CincyBattletech

I finally left and made it to the west coast. Things went relatively smoothly, though I have been informed the insect collective intends to levy warcrimes charges against me for the slaughter of the Iowa swarm. (I crossed Mosquito Creek and ran into 20 mile swarm of dragonflies.) Things went well and smoothly except for a vicious headwind through SD into E MT that added a couple hours to the trip by slowing me down.

I'll probably hold our first west coast game this weekend at PAX. Stay tuned.

I will be running a game with 6 custom assault mechs vs. a mech company with defense turrets defending the objective. What are the most utterly disgusting set of unrestricted tech 100T mechs you can come up with? Note, the mechs can be mixed tech, this is a Gray Monday strike force of complete bullshit. The more broken and crazy the better.

TSM, supercharger, Talons, XXL engine, Nova CEWS and Void Sig with dual AC/10s and armor piercing ammo plus cER PPCs. - It's a good start. 
iATM build with Ferro lamellor armor - Budget Osteon, low effort.
Talons, Partial Wing, TSM, Targeting computer and pulse lasers. - Shrike wannabee

The original thread locked due to hitting forum limits at 20 pages. So here is a link to the original for archival purposes.
http://forums.cincybattletech.com/index.php?topic=826.0

Communication thread is dead. Long live the communication thread.

Hat, as new CO will be selecting our next destination.

The question is where do we want to go? There will obviously be work revolving around containing these Jade Falcons and retaking the worlds. So, do we stay close to the front or retreat to lick our wounds?

There are 2 relatively close factory worlds with different outlooks if we want to go refit. First is Sudeten, Olivetti Weaponry just finished refitting their factory for upgraded mechs. They are like 8 jumps into the Lyran Commonwealth. We should be able to rest and refit there. Ark Royal is on a couple of jumps further, but the Kell Hounds are mercs like us and are probably more likely to roll out a welcome mat than a contracted supplier. Thoughts?

Please update the following shared forms with your post KESTREL mech and personnel status. The Master Personnel Skills sheets cover your lance Mechwarriors with their character stats and all of your personnel for XP and abilities. I have added a highlighted box to the left of each lance for you to indicate you have updated your lance on both personnel and mech tracking sheets. Once you have made your changes, including the post mission losses (See http://forums.cincybattletech.com/index.php?topic=1154.msg19236#msg19236), please enter Yes or TRUE into the highlighted box.

Master Personnel Skills: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LxHSicRuJkKJ6FgoP-qSbvmQybpoqjFBDC5F8c8ZAT8/edit?usp=sharing This form is freely updateable.  As you add XP and change your skills/SPAs, PLEASE change the form to match. Also note that piloting and gunnery are in skill bonus not P/G format so a 3 gunner is a +5 (entered as '+5) and a 4 pilot is a +4.

Mech Tracking: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-Pzov1Rq5byU-mZRHHJa0WKU6ME3zPw3HYvt5cIj1Ig/edit?usp=sharing
Google Drive to upload custom RS PDFs to: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1mwf9uXbQKlMQ1sJghDeeDswGkBU6sa6T

Current Unit Configuration - June 3054
Transportation Group
  o     Invader Jumpship
  o     Overlord Dropship
  o     Dictator Dropship
  o     Triumph Dropship

Combat Battalion (Star League Reinforced Battalion)
Alpha Company - Reinforced
Role: Flying company - Joins the primary contract role, be it Scout, Fight or Defend
Lances
  o     Midnight (COL, Unit & Company CO)
  o     Crusher (CPT, Company XO)
  o     Devil (LTSG)
  o     Battle Armor Platoon (4 Squads of 4) - Planned

Bravo Company - Reinforced
Role: Scout
Lances:
  o     Dancer (LTC, Unit XO, Company CO)
  o     Wolverine (LTSG)
  o     Reaper (LTSG)
  o     Battle Armor Platoon (4 Squads of 4) - Assigned

Charlie Company - Reinforced
Role: Fight
Lances:
  o     Ice (CPT, Company CO)
  o     Freya (LTSG, Company XO)
  o     Bright (LTSG)
  o     Battle Armor Platoon (4 Squads of 4) - Acquired, but no pilots yet.

Delta Company - Reinforced
Role: Defend
Lances:
  o     Skaraborg (MAJ, Unit 3IC, Company CO)
  o     Dragon (LTSG, Company XO)
  o     Phoenix (LTSG)
  o     Combat Vehicle Lance (2 LRM Carriers, 2 open slots)

Support Battalion (Star League Reinforced Battalion)
  o     Infantry Company (3 Platoons + Command Squad) - Major Bray, Battalion CO, Unit 4IC
 * Support Vehicle Company
  o     SVL1: Maxim Hover Transport (x3), MASH
  o     SVL2: Wayland, Paramour, Combat Engineering Vehicle, Sherpa Armored Truck
  o     SVL3: <reserved for Mobile Field Bases or equivalent>
* Combat Vehicle Company
  o     CVL1: Artillery - Long Tom, Marksman, Thumper, Partisan
  o     CVL2: TBD
  o     CVL3: TBD
* Air Company (1 Flight)
  o     Alpha - Stingray (x2)
  o     Bravo - Shilone, Stuka
  o     Charlie - Transit (x2)

Unit information in attached sheet updated to June 24, 3054.

Poll closes Tuesday Evening.

Poll closes Tuesday evening.

We are on a planet under interdiction about to be lost to these Jade Turkeys

Should we "secure" the assets at local banks and exchanges before leaving the planet? Are there any culturally important (and valuable) works of art at the local museums? We could protect the heck out of the locals on our way out.