Steinar Bergstol, on 14 June 2014 - 06:32 AM, said:
****** that! As an IS pilot and a Draconis Combine player since my first BT boxed set in the mid 80's I don't want to see Clan mechs on IS teams in the game! I want to see Thunderbolts, Atlases, Stalkers, Victors, Griffins, Wolverines, Jenners, Spiders, Commandos, Hunchbacks, Catapults, Trebuchets and so on and so forth (I also want to see Marauders, Archers, Warhammers, Phoenix Hawks, Wasps, Stingers, Ostrocs, Crusaders and so on, but that's an entirely different argument). I don't want IS lances made up of Daishis, Masakaris, Ryokens and Mad Cats. It's just... Wrong. Wrong in every possible way. At least until we're several years into the invasion era seeing clanmechs in IS teams just feels like a cheap cop-out. If you wanna pilot clanmachines then fight for the clans, otherwise what's the point?
I really hope there are more IS pilots like you out there. I tip my hat to you sir.
KelesK, on 14 June 2014 - 07:18 AM, said:
While I don't disagree I'm not a part of that Cluster.
But you ARE a part of that Clan. It is actually because of them that I stopped worrying about firing on someone who shut down due to over heating. Well ever since I read The Jade Phoenix Trilogy that is.
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Peri finished the torso drill and Joanna addressed Aidan. "Cadet Aidan. Check your heat scale. Does it show up normal? Respond."
On the intercom, cadets always had to wait for Joanna's order to respond before they could press and hold down the blue button next to the 'Mech throttle and actually speak to her. He had expected the communication restrictions to be relaxed once in a 'Mech, and it surprised him to learn that he could still not speak to Joanna or any other officer without permission to respond.
"Heat scale normal," he said and released the button.
"As it should be. I tell you to check only to make sure you realize the most important cockpit rule. Never—not in the heat of battle or the excitement of fixing an enemy 'Mech in your sights, lining it up, and using your most skillful assault plan, your best array of weaponry in the fancy blasts and pulses that have become your battlefield specialty—never, never forget that you must be continually conscious of the ribbons of information revealed on the heat-scale gauge. A 'Mech is like a living being; it is like the horse of the cavalry, the camel of the desert warrior. You must continually care for it, not push it too much, not allow it to become overheated. Just as those animals speeded up the time, and in many ways, expanded the territory over which wars could be conducted, so the BattleMech—and especially the OmniMech—has quickened and enhanced the possibilities of ground warfare. But even with the improved heat-sink technology of the OmniMechs our scientists have provided us, we can still disable our own 'Mech, making it a sitting duck for others, or even get it blown up and ourselves with it, because we get so caught up in being a hero that we forget the patterns of awareness that a 'Mech pilot must maintain at all times. These patterns include the knowledge of your own 'Mech as well as the situation of the fellow warriors of your Star or Star Cluster. This warning is for all of you. Cadet Peri, you understand this, quiaff? Respond."
The Jade Phoenix Trilogy - Book 1 - Way of the Clans
Edited by Jaroth Corbett, 14 June 2014 - 09:08 AM.
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