Solaris VII: more discussion, and more banter

[Squishy Cheeks]

The clans killed mah brothah

[Truce]

So, to recap...

In terms of Mech Combat, Clanners are generally:

Gunnery: 4
Piloting: 3

So...I can therefore say Raviel is about as good as an average clanner.

Anyway, I need to look through my books, but wasn't there a Freebirth somewhere somewhen that became a clan leader (He renounced his former life as part of the Draconis Combine, and had to prove himself against a bunch of opponents. Can't remember which clan though.)

EDIT: Meh. I'm talking about in Mech Piloting/Gunnery. Obviously, Raviel is outclassed enough in other areas by IS pilots already, let alone a Clan Mechwarrior.

[Dante]

Well, considering Raviel has no skills BUT shooting and gunnery...

Makes me wish I had twinked like I usually did.

[Truce]

I'm still kinda curious what Race does, by the way (like, what are the 3-5 races?). If it's nothing at all, I'm fine with that. If it, say, turns me into a Super Saiyan, I'm fine with that too.

By the way Dante, an Atlas with 3 gunnery is good enough to blow away just about everyone else here alone, if you get in range. That'd be twink enough for me. Trade you mechs? :)

[PhoenixFlame]

So, to recap...

In terms of Mech Combat, Clanners are generally:

Gunnery: 4
Piloting: 3

So...I can therefore say Raviel is about as good as an average clanner.

Anyway, I need to look through my books, but wasn't there a Freebirth somewhere somewhen that became a clan leader (He renounced his former life as part of the Draconis Combine, and had to prove himself against a bunch of opponents. Can't remember which clan though.)

EDIT: Meh. I'm talking about in Mech Piloting/Gunnery. Obviously, Raviel is outclassed enough in other areas by IS pilots already, let alone a Clan Mechwarrior.

No, he isn't. Because clanners with +int/ref, assuming INT/REF 7, have physical 4.

Clanner
4-4 (Gunnery) = TN 0
4-3 (Piloting) = TN 1

Raviel's
6-6 (Gunnery) = TN 0
6-2 (Piloting) = TN 4

Raviel's just as good of a gunner as your average clansman, but he's lacking in the piloting area.

[Squishy Cheeks]

the other races are

Clan mechwarrior
Clan pilot
Clan Elemental

[Dante]

What is Clan Elemental good for, besides crushing people ruthlessly?

[PhoenixFlame]

They're the best battle armor pilots in existance. Pretty much.

BA warriors generally don't have good lifespans, so there aren't many heros in the infantry.

[Squishy Cheeks]

unless you somehow become a khan. Then you're never have to get into battle again unless you want to.

[PhoenixFlame]

Even as a Khan, it's best to keep your fighting skills in shape. You never know when someone might get the nerve to challenge you to a Trial of somethingorother and you have to back down. Talk about dishonor on a legendary scale. Of course, being a political mastermind, you've probably got 20+ bloodnamed warriors ready to accept any challenge issued to you on your behalf.

The higher you get in clan society, the more is expected of you.

[Squishy Cheeks]

Wasn't one of the Smoke Jaguar Khans an elemental?

[PhoenixFlame]

I think so...

But look where it got them... >.< Poor Jaggies. Annihalate'd.

Anyway, now that we're done with training, can we get to the big battle? ;)

[Squishy Cheeks]

eventually. I had some plans. but if you want to get right to it.

[PhoenixFlame]

Well, I for one would kinda like to get to the battle, but if you have plans, by all means, implement them, sorry about that.

I'm simply impatient. ;) ((Bad me!))

[Truce]

I don't mind either way.

Of course, in the mean time Raviel's going to see how drunk he can get the girls.

[Dante]

Girls? There's only Karen.

Unles *gasp* Kyle's a girl!

[Dragonsbane]

Say, is it too late to join? I already made a character sheet and everything.

[Dante]

It's too late to join. All the base are belong to us. We are on tbe way to destruction.

[Truce]

Tillie's a girl, if I recall.

Of course, we should probably get IC verification.

[PhoenixFlame]

It's too late to join. All the base are belong to us. We are on tbe way to destruction.

Shush Dante. Squishy said he'd be accepting signups throughout the course of the RP, so I don't see why he can't join.

