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[Ayures]

• Animal totems (little statues of actual ghost bears, smoke jaguars, etc)
  
• Aerotech fighters
  
• Holographic planets (especially house/clan capitals)
  
• "Out of Order" sign
  
• Piracy-related items (like a Jolly Roger flag or something). Pirates are woefully unrepresented in this game
  
• Weapons of any kind (handguns, swords, whatever)
  
• A beer bottle
  
• A clock
  
• "Screensavers" or static images to display on your monitors
  
• Battlemech and/or aerotech helmet
  
• Various busts (knights in armor or famous characters like Kerensky)
  
• Dinosaurs!

Edited by Ayures, 02 May 2015 - 08:40 PM.

[White Bear 84]

The clanners will love me for this..

A STATUETTE AND/OR BUST OF ALEXANDR KERENSKY!

This could be extended to feature statuettes/busts of other great leaders - one from each of the IS houses!!

Edited by White Bear 84, 02 May 2015 - 08:48 PM.

[MW Waldorf Statler]

Cockpit Items, the most ... just hang or stand out in the Windshield, and distract from the action...

[Shaio]

Add functional gauge cluster with readouts for speed, heading, jump thrust, cool shot level, cockpit temperature, reactor temperature with warning light, Narc indicator light, extra...



or even a single gauge for:

• cockpit temperature
  
• reactor temperature with warning light
  
• Narc indicator light
  
• extra...

Edited by Shaio, 03 May 2015 - 05:45 AM.

[Commander A9]

How about a Timber Wolf statue? Or a Mad Dog statue?

Or a stuffed "plushie" mech?

A holographic platform that projects PGI's skull logo.

A hanging tag that displays the Solaris VII logo.

Or a rotating pink Solaris VII orb.

An AMS mount that spins and fires off muzzle blasts every time you score a kill (like when the Urbanmech trash can pops up).

A warhorn that screams out "Battletech!" like from the 1994 Battletech: A Game of Armored Combat game (although that could be copyrighted).

Edited by Commander A9, 02 May 2015 - 09:24 PM.

[Menas]

An emergency survival pack with respirator, flare gun, and/or first aid kit.

I want to know that my pilot is adequately prepared for the many, many occasions he has to crawl, bleeding and battered, from the smouldering and twisted wreckage of his mangled mech and make the long trek to safety.

(apologies if anyone has already mentioned something like this - haven't checked the whole thread.)

[5th Fedcom Rat]

-The Jade Monkey, Kai Allard Liao's famous good luck charm which he gave to Victor Steiner-Davion. Even had a whole Battletech CCG card dedicated to it.



-A vintage shotgun over the mantle

Edited by 5th Fedcom Rat, 02 May 2015 - 09:58 PM.

[Stoned Prophet]

Tina Benoit, on 01 May 2015 - 05:52 PM, said:

Hello MechWarriors!


This is a contest where you must come up with a serious cockpit item idea!

The Staff will then pick the winner(s) and create the cockpit item in-game!
Then the winner(s) will receive this item for free as the prize!


Now get creative and remember; no goofy stuff this time!!

Hi! Im really glad you guys are doing this! Makes me happy you guys listen to our ideas!

1: Pistol as a dashboard "standing item". Hanging would be... Wrong...
I like Needlers, so thats what I present to you!
Laser would also be awesome!


http://www.sarna.net.../Needler_Pistol

2: Grenade! Flashbang, Frag, and everyone's favorite (except the enemy!) Inferno! Standing would work, hanging could too.

3: Box of ammunition. .226 rounds, 9 mm, gyrojet. Standing item.

4: A magazine, or laser power pack. That could be a good hanging item.

5: Vibroblade / Vibrokatana for those filthy Dracs. Could be up top like the banners.

6: MRE type food package.

7: Piece of damaged mech armor. Many warriors kept mementos of their kills, consisting of a piece of the mech they destroyed. Good hanging item.

Thanks again!

