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Re: OT Battle-tech (was Re: DS: Walkers)

From: Randall Joiner <rljoiner@m...>
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 18:06:32 -0800
Subject: Re: OT Battle-tech (was Re: DS: Walkers)

Um...  I did mention pre-clan...  Pulse lasers where a clan era
invention.

Now, you want to talk about the scariest weapon system ever 
invented...  The original, pre-errata gauss cannon.  An abomination that

should never have happened.

Rand.

At 02:45 PM 2/7/03 -0800, you wrote:
>Small and medium pulse lasers are also nasty on
>VTOL's, especially using the "hide and pounce" tactic,
>since they all but negate your movement penalty.
>
>--- Randall Joiner <rljoiner@mindspring.com> wrote:
> > A bit heavier, but a VTOL with an AC/2 (longest
> > reach in the game, bar
> > none, before clan) could be built that was cheap,
> > nigh untouchable by most
> > mechs (very very very few mounted ac/2's) and could
> > have a movement rate
> > higher than all but the lightest of mechs...
>
>
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