#BATTLETECH

[is-the-battlemech-cool-or-not]

Battletech meme dump part 2

[porblegames]

go slow!

[alphamecha-mkii]

[agbpaints]

'We have Awesome at home'

The Schrek is a hilarious machine as far as ceevees go. Effectively 3 PPCs and every heat sink the factoryncould mount wrapped in sheet metal, this ks very much on the SPG end of the vehicle spectrum and can fold quickly to actual pressure. Just good luck getting close under the hail of particle beams this thing can and will deploy against you

[gort-grundlekin]

Atlas AS7-00, command mech of Precentor Anton Jurn of the 1st Alliance Air Wing. This mech seems kitted out perfectly for the command role, at least to me. Armoured command console, a multitude of probs and sensors, and a nasty collection of advanced long range weapons.

[eldoniousrex]

We have a a premier date! Join us this Saturday for the release of the next Text talks Battletech episode.

[tacticattails]

"I'll take that, since you keep misbehaving"

I love the Hatchetman in Battletech.

[verdigrhys]

I've posted these before, but not with the terrain.

Gargoyle and Warhammer IIC Clan Goliath Scorpion, Mu Galaxy

[cal-1maf]

I've been having a hard time consistently capturing clear pictures of my minis... after some great feedback from the folks over on Catalyst's discord server we discovered the problem... my ISO was insanely high lol. Brought it down to 200 and that seems to be the sweet spot for my setup.

I'm really proud of the non-metallic metal bits on this one. I've been working on it a while and I think it's finally clicked with me. Silver, at least. We'll see how I do with gold lol.

[boinkingbattlemechs]

Vapor Eagle

First appearing in the Inner Sphere with the arrival of Clan Steel Viper, ComStar operatives were baffled by the intended purpose of the close-combat second-line garrison BattleMech they named the Goshawk for its unusual birdlike design. It wasn't until Clan culture became more understood that Inner Sphere observers figured out what the Clans called the Vapor Eagle was designed as a duelist for the one-on-one fights that are so prevalent in Clan society.

Largely seen only in the Steel Viper garrison forces, the Vapor Eagle was repurposed less as a dueling 'Mech and more a general combatant in the wake of the so-called Hegira War and Clan Jade Falcon's ejection of the Vipers from the Inner Sphere. Reflecting the bitter lessons learned by the Steel Vipers in that conflict, their leadership reconfigured many 'Mechs in their touman to make them better suited to larger and more fluid engagements. The new Vapor Eagle 3 increasingly filled holes in Steel Vipers frontline units that saw action against Clans Snow Raven and Star Adder in the Viper's campaign to secure a dominant position in Clan Homeworlds immediately prior to the Wars of Reaving.

Built around one-on-one duels, the Vapor Eagle focuses a good deal on speed and maneuverability, and its weapons configuration emphasizes close-range firepower. Clad in nine tons of ferro-fibrous armor and built around a 330 rated Extralight fusion engine and an Endo Steel frame, the Vapor Eagle can reach 97.2 km/h on the ground and six jump jets allow it to cover 180 meters at a time. The inspiration for its Inner Sphere reporting name, the Vapor Eagle incorporates large arm baffles much like the venerable Griffin, but rather than blast deflectors the Vapor Eagle uses them more like wings to enhance its jump jets. While not as effective as the later Partial Wing as these stabilizing wings provide negligible lift, with some of the thrust from the torso jump jets diverted over their surface, the Vapor Eagle has very smooth and controllable jump flight allowing precision landings.

The Vapor Eagle features an eclectic and close-ranged weapons loadout, mounting a Large Pulse Laser in its right arm, supported by a single Machine Gun, two Streak SRM-2s and three Medium Pulse Lasers split between its side torsos and rounded out by a trio of Machine Guns in a handgun shaped housing in the left arm. The addition of a Targeting Computer makes its firepower even more deadly as long as it can get its weapons into range. Eleven Double Heat Sinks, half a ton of machine gun ammunition and one ton of Streak missiles are more than adequate for the average Clan Trial.

[ross-hollander]

"The Devil commits..."

"...multiple flagrant violations of zellbrigen throughout the accounting of the incident. Firstly, he attempts to set the parameters of his own loss (the golden fiddle), when that right sits with Johnny, as the recipient of the challenge. It could also be said that he fails to allow Johnny the right to select the arena of combat, but Johnny's conduct suggests he considers the immediate surroundings a fit arena.

"Second, and by far more grievous, he fails to comprehensively identify the forces entering on his side: the band of demons is unmentioned, and regardless of whether Johnny could perceive them, as spiritual beings are often depicted as capable of concealing themselves from mortal view in Terran folklore, the fact is that the Devil claimed he, personally, was the better fiddle player, not that he had or was part of a better band of players.

"Third, but tentatively so, the Devil could be considered to be marked as dezgra due to a historically attested penchant for dishonorable behavior, including betrayal and fomenting falsehood (witness his title as 'father of lies' or, in some renditions 'father of liars'). Nonetheless, Johnny still accepted the Devil's batchall, and therefore in the event of a loss would not be able to leverage this claim as a reason to invalidate the Devil's claim to his soul.

"Acknowledgement must be made of the Devil's gracious conduct in defeat, and honest surrender of the staked isorla, but in conclusion, the incident recounted in The Devil Went Down to Georgia fails to form a Trial of Possession of even-handedness and integrity."

-answer on a Loremaster (Apprentice) Adjudication Skill Exam, administered for regular testing and upkeep of knowledge, from the Wolf Empire, 3183.

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[porblegames]

pirate lance

[wickedlittlecritta]

mech with “student driver” stickers slapped all over it

[victusinveritas]