[Hydrocarbon]

* rock'em-sock'em robot set with 2 brawly is/clan mechs

* rave-spec laser light show projector (titled Laser Vomit Maker) - it NEVER overheats and has a range over 9000!!

* "DOMINATING!" warhorn, always loved that Unreal Trouney sound effect, doubt it would be permissible.

[Star Colonel Silver Surat]

-Vials/Canisters of Clan DNA, one labelled for a famous bloodname or Khan from each faction e.g. Kerensky for Wolf, Osis for Smoke Jaguar, Jorgensson for Ghost Bear and Chistu for Jade Falcon.

-"Initiate Enhanced Imaging" button/switch perhaps with a holographic 3D rotating model of a Summoner above it (reference to the Battletech cartoon)

-I know people have mentioned a katana sword for Kurita, but it could also be made in Jade Falcon colours to resemble Turkina's famous Katana

Edited by Star Colonel Silver Surat, 02 May 2015 - 10:16 PM.

[WazOfOz]

I don't purchase cockpit items as they have no combat functionality, but if I were to buy or be given one for having the best suggestion here. It would be this, a bathtub with a bobbing rubber ducky that goes quack quack when I get a kill and if I pull the plug acts as a single use coolant flush. P.S. good luck with the no goofy suggestions Tina

Edited by WazOfOz, 02 May 2015 - 10:15 PM.

[Battle Hawk]

I seen these garfields stuck on window by sucksion cups on his feet... you may not get the IP for Garfield... But some thing like him stuck to the window of the cockpit... maybe even a mech...

[Smith Gibson]

A bottle of glass cleaner.
A clipboard with a blueprint closeup of the opposing 'Mech's head with the cockpit highlighted.
An "In case of emergency, break glass." box with a roll of duct tape in it.

[Rat of the Legion Vega]

I'd like to propose some Japanese/Kurita themed items:

1) Bonsai tree

2) Hanging ninja stars

3) Origami mech model

4) A Shishi-odoshi (wooden "deer catcher") ornament that is used for meditation in Japanese gardens

5) Golden dragon statue

6) Mini Japanese castle

7) Bowl of rice w/ chopsticks and/or Sushi on a plate w/ chopsticks

.

Edited by Rat of the Legion Vega, 02 May 2015 - 10:52 PM.

[ThomasAH]

Oh, and I want a Desert Rain Frog warhorn:

[Vimeous]

- An Urbie doing the running man

- White Persian cat

- Hot plate with BACON and eggs. Can only be equipped if a mech's current heat rating is 1 or less.

- Mini Overlord dropship

- Kills/Assists counter in the style of a twin rolodex

- Toby-jug style mech-head mugs

- Bottle of hot sauce

- Open bag of warrior snacks (chocolate covered peanuts etc)

- Compass-style device that points at your currently selected enemy. The needle wobbles when your mech moves.

- Emergency escape pull cord hanging item or BIG RED BUTTON on the dash.

[Kreisel]

A Mission Dossier folder with Classified stamped on it and papers sticking out of it.
A halfway unfolded Map
paper and pencil/pen
a flashlight
spare parts/a broken piece of equipment.

already suggested but I have to admit I really liked:
Katana (there are references to Kurtia officers placing their sword in the cockpit in some of the novels)
Sidearm
wrench/tools
clock that actually shows the time
Stack of books
Medkit
headphones

[BSK]

Surat inside a bird cage

Gold fish glass

Bonsai tree

Office plant

Laptop showing screensaver

Ancient phone

Bowl of candy

Box with handkerchiefs

Ancient radio

Erected pet Cobra

Stack of pancakes with syrup

[Fireeagle]

A warhorn making the sound of falling coins or of an cash register
A warhorn jodeling , making an cowboylike YEEEHAAAA!
A slotmachine
one armed bandit
a grim reaper statue
a coffin
a hanging skelleton

Edited by Fireeagle, 03 May 2015 - 01:57 AM.

[John Werner]

I suggest a

Damage-Counter Cockpit Item,

where you can see how much dmg you did so far.


Also a Go-Go-Girl would be awesome!