Talk:BattleMaster

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Command Console variants

TRO:3075 describes the 1Gc as I wrote. It sounds very similar to the 1C. Since I don't have Heir to the Dragon, the source I assume this comes from, can somebody who does have a look and see if these are the same thing? --Scaletail 11:56, 2 November 2008 (PST)

Heir to the Dragon - Fuhito Tetsuhara rides Theodore Kurita's command 'Mech, explicitly stated to be a BLR-1C BattleMaster (p. 346). The weapons used by this 'Mech throughout the chapter include: "hand-held Donal PPC" (p. 347), "Holly launcher" with six missiles (p. 348), paired rear-firing lasers (p. 350) and chest mounted lasers (p. 351); at one point it says the 'Mech does not have the usual pair of SperryBrowning MGs p. 348). Star League vintage heat sinks are mentioned that normally keep the 'Mech cool, and of course a "command and control system that took the place of the anti-peronnel armament"; "with the expanded cockpit, the machine could carry two men: the pilot [...] and the passenger, a battlefield commander who was free to worry about his real job, the command of his formations in battle. The commander could function without the distractions of keeping his 'Mech running [...]" (p. 348/349). Frabby 13:43, 2 November 2008 (PST)

To add, yes, they seem to be very similar. And in both cases, dropping the MGs (and the ton of MG ammo) frees up 2 tons while the Command Console weights 3. So what else was taken out? (Apparently either a heat sink or some armour.) Frabby 13:46, 2 November 2008 (PST)

The Red Corsairs Battlemaster

In Natural Selection The Red Corsairs Mech appears to be a BLR-1Gb2 but uses clan technology. Is this worth noting as another variant?
Mop no more 11:44, 7 March 2010 (UTC)