en-us Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:05:14-0800 skyhigh@solaris7.com 60 Solaris7 Communication Center http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/ Solaris7 Communication Center http://www.Solaris7.com/boards// Solaris7 Communication Center RSS Feed 144 47 Battlefield Recognition Guide: 3052 Molossian Dog@solaris7.com http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=4073&REPLY_ID=83538 Design Drafting Board Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:45:32-0800 http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4073 Quote:
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Originally posted by lucho
The temptation of Gauss/ERPPC & DHS combos is one of the reasons I haven`t posted new designs: it`s tough to come up with something original
I`ll get at least one more in, though



Give me some spare time (and more shiny moneys which directly result in more spare time) and ill write the fluff for my Awesome in a day. Which is made of 100% Awesome of course.
Meaning no Gauss rifles. Posh Gauss rifles on a street cred Awesome would be like an Atlas in sexy underwear. Even when both things have their advantages on their own, together It is simply wrong.

]]> Units... Knightmare@solaris7.com http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=4108&REPLY_ID=83537 Design Drafting Board Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:14:51-0800 http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4108 Quote:
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Originally posted by LostInSpace

Yeah... That's something I'm having a hard time coming up with, there's not much to offer that doesn't feel contrived.


Amen!

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For the WoB/Exiles, strategic position, manufacturing base, and (relatively) easily obtainable resources are a big seller for the Jihad era and even before that. Consider that, if the Exiles do exist within the WoB, they will most certainly know that the Clans are coming and have even prepared for (and initiated!) the invasion. "Taking" Terren is simply good investing.


Absolutely. This is why the modern era isn't a difficult setting to work with...especially if we're dealing with the Word of Blake.

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Originally posted by LostInSpace

Germanium deposits? Nah, the RWR would have already found those.


Actually, you might be on to something. Some of the original Terren corporations have been operating on the world for a couple of centuries. One or more of them could have been converting Republican currency into "hard" commodities like germanium. The Coup sends everything topsy turvy and the corp's germanium vault goes and disappears. Fast forward a hundred+ years and ComStar archeological teams uncover references to the vault during their study of the planet. Terren's far enough from the center of Republican space and (at one point) prosperous enough that it could have served as a nice little vault. So say the domestic corp had facilities all over the world before The Burning (so clues could be anywhere) requiring ComStar to scurry all over the place...

Thoughts?

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Ugh... I hate (coming up with) MacGuffins...]


Seconded.

House Cameron


C'est magnifique, mais ne c'est pas la guerre.
It is magnificent, but it is not war.
Bomb, Bomb, Bombing run, gently down the line. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, 'Mechs are gonna die. - KM
Cestus Rememberance = "The Lord is vengeful. Oh spiteful one, show me who to smite and they shall be smotten! -- Homer Simpson, Homer the Heretic Season 4, episode 3"
]]> Solaris Skunk Werks Bug & Suggestion Thread LostInSpace@solaris7.com http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=3726&REPLY_ID=83536 Design Drafting Board Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:46:04-0800 http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3726 Quote:
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Originally posted by Donteras

Ok. one more suggestion: Is it possible to get SSW to output a larger font when we post to S7? I'm tired of squinting to read TRO's and I'm sure others would appreciate the readability change.

Change the HTML template. You can find it in Data/Templates/Mech_HTML.html

Make any changes you want, it is completely customizable. Other than that, you may want to consider using the text size function on your browser or talking to Sky about the font size here.

]]> grappling a falling enemy Donteras@solaris7.com http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=4114&REPLY_ID=83535 General Classic Battletech Discussion Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:28:34-0800 http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4114 Quote:
ok, now suppose you can't let go (as in you're grappling using a chain whip), what then?

As long as I'm here asking questions, is there an official listing that shows how much damage a shield bash does?

]]> Operation Klondike Ice Hellion@solaris7.com http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=4113&REPLY_ID=83532 General Classic Battletech Discussion Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:20:57-0800 http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4113 Quote:
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Originally posted by lucho
Chalk it up to the clan tendency to put more faith in the writings of Nikki Kerensky than intelligence reports


This is why it is called faith.

]]> Calling All Writers II Ice Hellion@solaris7.com http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=3807&REPLY_ID=83531 General Classic Battletech Discussion Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:18:08-0800 http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3807 Quote:
Nice to hear from you.

]]> Because I can... serack@solaris7.com http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=4109&REPLY_ID=83467 Design Drafting Board Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:05:37-0800 http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4109 Quote:
I have used modular armor on several designs and can get nasty when added to other toughening systems like heavy armor...etc

]]> I HAS A SERVER... now what? Darkwarrior@solaris7.com http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=4112&REPLY_ID=83454 The Bar Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:53:04-0800 http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4112 Quote:
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Originally posted by LostInSpace

I found a 10gb and a 30gb, is that enough? I'll test them tomorrow at work and PM you for the shipping address if either (or both) checks out.


