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**BrianDavion**

Ghaz wrote:
No points for this fellow as it's just a fine tuning of the original artwork. Can't wait to add him to my 2nd St. Ives Lancers. Now I just need the Emperor, Yu Huang, Helios, Ti T'sang, Thunder, Men Shen and Sha Yu and I'll be ready to go...

I'll give them points for not screwing up a fantastic well loved design

**Vulcan**

Pointman wrote:
each one carrying a nuclear reactor and mechwarrior inside don't sound cheap.

AC/10's in carriages would probably last longer too if hidden in ambush.

To a point. A platoon of infantry can man 2 AC-10s, but after they take 28 points of damage the platoon is gone. Odds are an UrbanMech will still be shooting after 28 points of damage. Where the platoon of infantry is superior is concealability...but you're wasting a lot of the longer range of the AC-10 if you wait to shoot until point-blank range. Better to go with a pair of AC-20s under those circumstances.

**aphyon**

Yu Huang, Ti T'sang, Men Shen and Sha Yu,

What no jinggau? the Ti Tsang is a beast i knew somebody who ran one of those in his Capellan lance.

If you are staying in theme you need to run a lance for stealthy goodness-marauder 5L, warhammer 4L, cataphract 4L then add that pillager 4Z

**H.B.M.C.**

Ti T'sang is a glorious thing. It's a one of a friend of mine's fav 'Mechs.

We've used it specifically in "Solaris Games", where it thrives.

**Ghaz**

aphyon wrote:
What no jinggau?

It would take a major reworking on Shimmering Sword's part to make me like the Jinggau, and since I'm more of a painter than a player at this point in time then that's what matters.

**Charistoph**

Vulcan wrote:
Pointman wrote:
each one carrying a nuclear reactor and mechwarrior inside don't sound cheap.

AC/10's in carriages would probably last longer too if hidden in ambush.

To a point. A platoon of infantry can man 2 AC-10s, but after they take 28 points of damage the platoon is gone. Odds are an UrbanMech will still be shooting after 28 points of damage. Where the platoon of infantry is superior is concealability...but you're wasting a lot of the longer range of the AC-10 if you wait to shoot until point-blank range. Better to go with a pair of AC-20s under those circumstances.

ConvInf can take a while to get that 28 points of Damage in, though. In Cover or a Building, a Large Laser is only going to take one of them out, while doing its full 8 Damage to an UrbanMech, 2 if they are in the open. They also don't have an ammo bay to hit with a Crit, either. However, get them with a Flamer outside of a Building and you can pretty much write the field guns off.

They are limited to 1 ton of ammo per Field Gun, though, so 5 shots is all they would get from any AC/20, 2 if they go with certain alternate ammo types. Good for an ambush, but they have to be very well placed, and preferably in a Building.

**BrianDavion**

welp, more time to save money

**deleted20250424**

Sounds like people that get tax refunds will be well positioned.

**Ghaz**

Catalyst Game Labs wrote:... and a new aerospace fighter.

Let the speculation begin. As unlikely as it may be, I hope it is the Samurai from the cover of the original AeroTech box.

**Gitzbitah**

Beware the ides of March! Lol, and the poor Caesar is in this one too.

**Ghaz**

Gitzbitah wrote:
Beware the ides of March! Lol, and the poor Caesar is in this one too.

It's actually a good change for those in the US who get a tax refund. Also mentioned by Adrian Gideon on the BattleTech Forums that the Aerospace Fighter will not be "... any Inner Sphere design"...

Also mentioned in a later post is that the Combat Vees and 'Mechs will not match up volumetrically as they're denser (e.g., a 50-ton Combat Vee will be smaller volumetrically than a 50-ton 'Mech).

Adrian Gideon wrote:No, the volumes will not match the 'Mechs,... The vehicles will be 1/265 scale as opposed to the Ral Partha 1/300 scale, and they will be consistent with each other. They will not be volumetrically match to 'Mechs as 'Mechs have always, always been less dense than vehicles.

**Charistoph**

Ghaz wrote:
Catalyst Game Labs wrote:... and a new aerospace fighter.

Let the speculation begin. As unlikely as it may be, I hope it is the Samurai from the cover of the original AeroTech box.

Ghaz wrote:Also mentioned by Adrian Gideon on the BattleTech Forums that the Aerospace Fighter will not be "... any Inner Sphere design"...

That pretty much makes it a Clanner design, probably to catch up with the Clan Invasion and Shilone in concept. Pity, I was hoping it would be a Lucifer or Corsair to face off against the Shilone.

The Batu is the design used in the Animated Series, so possibly the most iconic.

The Visigoth is about the same mass as the Shilone.

I think the Sabutai is probably the most impressive of the first generation of Clan Omnifighters shown to us, though.

**VictorVonTzeentch**

I kinda want the Kirghiz, if only because of the C Configuration.

**Ghaz**

With the revelation that it's not an Inner Sphere ASF, I'm going to go with the Jengiz as (according to Sarna) that it was most likely a Jengiz Prime that Tyra Miraborg (who's on the Pilot Card for the Shilone) faced off with before her kamikaze run on the Dire Wolf.

**H.B.M.C.**

I think it'll be an X-Wing.

