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[Satan n stuff]

Hans Von Lohman, on 03 August 2015 - 12:42 PM, said:

Just to be the nerd I am, and maybe speed things up a bit the dropship capacity is like this.

1. Leopard. 4 mech lance, 2 aerospace fighters, can fly like an airplane, and can land both vertically and horizontally (vertical is used mostly on airless worlds with low gravity). The size of a double wide jumbo jet.

2. Union. 12 mech company, 2 aerospace fighters, lands vertically, is essentially a giant spherical rocket ship the size of a small skyscraper.

3. Overlord, 36 mech battalion, 6 aerospace fighters, lands vertically, is essentially an even bigger egg shaped rocket ship than the Union.

I think I own around 80 mechs or so, but I have always like the Union. For me I think about an equal number of Unions and Leopards. I'm not a fan of the Overlord. Too big and I prefer to spread out the pain if a dropship gets destroyed (in the board games that is, I have had that happen).

You'd have to invest a ridiculous amount of money in jumpships if you're going to use that many Union dropships.

[Whatzituyah]

The OP should be disqualified hes using Pocket Warship subclass of a Dropship actually speaking of which technically everyone here is disqualified except the guy with the purse lol. I am joking here he said no warships though. In all seriousness ile use 30 Overlords.

Edited by Whatzituyah, 03 August 2015 - 01:17 PM.

[Escef]

Tristan Winter, on 03 August 2015 - 08:53 AM, said:

Any chance you'd be willing to give an overview of the various dropships and jumpships and their capacity? Or are we supposed to do our own research on Sarna as part of the fun?

The most common Inner Sphere military transports of the early Clan Invasion era are:

Leopard (4 mechs, 2 aerospace fighters; you might know these from CW and the new River City)

Union (12 mechs, 2 aerospace fighters)

Overlord (36 mechs, 6 aerospace fighters)

Clan versions of these ships exist (Broadsword, Union C, Overlord C; 5, 15, and 45 mechs respectively).

As for myself, I'd prefer to take a pair of Mule class dropships outfitted as Q-ships and smuggle my mechs in as bulk cargo. If forced to use military transports, I'd need at least 4 Overlords.

EDIT: Just did a quick count, I'd need 4 Overlords and a Union, and it would leave me 3 open bays... I think I have more open bays than that right now... Plus I still have Resistance II and Origins coming...

Edited by Escef, 03 August 2015 - 01:59 PM.

[stjobe]

I think I can scrape by with two Overlords (or six Unions).

I can't be arsed to look at the moment, but I think I have something like 60-65 'mechs, so those two Overlords should do it.

[CDLord HHGD]

Whatzituyah, on 03 August 2015 - 01:14 PM, said:

The OP should be disqualified hes using Pocket Warship subclass of a Dropship actually speaking of which technically everyone here is disqualified except the guy with the purse lol. I am joking here he said no warships though. In all seriousness ile use 30 Overlords.

Well, if we really want to go there, I have always been partial to the Potemkin.

[Nothing Whatsoever]

A custom Overlord for my IS mechs and a custom Union for my Clan Mechs would be enough for me right now.

[Satan n stuff]

How about we just restrict it to stuff that's viable and possible in universe?

[Bishop Steiner]

cdlord, on 03 August 2015 - 08:32 AM, said:

The origin of this came up when someone referred to our mechbays as a hangar like in star citizen. I always preferred to think of it as my dropship which got me thinking. If it were a lore-based dropship, what dropship/jumpship combination would I need to haul all my mechs. Here's what I'd need. How about anyone else? Please no warships, only dropships and jumpships.

2x Overlord Dropships
2x Union Dropships
1x Liberty Class Jumpship

Here are some links to the Dropship and Jumpship page on Sarna.
JumpShip Classes
DropShip Classes

3x Overlord
2x Fortress
1x Command Overlord
Could get by with a Starlord class Jumpship, but smart money is grab the Monolith so as to have room to grow. But since I like ot live large...I think I will appropriate a Texas class off the hands of those Jade Pigeons.


shame my vengeance class dropships have nothing to do.

[darkchylde]

Tristan Winter, on 03 August 2015 - 08:53 AM, said:

Any chance you'd be willing to give an overview of the various dropships and jumpships and their capacity? Or are we supposed to do our own research on Sarna as part of the fun?