That will do nicely. Thank you verymuch.

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Originally posted by LostInSpace

Slackware.


I haven't tried that distro out yet, I'll down load it and play with it later. I was just playing around seeing if I could get anything to fit on the 210MB hard drive for laughs since the RAM alone is greater than the hard drive capacity (kind of sad but that makes it funny or at least amusing).

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Hey look! I'm a medic, I can shoot you! - Wyatt (while playing battle field 2)

I'd hug you, but I try not to do things that might get me shot. - Ironraven

Dead technicians take three times as long to make repairs. - Lady Cain]]> Retractable blades Foxcoon@solaris7.com http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=4107&REPLY_ID=83434 General Classic Battletech Discussion Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:41:34-0800 http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4107 Quote:
I will point out that, in situations where you may want or need your hands open for other things, these would be useful to have. Speaking outside of simply how effective they are on the battle field for cutting open other 'Mechs, I could see them having a number of utilities purposes for raider and infiltrator 'Mechs, such as prying something open or the likes (Or even then, I know they've been used as Machetes as well). Speaking as someone looking for the opportunity of Fluff, these are just waiting to see some love beyond said Invictus models. I could see my 'faction' making use of these.

]]> Need some free designers Major Tom@solaris7.com http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=4111&REPLY_ID=83433 Design Drafting Board Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:21:21-0800 http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4111 Quote:
Hover your mouse over "Downloads" on the left and pick your poison. Many of them are out of date since the timeline moved past 3067, but they'll work for most things.

Because BA construction is a tad more complicated than most, there have only been a handful of programs for them, and I dont think any of them got out of the Beta stage. IIRC, one of the members of S7 (Cain maybe?) made a BA program, but again it wasnt complete. Search the forums (probably the archives), I seem to remember a thread dedicated to it while it was being built.

EDIT2: Almost forgot, a great resource for offhand and one-off BT stuff is PRI:

http://www.pryderockindustries.com/


This is Major Tom to Ground Control...


Lord of the TRO]]> Jihad info Samak@solaris7.com http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=4110&REPLY_ID=83431 General Classic Battletech Discussion Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:50:24-0800 http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4110 Quote:
Acually somehow the only jihad book I have is. The Blake Documents. I know I need them but no dice yet.


Peace through Superior Firepower

Beware of stupid people in large groups

Man only need two tools, WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40, if it does move and it shouldn't use the Duct Tape-Author Unknown, internet wisdom]]> double heat sinks and engines LostInSpace@solaris7.com http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=4105&REPLY_ID=83418 General Classic Battletech Discussion Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:10:48-0800 http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4105 Quote:
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Originally posted by Donteras

Nothing I could find in TacOps or StratOps says anything to counteract this.


Large ICE engines are available to BattleMechs according to Tac Ops. Also, please check the errata link I posted wherein Herb says that ICE are available to BattleMechs under Advanced rules.

]]> Turtle Bay Cray74@solaris7.com http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=4106&REPLY_ID=83371 General Classic Battletech Discussion Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:44:31-0800 http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4106 Quote:
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Originally posted by Jett_Black

I'm doing the Clan Invasion as a camp. but I can't found out what Turtle Bay is like for terrain wise. Is it earth like, desert, rocky, or what.


It's a planet. Planets don't have a single type of terrain. It'll have a little bit of everything.

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All I have found it that is a planet with and asteroid ring. The planet has no factories


Well, no military factories. Any modern BT planet will have lots of factories to turn out TVs, bicycles, bedpans, etc. for their inhabitants.

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Also a good bit of the planet's surface was destroyed by orbital bombardment after the Yakuza inspired riots came close to knocking out the garrison force on planet.


No, only a very, very tiny patch of the planet was hit by orbital bombardment: a single city of 1 million, Edo. Even if Edo was as big as New York City...well, keep in mind that the entire USA (including Hawaii and Alaska) only covers 0.75% of the Earth's surface.

Mike Miller, Materials Engineer

"Woo, that was bracing! They don't like it when you shoot at them. I worked that out myself." --Mal, Firefly]]> Troubles uploading files Ice Hellion@solaris7.com http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=4089&REPLY_ID=83370 Wish List Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:16:21-0800 http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4089 Quote:
It worked.

Thanks Skyhigh.

]]> Looking for a 'Mech/Vehicle/Aerospace Fighter Ice Hellion@solaris7.com http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=4104&REPLY_ID=83358 General Classic Battletech Discussion Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:41:12-0800 http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4104 Quote:
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Originally posted by Samaritan

Hon. Ice Lion;


It is Ice Hellion and not Ice_Lion (another member).

I will give a look at the Horned Demon (I remember the stats of the Demon but not those of the Horned Demon).

And I might have found an idea for a custom 'Mech but it will not be linked to Minotaur (I know I asked for it but I changed my mind ).
I just need to finish some things and check some others before I can work on it.

]]> need help in this subject Jett_Black@solaris7.com http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=4103&REPLY_ID=83343 General Classic Battletech Discussion Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:47:35-0800 http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4103 Quote:
Yeah NVM. I got that all squared away.

Lance Commander Jett Black of The Dark Angels]]> Skill Improving Coalition@solaris7.com http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=4098&REPLY_ID=83327 General Classic Battletech Discussion Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:01:46-0800 http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4098 Quote:
One idea I had for improving Gunnery and Piloting would be a change to the rolling pattern.

Currently we roll 2d6 against the skill rating plus the modifiers. I.e. a Gunnery of 3, plus a range penalty of +2, plus a movement modifier of +1, give a target number of 7. You roll 2d6 vs the target number of 7.

However, you then get into the fun of having to figure costs to increase the Gunnery skill that go up as the Gunnery value goes down. So you can either take a constant, and divide it by the Gunnery value (which goes wonky when gunnery equals zero), or use an alternate method:

You take a base to-hit value, and add the modifiers to that. You then roll 2d6, and add your gunnery (or piloting as appropriate) modifier to it.

So in the above case, you might have the default value set to 4, and your Gunnery Skill is set to 1. So the target number is 4+2+2 for 8, while you are rolling 2d6+1.

This allows for increasing skill costs based on the current skill value (a constant times the current), as well as showing that some training areas are inherently superior (Clan warriors, WoB MD, and similar might start at 3).

Clan warriors get the lower default due to 20 years of dedicated training, plus engineering themselves thanks to the Scientist Caste.

MD (and similar) get the benefits thanks to forced education, various implants, etc, but their brains will be fried within a decade.

It is similar to d20 style, where you have base target number, plus modifiers, and you roll dice, and add your skill level.

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This post is a cod am pizza ship.]]> Thanks and some explanations Lonely Coyote@solaris7.com http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=4096&REPLY_ID=83312 Design Drafting Board Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:56:31-0800 http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4096 Quote:
Yeah, I have designed a number of 60 Ton TSM machines because of that same assumption.

The GM is giving us pretty much free will to re-design 'Mechs, but also stated to stay away from "cheeze 'Mechs", so most of the 'Mechs we have salvaged have just become upgraded versions of what they already were. The originals, and my personal Marauder, are exceptions in that they were specifically purchassed as stripped-down frames to build up as we saw fit.

Early on, he gave us two non-tonnage-specific sets of TSM to put into 'Mechs. The Shadow Hawk was an attempt to avoid insta-head-capping-cheeze, since it is designed to be heat-balanced for TSM.(unlike the book TSM 'Mechs) As it is ALSO designed around an all-energy array of Torso-mounted weaponry, I was already pushing the cheeze-factor.

The TSM Centurion does not do this. It is based on the Centurion-L, keeping the Large Laser in the Arm, and the LRM 10. The rear Medium has been pulled front, and some heat sinks and a Ton of ammo have been dropped to accomodate CASE, four jump jets and a pair of Smalls (for heat management) so this is more of a kicking 'Mech. It backs up the Shadow Hawk in the Cavalry Lance, not activating its TSM until later, (ideally) when the Shadow Hawk has taken enough damage to want to pull back. In practice, the Shadow Hawk paints a bright shiny target on itself the moment it enters melee, and doesn't know when to quit. (but MAN... what a rush!) The Centurion tends to run in, grab the Shadow Hawk pilot, and kick its way out of the mess made by its peer.

The TSM Centurion will be in the next round of postings.


-Lonely Coyote


From the black to the grave, Alpha strikes first.

Lord Cain, in describing the Dredge's battlefield performance: "... a squeegee of death..."


Courtesy of Ice Hellion
]]> I think I figured MegaMek out. Nevaron@solaris7.com http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=4100&REPLY_ID=83297 General Classic Battletech Discussion Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:59:17-0800 http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4100 Quote:
All forums, Alternative Battletech, Megamek. Just check above this page, its not hard to find with All Forums opened.

"The problem with overwhelming firepower is that you also want me to rebuild everything you atomize!" -- unknown Tech]]> Quest for the truly EPIC design contest! LostInSpace@solaris7.com http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=4056&REPLY_ID=83292 Design Drafting Board Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:25:35-0800 http://www.Solaris7.com/boards/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4056 Quote:
Captain, one of these days, Monday through Friday that is, you should come into the Meebo chat and let me log into your computer. There is NO reason why you shouldn't be able to run MegaMek, let alone SSW. Unless, of course, you're running some Steve Job hackjob of an OS...

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