From: tfpayn01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Subject: MEKTON vs. B'TECH: New Ideas MECHA
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 20:02:33 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville

In article <1993Jan2.064253.1@acad3.alaska.edu>, nsmca@acad3.alaska.edu writes:
> 
> Straped on Armor: In the same vein as applicae armor of total. Basically armor
> that is attached until it goes away.. Or acts as armor against weapons that the
> Mecha is not used to being proof against. Or as temporary armor to cover a area
> that for some reaosn can't be covered for now..
> 
	I haven't read it fully yet, but if you want a more flexible 'mech
system, try MEKTON.  I just picked it up on the recommendation of this
newsgroup, and it's awesome!!

	Consider this as a comparison:

BATTLETECH:	

	You are standing on a level 3 building (Light building), and you want
to fire at someone 4 hexes away on level 0 (Street)....


MEKTON:
	
	You crouch cautiously atop the building, careful that your scanners can
reach over the lip but not enough so that the OmniPolice 'mech can detect your
presence.  You gain a lock on the Police 'mech, and position your Plasma rifle
over the lip, taking careful aim.  Lightly pulling the trigger, you unleash
photons that converge in a tight beam, reaching for the 'head' of the Police
'mech.  The beam's approach is noted by the Policeman's sensors, but too late
to react (you were only 60 ft up and 100 meters away!  He was distracted by the
girl in the tight leather skirt and nonexistent lace shirt walking by!).  The
beam cuts through the heavy armour, creating a portal leading directly to the
cockpit and the pilot.  The Policeman, beginning to take his eyes off of the
monitor on the girl, and reating to the warning signal from the sensors, feels
an incredible heat and a blinding light before his skull is reduced to slag.

	

	What more can I say?

	Check out the MEKTON Sourcebook.  It's chocked FULL of
ideas/abilities/etc..

	Consider this...

	How about piloting a 45-ton 'mech with max armour, a plasma rifle, a
small missile pod, and full flight capability, and having the ability to
TELEPORT (through your ESPER unit)??

	You stand 150 meters from your opponent, and he fires his missiles. 
You smirk and teleport RIGHT BEHIND him and cleave his head in half with your
SWORD!  Nice, eh?


> Any other ideas can be posted here or emailed to the following person.
> Chief Researcher of Raven Design Works, New Alaska..
> 
> 
> Michael Adams
> Alias: Morgoth/Ghost Wheel 
> nsmca@acad3.alaska.edu
> 
> 
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