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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 3705817" data-attributes="member: 13966">Dire Lemming: Hopefully, the rolls are not for randomly determining our starting scores in Piloting/Gunnery. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/nervous.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":heh:" title="Nervous Laugh    :heh:" data-shortname=":heh:" />  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/paranoid.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":uhoh:" title="Paranoid    :uhoh:" data-shortname=":uhoh:" /> Drerek: The 3 extra heat sinks seem unnecessary, as do 1 or 2 tons of the autocannon ammo.  AC/5s get a lot of shots per ton of ammo, even the double-fire-rate Ultras.  3 or 4 tons of AC/5 ammo would probably suffice.  Your only serious heat-generator is a large pulse laser, and your base 10 double heat sinks will more than suffice for that and the few non-energy weapons equipped.  So probably ditch a 2 or 3 of the extra heat sinks and 1 or 2 tons of AC ammo, replacing with another large laser (maybe an ER, since it is lighter-weight and longer range) or a Streak SRM-4 with 1 ton of ammo, or perhaps an LRM-5.  A few jump jets instead may be helpful, but probably not so much.  So: most likely investment would be an extra laser or short-range missile rack.Darimaus: Since EN World was inaccessable to me for much of the day, I skimmed through a few of my MechWarrior computer game books.  Here's the list of Clan units and command titles.Unit Type....'Mechs..................Elementals...........RankPoint...........1 'Mech................5 Elementals.........WarriorStar............5 'Mechs...............25 Elementals.......Star CaptainBinary.........2 Stars.................2 Stars................Star CommanderTrinary........3 Stars.................3 Stars................Star CommanderNova...........1 'Mech Star and 1 Elemental Star.......Star Commander or Star ColonelSuperNova...1 'Mech Binary and 2 Elemental Stars...Star Commander or Star ColonelCluster........4 Binaries..............4 Binaries..............Star ColonelGalaxy.........3 to 5 Clusters.......3 to 5 Clusters......Galaxy Commander(the Khan and saKhan of a Clan also command Galaxies)Other: Something I noticed while flipping through my MW2 Battle Guide.REDE OF COMBAT - NICHOLAS KERENSKY 2824"True Warriors fight to the death, with all at risk.Clan Warriors see the balance that battle provides, the give and take of machinery, skill, and prowess.  By maintaining and mastering this balance, a Warrior achieves the depths that honor can provide.Waste is a disservice to our people.  A Warrior is best served by taking only the minimal force needed to achieve victory.  This is the reason for the Batchall, the need for bidding.So that none shall perish needlessly at the hands of cowards in battle as did my younger brother and my father's greatest friend, our people will follow the path of the great warriors of the past.  We shall face our foes one-on-one, facing each other eye to eye, as real Warriors should.The burden of command is not worn lightly by our Warrior Caste.  Field commanders must treat the lives of those under their command as their own.  THe edicts of waste apply not just to material, but to lives as well.The terms of the Batchall, the dictates of a military action, are the goals of field commanders.  Achieving other victories reaps only greater honor to those who walk the Trials and lives of Warriors of the Clans."</blockquote>

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