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

[Douane]

I can understand that, models can be disturbingly expensive.

Unfortunately, not only the minis. When I really got into Mechwarrior, some of the early items had begun to go out of print, so I had to buy them secon-hand. (still cringing at the price I had to pay for the Star League Sourcebook)

I've got a Centurion (the version with a hatchet ) in mind for my character (if we go 3025), watcha think of them?

Oh, what has the universe come to?

A Centurion with a hatchet? Don't you mean the Hatchetman?


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[Douane]

Ah, the mists of confusion have cleared!

The Centurion YLW (Yen Lo Wang) is a one-of-a-kind mech, a rather unique modification personally made for Justin Xiang Allard.


As this is anything but a stock mech, I would prefer not to use it. (The "in use by" bit of chaosmarch is totally wrong!) Sorry for that!

[Edit: Just for the geek-factor: Yen Lo Wang never actually carried a hatchet, he had three elongated fingernails instead. ]


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[Festy_Dog]

The Centurion YLW (Yen Lo Wang) is a one-of-a-kind mech, a rather unique modification personally made for Justin Xiang Allard.

As this is anything but a stock mech, I would prefer not to use it. (The "in use by" bit of chaosmarch is totally wrong!) Sorry for that!

*wipes away tears*

Oh well, guess I'll have to settle for the CN9-A or CN9-AH then, just gotta decide which...

[Edit: Just for the geek-factor: Yen Lo Wang never actually carried a hatchet, he had three elongated fingernails instead. ]

Heh, kewl and original.

 

[Shalimar]

...

 

[Douane]

Shalimar,

did you get my email?

There are some problems with that background.


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[Shalimar]

Just got it and replied. If my reply is ok with you, I'll erase this background, as it should be a surprise for everyone if they figure out who she really is and what exactly she is doing.

 

[Douane]

Still reading.

Erase away to keep the suspension!


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[Shalimar]

*wipes away tears*

Oh well, guess I'll have to settle for the CN9-A or CN9-AH then, just gotta decide which...

My suggestion would be the Centurion CN9-A, as powerful as the CN9-AH is with its Autocannon 20, it only has 10 rounds for it, and those will run out awfully fast, and Ammo is damn expensive for Mercs, if we were a house unit, the AC rounds wouldn't eat into our profits, the other problem is that you would almost definitely run out of rounds in the middle of a fight and be useless close up, what with the minimum arming range of the Lrms.

The CN9-A despite its less powerful AutoCannon has twice the ammo, as well as som laser weapons if it runs out of ammo, definitely a safer choice when we may have to fight longer engagements. Now if it is a Centurian that has been in the family for a couple generations, subject to approval, there is no reason that over the decades that it couldn't have been tinkered with, trading off the LRMs for lasers or more ammo for the AC20.

 

[Festy_Dog]

Hmm, thanks for the advice Shal, good food for thought.

I'll probably go for the CN9-A, you've convinced me pretty good.

 

[Urbanmech]

You might also want to consider the CN9-AL which drops the AC-10 in favor of a large laser, extra heat sinks and max armor for a 50 ton mech. No more ammo problems and more armor to last out the battle.