Firestarter
01/26/15 11:17 PM
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The rules were simple.
300 tons of mech each.
Fight to the death.
I chose Albatross, Blood Asp, Masakari, and a Piranha.
She chose a MUSE EARTH Devastator, a Tiburon, and two custom made mechs of hers.
They consisted of:
The 85 ton clan mech know as 'Shadow Moon'
Four LRM 20s
Two LRM 10s
Two ER M Lasers
and 12 tons of LRM ammo
The 70 ton clan mech simply called "The Master'
Three Heavy M Lasers
uAC/10
streakLRM 10
3 tons of each ammo type.
This is the story of that battle...
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Firestarter
01/28/15 02:30 PM
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The first turn my sister took the initiative and used her MUSE EARTH to almost obliterate my Albatross in two shots of her Heavy PPCs with capacitors. She then had her other mechs move off to the side mountains. (a fatal mistake)
I pumped everything I had into the MUSE EARTH from the Masakari, Albatross, and Blood Asp. With a lucky shot from a medium laser I cored her MUSE and destroyed my Albatross in the fight.
I sent the Piranha off to the back to take out the rear armor of anything it could find.
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Firestarter
01/28/15 02:35 PM
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Second turn:
This time I won the initiative. After moving my Masakari around the mountain her Shadow Moon and Master attacked me with a massive alpha strike. The Masakari did not do so well... Legged and left arm blown off.
The piranha finally got into position, firing one of its lasers it hit the Shadow moon in the back of the head. Sadly none of the MGs were in range yet.
Other than that I couldn't attack anything else because of the massive mountain separating the two teams.
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Firestarter
01/28/15 02:40 PM
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Third Turn:
She won initiative again.
I was able to back my Masakari away from the two heavy mechs hoping it would save some of it for the next turn. That did not do any good.
Instead of rounding the mountains corner she climbed the mountain and unleashed 100 LRMs at my face. Her Master shoved my Blood Asp off a clif making its legs crumble.
Masakari exploded, Albatross ripped to shreds, Blood Asp double legged, there was not much hope.
My only chance was the Piranha...
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Firestarter
01/28/15 02:43 PM
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4th turn:
I won initiative and got into position... (since all of her other mechs were around the mountain I had free access to the back of her Shadow Moon)
Using my superior speed I got a VERY lucky shot with my last MG. Headshot.
Shadow moon down.
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Firestarter
01/28/15 02:46 PM
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5th and final turn:
I lost initiative and was caught in the open.
The Master fired its uAC/10 legging me.
Streak LRMs ripped me up.
Then the Tiburon came in and unleashed a alpha strike laser show.
The end.
So views on the battle? Opinions?
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ghostrider
01/28/15 02:56 PM
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What skills were the warriors?
Also it sounds like the maps were completely open.
Also sounds like you started in medium/short range. To hit that much that quickly... just not ususal.
Honestly, if you lose initiative, you do not boldly run into the middle of the enemy. But more background is needed to make any better suggestions, since this sounds more like an arena match, then a battle in the field.
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Firestarter
01/28/15 03:06 PM
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Yes this was an arena, and yes this was a medium range map.
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Firestarter
01/28/15 03:07 PM
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Ugh! Is there any other way to pot a picture without making it an attachment?
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Cray
01/28/15 06:01 PM
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Quote:
Firestarter writes:
Ugh! Is there any other way to pot a picture without making it an attachment?
If you can find a way to post the picture to some other website, like one of those picture-hosting places, then you can provide a link to those.
Please, keep the story rolling. I've got nieces in this age range and I'm trying to hit them as much scifi and RPG stuff as possible.
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
Disclaimer: Anything stated in this post is unofficial and non-canon unless directly quoted from a published book. Random internet musings of a BattleTech writer are not canon.
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Firestarter
01/28/15 06:40 PM
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The story is over. I lost.