**Charistoph**

Ghaz wrote:
With the revelation that it's not an Inner Sphere ASF, I'm going to go with the Jengiz as (according to Sarna) that it was most likely a Jengiz Prime that Tyra Miraborg (who's on the Pilot Card for the Shilone) faced off with before her kamikaze run on the Dire Wolf.

That might work, especially since IWM only has a micro-fighter version (and it doesn't have much detail at all).

**Ghaz**

Charistoph wrote:
Ghaz wrote:
With the revelation that it's not an Inner Sphere ASF, I'm going to go with the Jengiz as (according to Sarna) that it was most likely a Jengiz Prime that Tyra Miraborg (who's on the Pilot Card for the Shilone) faced off with before her kamikaze run on the Dire Wolf.

That might work, especially since IWM only has a micro-fighter version (and it doesn't have much detail at all).

Of course I could be totally overthinking it...

**Altruizine**

Is there new line art for the Vindicator now that there's a new model out? I need to update my record sheets if there is.

**aphyon**

Charistoph wrote:
Ghaz wrote:
With the revelation that it's not an Inner Sphere ASF, I'm going to go with the Jengiz as (according to Sarna) that it was most likely a Jengiz Prime that Tyra Miraborg (who's on the Pilot Card for the Shilone) faced off with before her kamikaze run on the Dire Wolf.

That might work, especially since IWM only has a micro-fighter version (and it doesn't have much detail at all).

Uh..... the jenghiz prime exists in mech scale on IWMs store. i am assuming you did not go into the online exclusives/archives section where something like 80% of their minis are located because they are made to order.

https://www.ironwindmetals.com/index.php/categories/cat-battletech/cat-bt-oe/product/battletech-ft-030/category_pathway-208

**H.B.M.C.**

Oh that's where all the planes went.

**Ghaz**

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**Charistoph**

aphyon wrote:
Charistoph wrote:
That might work, especially since IWM only has a micro-fighter version (and it doesn't have much detail at all).

Uh..... the jenghiz prime exists in mech scale on IWMs store. i am assuming you did not go into the online exclusives/archives section where something like 80% of their minis are located because they are made to order.

https://www.ironwindmetals.com/index.php/categories/cat-battletech/cat-bt-oe/product/battletech-ft-030/category_pathway-208

Just did a search from the front page itself, the same as anyone else would. So from a standard experience, my statement stands.

**Orlanth**

Ghaz wrote:
Catalyst Game Labs wrote:... and a new aerospace fighter.

Let the speculation begin. As unlikely as it may be, I hope it is the Samurai from the cover of the original AeroTech box.

I hope it isnt, and would prefer another of the fifteen base designs from 3025, with my preference being the Sparrowhawk..

**Ghaz**

Orlanth wrote:
Ghaz wrote:
Catalyst Game Labs wrote:... and a new aerospace fighter.

Let the speculation begin. As unlikely as it may be, I hope it is the Samurai from the cover of the original AeroTech box.

I hope it isnt, and would prefer another of the fifteen base designs from 3025, with my preference being the Sparrowhawk..

You might want to read a little further along, It's been confirmed that it won't be any Inner Sphere design,

**Orlanth**

Ghaz wrote:
Orlanth wrote:
Ghaz wrote:
Catalyst Game Labs wrote:... and a new aerospace fighter.

Let the speculation begin. As unlikely as it may be, I hope it is the Samurai from the cover of the original AeroTech box.

I hope it isnt, and would prefer another of the fifteen base designs from 3025, with my preference being the Sparrowhawk..

You might want to read a little further along, It's been confirmed that it won't be any Inner Sphere design,

Pity, those are the only designs, plus the Samurai that mean anything to anyone.

**aphyon**

Silly little game-

lots of hovercraft.
i set up the table to be friendly to my opponent because he wanted to try this out.

Unfortunately, he forgot to get the sheets for the actual vehicles he wanted to use so he had to heavy proxy his units. he ran 6 drillsons, and 2 other SRM boats.

I threw together some silly stuff-a fire falcon B, 2 points of TYR IFVS with GNOMES riding in them, a point of ROC protomechs and a point of enyo strike tanks.

I lost the deployment so my first placement-the enyos- basically were not in the game as they were on the opposite end of the table.

The protos took the brunt of his fury and he managed to kill 3 of them. the exchange wasn't going his way though he lost 3 drillsons with some minor damage on another.

I had some incredible rolls as well. the protos hitting with all 5 ERmediums in the same location, and then the GNOMEs doing work. of 3 volleys of SRMs i landed all 10, 8, and then 6 between the 2 units.

I hardly ever get them on the table so this was a nice change.

Spoiler:

He wants to do a big infantry/BA battle in the future so i think i will break out my Raiden's and give them some love.

**Theophony**

What would be equal to the Urbanmech in a plane?

**Ghaz**

Theophony wrote:
What would be equal to the Urbanmech in a plane?

Probably the MechBuster, but that is an Inner Sphere conventional fighetr and not an Aerospace Fighter.

**adamsouza**

I found these in my basement. They are at least 20 years old.

Also found my Heroscape terrain. We played a game of Battletech on them this weekend.

**Ghaz**

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