#tortuga

[terkmc]

Amar

Shakush-based Tortuga comm

[littleouroboros]

I wouldn't recommend getting this close to anything with a deck-sweeper, tbh

[xeavy]

Excuse me coming through

[vexwerewolf]

Tell us about one of your favorite Lancer mechs you've piloted

(art by @deeganart)

-- IPS-N Tortuga @ LL12 -- [ LICENSES ] HORUS Goblin 3, IPS-N Tortuga 2, HA Sherman 3, SSC Dusk Wing 3, IPS-N Raleigh 1 [ CORE BONUSES ] Sloped Plating, Heatfall Coolant System, Auto-Stabilizing Hardpoints, Improved Armament [ TALENTS ] Vanguard 3, Leader 3, Grease Monkey 3, Nuclear Cavalier 3, Combined Arms 2, Empath 1 [ STATS ] HULL:4 AGI:2 SYS:4 ENGI:4 STRUCTURE:4 HP:24 ARMOR:3 STRESS:4 HEATCAP:10 REPAIR:8 TECH ATK:+5 LIMITED:+2 SPD:4 EVA:8 EDEF:14 SENSE:15 SAVE:16 [ WEAPONS ] Integrated: Fuel Rod Gun FLEX MOUNT: Hand Cannon / Hand Cannon MAIN MOUNT: Deck-Sweeper Automatic Shotgun HEAVY MOUNT: ANDROMEDA-Pattern Heavy Laser Rifle // Auto-Stabilizing Hardpoints [ SYSTEMS ] Personalizations, ASURA-Class NHP x3, H0R_OS System Upgrade I, H0R_OS System Upgrade II, Flicker Field Projector, Redundant Systems Upgrade x3, BB Breach/Blast Charges x5

This mech does everything.

It's tough, it's survivable, it can hand out truly obscene amounts of damage. It can create instant Size 2 cover anywhere within Sensors. It can shut down high-power enemies. Every time it moves, the first attack against it has a flat 50% chance to miss. It can give allies +1d6 damage as a reaction. If an enemy so much as sneezes in its vicinity, it will light it up. So long as there are less than five combats in the mission, it can use ASURA every combat. Once per mission, everyone gets a point of Structure repaired and a use of all Limited systems restored for free.

Having the extra Flex with the Hand Cannons allows it to do a truly filthy trick with its Core System. Hyper-Reflex Mode says "any character you hit with Overwatch becomes Immobilized until the end of their next turn." If you Overwatch with a Main/Aux or an Aux/Aux, your first attack in the sequence must be against the enemy who triggered it, but your second attack isn't subject to this restriction, so if someone triggers your Overwatch while HRM is on, you can fire the second Hand Cannon at some rando who's also in range and they both get Immobilized.

It has no melee weapons and needs none thanks to Combined Arms 2, and thanks to Combined Arms 1 it can get soft cover just by being adjacent to an enemy.

With 10 Heat Cap and Heatfall, it can safely Overcharge Loop to fire its Andromeda, and it has a 1-in-3 chance of being able to trigger Nuclear Cavalier every time it does so. Andromeda gets +1 Accuracy automatically.

Switch customized it to have a small fleet of camera drones constantly circling it so that they can livestream all their mech fights, and they always carry an omnihook with them so that they'll be able to connect to the omninet no matter where they are.

This isn't a meme machine. It's a fucking dream machine.

[cherirstar]

It's Leonardo! Haha..

[wildkratts-screenshots]

Various Settings!

[losdibujitos]

Tortuguita ninja 🐢🍕

[balkanparamo]

The Rude Vonu: La Tortuga Salvaje

[viejospellejos]

Pues resulta que las tortugas son más rápidas de lo que pensábamos:

Enviado por: Micho

[callmeanxietygirl]

Solo en mi México mágico 🐢🥯♥️🇲🇽

[noseysilverfox]

Meeting with a wild turtle🐢

What a cute little paw she has!🥰

Встреча с дикой черепахой🐢

Какая у нее милая лапка!🥰

[the-enby-adonis]

Dungeon Meshi/Wild Kratts Crossover???

T-They’re the same person

[eyezackery]

They don't want you to know this but you can put ramjets on a Tortuga to make a giant Caliban

[das-boog]

Just finished this comic cover for the peerless @vexwerewolf ! This was a blast, I got to design an in-universe propaganda comic cover for their Lancer adventure In Golden Flame!

[vexwerewolf]

New GM to Lancer here

One of my players is playing Calendula and is frustrated that the shotgun guy Tortuga has a larger sensor range than he does

His 8 vs Tortuga’s 15

And I can��t give him an answer why, it doesn’t bother me but it does him.

Can you give some insight into the range difference please?

Why Calendula’s is relatively short and Tortuga’s is large

Do you want an in-universe (Watsonian) or out-of-universe (Doylist) explanation?

The Watsonian explanation probably has something to do with the way the Calendula's parallel-space manipulation tech distorts the path of incoming electromagnetic waves or somesuch technobabble. The Tortuga, meanwhile, is designed for close-in combat and command support.

The Doylist explanation is that the Tortuga is a low-mobility frame which, if fitted according to its doctrine, doesn't have very much to do if there are no enemies nearby, so can still hand out Bolsters, Lock Ons and other tech attacks, whereas the Calendula is a high-mobility frame meant for CQB so it has a much easier time getting in range for its abilities.