Battletech - Also known as Trannytech

Snekposter said:
And given how strangely open about sex Clans and especially trueborn are, I guarantee you there's a thriving open trade (at least in the Inner Sphere), of porn of female Elementals getting their asses wrecked by tiny-ass ASF pilots, all largely purchased by said female Elementals. I mean, you really think Clan Happy Merchant didn't run a PornHub copy on the side in Clan space? You probably think they invented the Chatterweb for serious sociopolitical discussion, too.
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On the eve of the Clan Invasion, in the Magistracy of Canpus Capital City:
"Magistrex! Invaders from the Deep Periphery are kicking everyone's ass! They make a beeline for Terra! No one can oppose them!"
-"By the gods! Where are they attacking from?"
"The other side of the Inner Sphere, fortunately, we're safe for the mo-"
-"IMBECILE! Safe? We're safe? Call in all my advisers, everyone from my personal staff! We need to figure out what deviancy we can sell to these people! A new and vast market has just opened up and I'll be damned if I leave open their desires for the carnal pleasures to some upstart Draconis Fujoshi!"

All joking aside, the idea of a three-way battle in the underground world of seedy porn production between some Draconis Yakuza, some Canopus Syndicate and Clan Happy Merchant sounds pretty badass.
 
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RomanesEuntDomus said:
On the eve of the Clan Invasion, in the Magistracy of Canpus Capital City:
"Magistrex! Invaders from the Deep Periphery are kicking everyone's ass! They make a beeline for Terra! No one can oppose them!"
-"By the gods! Where are they attacking from?"
"The other side of the Inner Sphere, fortunately, we're safe for the mo-"
-"IMBECILE! Safe? We're safe? Call in all my advisers, everyone from my personal staff! We need to figure out what deviancy we can sell to these people! A new and vast market has just opened up and I'll be damned if I leave open their desires for the carnal pleasures to some upstart Draconis Fujoshi!"

All joking aside, the idea of a three-way battle in the underground world of seedy porn production between some Draconis Yakuza, some Canopus Syndicate and Clan Happy Merchant sounds pretty badass.
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The idea of the Sharkfoxes issuing a batchall to the Canopans for the rights to futa catgirl porn only to have the Dracs jump in so it turns into a pornographic Mexican standoff, then the Clanners demanding a Trial of Grievance between Star Commander Schmeckel and Tai-i Ponchin for the grievous insult that gets resolved mano a mano with a baby-oil wrestling match as the Canopans record (for their BattleROMs, you see, no profit motive we swear Clanners) is possibly the dumbest and funniest thing I can think of.
 
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Capsaicin Addict said:
This is utterly insane and I am totally passing this along to my fellow BT players :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
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It's one of those axioms of the internet. No matter where you are or what you were talking about, everything goes to hell whenever nerds start talking about big, strong ladies.
 
Unfortunately for you guys, this isn't the only convo I'm involved in centering around sexual deviancy in BattleTech. Because things got worse...
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Page 40 of the first edition of The Periphery, inked all the way back in 1988. Probably retconned out given the lack of later mention in the 2e book, but...

Of course, from A Time of War - Companion we have this bit on Page 51...
Indeed, Star League-era genetic manipulation was so advanced that it allegedly made the creation of actual mermaids and other human-animal hybrids possible, and it was a recurrent fad among the more eccentric nobles and wealthy elite in the Star League period to undergo genetic therapy for cosmetic effects. Thus, even in the modern setting (albeit in very remote areas), descendants of the generic manipulations might be found—their alterations to the human genome possibly grown monstrous after generations of mutations and inbreeding. Gamemasters should be stingy in allowing any character to receive any form of genetic manipulation, as the general population of the BattleTech universe is overwhelmingly standard-human. Indeed, outside of testing labs and sealedoff colonies populated by rejects, genetic modification is beyond the technology a private citizen can even have access to, and even the Clans—who possess the scientific knowledge of the Star League—actively avoid its use as a
perversion of their own eugenics. Genetic modification is simply not something a character in any era of BattleTech can simply waltz into a clinic and have done to them, and any obvious effects will instantly saddle the character with any of the following:
Negative TP Reputation and Unattractive Traits, In For Life, Bloodmark, and possible even a host of other negative Traits all reflecting hindering side effects caused by their manipulated genomes. It will also be nigh impossible to maintain any form of Alternate ID when transformed into something distinctly beyond the human norms.
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Given its set post-Jihad looks like its up to GM's discretion just what happened under the guise of "oops Succession Wars".

But from the same book, its obvious the planet Hardcore has earned its name:
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Pages 187 and 188 respectively.
 