Inner Sphere Dropships

Leopard - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Leopard - 4 Mechs - 2 Fighters - Cargo
Lung Wang - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Lung_Wang - 4 Mechs - 2 Fighters - Cargo/Infantry (1 Platoon)
Union - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Union - 12 Mechs - 2 Fighters
Hamilcar - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Hamilcar - 8 Mechs - 4 Fighters - Cargo
Fortress - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Fortress - 12 Mechs - 12 Vehicles - Cargo/Infantry (3 Platoons)
Overlord - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Overlord - 36 Mechs - 6 Fighters - Cargo
Excalibur - http://www.sarna.net...ibur_(DropShip) - 12 Mechs - 90 Vehicles - Infantry (12 Platoons)

Clan Dropships

Broadsword - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Broadsword - 5 Mechs - Cargo
Confederate - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Confederate - 5 Mechs - Cargo
Union-C - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Union - 15 mechs - Cargo
Lion - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Lion - 10 Mechs - Infantry (10 Stars)
Overlord-C - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Overlord - 45 Mechs or 3 Cargo Bays

Innersphere Jumpships

Scout - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Scout - 1 Dropship
Magellan - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Magellan -1 Dropship
Merchant - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Merchant - 2 Dropships
Chimeisho - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Chimeisho - 2 Dropships
Invader - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Invader - 3 Dropships
Tramp - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Tramp - 3 Dropships
Star Lord - http://www.sarna.net...Lord_(JumpShip) - 6 Dropships
Monolith - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Monolith - 9 Dropships

Clan Jumpships

Hunter - http://www.sarna.net...nter_(JumpShip) - 1 Dropship
Comitatus - 1 Dropship
Odyssey - 4 Dropships

Star League Warships

Fox - http://www.sarna.net...i/Fox_(WarShip) - 5 Dropships
Impavido - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Impavido - 2 Dropships
Suffren - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Suffren - 4 Dropships
Kyushu - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Kyushu - 4 Dropships
Kirishima - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Kirishima - 3 Dropships

Clan/Star League Warships

Fredasa - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Fredasa - 1 Dropship
York - http://www.sarna.net.../York_(WarShip) - 2 Dropships
Aegis - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Aegis - 4 Dropships
Volga - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Volga - 4 Dropships
Congress - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Congress - 2 Dropships
Black Lion - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Black_Lion - 4 Dropships
Sovetskii Soyuz - http://www.sarna.net...Sovetskii_Soyuz - 5 Dropships
Liberator -http://www.sarna.net...rator_(WarShip) - 6 Dropships
Cameron - http://www.sarna.net...meron_(WarShip) - 2 Dropships
Nightlord - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Nightlord - 4 Dropships
Potemkin - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Potemkin - 25 Dropships
Texas - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Texas - 6 Dropships
Mckenna - http://www.sarna.net...Kenna_(WarShip) - 6 Dropships


I left out the ships that only carried vehicles, fighters, troops

Edited by darkchylde, 03 August 2015 - 04:05 PM.

[Ascaloth]

Just these 3...



1 for my mechs, 1 for my cats and 1 for my ego.

[Bishop Steiner]

Ascaloth, on 03 August 2015 - 03:03 PM, said:

Just these 3...



1 for my mechs, 1 for my cats and 1 for my ego.

think.......


Bigger.

[Ascaloth]

Bishop Steiner, on 03 August 2015 - 03:13 PM, said:

think.......


Bigger.

Okay

[LordNothing]

i have 46 mech bays i think, but only 41 are full (i recently sold a bunch of seldom used mechs to get a trio of warhawks). so long as i stay under 45 mechs i could get everything into a single overlord-c.

[Alex Morgaine]

DaZur, on 03 August 2015 - 09:44 AM, said:

This is all I need...

Screw copyright, have that bag on your dash and have a certain black cat pop out on kills to wave :3

[ScreamingSkull]

I have almost 4 binaries with 39 mechs total. I could go with the Overlord C which can hold 35, but I think 4 Union C's would be more appropriate.



As for jumpships, going with 4 dropships doesn't leave me with many options. The Odyssey would be the best fit weighing in at a hefty 345,000 tons.

[Novakaine]

Well from my TT games call it 2 Overlords and 2 Unions.
Lost a Leopard dropship with all hands on board fighting pirates earlier this year.
The 32nd Rolling Thunder mourns they're loss.
Mechwarrior sufficed to say just one Overlord class.

Edited by Novakaine, 03 August 2015 - 06:29 PM.

[Funkin Disher]

One Union + One Leopard
1 Jenner, 1 Hunchback, 1 Centurion, 2 Catapults, 1 Stalker, 2 Atlai, 1 King Crab,
1 Arctic Cheetah, 1 Shadow Cat, 1 Stormcrow, 1 Ebon Jaguar, 1 Hellbringer, 1 Timber Wolf
And a bunch of parts

When the next couple packs come in i'll be upgrading to a second union, until I can thin out my numbers after basics, though it would probably better to go Overlord + Leopard.
Its a shame my actually active/regular mechs fit in a leopard though.

[ArchSight]

I need Team Rocket to transport my mechs.

[DaZur]

Frosty Brand, on 03 August 2015 - 05:24 PM, said:

Screw copyright, have that bag on your dash and have a certain black cat pop out on kills to wave :3

Sadly... only you and maybe six other people enven know who's bag that is!

[Whatzituyah]

DaZur, on 03 August 2015 - 07:52 PM, said:

Sadly... only you and maybe six other people enven know who's bag that is!

I think I know the Black Cat forgot his name though. But I changed my mind I want 40 Lee Dropships instead of Overlords I found out that Lee carries 40 Battlemechs.