Deepthoughts
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Tried getting MWO working on xubuntu and it crashes during the intro splash screen. Typical issue with no real good log or error output.
Battletech - Also known as Trannytech
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Yeah MWO error reporting goes to a nonexistent email last I knew anyway
that's right
their error reporting software? they don't pay attention to it at all
I personally don't know any tricks to get MWO functioning in Linux, it was supposedly possible but damn if I know how
StevieLasVegas
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Not crazy about the Atlus K-2, but dig the Atlas III. the LWB looks fine
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HESH rounds are basically rendered useless with the adition of anti-spalling kevlar mats inside the armor and armor in BT is some weird composite stuff with diamond-fibre-weave space magic, so I'd assume that HESH has been rendered mostly useless in the 31st century.
Then again, for all we know some AC out there might be using HESH rounds as standard ammo and it gets categorized within one of the 4 AC classes.
After all, ACs differ a lot and aren't categorized by their caliber but rather by how much armor they can desintegrate with one salvo.
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Take a look at the real Atlas 2 (a separate version of the Atlas meant for SLDF Royal formations)
A massive Stormtrooper if you ask me.
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Harjel was never lostech. It was introduced by the Clans since they discovered the compound in the clan worlds. A similar compound can be found in the Twcross system on one of it's moons. If I remember correctly other systems in the IS don't have Harjel. The Foxes developed the Harjel system for Battlemechs after the Jihad (Harjel 2 and 3 which are basically autorepair systerms as long as the armor section still exists)
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That self-sealing polymer layer isn't HarJel. HarJel is an actual... gel. It flows out onto breaches in Elemental and ship armor, and then it hardens into a very hard solid.
Think of the polymer sealant in 'Mech armor as something closer to the self-sealing fuel tanks in World War II aircraft: it's a solid that, when exposed to vacuum or water, just expands to cover up the cracks.
Think of the polymer sealant in 'Mech armor as something closer to the self-sealing fuel tanks in World War II aircraft: it's a solid that, when exposed to vacuum or water, just expands to cover up the cracks.
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Taurian "Fuck Around and Find Out" Concordat.
Though I have a soft spot for Clan Ghost Bear, despite being genetic freaks.
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TC's easily the strongest of the Periphery powers and their profound hatred for the FedSuns is strangely endearing. MoC has a weird partnership going on with the Capellans and they're canonically this weird matriarchal society of concubine-queens and likely the primary source of just about any vice in the Inner Sphere. OA became stronger when they teamed up with the Snow Ravens but that's not saying much. Everything else is pretty much Deep Periphery and they're also-rans.
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I know someone in here (@More AWS-8Q Than You ?) brought up the Canopian Catgirls as some fanon creation. I would like to know more. Also what they're describing is basically discount HarJel, with the job of sealing small breaches instead of massive ones.
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The Concordat was the strongest Peripherypower. Now the Magistracy occupies this position. Zhe Magistracy is also kind of funny for our modern times: a true matriarchy but it's most prominent export is porn.
Oh yeah Canopian catgirls. That is no fiction that is reality (though not widespread I think) in Canopian space
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I'm not sure I did, but a quick look suggests that in one sourcebook there were Canopian women with cat ear prosthetics. That's well within the level of cybernetics available to the IS and well within the level of degeneracy in Canopus. I usually point out that anything you want to know about Canopus can be summed up with Wicca being an official state religion, big enough to be recognized.
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Huh. What sourcebook? A buddy I know is both a fan of BT and catgirls so he'll be delighted to have something like that handy.
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I'm growing ever more fond of the Free Rasalhague Republic... There's something about scandinavian guys who manage to avoid being absorbed into the DC so much that they win back their independence... and then get their shit get kicked in by space-weirdo-eugenics enthusiasts...
And the Hanseatic League seems pretty intriguing, too.
And the Hanseatic League seems pretty intriguing, too.
I really dislike that design. The chest looks like some old stereo, the head looks way too goofy, it's just not my cup of tea. I'd take the Fatlas over that thing any day of the week.
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That would be Field Manual Periphery or Field Manual SLDF. In the SLDF manual there is a short notice about an SLDF infantry divison which was basically going native in Canopian space with several troopers having animal ear prosthetics.
StraightShooter2
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Bumping this one - I think the original story here is fake - that "Kiva from HBS" isn't listed anywhere on Wikipedia - they may be some low-level employee but I see no evidence that they're a lead designer.I have the game; I haven't played it much, but other than some weird hair colors, none of the alleged "tranny/SJW" stuff is very obvious. The game does have "straight white male characters".
According to Wikipedia, the lead director is Jordan Weisman and Mike McCain:
Mike McCain bids HBS and our BATTLETECH Community a fond farewell
Thank you kindly Mike (aka @HBS_Dropshadow) for all the stunning Works of Mech Art as well as your Leadership in the crafting of all aspects of BATTLETECH. While you may be transitioning to whatever it is that comes next for you, know that our...forum.paradoxplaza.com
The lead producer is Mitch Gitelman
I'm not sure who that "Kiva" is, but I don't see that they're a "lead designer", as opposed to just some random low-level development flunky.
There also wasn't any overt tranny / political stuff in the game's actual release (e.x. straight, white male characters weren't banned from the game).
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Canopians: Slowly but surely conquering the Inner Sphere with catgrill porn, apparently. Aleksandr Kerensky likely shat bricks over the Canopians, I imagine he would have shat full commieblocs if he had seen Nicholas' workings.