[Dragonsbane]

^_^

Package:
Race: 1 (Human)
Attributes: 3 (24)
Skills: 5 (24)
Advantages: 2 (1)
Mech: 4 (heavy)

Name: Charles Baxter
Hair color: tousled brown
Eye color: blue, hidden behind thick glasses.
Skin color: Very pale, with freckles dotting his face.

Build: 5
Reflexes: 6
Intuition: 6
Learn: 6
Charisma: 1

Characteristics
Athletic: 9
Physical: 6
Mental: 6
Social: 11

Advantages:
Well-Equipped 1.

Equipment: Deluxe Toolkit, Automatic pistol, Automatic Pistol Ammo x10, Personal Armor Vest, Deluxe fieldkit, Medkit, Long Range Personal Communicator.

Mech:

Skills:
Advanced Academy: Battlemech Pilot MOS.
Gunnery (mech): 3
Pilot (mech): 3
Technician (mech): 2
Computers: 2
Survival: 1
Small arms: 1

Security Systems: 3
Engineering: 2
Cryptography: 1

Damage Thresholds:
Head: 10
Torso: 30
Arm: 15
Leg: 15

History: Born on Arc Royal to an MCRB accountant who worked with the Kell Hounds and his wife, Charles Adrian Baxter developed an interest in computers from a young age. The skinny, unpopular boy turned this talent towards playing pranks during his years at school, avenging himself upon those who mocked his freckled countenance, lack of social skills, and thick glasses through his hacking talents. After planting a vast amount of lesbian pornography in a local girl’s computer as a “tactical response” to her taunts, he was discovered and severely punished. This, however, only encouraged him to seek out new games, including the love of his life…Foreverquest, a MMORPG for the Holocron. Like many other disaffected teenagers, he was soon dedicated to his Foreverquest account; his Swords & Sorcery roleplaying group…complete with archaic dice, pens, paper, and rulebooks; and his vast collection of FPS games, which led to his coronation as “Frag King”. In all fairness, however, that title was partially due to the fact that his weapons were “Haxx0r3d”. Discovering that mechs make physical strength and fitness irrelevant…leaving only skill as a variable…Charlie Baxter (nicknamed “Cab”) decided upon his future career. After graduating at the top of his class, “Cab” joined the Kell Hounds for a time, and was a great success, but left because they simply didn’t understand him…in other words, his utter lack of social skills screwed things up again. Departing at approximately the same time as Blaze Lorens, Charles also migrated to Solaris, in search of a new Heavy mech, and enough money to make all of his dreams come true. Plus, this job gives him a chance to fulfill his passion for mass Fraggage.

[PhoenixFlame]

*Breaks silence*

Okay, Alpha lance guys. We should stick together on the east side of the mountain and concentrate our fire to take out mechs one at a time. If we focus our fire, and they spread it out, we should be able to get an advantage by eliminating enemy guns in an extended engagement.

Also, let's not destroy anything that we disable, because we'll get to salvage it.

[Squishy Cheeks]

He can't very well join the fun, but he can join after the battle, and post as an audience member, maybe place a bet on us.

btw DB RFL-5M Rifleman

[Truce]

Raviel's linked weapons:

Main: LRM 15s, linked.
Cycle 1: SSRM (2), Linked; Medium Pulse Lasers (4), Linked
Cycle 2: Narc...quickly followed up by a sudden barrage of missiles. Preferably nukes.

[PhoenixFlame]

I thought fire-linked weapons needed to be in the same arm/torso location?

[Truce]

Alright dudes, and ladies.

new rules for the next battle.

linked weapons

our macros will now link weapons able to fire in the same arc. Linked weapons will roll only one to-hit, and use the worst of the weapon ranges. Example Nova prime can link the lasers in one hand and the lasers in the other. hit locations work as normal

Wasn't sure, but I thought it meant they had to be in the same Macro.

[Squishy Cheeks]

no just same firing arc

you can have a front firing link up.

[PhoenixFlame]

Ah, so I see. Main weapon is just chain fire anyway, so that won't work.

I'll have Karen's weapons all be linked, since well, they're all paired anyway.

Main Weapon: LRM-15 + Cycle
Group 1: Fire-Linked Mplas and Linked SSRM2's
Group 2: Linked LRM-15's.

[Dragonsbane]

Sir, would it be alright for me to strip one of the heat sinks in exchange for an extra ton (20 shots) of ammo? The 5M lacks some of the heat trouble of the Rifleman 5D, but has a bit of an ammo deficiency when it comes to extended engagements.

