From: kgnome@concour.cs.concordia.ca (MATIS stephane)
Newsgroups: rec.games.board
Subject: Re: BTECH: C-3s the final word?
Date: 22 Jul 92 14:38:11 GMT
Organization: Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

From: taia_a@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz

 > Actually I thought that Charrette did a poor design of the Battlemaster.
> You just remove the SRM-6 and put in a master C-3 :-) For those who
> disagree, read Stackpole's description in "Blood Legacy" and see the
> stats of it in "More Tales of the Black Widow". Does not compute! But
> then writers don't always get it right :-)

Ah... Mr Stackpole wasn't happy with the edit on the "Clanned"
Wolfhound. Oh well.

> We are getting down to a matter of interpretation here, so here goes
> As for the Comstar connection:

> TR3050
> Battlemaster Pg192.
 > "The embarrassment to Comstar is the Battlemaster in service with the DCMS.
> In Comstar's generosity in providing advanced designs to House Kurita, the
> now-famous Precentor Who Lost His Name sent several unmodified 'Mechs to
> House Kurita instead of to the Com Guards protecting Comstar's HPG stations.
> As all Our Order know, this Precentor is now an Acolyte undergoing identity
> and personality change and re-education on Terra.
 > The BLR-2C Battlemaster, used with great effect by House Kurita in the War
> of 3039, is a premier command vehicle....it has a second cockpit for a unit
> commander to direct strategy while a Mechwarrior handles the Battlemaster
> in battle."
 > Does this comfirm the Comstar connection? I think it does.

EEH ... sorry, the model described here is the one that originated in
the Era of Star League. This model has the second cockpit (1 ton) and
carries the advanced version of the Cyclops' BattleComputer.

Nothing more.

 > I agree, but I prefer to use meks on the board, vehicles aren't for me.
> I like playing meks! Doesn't everyone?

Ahh ... I like Combined-Arms myself. Trust me, A Wolf Pack, is not a
"walk in the park". And they don't have that many 'Mechs!

 > Too bad I didn't see any nice Arrow IV carriers, I must get around to
> posting my Crossbow. After this......

Actually, mostly vehicles are handled like this. Wolf Pack (the now
defacto new name for Wolf's Dragoons) have DropShips modified so as to
be more ground support. Take a Spheroid equivalent of the Leopard (the
name escapes me), replace one fighter hangar with another 'Mech bay, and
place 8 Arrow IV and ammo into the place of the other fighter hangar.

Boom Boom

 > Guardian do you mean the bane and nemesis of the beloved C-3! Ek! I think
> that everyone knows my opinion on this matter. Bad enough my friends know
> what meks of mine carry C-3 *sigh*

No Inner Sphere 'Mech should be without a Guardian when facing heavy
Clan units! It's just not safe.

 > *WAH!* I just want House Kurita to have it *WAH!* I would prefer Clan
> targetting computers to C-3 though *GRIN* :-)

Well ... you could always join the best Merc in the IS and have it all!
Gosh Batman ... a 'Mech with Triple-strenght myomers, omni design, C3
system, Clan targetting computer and a hatchet ? ...

Maybe "Mondo Cool" ... but possible.

> >Wolcott is one heck of a staging zone!

 > Now Stefane, don't try to flatter me :-) and don't the Jaguars and the
> Cats just hate it! But the Second Genyosha has a base on Luthien!

Hehe ... you guys have some awsome units ther ... but they are not all
DCMS! You have mercs ... not many ... but they are there. :-)

 > Actually I believe the Comstar connection "theory". I can't admit to it
> as the ISF already have an extensive file on me :-) As for another module,
> *sigh* can you ensure that you only have a few (four or less) meks a side.
> Fighting company sized battles is not as much fun.

Oh ... don't worry <Evil Grin>, even a lance vs. lance using the
proposed tech is a tough fight. Just think of it this way, The Royal
Balck Watch received everything others did not. Not even the other Royal
units. And they got nuked!

No single named Clan has records of the Technology, only snippets of
rumors and such.

 > If you do the "Castle Brian" origin *groan*, then explain why the Clans don't
> use it! Leave no loopholes! Unlike Riflemen who can't flip their arms! Don't
> believe me look at the sheets *sigh* Also how the other spheroids got it.
> 

Nope, no "Castle Brian"... but a Star League Advanced Reasearch
Facility, on Terra. Hmm... :-)

> Tony Taia
 > tai-shu@akeake.vuw.ac.nz, TAIA_A@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
> 3067:The Stacalkas-Nomen, when the Combine destroys the Clans!
> *sigh*Not another Cluster, we'll be here till Christmas.


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