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Cray
01/28/15 07:20 PM
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Quote:
Firestarter writes:
The story is over. I lost.
[Nelson Muntz] Ha-ha! [/Nelson] You lost to a six-year old!
I keed, I keed. Thank you for sharing. Do you think she'll play again?
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
Disclaimer: Anything stated in this post is unofficial and non-canon unless directly quoted from a published book. Random internet musings of a BattleTech writer are not canon.
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ghostrider
01/28/15 07:48 PM
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Medium range starts are nothing more then a slugging match.
You also are less likely to miss shots with long range weapons, we can change the outcome of a battle just by some shots missing, while others do the dirty work.
Now skills and configurations of omni mechs makes a big difference. The masakari has 4 erppc in the primary version, yet shuts down very quickly when all are used. Ammo explosion is possible since it has an lrm 10 and only 40 heat dissapation. Not good at all. 20 on the heat without lrm fired.
The albatross is not a good multi unit arena fighter. I don't know what a muse earth devastator is, but if it is based on the star league devastator mech, the 2 gauss and 2 ppcs are better then the albatross is.
Depending on missile hits, 4 lrm 20's is bound to put a major hurting on even the best armored mechs. That isn't even adding in the 2 lrm 10's. I am going to assume you thought medium range would give you an advantage. Guessing you didn't realizing the lrms are that much bettter. at range 7, short range. They become even more dangerous, and I will assume they were clan launchers. Minimum range 0.
From the looks of it, initiative hurt but the choice of mechs for the range is what did it.
And luck always has it's hand in there.
A kodiak or something like it might have helped take her down, but didn't sound like much of a chance.
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ghostrider
01/28/15 07:50 PM
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And cray. Be careful of what you wish for. They start whipping you, and we may never see you on the boards again. 
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Firestarter
01/28/15 08:57 PM
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Yes she plays with me once or twice a week!
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Firestarter
01/28/15 09:01 PM
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She made the map out of Heroscape pieces, so I had no idea what kind of map to prepare for.
This is the MUSE EARTH page
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Devastator
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ghostrider
01/28/15 10:18 PM
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Ok. Time to raz firestarter a little.
If your sister plays with you once or twice a week, how is she a rookie?
Misrepresentation of the facts, huh...
I would love to see the full stats of the custom mechs. See if she will let you upload them here.
Now as you seen, 5 rounds for your fight. Why would you need 24 shots in a mech?
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Firestarter
01/28/15 10:47 PM
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Well I mean rookie by this is only her 3rd game, and only plays with basic rules.
What do you mean by 24 shots? If by ammo I have no idea, she made the mechs.
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ghostrider
01/29/15 12:16 AM
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Some of the designs made having lots of ammo. But that is besides the point.
And can you get her to allow you to post the mechs here?
I want to see the entire stats on them.
I am thinking others might be interested in them as well.
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Firestarter
01/29/15 10:23 AM
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Yes I can post the full stats, I just have to go to the dentist today. So after that I can post them.
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ghostrider
02/07/15 06:13 PM
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So how long have you been in the dentist's chair?
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ghostrider
02/25/15 12:29 PM
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So is your sister not letting you look at the designs?
Or she can't figure out a name for them custom ones?
Only other thing I can think of is the dentist drilled too deep and had to wire you jaw shut so you couldn't 'talk' here.
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CarcerKango
02/25/15 12:47 PM
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This is a looooooooong dentist visit.
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ghostrider
02/25/15 04:45 PM
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Is firestarter part shark?
That might explain this.
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BobTheZombie
03/01/15 02:00 PM
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Quote:
ghostrider writes:
Is firestarter part shark?
That might explain this.
Hahahahahahaha.......... 
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ghostrider
07/17/15 11:21 PM
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Still waiting. Or is this why you were asking about mech programs as the one you use it down?
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Firestarter
07/17/15 11:23 PM
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Totally forgot about this.
I will find them and post the stats in a minute.
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