Exodus "borrows" Battletech Terminology for the Cataphract Class

[Achan hiArusa]

Just got my books and there seems to be some "similarities" between Battletech and the Cataphract class. A few of those would have been fine, but Heat Sinks, weapons with Heat generation values, Autocannons, Long Range Missiles, Short Ranged Missiles, and on top of calling them Mechs is a bit much. But that may attract more Battletech players as their attempts at an RPG have not been that ahem...stellar.

 

[Deset Gled]

Just got my books and there seems to be some "similarities" between Battletech and the Cataphract class. A few of those would have been fine, but Heat Sinks, weapons with Heat generation values, Autocannons, Long Range Missiles, Short Ranged Missiles, and on top of calling them Mechs is a bit much. But that may attract more Battletech players as their attempts at an RPG have not been that ahem...stellar.

I don't really see a problem. None of those words actually originated in Battletech. Other than "mech", I think they're pretty much all actual things, just used on a robot. Even PPCs are real (if experimental only).

 

[Laurefindel]

I don’t know, those all sound pretty generic. Not even generic sci-fi. Just generic period.

In theatre, my field of work, heat-sink and heat-generation are common concerns, and so are short-range and long-range devices (obviously not missiles). Autocannons are found in virtually every RPG settings with guns.

The only one that reminds me of Battletech is « mech » but even then, that’s a pretty common appellation nowadays across many settings.

 

[Achan hiArusa]

Maybe each individual term isn't, but they way it is put together is. Even the Cataphract trailer says they act as medieval knights and there hasn't been combat like this since the Middle Ages. But sure, if you don't look at the whole picture you can nitpick it to death and say nothing is there.