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 Posted: 25-Sep-2020 15:41 Post subject: BTech related dream I had. |
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Just had a BTech-related dream this morning.
I'm playing the latest Mechwarrior game. It's incredibly immersive, such that it really, really feels like I'm in the cockpit.
The premise for the game is that my character's part of the defense force on a planet that's just been invaded. My unit was out on maneuvers when things went down, and our commander held us back to do guerilla operations.
My character's home town is a mountain-side city that has a military base atop a plateau. The base fell during the invasion, and the OPFOR has been using it to maintain a choke-hold on the region. The OPFOR base commander has turned the city into a police state, and my character can't wait one minute longer to resolve that. Problem is, it's a solo suicide mission as aside from some infantry & such they can't back me up with the kind of full assault a mission like this should deserve.
Thing is, my mech (either a heavy medium or a light heavy) has a good blend of large lasers and SRMs, possibly Clan tech. Not sure of what mech I'm in, and it may even be something new for the game. Either way, it doesn't take me long to move through the city streets tearing through the tanks and helicopters that are afoot. I even help the infantry capture a mech repair bay at the far side of town.
Now, even though 90% of the combat forces are conventional vehicles and infantry, there's still a lance of mechs at the base itself. The OPFOR commander has an assault mech, and the other three lance members -> the #2 and a pair of escorts -> are in heavies. I'm outweighed and outclassed significantly, and if they come to the field before I'm ready for them I'm in trouble.
Cue a cut scene.
The #2 and their escort emerge from the base. The #2 issues some incoherent yelling and then tries to come at me in a blind charge. They're rushing so fast they slam into their escort, and both mechs go right off the side of the plateau. 
Control comes back to me, and it only takes a few shots while they're down to kill both machines. I then take out the helicopters that came to assist them, and run like the wind for the repair bay to repair and reload before the other two mechs emerge. If I can get there in time, I now have a good chance of making it happen.
Makes me want a game like that now.
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| Posted: 25-Sep-2020 17:23 Post subject: BTech related dream I had. |
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Well, that definitely sounds like how a scenario would play out in a dream!!! 
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| Posted: 26-Sep-2020 14:23 Post subject: BTech related dream I had. |
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To be honest, I'm still wondering what kind of mech it was.
It looked like the hybrid spawn of a Vulcan and a Pouncer, with one large laser in each arm and the SRMs in the torsos, possibly with secondary medium lasers.
I've been doing mental math, using the Archer as a hypothetical base chassis. Each LRM 20 could be converted into an ER Large Laser, an SRM 6, and two extra heat sinks.
Two ER Large + 2 SRM 6 + 4 medium laser would be a pretty lethal knife-fighter, with the ER lasers serving as mid-range sniping weapons.
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| Posted: 26-Sep-2020 17:53 Post subject: Re: BTech related dream I had. |
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| Kraken wrote: | To be honest, I'm still wondering what kind of mech it was.
It looked like the hybrid spawn of a Vulcan and a Pouncer, with one large laser in each arm and the SRMs in the torsos, possibly with secondary medium lasers.
I've been doing mental math, using the Archer as a hypothetical base chassis. Each LRM 20 could be converted into an ER Large Laser, an SRM 6, and two extra heat sinks.
Two ER Large + 2 SRM 6 + 4 medium laser would be a pretty lethal knife-fighter, with the ER lasers serving as mid-range sniping weapons. |
Sounds to me like you need to go turn that dream into a reality, and go design that unit!!
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| Posted: 27-Sep-2020 09:59 Post subject: Re: BTech related dream I had. |
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The install of Heavy Metal Pro I have on my laptop got corrupted, and it won't install on my desktop.
I need to find another creator program.
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| Posted: 27-Sep-2020 10:10 Post subject: Re: BTech related dream I had. |
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| Kraken wrote: | The install of Heavy Metal Pro I have on my laptop got corrupted, and it won't install on my desktop.
I need to find another creator program. |
Ummmmm.... you're literally making a post on a site with one built-in!!
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