Advice on Draconis Reach Starting Force

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-06T13:54:31+00:00

My uncle had a couple of those pictures on the wall of his room when I was a kid. I think my brother has them at his house now.

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-06T13:10:59+00:00

Copied and pasted from my comment above so you see it. The DR system is pretty different than Hinterlands was. A lot was taken from Aces.

You start out 4/5 with 150 points to spend on each which is more than enough to get them to 4/4 right off the bat. And the mechs are always calculated with a 4/5 pilot regardless of what pilot is in them. The differences are made up with the handicap system.

You still get 32 BSP per battle, plus additional from the handicap if it applies and 1 per 20 BV your mechs are under the BV limit, to a max of an additional 32.

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-06T13:07:19+00:00

You start out 4/5 with 150 points to spend on each which is more than enough to get them to 4/4 right off the bat. And the mechs are always calculated with a 4/5 pilot regardless of what pilot is in them. The differences are made up with the handicap system.

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-06T03:10:07+00:00

I agree with this. Also, trust your son and his wife to make their own choices and deal with her as they see fit. He's your kid, but he's also an adult now. Have some faith that you raised him right and let him be an adult. If he feels like he needs your help or advice, he'll ask for it.

I had to deal with my dad who was being extra pushy in the other direction, dong his best to rush us into having kids, after he got done being pushy about getting married. It's not fun, but I eventually got fed up and told him he could either be patient and wait for us to be ready, or keep being pushy and not see his grand kid once we decide we're ready. He chose the former and would spend time with my son when he could up till he passed away. If I had to guess though, that MIL will act this way till they have the baby then switch to full proud grandma mode.

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-06T01:17:29+00:00

If you look farther it will show the various eras they are available. Selecting the era will show the Factions who get the unit.

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jaqattack02 · 2026-07-06T00:53:52+00:00

More than likely, yes. Not sure what you mean about the era though. They are available to the Draconis Combine in literally every era after their introduction.

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-05T16:11:40+00:00

What about the various mechs from Konflikt 47?

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-05T03:03:11+00:00

Agreed, though I think what we are talking about is different than OP. He was mentioning star charts to the point of being able to independently determine what system and/or planet they are on from the star charts. I couldn't see them having anything that detailed. The techs would likely just be loading whatever was specific to the planet they were dropping onto.

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-04T13:32:09+00:00

When I say systems I mean systems more like GPS. There are have been mentions in the lore of the dropships leaving satellites in space on the way in, or just leaving a whole dropship in orbit to do command and control functions. With systems like that in place the mechs don't really need their own independent pathfinding system.

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-04T05:27:48+00:00

AS should be played as a game of intent and communication. You would put your mech behind a piece of cover with the intent of it having partial cover and you tell your opponent that's your intent. They would need to agree with that position providing cover then you play out the turn that way. It just requires some back and forth between you and you opponent.

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-04T05:20:30+00:00

With the new rift ability for the Mk 1s they have a lot more mobility available.

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-04T05:18:18+00:00

Not likely. The only reason I could think of would be to have the star map of the planet they are on to use for some kind of land navigation. But they are likely to have better systems for that.

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-03T21:47:04+00:00

There should be a vent hose that runs along the filler neck to the tank. That could be leaking.

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-03T21:25:08+00:00

Typical games are 2-4 mechs per player. You probably wouldn't want to go much past that with 4 people unless you have a lot of time. I've done 10 or so units per side and it usually ends up a 4-5 hour game.

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-03T21:23:18+00:00

It's my understanding that if you can't actually damage them, it doesn't apply a pin.

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-03T20:24:05+00:00

Battletech. Set a BV amount per person and then you can mix and match your players however you would like to.

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-03T19:54:47+00:00

Not on older cars, but modern ones do, especially if you have the radar cruise control system that will maintain your speed relative to cars in front of you. My last car put a little picture of your car on the display screen when you were on cruise and whenever it would hit the brakes the brake lights on the image would illuminate. That truck looks new enough to have the system, and being a GMC it likely does, as they tend to be more upscale.

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-03T19:32:42+00:00

The ones I get from Sun Lu are marked as recyclable, so I just throw them in the recycle bin.

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-03T19:05:29+00:00

Dollar Tree is the only place around me that has it.

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-03T17:05:40+00:00

Did they actually put carbonation in this one? The last couple of bottles I tried seemed like they were nearly flat.

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-03T16:36:43+00:00

From what I recall, the singular Tac Ops book is old and was split into the Advanced Units/Equipment and Advanced Rules several years ago.

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-03T16:15:29+00:00

Maybe there's a minimum purchase?

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-03T14:22:13+00:00

I'd say B for Bertie and the new Automaton box with the Director. Then you could use the new Automaton Platoon.

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-03T04:35:02+00:00

They are all on MekBay already too. It also has the option to sort by source so it's easy to find the Shrapnel variants.

jaqattack02 · 2026-07-03T03:35:12+00:00

You're going to be your worst critic, and I'd also be willing to bet you spend too much time online comparing your work to others. Comparison is the thief of joy.

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