CincyBattletech

I don't come around much and this is last minute. But I'll be heading to Indy, so I'll try and keep an eye our for you folks : )

If there's anything I shouldn't miss, let me know!

~
Ian

There must be a conspiracy, I'm having car troubles and might not be able to make it : (

Interesting. The TW I have must have a typo; it reads:

"[a mech] is considered to rise two levels above the underlying level it occupies in a building hex for purposes of LOS to any hex that is not a non-adjacent building hex."

The answer in the link is helpful as I was pretty sure that double negative above was accidental. So. A 'mech is in a level one building, and has another level 1 building adjacent between it and an attacker (who is on the same level as the target 'mech). The target 'mech will also receive partial cover from the level 1 building adjacent to when receiving fire in addition to receiving the damage soaking perk of the building it occupies. Furthermore, it will be able to return fire.

Excellent.

there is also an assumption made that when ejecting (with a clear hex behind the mech), the mech must've been standing close enough to the edge of that hex to get the pilot clear of whatever else in is in the hex (such as a building).

That's a really good point I think. However, TW p.167 states that units spend mp to explicitly enter a building. "Note that the rules in this section cover entering building hexes below the level of the roof; i.e. movement actually inside the building in a hex." (The rules on the attendent piloting skill rolls are more ambiguous though and state the roll is made when entering a building hex.) It's also impossible to physical attack into or out of a building hex. TW pp. 171 "Physical attacks cannot be made against targets in a building hex by units outside the hex, unless the attacker is located in the same multi-hex building and is adjacent to the target, on the same level of the building hex." I think it's reasonable to state that a 'mech in a building hex is in the building. As such:

Star League Building Code: 341.2: Structures must contain one or more skylights per 900 square meters of ground floor.

 

Exactly. The penalty is based on the landing hex — which is behind the 'mech. So long as you have a clear hex to your back there's no building related ejection penalty, even if you're on the ground floor of a level 666 hardended building that also happens to be on fire.

In the event a building collapses on your ride and a girder impales itself in an ammo-bin, the pilot is saved by an 'auto-defenestration'?

Noted.

Hand me robots, I will shoot things.

I'll try and be there a little before noon.

CASE was introduced to the game in 1989; it took nineteen years for somebody to realize that technically, CASE didn't work on a shutdown Mech.

That is amazing.
Whoever caught that gets a gold sticker.