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Questions on aging: If a stat or skill drops below the minimum needed for an SPA does it have any affect on access to the SPA?

[Darrian Wolffe]

Questions on aging: If a stat or skill drops below the minimum needed for an SPA does it have any affect on access to the SPA?

Yes.  If you no longer meet the prerequisites for an SPA, then you can no longer access it.  This is one reason why age-related character retirements exist.

[Hat]

Rob: As we move into the era where battle armor is available, are the Rangers able to pick up any?  Given our close work with the GDL I expect we'd be on the list of the limited number of mercenary units allowed to purchase them.  I understand looking at the rules we can have up to 4 platoons of infantry so do they just count as 1 platoon if we hire them?  Alternatively, are we able to convert existing infantry platoons into BA platoons?

[Hat]

As we have a mech with a command console and assuming the PC is in the commander role, what happens with their XP for things like kills?  Is the XP awarded to the unit (both pilot and commander) or just the pilot?  On the one hand only the pilot makes sense as they're the one pulling the trigger/maneuvering.  On the other being able to maneuver into the right position is in part a reflection of good initiatives which a dedicated commander helps provide and the commander otherwise caps at 2 XP every mission or 3 if they're blown out of their 'Mech. 

[Hat]

Rob,

Any chance you'd be willing to allow us to buy actuators as a set or components as a set if desired?  Right now, to get a full set of actuators, components and sensors (excluding cockpit, life support, etc.) is 14 successful acquisition checks.  If the intent is to make it more difficult as part of the flavor you're going for, that's fine.  From a warehouse management perspective though some consolidation on basic components would be appreciated.

With a sweep of his...

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[Darrian Wolffe]

Rob: As we move into the era where battle armor is available, are the Rangers able to pick up any?

They will become available to you as time progresses, yes.  A BA platoon is 16 troopers in 4 squads of 4 men each, so a BA platoon would take up a platoon slot just as a normal platoon would.  Existing infantry platoons cannot be converted (strictly speaking, they *could*, but we'd have to generate RPG stats for *every* infantryman to find out who has the minimum STR and BOD stats to operate Battle Armor, and I'm flatly not going to do that, so the answer is no).

As we have a mech with a command console and assuming the PC is in the commander role, what happens with their XP for things like kills?

XP for kills goes to the pilot.  The Commander in the Console could only qualify for "survival", "mission success", and for "MVP/Most Enjoyable" XP.  That's the downside of a Command Console: you're commanding, not fighting and improving.

Any chance you'd be willing to allow us to buy actuators as a set or components as a set if desired?

No.  Rules are working as intended.

[deadlyfire2345]

Could Hitzig contact her contact while on planet, see if they have any work that needs to be done while we are here?

[Hat]

Could Hitzig contact her contact while on planet, see if they have any work that needs to be done while we are here?

Just curious, why?  We'll be on planet for 2 weeks and then off to New Earth.  Atayde will not take a contract right now for the unit.  The soonest we'll even consider a contract is 3 months after leaving Skye.

[deadlyfire2345]

Could Hitzig contact her contact while on planet, see if they have any work that needs to be done while we are here?

Just curious, why?  We'll be on planet for 2 weeks and then off to New Earth.  Atayde will not take a contract right now for the unit.  The soonest we'll even consider a contract is 3 months after leaving Skye.

I was not hoping for anything long term, and it might just be resolving an easy conflict. Of course our timeline would be noted and cannot be wavered. More for RP reasons.

[deadlyfire2345]

How does refitting omnimechs work exactly? Is it like a normal refit or custom roll, or is it taking each piece out and throwing new ones in.

[Darrian Wolffe]

How does refitting omnimechs work exactly? Is it like a normal refit or custom roll, or is it taking each piece out and throwing new ones in.

Depends on what, specifically, you're doing.

As per pg 27 of the rules, swapping OmniPod stuff around is a always a Class A refit, with an equipment modifier of -4 and with a base time of 30 minutes per item.

So swapping an cERPPC for a cLPL would look like this:

OmniPod Swap.  Base time, 30 minutes.  TN modifier -4
Class A refit.  Time multiplier: x2  TN modifier +2

Total time, 60 minutes
TN: -2, not counting time modifiers and location modifiers


Screwing around with NON-OmniPodded stuff (with a sole exception, outlined on pg 30 of the HM,WT rules) always means that you permanently lose OmniMech status.  Hard-mounted stuff is hard-mounted.

Converting non-Omni equipment to Omni-capable equipment is also on page 30.

[deadlyfire2345]

So, from what I have podded already, I would like to:
Remove everything on Summoner B (2 LRM-20 4 tons ammo, 2 SRM-4 2 tons ammo, 1 AMS 1 ton ammo, 1 Narc 1 ton ammo)
Adding: 3 DHS, 2 LPL, 2 ERML, 1 3T Targeting computer, 1 SRM-6 with 1 ton ammo. Also hand actuators. Cannot forget those.
That would end up being 30 min per pod double time for Class A?
Also not seeing the Class A thing in the rules, from p 27 to 30, but I will take your word for it on this one.

[Darrian Wolffe]

It's from an errata, because StratOps didn't originally say it either.

Question: where are you getting a targeting computer?

And yes, 30 minutes per item, the end sum multiplied by x2 since it's a class A refit.

[deadlyfire2345]

Clan targeting computer? Was that not an option I could have bought? Purchased while in Skye.

[ItsTehPope]

Question.  Since I have been repairing a clan omnimech for about 3 years now and helped write the book, is it possible to nominate the one or two techs who did the most work on the Turkina to get the clan training without penalty since they're already well exposed to it? I would of course reference the repair logs to find who it was.

Thank you.