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Stinger
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 Posted: 08-Sep-2003 17:08 Post subject: Question about the Blue Shield |
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Namly what the hell is it? I keep seeing it in HMPro and I cant find a description of it ANY where. I am really just curious what it does.
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Ruger
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| Posted: 08-Sep-2003 17:29 Post subject: RE: Question about the Blue Shield |
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Blue Shield can be found in the old Unbound sourcebook for the Solaris VII rules...
Basically, it protects the 'Mech it's mounted on from PPC hits, cutting their damage in half...but hits to any of the criticals in the system (and it takes up a crit in each location) will cause the whole system to fail, and does around 5 points of damage or so (going by memory here) to that location...
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Stinger
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| Posted: 08-Sep-2003 17:36 Post subject: RE: Question about the Blue Shield |
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Ahh Interesting. Its an interesting concept. I might have to try it out just to see how it works. If it is something that is combined with Hardened armor you could have a devestating mech on your hands.
(now if Hardened just wasnt so dang heavy)
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Rick Raisley
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| Posted: 08-Sep-2003 21:32 Post subject: RE: Question about the Blue Shield |
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| Namly what the hell is it? I keep seeing it in HMPro and I cant find a description of it ANY where. I am really just curious what it does.
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I tried something /really/ unusual. I selected the Blue Shield Project checkbox in HMPro, and hit the F1 key. This is what I got:
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| The Blue Shield Project, as outlined in the FASA publication Unbound, reduces the damage done by PPCs to one-half the normal damage. It occupies one crit in each location. Every time the shield is activated, on a 2d6 roll of 2, the system overloads, destroying all the shield locations and inflicting 5 points of internal damage on each of the 'Mech's locations. The Blue SHield Project is considered Level 3 and is only available to the Inner Sphere. |
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(I know: Smart-  )
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CO_17thRecon
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| Posted: 08-Sep-2003 22:22 Post subject: RE: Question about the Blue Shield |
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Oh wow, I didn't even know we could do that...
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Rick Raisley
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| Posted: 08-Sep-2003 22:42 Post subject: RE: Question about the Blue Shield |
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On 2003-09-08 22:22, CO_17thRecon wrote:
Oh wow, I didn't even know we could do that...
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Unfortunately, you aren't alone. I write a 60,000 word help file, and no one reads it! 
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Vagabond
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| Posted: 08-Sep-2003 23:20 Post subject: RE: Question about the Blue Shield |
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i read it all the time, darn helpful too. but f1 was new to me.
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Stinger
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| Posted: 09-Sep-2003 01:44 Post subject: RE: Question about the Blue Shield |
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On 2003-09-08 21:32, Rick Raisley wrote:
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| Namly what the hell is it? I keep seeing it in HMPro and I cant find a description of it ANY where. I am really just curious what it does.
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I tried something /really/ unusual. I selected the Blue Shield Project checkbox in HMPro, and hit the F1 key. This is what I got:
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| The Blue Shield Project, as outlined in the FASA publication Unbound, reduces the damage done by PPCs to one-half the normal damage. It occupies one crit in each location. Every time the shield is activated, on a 2d6 roll of 2, the system overloads, destroying all the shield locations and inflicting 5 points of internal damage on each of the 'Mech's locations. The Blue SHield Project is considered Level 3 and is only available to the Inner Sphere. |
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(I know: Smart- )
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Hehe Ok. That is a cool feature. But it really dosent say what it does. Just that it explodes on a roll of 2. I was asking HOW it works and what uses it may have.
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Nightmare
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| Posted: 09-Sep-2003 03:05 Post subject: RE: Question about the Blue Shield |
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On 2003-09-09 01:44, Stinger wrote:
[Hehe Ok. That is a cool feature. But it really dosent say what it does. Just that it explodes on a roll of 2. I was asking HOW it works and what uses it may have.
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Don't know how it works. You shouldn't even be asking such questions when we're dealing with BattleTech 
As for uses, how about fighting an assault unit with lots of Awesome mechs?
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Rick Raisley
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| Posted: 09-Sep-2003 07:19 Post subject: RE: Question about the Blue Shield |
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| The Blue Shield Project, as outlined in the FASA publication Unbound, reduces the damage done by PPCs to one-half the normal damage. It occupies one crit in each location. Every time the shield is activated, on a 2d6 roll of 2, the system overloads, destroying all the shield locations and inflicting 5 points of internal damage on each of the 'Mech's locations. The Blue SHield Project is considered Level 3 and is only available to the Inner Sphere. |
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Hehe Ok. That is a cool feature. But it really dosent say what it does. Just that it explodes on a roll of 2. I was asking HOW it works and what uses it may have.
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Sure it does. It says it reduced PPC damage by half, that's what it does. What else were you looking for?
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| Posted: 09-Sep-2003 08:32 Post subject: RE: Question about the Blue Shield |
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Ah yes... the end-user... the bane of all programmers! most people never read the help files. The only time I ever peak at them is when I'm completely stuck. But it is frustrating. That's why I usually never worry about help files until the very end, if at all.
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Stinger
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| Posted: 09-Sep-2003 13:30 Post subject: RE: Question about the Blue Shield |
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BAH!! why is it the first 4 times I read that I missed that?! As for the glossary I have been using it alot latley. especially the f1 option (not that I know about it). Very neat feature BTW.
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| Posted: 09-Sep-2003 13:45 Post subject: RE: Question about the Blue Shield |
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 the more I hear about Heavy Metal Pro th more I wish I had the money to buy it... I would have bought it this past summer but my now ex-gf was consuming a large portion of every paycheck... and not because she wanted to...
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Rick Raisley
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| Posted: 09-Sep-2003 13:52 Post subject: RE: Question about the Blue Shield |
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On 2003-09-09 13:45, Slythis wrote:
the more I hear about Heavy Metal Pro th more I wish I had the money to buy it... |
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Until then, stop by the HeavyMetal forums, we have a good time there too.
In fact, some (of the more annoying) posters here, also post there. 
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Stinger
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| Posted: 09-Sep-2003 14:05 Post subject: RE: Question about the Blue Shield |
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In fact, some (of the more annoying) posters here, also post there.
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Jeeze I just asked a question
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