[Squishy Cheeks]

you don't have the money for that

double heat sink retail for $6000
Ultra AC % ammo retails for $9000

[Nathano]

Main: ER Large + cycle
Group 1: Linked- ER Large + Pulse Med
Group 2: Alpha Strike

my 'Mech doesn't have much in variety. ER Large x 2; Pulse Med x 2; and Machine Gun x1 are my only weapons, and the AMS for point def.

[Squishy Cheeks]

well after this we will be able to customize

[PhoenixFlame]

Sheesh! Lostech DHS cost less than UAC ammo? That's crazy.

*Shrugs* I'd have guessed differently, but hey. Anyway, by "customising", I hope I'll be getting out of my Crusader. I dislike missle boats.

[Squishy Cheeks]

Weapons/heat/dmg/delay/minimum range/Short range/ med/ long/extended/tons/crit/ammo

Energy weapons
ER Large/12/8/1/-/1-7/8-14/15-19/20-28/5/2/-
ER Medium/5/5/1/-/1-4/5-8/9-12/13-16/1/1/-
ER Small/2/3/1/-/1-2/3-4/5/6-8/.5/1/-
Large/8/8/1/-/1-5/6-10/11-15/16-20/5/2/-
Medium/3/5/1/-/1-3/4-6/7-9/10-12/1/1/-
Small/1/3/1/-/1/2/3/4/.5/1/-
Pulse Large/10/9/1/-/1-3/4-7/8-10/11-14/7/2/-
Pulse medium/4/6/1/-/1-2/3-4/5-6/7-8/2/1/-
Pulse small/2/3/1/-/1/2/3/4/1/1/-
Laser Anti Missile System/2d6/2d6*/0/-/-/-/-/-/1.5/2/-
PPC/10/10/3/3/1-6/7-12/13-18/19-24/7/3/-
ER PPC/15/10/3/-/1-7/8-14/15-23/24-28/7/3/-
Flamer/3/2/-/-/1/2/3/4/1/1/-

Balistic weapons
Anti Missile system/1/2d6/-/-/-/-/-/-/.5/1/12
Long Tom Cannon /20/20(10)/5/4/1-6/7-13/14-20/21-20 Maps/20/15/5
Sniper Cannon/10/10(5)/5/2/1-4/5-8/9-12/13-12 maps/15/10/10
Thumper Cannon/6/5(2)/5/3/1-4/5-9/10-14/15-14 maps/10/7/20
AC/2 /1/2/1/4/1-8/9-16/17-24/25-32/6/1/45
AC/5 /1/5/1/3/1-6/7-12/13-18/19-24/8/4/20
AC/10 /3/10/1/-/1-5/6-10/11-15/16-20/12/7/10
AC/20 /7/20/1/-/1-3/4-6/7-9/10-12/14/10/5
LB 2-X /1/2/1/4/1-9/10-18/19-27/28-36/6/4/45
LB 5-X /1/5/1/3/1-7/8-14/15-21/22-28/8/5/20
LB 10-X /2/10/1/-/1-6/7-12/13-18/19-24/11/6/10
LB 20-X /6/20/1/-/1-4/5-8/9-12/13-16/14/11/5
Ultra AC/2 /1/2/-/3/1-8/9-17/18-25/26-34/7/3/45
Ultra AC/5 /1/5/-/2/1-6/7-13/14-20/21-26/9/5/20
Ultra AC/10 /4/10/-/-/1-6/7-12/13-18/19-24/13/7/10
Ultra AC/20 /8/20/-/-/1-3/4-7/8-10/11-14/15/10/5
Machine gun /.5/2/-/-/1/2/3/4/.5/1/200
Gauss Rifle /1/15/2/2/1-7/8-15/16-22/23-30/15/7/8

