Semi-related question.
Suppose that, during a battle in space, an air mech transformed into mech mode, landed on top of a moving shuttle, and then kicked off of it before transforming back into fighter mode.
What would happen to the shuttle?
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| Posted: 29-Apr-2007 22:30 Post subject: |
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| Kraken wrote: | Semi-related question.
Suppose that, during a battle in space, an air mech transformed into mech mode, landed on top of a moving shuttle, and then kicked off of it before transforming back into fighter mode.
What would happen to the shuttle? |
Not an answer, but i think that aspect may be the single most underrated ability of a LAM. Land on a Warship and unload on its weapons and stuff. Terror on legs to a Warship.
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Kraken
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| Posted: 29-Apr-2007 23:38 Post subject: |
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| Vagabond wrote: | | Kraken wrote: | Semi-related question.
Suppose that, during a battle in space, an air mech transformed into mech mode, landed on top of a moving shuttle, and then kicked off of it before transforming back into fighter mode.
What would happen to the shuttle? |
Not an answer, but i think that aspect may be the single most underrated ability of a LAM. Land on a Warship and unload on its weapons and stuff. Terror on legs to a Warship. |
It's a similar concept to the destruction of the Trade Federation command ship orbiting Naboo and the first Death Star. Both of them were designed around engaging dropships and capital ships in the belief that their complement of fighters could handle any fighters, bombers, or shuttles that would attempt a strike. And with both, you had fighters that were indeed able to sneak past the fighter complement and strike at a critical component.
I imagine that for dropships and capital ships in BTech, even the point defense systems have a limit to their angle of firing; otherwise, you'd run the risk of having weapons emplacements blow each other up.
Now, shuttles might actually have a better time of it; they're small, and so it would be harder for a LAM pilot to actually land on top of one.
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| Posted: 30-Apr-2007 02:42 Post subject: |
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Rules for 'Mechs in space according to AT2 are in Combat Operations starting om p.74.
'Mechs and BAs on ship's surface and automatically hit armor or critical system with to-hit roll. If the damage exceeds the Armor Threshold, the crit. occurs...
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| Posted: 30-Apr-2007 19:50 Post subject: My favorite LAM |
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I saw a site (fairly recently) where someone made a LAM out of a Sagitaire.
A 100-ton LAM. I haven't been able to figure out how they accomplished it, but It'd scare me.
At that point, though, I'd like a Marauder LAM.
Legally, I'd go with the Shadow hawk. (actually I already did)
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The title on this thread made me think of an idea I had a long time ago. The basic idea was that you could have the torso assembly of a battlemech (along with all the bonuses such an assembly gives you - like arms), and mate it with what were essentially maneuverable fusion jets for "legs".
It was an inherently silly notion, in retrospect.
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Storm
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| Posted: 01-May-2007 15:19 Post subject: Check out DP9 |
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I think that's what Dream Pod 9 did in their "Jovian Chronicles."
Yeah, an odd idea. I STILL want to know how they jerry-rigged the Sagitaire into a LAM, though.
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| Posted: 01-May-2007 15:48 Post subject: |
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On the other hand, I would rather stay ignorant in this... 
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Karagin
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| Posted: 01-May-2007 21:30 Post subject: Re: Check out DP9 |
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| Storm wrote: | I think that's what Dream Pod 9 did in their "Jovian Chronicles."
Yeah, an odd idea. I STILL want to know how they jerry-rigged the Sagitaire into a LAM, though.
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| Posted: 05-May-2007 18:40 Post subject: |
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Panther, or Tarantula for kicks.
AWAD- LAMs are so cool but do not really belong in the BTech universe
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