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[akaChrisHimself]

This is crazy town.

[SkipP]

Actually, I believe the image was just flipped 180 degrees, and shifted down (south) one horizontal line.

If you use the bright while/yellow square on the left (of both images) as a reference, you can see that that squares above and below it, as well as the horizontal line it occupies, are all still the same, simply flipped upside down. Using that as a reference, you can see that the top 1/3 of the the squares in the new images are still the same, just flipped.

My guess - given that there are now more squares, and a higher resolution, is that it's a collage, composed of hundreds (or thousands) of smaller images, that will slowly zoom out and clarify as the timer counts down.

Edited by SkipP, 31 May 2012 - 07:52 AM.

[Alan Mitchells]

If we look at the fluff the year is currently 3049. This means the Clans arrive in the Periphery in August. Comstar's deep exploration vessels meet and have contact with the Clans long before the Inner Sphere is aware of what is happening. They first welcome the Clans as the lost SLDF but soon realize the Clans #1 goal is to claim Terra, the center of Comstar which they cannot allow. This could very well be their way of unveiling the Clans as a captured Comstar communication involving their contact with the Clans.

[WolfSpider]

its an Archer because Artemis was the greek goddess of hunting with a bow and arrow.

[Mal]

Alan Mitchells, on 31 May 2012 - 07:55 AM, said:

If we look at the fluff the year is currently 3049. This means the Clans arrive in the Periphery in August. Comstar's deep exploration vessels meet and have contact with the Clans long before the Inner Sphere is aware of what is happening. They first welcome the Clans as the lost SLDF but soon realize the Clans #1 goal is to claim Terra, the center of Comstar which they cannot allow. This could very well be their way of unveiling the Clans as a captured Comstar communication involving their contact with the Clans.

But...it's May... not August.. we shouldn't see the first hints of them for another 2-3 months.

[BeforeLife]

Paladin1, on 30 May 2012 - 06:11 PM, said:

I didn't do anything, I wasn't joking when I said I found this on the Battletech Line Developer's FB page. The sad part is that if you build this thing as a 150 ton `Mech with a 300 rated engine, it can actually be built.

Plus, it's not like this is the first time that a 100+ ton design has came out. The original 100+ tonner was the grandfather of the Clan Tech Stone Rhino / Behemoth.

Also, it's not like this is the first frankenmech. Even MWO has used one of these (Cataphract), so I think we really may be looking at the first 100+ ton `Mech in the game. By my count, I see a PPC, an AC of some sort, an LRM 15, 8 Medium Lasers, 9 SRM-6s and 2 Machine Guns as well as a hatchet.

Want to get really nasty? That hatchet already does 30 points of damage per hit, so let's put Triple Strength Myomers on it and up the damage even more.

Now, who wants to pilot one of these bad boys?

Ahhhh Nice lol And that is scary that it can be built >_>

[Alan Mitchells]

Mal, on 31 May 2012 - 08:02 AM, said:

But...it's May... not August.. we shouldn't see the first hints of them for another 2-3 months.

If I remember correctly final push to make the Clan Invasion happen when it did is when said Comstar Vessel wandered into Clan Space and was captured. Comstar knew of the Clans long before anyone else did, and August is when the arrive in the Periphery. August is when the public starts getting rumor of an invasion.

[Adridos]

I see Cyclops head in that new picture (row 2 from the right, column 4)!

We know what the mech number 12 is, now (maybe...).

Edited by Adridos, 31 May 2012 - 08:15 AM.

[Loose]

Shrekken, on 31 May 2012 - 07:43 AM, said:

If you stare at it long enough, you see a sail boat.

You dumb b@stard. It's a schooner, not a sailboat!

... You know what?! THERE IS NO SANTA CLAUS!

[Stormeris]

Loose, on 31 May 2012 - 08:16 AM, said:

You dumb b@stard. It's a schooner, not a sailboat!

... You know what?! THERE IS NO SANTA CLAUS!

YOU LIAR, my mom says he's real

[GargoyleKDR]

The overlaid arc in the upper right corner on the 5/31/12 picture makes me think that the 2 pictures (5/30 and 5/31) might be part of a larger photo mosaic picture. The curve spans mulitple picture squares cleanly, so those boxes probably aren't scrambled like we thought yesterday.

Edited by GargoyleKDR, 31 May 2012 - 08:23 AM.

[Aethon]

Can a dev please sticky this, so we don't get a new ARTEMIS thread every 5 minutes?

By my calculations, it will reduce the ARTEMIS thread spawning to once every 10 minutes or so.

Edited by Aethon, 31 May 2012 - 08:21 AM.

[Mal]

Alan Mitchells, on 31 May 2012 - 08:11 AM, said:

If I remember correctly final push to make the Clan Invasion happen when it did is when said Comstar Vessel wandered into Clan Space and was captured. Comstar knew of the Clans long before anyone else did, and August is when the arrive in the Periphery. August is when the public starts getting rumor of an invasion.

Outbound Light encountered the Clans in... 3048 though.. so the timing of it being clan related still seems off to me.

[Johnny Red]

EU Closed beta!!!!! Maybe just maybe!

[Alan Mitchells]

Mal, on 31 May 2012 - 08:21 AM, said:

Outbound Light encountered the Clans in... 3048 though.. so the timing of it being clan related still seems off to me.

Yes, but it also lines up with E3. I feel like it is something bigger than just "mech #12", and the only other thing is first glimps of what they have in the store for the Clans. Just a different idea than what I have seen thrown around so far.

[SideSt3p]

Aethon, on 31 May 2012 - 08:20 AM, said:

Can a dev please sticky this, so we don't get a new ARTEMIS thread every 5 minutes?

By my calculations, it will reduce the ARTEMIS thread spawning to once every 10 minutes or so.

If they want to sticky that's fine by me. I'll be updating every day with the new pictures. I enjoy the conversation we're getting on this.

These little things are why I'm truly excited for the game. PGI continues to keep interest peaked and people excited through the use of teasers like this. As well as helping the community stay on its toes, it also shows that we are a very knowledgeable player base!

But shush!! Hopefully Paul won't find out

Edited by SideSt3p, 31 May 2012 - 10:31 AM.

[Mal]

Alan Mitchells, on 31 May 2012 - 08:27 AM, said:

Yes, but it also lines up with E3. I feel like it is something bigger than just "mech #12", and the only other thing is first glimps of what they have in the store for the Clans. Just a different idea than what I have seen thrown around so far.

I like the theory about the 'Unseen' coming back as their big E3 announcement...

[NinjaCool]

Loose, on 31 May 2012 - 08:16 AM, said:

You dumb b@stard. It's a schooner, not a sailboat!

... You know what?! THERE IS NO SANTA CLAUS!

Yeah right i've seen Santa several times!

[soulfire]

Most likely they commisioned another painting like the original one so their is prob more than one mech shown in it and it will be larger than normal so we prob will get another part tomorrow.then over the weeknd you can try to put it all together because it will most likely be a backdrop in the show so we can see it then.

[Le Goat]

The new image looks like transparent new tiles over a background of the current concept art. also those shapes with the white background are mech shaped. so...possibly two or three new mechs?