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[MonkeyCheese]

zverofaust, on 20 March 2013 - 12:28 PM, said:

Nah, it's a Catapult. But whoever did the art for the wreck mistakenly attached the struts way too far forward, which is what makes it look wierd.

Its just a normal cat with arms that have fallen off.

There are other more exposed cats in the map laying on their front/back with the cylinders of the arms off and on the ground.

[Aethon]

JagerMAN, on 20 March 2013 - 02:22 PM, said:

look open cockpit.. see there is the possiblity for ejections..

At 97 degrees Celsius, I feel sorry for any poor ******* who ejected on that map, instead of dying in his cockpit...unless the sideways ejection seat on the Catapult splattered him against a nearby outcropping of tourmaline, that is.

Edited by Aethon, 20 March 2013 - 03:44 PM.

[Joe Mallad]

Aethon, on 20 March 2013 - 03:44 PM, said:

At 97 degrees Celsius, I feel sorry for any poor ******* who ejected on that map, instead of dying in his cockpit...unless the sideways ejection seat on the Catapult splattered him against a nearby outcropping of tourmaline, that is.

yeah that's 206.6 degrees lol.

[Impyrium]

… oh, my bad. That was me. Yes, once was a pilot. Now, don’t get all angry, a pilot can be just as good as any MechWarrior. Though I did crash an aerofighter into the Nagelring during my first test flight. I didn’t stay there very long.

But the dropship? Funny story. I was drinking my tea, because, you know, the refrigerator was all out of coffee. Though I’m not sure why it was in the refrigerator, now I think about it. But still. Some bird slapped itself onto the windscreen as I was descending, and well, that scared the living Hatchetmans out of me. So I spilt the tea, boiling hot mind you, onto the control board. Which wasn’t a good idea.

First it shorted out the thruster control. Which was a problem, because I did need them. The ship then decided to do a barrel roll, sending a nearby crewmember flying out the airlock. Which wasn’t supposed to be open. But hey, space regualtions. Who follows ‘em?

Then the eject system went haywire. I’m not sure why a dropship had en eject, but I went one way, and the dropship went another. Then the tea dripped onto the munitions stock, which promptly exploded. I dearly hope that was actually tea.
Well, the dropship inserted itself into the planet’s crust. So that was that. Now I think about it, the orders did say something along the lines of “… do not, ever, ever, bring that dropship into orbit. I’m warning you. For the last time, it’s not meant to go there! You’re not even meant to fly it!”. But hey, YOLO, right-

*gunshot*