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[LORD ORION]

When the Orion hero mech is released, you will finally get some of my real money.

Edited by LORD ORION, 20 December 2012 - 08:22 PM.

[Daekar]

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anyway feedback duly noted, when it comes to the orthos i'll make some adjustments, try to keep cockpit size relatively small, nudge it a bit off center, push the autocannon back a bit so that the right arm won't crash through it or need to have it's traverse reduced.

Wow... just wow. Now that is fantastic! Not only did the Orion-lovers of the forum make the same kind of suggestions I would, but you are humble and tolerant enough to gracefully accept those suggestions! Do you have a fan-club?

[verybad]

Kerensky would probably have driven a stock Orion. He wasn't one for havning anything better than the troops he was commaning. He also wasn't reknowned as a heroic mechwarrior, but as a brilliant General.

A Hero Orion isn't necessarilly a Kerensky one. Plus he would have driven a non special painted mech in order to not be a hgiher target.

[Jmb]

Classic Heavy, great at all ranges. Average speed, with better than average armor. Don't know why, but whenever I see the Orion, I think a Centurion upped by 25 tons in firepower and armor..

[MasterofBlasters]

Jmb, on 20 December 2012 - 10:10 PM, said:

Classic Heavy, great at all ranges. Average speed, with better than average armor. Don't know why, but whenever I see the Orion, I think a Centurion upped by 25 tons in firepower and armor..

Most people think of it like an Altas minus 25 tons.

[grayson marik]

hihi, should be reserved to marik pilotes :-D

I Love it! Bring it bring it bring it now now now!!

Ohoh... think I lost some years of age so forgive me but.... I WANT MA CANDY NOW NOW NOW!!!!

[Alaric Wolf Kerensky]

Hoping for a King Crab next!

[LordDante]

zomongogogogogogogogogogooooooooooooooo

all hail to tha orion

[Strum Wealh]

verybad, on 20 December 2012 - 10:08 PM, said:

Kerensky would probably have driven a stock Orion. He wasn't one for havning anything better than the troops he was commaning. He also wasn't reknowned as a heroic mechwarrior, but as a brilliant General.

A Hero Orion isn't necessarilly a Kerensky one. Plus he would have driven a non special painted mech in order to not be a hgiher target.

Actually, Kerensky did have his own special variant.

ON1-K (Kerensky): x2 MLas, x1 Gauss Rifle, x1 Snub-Nose PPC, x1 SRM-4
(source is RS:3050U-IS)

Stock ON1-K: x2 MLas, x1 AC/10, x1 LRM-15, x1 SRM-4

[HammerMaster]

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII like it!

[Adridos]

Thontor, on 21 December 2012 - 05:26 AM, said:

Except its the same speed as a Centurion, and 16.2 kph faster than an Atlas..

I'd say its more like a Centurion+ more armor and more missiles

It has right-torso based ballistic, one energy mount in each arm and SRM+LRM in left torso, exactly like Atlas.
On the other hand, the speed is the only thing that is the same as with Centurion.

[Kraven Kor]

grayson marik, on 20 December 2012 - 10:20 PM, said:

hihi, should be reserved to marik pilotes :-D

I Love it! Bring it bring it bring it now now now!!

Ohoh... think I lost some years of age so forgive me but.... I WANT MA CANDY NOW NOW NOW!!!!

Well, to be fair, the FWL was never shy about selling their mechs to the other houses. With few exceptions, the Orion was seen in the military of every house, but only truly used in bulk by FWL.

IIRC.

Adridos, on 21 December 2012 - 05:41 AM, said:

It has right-torso based ballistic, one energy mount in each arm and SRM+LRM in left torso, exactly like Atlas.
On the other hand, the speed is the only thing that is the same as with Centurion.

Pretty much everyone saw the Orion as the "pocket Atlas" IIRC.

[MeerKatV]

Pretty much the xmas present I was looking for Brutally beautiful & the hero mech will definitely be very popular.

I wonder if this will have a command console since it performed the function of a command mech long before the Atlas was on the drawing boards.

