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[Darrian Wolffe]

Mechs from duels are included as part of the salvage and assessed at 40% (or whatever our salvage % is), correct?

Under certain conditions, but not in this case.  The downside to doing solo missions is you get no help and can have things go very wrong, very fast.  The upside is that you get all the salvage and downed pilots left on the battlefield.  High risk, high reward.

[Hat]

Would it be possible to determine SPAs for Mech Pilots before being hired?  I understand it’s extra work and I’d be fine to take it on. I’m not suggesting full skill generation for all personnel as that seems like way too much.  If it’s a question of balance we could add money to the signing bonus to reflect a more skilled pilot. Thoughts?

[Darrian Wolffe]

Would it be possible to determine SPAs for Mech Pilots before being hired? 

It would not.

[Ice]

alright so just a clarification question on creation of character

it says you may choose to go back to stage 3 (rolling again) - theres some confusion on my part maybe im over thinking it.

1-is this meaning we roll again in the previous stage 3 following its result and subpaths again (if so is this considered reentry into the stage 3 path to where we gain the bonus stuff again?)
2-Does this happen only if a life path 4 says to go back to path 3?,
3-do we get to pick a new stage 3 enter get its benefits and follow the rolls and subpaths there?

[Black Omega]

Rob
A question on Gladiator repairs.  Situation:  RT destroyed, attempting to install new torso.  Destroyed RT had 2 ML installed that had stable quirk for -1 to hit bonus.  Does new torso lose the stable quirk due to torso replacement?
Thx

[Darrian Wolffe]

Rob
A question on Gladiator repairs.  Situation:  RT destroyed, attempting to install new torso.  Destroyed RT had 2 ML installed that had stable quirk for -1 to hit bonus.  Does new torso lose the stable quirk due to torso replacement?
Thx

Nope.  Quirks are integral to the mech.

[Black Omega]

1] Last game, I supplied an opfor Panther, Liaison Wasp and a Hunter tank.  Mike gave me back the mechs but he didn't have the Hunter.  I am just making sure someone has it at the  Sept 29 game.

2] A few games ago I thought I supplied a Drillson hover tank.  It was painted crappy black enamel [I think].  Has anyone seen it?  I can't find it in my minis.

Thanks, guys.

[ItsTehPope]

1] Last game, I supplied an opfor Panther, Liaison Wasp and a Hunter tank.  Mike gave me back the mechs but he didn't have the Hunter.  I am just making sure someone has it at the  Sept 29 game.

2] A few games ago I thought I supplied a Drillson hover tank.  It was painted crappy black enamel [I think].  Has anyone seen it?  I can't find it in my minis.

Thanks, guys.

The Hunter is in one of my minis cases

[Hat]

Environmental Specialist (Darkness) reduces the MP cost by 1 for darkness.  Terrain Master (Darkness) notes: "Darkness: While Walking, ignore all light-based MP modifiers. If Running, reduce MP costs by only 1."  Is that -1 for running in addition to the -1 for Environmental Specialist?

Related, where do I find rules on Darkness and penalties?  I found some in Tac Ops, not sure if it's that or something else.

[Timberwolfd]

TacOps has the light rules. You want to look at some of the tables in that section for a clearer description of what is going on. The text version is not always as clear as one would like. IIRC the most useful tables are a couple of pages before the descriptions of the different weather conditions.

[Black Omega]

1] Last game, I supplied an opfor Panther, Liaison Wasp and a Hunter tank.  Mike gave me back the mechs but he didn't have the Hunter.  I am just making sure someone has it at the  Sept 29 game.

2] A few games ago I thought I supplied a Drillson hover tank.  It was painted crappy black enamel [I think].  Has anyone seen it?  I can't find it in my minis.

Thanks, guys.

The Hunter is in one of my minis cases

Thanks Dan

[Ice]

can anyone direct me to where the list of non searchlight quirk mechs that actually are fluffed with searchlights

or can we start a thread and add to it so its an easy find for night missions

[Hat]

can anyone direct me to where the list of non searchlight quirk mechs that actually are fluffed with searchlights

or can we start a thread and add to it so its an easy find for night missions

I'm not sure I follow.  If they don't have the quirk they'd need to have a slot devoted to the equipment or carry a handheld, correct?

[Ice]

can anyone direct me to where the list of non searchlight quirk mechs that actually are fluffed with searchlights

or can we start a thread and add to it so its an easy find for night missions

I'm not sure I follow.  If they don't have the quirk they'd need to have a slot devoted to the equipment or carry a handheld, correct?

We decided that some mechs with the inherent fluff would get searchlight even though they didnt have quirk

Why I was asking if anyone remembered the thread or if we can get a thread pinned with the info

[Darrian Wolffe]

Read this post re: searchlights.

http://forums.cincybattletech.com/index.php?topic=868.msg12039#msg12039

And there is no official list in reference to item #2 in that link, nor am I going to go through the entire product line - including 150 novels - and pull out every mention of when a Mech has a searchlight.  Ya'll are welcome to start one if you absolutely must.  I've pulled relevant citations for a few of them (the Marauder is called out as having a searchlight equivalent to that of a Warhammer during the scene where Grayson captures a Drac MAD-3R on Verthandi in the novel Mercenary's Star, and the Crusader, Thunderbolt, and Stalker all have canon art showing that they have searchlights in the torso, for example).  Basically, if you want to claim that a Mech has a searchlight and it doesn't already have the searchlight quirk or have a searchlight on the record sheet, find a citation and/or artwork to that effect.

EDIT: Corrected the formatting.  I put IMG tags around the link instead of URL tags