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02/04/14 12:24 AM
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It's July 1944, and the war is not going well for Japan. It seems like every other day more american marines are landing on another island on another archipelligo, but before that they're shelling it with offshore artillery cannons from battleships, and before that P-38Ls and P-51Ds screen the skies of zeroes. The backbone of the japanese military on the ground seems ready to snap.
Now it's August 1944, and the fury of the IJN unexpectedly unleashes it's fury. It's all-terrain combat vehicle development lead to machines dubbed as "Warriors of Steel" by the footsoldiers of the japanese army. They walk. They run. They stomp where no regular tank can go. A select few noble and honorable japanese soldiers, pilots, and even a tank commander were trained in secret to operate the first of these "anywhere weapons". They are deployed for the first time, cruising the beaches. No shots were fired that day, they all either scattered or surrendered on the spot. The improperly equipped GIs surely didn't expect to see such huge, well armed monsters, not in this terrain. Indeed, this coupled with the recent invention of the Hovercraft alone may shift the tide of battle in favor of the divine emperor!
One of the first three mid 1944 first-generation japanese battlemech, this is the heavy of the trio. These beginning battlemechs were generally inferior to allied vehicles, except in one very important detail:Vastly enhanced multi-terrain ability. Mechs can cross rivers, hide in heavy woods, and with jump jets climb mountainous terrains, very useful in the tropical islands of the pacific front. Japan started it's mechs with a main gun that is rugged and powerful, an AC/20. It's short range isn't as much of an issue in the heavy forested environments it operates in. Two SPLs provides anti-infantry support. TSM lets the Puredeta run a bit faster in specific conditions. CASE II protects the AC/20 ammo. Finally, a hatchet and small shield on one arm are attached for mostly aesthetics(Tonnagewise expensive ones... 7 tons worth!) but many japanese MechWarriors have and will use the hatchet to send tanks to kingdom come.
Puredeta Guerrilla Mech
IS experimental
70 tons
BV: 1,593
Cost: 7,863,804 C-bills
Movement: 4/6
Engine: 280
Heat Sinks: 11
Gyro: Standard Gyro
Internal: 107
Armor: 217/217 (Light Ferro-Fibrous)
Internal Armor
Head 3 9
Center Torso 22 34
Center Torso (rear) 10
Right Torso 15 22
Right Torso (rear) 8
Left Torso 15 22
Left Torso (rear) 8
Right Arm 11 22
Left Arm 11 22
Right Leg 15 30
Left Leg 15 30
Weapons Loc Heat
AC/20 LA 7
Small Pulse Laser HD 2
Small Pulse Laser LT 2
Ammo Loc Shots
AC/20 Ammo LT 5
AC/20 Ammo LT 5
AC/20 Ammo LT 5
Equipment Loc
CASE II LT
TSM LT
TSM LT
TSM LT
TSM LT
TSM LT
TSM LT
Small Shield RA
Hatchet RA
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ghostrider
02/04/14 03:07 AM
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purists would say that if you use the shield, the hatchet could not be used.
house rules say you will do what you want to.
As I said with another design using the tsm. You need to be able to pull heatsinks off line. Without moving, this mech is heat neutral. No heating up. Until you are in range of the lasers. By this time you would want the tsm warmed up for melee.
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02/04/14 03:30 PM
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I *think* the shield can still absorb damage when shots hit the arm, it just can't parry.
Anyways, the design is a first-generation battlemech and is imperfect.
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02/04/14 03:37 PM
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Hmm... If it is possible to change the number of active heat sinks, the issue would be solved.
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KamikazeJohnson
02/04/14 04:39 PM
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purists would say that if you use the shield, the hatchet could not be used.
house rules say you will do what you want to.
As I said with another design using the tsm. You need to be able to pull heatsinks off line. Without moving, this mech is heat neutral. No heating up. Until you are in range of the lasers. By this time you would want the tsm warmed up for melee.
IIRC, the rules do not require you to have a valid target in order to fire a weapon. Meaning you can shoot rocks, trees, wildlife, etc. to get the heat up.
Peace is that glorious moment in history when everyone stands around reloading.
--Thomas Jefferson
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02/04/14 09:10 PM
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Yeah. You can technically fire at the ground somewhere for no real reason to up your heat.
That or you can just change the # of active heat sinks to keep you at a steady heat.
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ghostrider
02/04/14 11:56 PM
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sure you can fire at nothing. But do you honestly want to waste all your ammo to heat up a mech?
What happens if you run out? The mech would cool and you wouldn't be able to heat up again using just the weapons.
They did explain something to this effect in the one of the novels. Yes, it is not canon, but can't remember if they used it in a scenario pack. Might be in the one that deals with Twicross.
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Karagin
02/05/14 12:05 AM
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More lasers would be good for this one to work the TSM...or maybe a flamer or two...
Karagin
Given time and plenty of paper, a philosopher can prove anything.
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TigerShark
02/05/14 12:08 AM
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The name suggests a limited engagement. Guerilla = "little war"
70 tons just seems like a misnomer. 
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02/05/14 01:46 AM
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Simple, disable your heat sinks temporarily so you don't lose heat and therefore can build up heat with nothing but your lasers.
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ghostrider
02/05/14 01:12 PM
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I said about pulling heatsinks off line before. In theory, you should be able to heat up with just the engine running. The lasers would help get there quicker.
And I don't think many realize in the fluff, this mech and 2 more that have not been shown were supposed to have been built in 1944, during world war II.
I would like to see the other 2.
Thinking this one should be renamed with one of the other ones being the Guerilla mech. But that's just a suggestion. Nothing wrong with this one carrying the name.
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02/05/14 03:10 PM
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In the sense that it can move through the extremely common heavy woods/jungles much better than a tracked vehicle, it has enhanced maneuverability.
All right, one of the other two coming up.
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ghostrider
02/06/14 01:28 AM
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was thinking of the warfare part of guerilla, not the mammal. In that line of thought, I was figuring something lighter, faster, and possibly jump jets.
The mammal thought, yes it does fit somewhat.
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02/06/14 03:27 PM
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Not the mammal...
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