Edited by MeerKatV, 21 December 2012 - 06:50 AM.

[Anyone00]

Thontor, on 21 December 2012 - 05:26 AM, said:

Except its the same speed as a Centurion, and 16.2 kph faster than an Atlas..

I'd say its more like a Centurion+ more armor and more missiles

Adridos, on 21 December 2012 - 05:41 AM, said:

It has right-torso based ballistic, one energy mount in each arm and SRM+LRM in left torso, exactly like Atlas.
On the other hand, the speed is the only thing that is the same as with Centurion.

The left shield arm is one of the main thing that defines the Centurion: so the Orion is not like a Centurion.

[Adridos]

Anyone00, on 21 December 2012 - 07:03 AM, said:

The left shield arm is one of the main thing that defines the Centurion: so the Orion is not like a Centurion.

Imo, that only stands true for MW:O. Noone actually did that in other MWs, nor canon.

[Adridos]

Thontor, on 21 December 2012 - 07:18 AM, said:

I got it! The ON1-K is a mini AS7-RS!

Only difference is the Atlas gets large instead of medium lasers

Better late than never.

Basically, if you read the text around this mech, you'd read about some old dude doing the first field run for it... he fell in love with it that day. Then, as the best warrior the world has ever known, he was asked to help them design a mech and this is what he said: "Create a Mech as powerful as possible, as impenetrable as possible, and as ugly and foreboding as conceivable, so that fear itself will be our ally." And the mech they made got the name Atlas and was basically his Orion (the best mech ever, as he thought) on steroids.

Then there is that thing he took his whole army with it, created a new society of warriors outside of Inner Sphere and his descendants created the next best mech ever... the Timber Wolf (or Mad Cat) and called themselves Clans, but that's besides the point.

[Butane9000]

Been looking at a build for the Orion.

75 Tons
Standard 300 (25 tons)
50 Tons
Standard Armor (14 Tons)
36 Tons
2x PPC (14 Tons)
22 Tons
2x SSRM2's w/ 1 ton ammo (4 Tons)
18 Tons
1x AC5 w/ 1 ton ammo (9 Tons)
9 Tons
AMS w/ 1 Ton ammo + CASE (2 tons)
7 Tons
7 additional heatsinks (7 tons)
= 75 Tons

So:

2xPPC
1xAC5 / 1T (30 Rounds)
2x SSRM2 / 1T (100 Rounds)
AMS / 1T

Standard 300 Engine
17 Heat sinks
14 Tons Armor
64.8 KP/h Speed (estimated)
Damage (Alpha): 35/175

This should work out as a good sniping platform with decent fallback options (AC5 for close range and SSRM2's for lights). The PPC's will have to be chain fired to manage heat output (unless the incoming buff makes them amazing).

[Odanan]

Strum Wealh, on 21 December 2012 - 01:17 AM, said:

Actually, Kerensky did have his own special variant.

ON1-K (Kerensky): x2 MLas, x1 Gauss Rifle, x1 Snub-Nose PPC, x1 SRM-4
(source is RS:3050U-IS)

Stock ON1-K: x2 MLas, x1 AC/10, x1 LRM-15, x1 SRM-4

Read this, devs?

[Odanan]

I'm making an Orion IIC (work in progress).

[Strum Wealh]

Odanan, on 21 December 2012 - 09:19 AM, said:

I'm making an Orion IIC (work in progress).

Very nice.
Though, it should be noted (for the sake of not confusing others) that the Orion IIC has the weapons laid out rather differently from those of the 'Mech on which it's based...

Orion IIC:

• x1 Clan LRM-20 (LA - the artwork makes it look like it's part of the torso/shoulder, but it's technically in the arm, according to the record sheet)
  
• x1 Clan Gauss Rifle (RT)
  
• x2 Clan ER Large Laser (LA, RA)
  
• x1 Clan (non-Streak) SRM-4 (LT - it weighs 1.0 tons rather than 2.0, but is otherwise identical to the IS version)

Edited by Strum Wealh, 21 December 2012 - 10:02 AM.