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[SamizdatCowboy]

First, I have not played TT. Curious though if the variant 'identifiers' actually have some underlying meaning, or if they're just random letters. Like for example the hunchback:

HBK-4P
HBK-4SP
HBK-4G
HBK-4H
HBK-4J

Thanks

[Kobold]

Some of them, yes. K = Kurita, D = Davion, L = Liao, S = Steiner, M = Marik. For many others, no. They are not consistent.

[Valentine Thrace]

though from some of the original board game fluff secondary or non-standard letter designators were region, planet, or (usually)company specific. not all letter designators were explained however.

[Surtr]

Yes, a lot of the more classic designs do relate to which great house designed the variant. Most D variants are davion and tend to have lots of autocannons, while K variants are usually Kurita and centered around PPCs. This trend does tend to stop with most newer mechs and variants.

[Okie135]

Take a look at the Liao variant of the UrbanMech: UM-R60L. It's ugly and cute at the same time.

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Edited by Clark, 28 December 2012 - 06:26 PM.

[SamizdatCowboy]

Clark, on 28 December 2012 - 06:25 PM, said:

Take a look at the Liao variant of the UrbanMech: UM-R60L. It's ugly and cute at the same time.

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ok, so the L obviously stands for Liao, but the R60 is basically just random/made up?

[Ranger207]

Kobold, on 18 December 2012 - 10:19 PM, said:

Some of them, yes. K = Kurita, D = Davion, L = Liao, S = Steiner, M = Marik. For many others, no. They are not consistent.

And here I was thinking that adding a 'K' to the end meant it had PPCs and a 'D' meant it had ACs!