Missiles
Arrow IV System/10/20(10)/5/-/0/0/0/5 maps/15/15/5
LRM 5 /2/1 per missile/2/6/1-7/8-14/15-21/22-28/2/1/24
LRM 10 //1 per missile/2/6/1-7/8-14/15-21/22-28/5/2/12
LRM 15 //1 per missile/2/6/1-7/8-14/15-21/22-28/7/3/8
LRM 20 //1 per missile/2/6/1-7/8-14/15-21/22-28/10/5/6
Thunderbolt 5 /3/5/3/5/1-6/7-12/13-18/19-24/3/1/12
Thunderbolt 10 /5/10/3/5/1-6/7-12/13-18/19-24/7/2/6
Thunderbolt 15 /7/15/3/5/1-6/7-12/13-18/19-24/11/3/4
Thunderbolt 20 /8/20/3/5/1-6/7-12/13-18/19-24/15/5/3
SRM 2 /2/2 per missile/2/-/1-3/4-6/7-9/10-12/1/1/50
SRM 4 /3/2 per missile/2/-/1-3/4-6/7-9/10-12/2/1/25
SRM 6 /4/2 per missile/2/-/1-3/4-6/7-9/10-12/3/2/15
Streak SRM 2 /2/2 per missile/2/-/1-3/4-6/7-9/10-12/1.5/1/50
Streak SRM 4 /3/2 per missile2/-/1-3/4-6/7-9/10-12/3/1/25
Streak SRM 6 /4/2 per missile/2/-/1-3/4-6/7-9/10-12/4.5/2/15
Narc Missile Beacon/0/0/1/0/1-3/4-6/7-9/10-12/3/2/6

Other equipment (name/ton/crit/range or other)
Artemis FCS /.5/1/-
Battlemech Jump pack /varies/-/-
Beagle active probe /1.5/2/4
Case /.5/1/-
C3 computer Master /5/5/Comunications range
C3 computer slave /1/1/communications range
Coolant pod /1/1/-
Gaurdian ECM /1.5/2/6
Melee weapon /1/15th mechs weight rounded up/1 per ton of the hatchet/1
Double Heat Sink /1/3/-
Heat sink /1/1/-
Masc /20% tonnage/20% tonnage/-
Null-signature System /0/7/10 heat
PPC Capacitor /1/1/ +5 damage +5 heat
Supercharger /10% Engine's weight/1/-
Tag /1/1/1-5/6-9/10-15/16-18
Triple-Strength Myomer /0/6/activates on 9+ heat +1 movement, double melee wounds

reposted again

[Dante]

Main Weapon: LRM-20 + Cycle
Group 1: SSRM 6, 2x SSRM 2
Group 2: 4x Medium Lasers, AC/20

I'll assume I can fire any one individual weapon anytime I like and Alpha Strike anytime I like, as long as the weapons in question are ready, without taking up fire groups.

[PhoenixFlame]

Alphas need to be in a group too, or I'd have used one on that Dervish that I just shot at.

Hey Squishy... That Liao Marauder's left torso got destroyed, so since it's got an XL engine, it's down, right?

Anyway, if it's not too late to place bets, I'd like to put $2000 on our team, since 15:1 odds are quite lucrative, should we win.

[Squishy Cheeks]

sure, Scot put $5000 on us. The lbx shot hit an ammo pod sure it had case but that only protects the other parts if you have an IS XL engine you're down.

The fed coms have a bottle neck and as the kurita and liao fight each other for the right to take them on the fed coms can pick them off like the old town girls in sin city.

[PhoenixFlame]

Another reason why I like clan mechs. Anyway, that's a remarkably clean kill, leaving all the guns intact. *Salvage eyes gleam*

Still, does Gauss ammo explode? They're just spherical steel/iron shells...

[Nathano]

Gauss ammo does not explode, but the weapon can if it is hit hard enough.

[Astral Harmony]

Tillie's a girl, and is such a newbie MechWarrior that the person role-playing as her doesn't know what goes and what doesn't. Honestly, I don't have any dice and wouldn't know which rolls to make when dice are required. Anyone feel like volunteering to roll for me whenever I do..."dicey" stuff?

[PhoenixFlame]

I'll make your rolls, if you'd like. However, Squishy's decision, he'll probably want to make them.

[Squishy Cheeks]

I'm relatively happy with you guys helping out. I'm running two stat rps right now and starting a new job, so I might be posting less frequently next few weeks.

[Wolf99x]

Mostly i was doing this just to subscribe to this thread but...

Wasn't one of the Smoke Jaguar Khans an elemental?

Yes. ilKhan Lincoln Osis was an elemental. Then Victor Davion sliced his head off.

*NBC theme* the more you know!

[PhoenixFlame]

I noticed the Liao guys surrendered, so hopefully the Fedcoms will actually take casualties from the victorious Kuritans. Still, I think we're going to have to mop up quite a bit after the Mariks are done with.

Looks like we're doing very well so far. The Mariks are a bit incompetant, it would seem.

[Squishy Cheeks]

I'm holding off on the enemy position post until more of you move, i don't want to leave anyone behind.