Battletech/Mechwarrior PbP: "Days of the Jackal" [closed]

[Douane]

I'm not sure how massive a flak suit is, I imagined it as normal clothes with flak piece sewn in but I admit I have no idea. Anyway, remembering the first novels I'm pretty sure wearing it inside a mech would be suicide.

Indeed, wearing anything but a cooling vest inside a mech would be rather bad.

The flak suit is not really ballistic cloth, but somewhat heavier (and more encumbering). While you get full movement with it, it has a +2 penalty on athletic skills and +1 penalty on physical skills.

(Vest +0/+0; Jacket +1/+1; Pants +1/0)

btw do any of you have a pic of the phoenix hawk?

Like this?

 

[Radiant]

Indeed, wearing anything but a cooling vest inside a mech would be rather bad.

The flak suit is not really ballistic cloth, but somewhat heavier (and more encumbering). While you get full movement with it, it has a +2 penalty on athletic skills and +1 penalty on physical skills.

(Vest +0/+0; Jacket +1/+1; Pants +1/0)




Like this?

thanks, I will drop the thing then. Now I have absolutly no idea what to spent my money on

nice one that. I have enough in Hybirid and Fighter form but I don't have one in the mech form around.

oh and yes: then do we start????
*puppy eye stare*

 

[Douane]

nice one that. I have enough in Hybirid and Fighter form but I don't have one in the mech form around.

Then take this!

 

[Urbanmech]

*points at picture* Better watch out or the Harmony Gold Police will be after you Douane!

Radiant, the Phoenix Hawk in mech form looks like a Veritech mecha from Robotech in its humanoid form. Or just picture the old Transformer Jetfire. Unfortunately you don't get cool head lasers like either of those two do, just communication antenna.

 

[Douane]

Or this!

 

[Douane]

oh and yes: then do we start????
*puppy eye stare*

Damn!

I don't have a scan of that incredible comic page where Cobra Commander kicks an insufferable cute puppy away.


Honestly, though, I had been looking at Wednesday.

Tomorrow for the final pieces to come together and another day for various preparations.


Folkert

 

[shurai]

Like this?

Shurai's jaw drops through his post, right through the bottom of enworld, cracks though the web layer, and finally thumps to a stop somewhere between TCP/IP and ARP traffic.

Oh my lord, that is the coolest Battletech paining I have ever seen! One of the gripes I always had with FASA was their dog-ugly art.

But back to business: Do we get all the gear we need to pilot our 'mech for free? Like a neurohelmet, cooling vest, etc? I made a few assumptions about some prices, feel free to correct me if needed:

Jake's Gear: (200 Cb)
2x Jumpsuit (both worn out, one of them patched in a few places, probably used to be green. Or maybe brown. It's hard to tell.)
1x Camouflage Fatigues (relatively wrinkled due to unuse, he still keeps 'em as a memento of his basic training).
75 Cb Automatic Pistol (Magnum)
12 Cb three clips of ammunition
4 Cb Micro Grenades (2)
8 Cb Knife
30 Cb Harmonica (Diatonic Major, an Hohner if the brand is still available in 3025)
10 Cb Basic Field Kit
10 Cb Basic Med Kit
51 Cb Life Junk (underpants, a book or two, VOX baseball cap, some audio recordings, a deck of playing cards, a dog-eared field battlemech identification manual, various other miscellany)

-S

PS - Didn't you say on an earlier post that we'd get 500 Cb for starting funds (precluding Wealth, of course)? Did you change your mind? Not complaining or anything, I'm just curious.

Edit: Modified equipment list based on Douane's clarifications.

 

[Douane]

Shurai's jaw drops through his post, right through the bottom of enworld, cracks though the web layer, and finally thumps to a stop somewhere between TCP/IP and ARP traffic.

Oh my lord, that is the coolest Battletech paining I have ever seen! One of the gripes I always had with FASA was their dog-ugly art.

It is really great, ain't it?

I came across that totally by chance someday while surfing around and saved it in my BT folder, just because of the great look.

 

[Douane]

But back to business: Do we get all the gear we need to pilot our 'mech for free? Like a neurohelmet, cooling vest, etc? I made a few assumptions about some prices, feel free to correct me if needed: [...]

PS - Didn't you say on an earlier post that we'd get 500 Cb for starting funds (precluding Wealth, of course)? Did you change your mind? Not complaining or anything, I'm just curious.

EEK! That which I have feared most has occured. (Because I know the rules too well, I didn't give enough information for those who don't share that knowledge and cut corners. Damn! )


Regarding starting equipment and money:

Everyone starts with 200 Cb in equipment and 500 Cb in cash, with the various advantages increasing the corresponding amount: Wealth for starting money, Well-Equipped for starting equipment.

Cash can be spent to buy things only after the start of the game.


Standard Mechwarrior gear (cooling vest and neurohelmet) is free. At least that's the way I rule it.


Folkert

 

[shurai]

It is really great, ain't it?

I came across that totally by chance someday while surfing around and saved it in my BT folder, just because of the great look.

Mine don't have to be pink does it?