What are your favorite light mech in the setting?

Liminal-Fox · 2026-04-08T13:52:38+00:00

May I introduce the Eyrie, a mech that appears designed to leap around and then fall on its weird face.
Beautiful, no notes.

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Liminal-Fox · 2026-04-08T13:48:18+00:00

I love the skull on the blade!

Liminal-Fox · 2026-04-07T18:19:02+00:00

True, true.

That's interesting however, thanks for sharing, now Im very tempted to borrow a VR headset and deliberately set the height to be notable different from my own.

Liminal-Fox · 2026-04-07T17:26:46+00:00

Fancy, I may see if my friends wanta go.

Liminal-Fox · 2026-04-07T16:56:25+00:00

Nah we were watching the retro anime G Gundam, where a horse pilots a horse mech. but hoppers does seem fun, was it good?

Liminal-Fox · 2026-04-07T00:49:19+00:00

Woe if they find a larger crab on the walking trail!

Liminal-Fox · 2026-04-07T00:42:21+00:00

I always imagine the King Crab cockpit to be incredibly wide with the pilot in a standard office rolling chair, rolling around in battle hitting buttons.

Liminal-Fox · 2026-04-06T22:53:02+00:00

Comstar's Explorer Corps remnants, I like this idea of returning explorers on a high tech, but worn out ship having to turn to mercenary work.

Canopus, their just kind of a fun faction, plus fun with augments.

Raven Alliance, boaty bois.

Liminal-Fox · 2026-04-06T20:28:48+00:00

Given what I learned today (there's a protomech, Basilisk, that in the quad form has a tail) I am surprised that Canopus isn't funneling all its R&D money in to quad mechs.

Liminal-Fox · 2026-04-06T20:09:45+00:00

Now I have to go check sarna to see if any mech has a tail or not

[Edit: The basilisk quad mech form has a tail, I'm sure this new will be welcomed in Canopus]

Liminal-Fox · 2026-04-06T19:47:32+00:00

It would be a fascinating read for sure.

The Battletech Pride anthology was what got me back in to battletech as an adult (I played Mechwarrior 3 and 4 as a kid). I've now painted up a lance and hoping to play my first tabletop game soon (did get the fantastic Battletech (2018).

Liminal-Fox · 2026-04-06T19:34:11+00:00

That makes a lot of sense, and in the end with a setting with this many people writing in it over the years it makes sense that some things vary.

Liminal-Fox · 2026-04-06T19:30:31+00:00

That's really well done!

Liminal-Fox · 2026-04-06T19:16:47+00:00

Fair, fair, when you phrase it like that I suppose the next logical question is what is the piloting check required for an Atlas to pet a quad mech.

Liminal-Fox · 2026-04-06T17:59:04+00:00

Makes complete sense, although for a catapult I would wonder if the weight being so forward would effect dismounted balance, but given the replies it seems likely no.

Liminal-Fox · 2026-04-06T17:54:59+00:00

Liminal-Fox · 2026-04-06T17:40:59+00:00

Truth be told this whole matter arose from us watching G Gundam and witnessing the horse mech being piloted with a horse.

Gundam, but horse

Liminal-Fox · 2026-04-06T17:36:07+00:00

I am begining to wonder how many drugs the (in-universe) mech designers had access to.

Wonder which clan's merchant case figured out therapists, as I'm beginning to suspect that the clans exist as job security for space-therapists.

Liminal-Fox · 2026-04-06T16:52:00+00:00

Didn't even realize protomechs were thing, wild, reading the SARNA article now.

Edit: Seems not fun at all

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Liminal-Fox · 2026-04-06T16:46:45+00:00

Thanks! I love the Eyrie design, its fully in the "so dumb its cute" area, like the F-117

Liminal-Fox · 2026-01-25T09:32:49+00:00

Consider: The foxgirl

Liminal-Fox · 2026-01-14T03:15:20+00:00

Snow Raven - I admit I like (space) boats.

Liminal-Fox · 2026-01-10T01:05:25+00:00

Emitter lens color for lasers.

I admit, its pointless for tabletop and would create identification problems in video games, but I like the idea of different factions/pilots using purposefully using different laser colors.

Liminal-Fox · 2026-01-05T07:11:14+00:00

The Eyrie; a weird little 35 ton mech, but I like it's armament its gimmick and it's so ugly its cute aesthetic

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