42and19, on 03 September 2013 - 08:21 AM, said:
Has anyone else noticed that there has been little to no chatter about the contents of this patch?
Another potential candidate for a canonical Hero 'Mech is "Lurch", piloted by Yvonne Morticia from Team Banzai.
From Sarna, on Yvonne Morticia: "Commander of the Team Banzai JumpShip Nth Dimension; a DropShip pilot; and a renowned sharpshooter in her personal Orion BattleMech."
From TRO 3025, on Yvonne Morticia: "Looking as if she slinked out of a vampire video, Yvonne Morticia is the sexy, slightly disturbing member of the equally weird Team Banzai. Besides being an excellent gunner, she is also a DropShip pilot and the commander of Team Banzai`s JumpShip, the Nth Dimension.
It often seems as if Yvonne participates in a land battle to divert her from more intellectual tasks. She views the victims of her black Orion, named the Lurch, with pity and a hint of contempt for their lack of skills. She has been offered a newer `Mech, but turned the offer down, saying that the Lurch was too close a friend."
There is no known and definite canonical loadout for Lurch (just as there is no known and definite canonical loadout for Pretty Baby or Death's Knell), which means that PGI can make up a loadout without necessarily contradicting BattleTech.
Given that the pilot is "renowned" as "a gunner" and "a sharpshooter", it might be implied that Lurch's armaments might be might be more heavily focused on direct-fire weaponry than the typical, typically missile-oriented Orion...
Team Banzai emblem:
Team Banzai paint scheme:
Pilot concept image:
(Kate Beckinsale, as "Selene" from the Underworld series)
Thoughts?