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Snekposter said:
Unfortunately for you guys, this isn't the only convo I'm involved in centering around sexual deviancy in BattleTech. Because things got worse...
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Page 40 of the first edition of The Periphery, inked all the way back in 1988. Probably retconned out given the lack of later mention in the 2e book, but...
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Eh, there was a lot of early installment weirdness in BT. Keep in mind at one point Buckaroo Banzai was canon in the novels.
 
Capsaicin Addict said:
Eh, there was a lot of early installment weirdness in BT. Keep in mind at one point Buckaroo Banzai was canon in the novels.
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To be fair, that report comes from pre-Star League days. Science, particularly biological sciences and medicine were... kind of wild back then if you didn't really care about ethics and no one with an uneven star logo was telling you to stop. Let's remember that half the Clan's totem animals were genetically-engineered to survive in the Pentagon Worlds and the Kerensky Cluster, and the SLDF didn't really go into exile with all of the League's cutting-edge science staff and know-how outside of specialists on "things that blow up real good". And even the Clans later one came up with the Elemental phenotype, which might as well be a completely different species to humans from how extreme it is.

So, if you're a Canopian whore and you get the opportunity to replace your legs with a grafted bio-engineered fish tail in return for a fat paycheck and your own aquarium... who knows, It might work out for you. The Canopians are weird like that.
 
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TFT-A9 said:
There's better ones than that, even
Kooken's Pleasure Pit immediately comes to mind
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Tolkein fags being insufferable douches, as usual.
Numenor largely escaped the ravages of warfare during the Succession Wars, leading to the population becoming some of the most confident, erudite and snobbish to be found in the Federated Suns. Freed from concerns relating to wartime damage, concerns such as environmentalism were more important to the population of Numenor than on many other worlds. One of Numenor's notable manufacturing concerns, Aston-Martin, was an example of how these attitudes shaped local industry; rather than the ICE-powered vehicles commonly used on other worlds, Aston-Martin produced high-end electrically-powered vehicles intended to be environmentally friendly in every way - including generating very little noise. While Aston-Martin's sales suffered during the Federated Commonwealth era because of competition from Lyran industries, particularly Avanti Industries, Aston-Martin were hoping for a resurgence in their market share after the FedCom Civil War.
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Playing MW5 and it's... Fine. I don't hate it as much as others here but it's definitely pretty bland compared to what it should be. The lack of customisation is the real killer, but it's also rather unpolished - it doesn't seem like there's much depth to most encounters. The only time it feels cool is occasional encounters where I'm running into a huge number of mechs and supporting vehicles with my own lance and allied mechs. Seems like war then, even if that isn't the lance v lance or company v company tactical stuff MW is known for.

What I'm wondering is: are there any lesser-known mech sims that have come out in the last ten years that might be a better alternative? To my knowledge MWO is the best thing we have (also flawed, I know). What I'd really like would be a new Heavy Gear game since I liked the balance that struck between being a stompy robot and infantry a bit better than Mechwarrior games but lol Heavy Gear Assault was such an incredible clusterfuck...
 
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Playing MW5 and it's... Fine. I don't hate it as much as others here but it's definitely pretty bland compared to what it should be. The lack of customisation is the real killer, but it's also rather unpolished - it doesn't seem like there's much depth to most encounters. The only time it feels cool is occasional encounters where I'm running into a huge number of mechs and supporting vehicles with my own lance and allied mechs. Seems like war then, even if that isn't the lance v lance or company v company tactical stuff MW is known for.

What I'm wondering is: are there any lesser-known mech sims that have come out in the last ten years that might be a better alternative? To my knowledge MWO is the best thing we have (also flawed, I know). What I'd really like would be a new Heavy Gear game since I liked the balance that struck between being a stompy robot and infantry a bit better than Mechwarrior games but lol Heavy Gear Assault was such an incredible clusterfuck...
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Unfortunately I think Heavy Gear is kind of dead in the water. There was Daemon Ex Machina, but I don't know too much about it.
 
@RomanesEuntDomus @TFT-A9 Late, but what @Corn Flakes said about Elementals being such a different phenotype triggered some neurons.
On the opposite spectrum are Aerospace pilots, averaging 1.7 meters and 50 kilograms. With noticeably enlarged craniums and eyes for superior reaction times and perceptive abilities, they are better suited to withstanding the strains of intense G-forces, though they are also more frail and easily injured.
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For those without some sort of unit conversion handy, that's roughly 5'6" and 110 pounds. Average. A little makeup work for those on the smaller end and you've got the perfect lolicon and shotacon fodder for all of the Sphere's dezgra weebs. Especially since they already have those big eyes and heads.
 
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RE: Deviancy in Battletech;

MW5 has a secret achievement you get if you travel to Kooken's Pleasure Pit.
 
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