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[Goose]

I don't think we've ever had TAG out-range the sensor suite on a 'Mech before: What should that mean?

If I TAG in an Awesome at ~700m, well outside the 500 an assault is supposed to have, am I entitled to the targets' TO&E and paper doll, or should it be limited to what a UAV could tell someone whom otherwise has no LoS?

[Agent1190]

Wow, great observation. I didn't even pick that up.

I guess it depends on what TAG is, I guess. If it's like the lasers used today to guide smart bombs, then I would say it won't help you detect or get information from a mech. It's simply a targeting mark for missiles to follow. But if you can't target them because of range, then how are your team mates supposed to fire locked missiles?

[sycocys]

Interesting. Even after the info stuff we saw is added back in I think it will outrange most assaults by a little.

Might just have to go with magic, or that its an advanced sonar laser or some such thing.

[Nothing Whatsoever]

It does tie into the on-board targeting and tracking systems, so it could work to increase gaining Target Info and boosting Range by some amount, so maybe a few tweaks are in order, set the base range back to 500 M, but then like AP/BAP, it too can boost range.

And then Lights and Mediums can use quirks to boost TAG ranges back up to their sensor ranges.

Here's a description too: