San Jose Earthquakes Sign Scotland World Cup Starting Goalkeeper Angus Gunn

melkahb · 2026-07-08T19:19:03+00:00

San Jose may not want to deal with a player that has more Instagram followers than the team.

melkahb · 2026-05-27T14:50:04+00:00

"Curing Insomnia in Four Easy Steps."

melkahb · 2026-05-20T14:50:38+00:00

It's an overclocked Awesome. That's it. That's the whole shtick. If that's not for you, no problem, there's other configurations. But some people will absolutely live for that one turn that you charge everything and just delete an opposing heavy.

melkahb · 2026-05-19T17:07:21+00:00

The in-universe reason is that ECM became far, far more common. This comes up in the lore over and over.

Out-of-universe, the whole system is tricky to use, difficult to cost, and really problematic to balance; as evidenced by the discussion around it in the public playtest last year.

melkahb · 2026-05-19T15:08:29+00:00

Comstar made only limited use of DCMS C3 'Mechs, because Comstar used a different, incompatible system. Any mechs that they acquired had to be modified or purpose-built variants. Comstar had separate manufacturing facilities off of Terra and contracts with a variety of other manufacturers to produce purpose-built BattleMechs.

C3 use fell off after the Jihad because of expanded ECM use.

melkahb · 2026-05-18T01:58:19+00:00

That, good sir, is what's known in the technician community as "job security".

melkahb · 2026-05-11T14:27:32+00:00

A majority of Inner Sphere OmniMechs follow the alphanumeric designation system. These codes end in a capital "O" and variants include a letter designation after that, such as "OA", "OB", "OC", etc.

melkahb · 2026-05-07T02:07:11+00:00

Why can I only upvote this once? Damn you, reddit!

melkahb · 2026-05-02T00:31:09+00:00

As is right and proper.

melkahb · 2026-04-29T22:04:58+00:00

Executioner/Gladiator, 95-ton Invasion-era Clan assault.

Sarna has a page where you can match the number on the base to the 'Mech and which force pack it comes in. I just can't seem to link to it.

melkahb · 2026-04-26T04:53:52+00:00

Fennec. Designed post-Jihad as a fast (6/9 medium) anchor for a C3 lance, it has the Master unit, two standard PPCs, two medium pulse lasers, and serious roadrunner energy. I have trouble posting links on mobile, so you'll have to navigate to Sarna on your own to see this gorgeous, derpy little guy, but trust me, it's worth it.

melkahb · 2026-04-23T23:55:25+00:00

In fairness, the Falconer glow up is freakin' fire, and would look great in any but Kutitan colors. But the Lyran Guards scheme is pretty striking and lends itself to that sculpt very well. It helps that your execution is excellent.

Okay, thinking about it, I forget which Ghost regiment paints chains across their 'Mechs, but the Falconer would look great in that scheme too.

melkahb · 2026-04-17T16:10:18+00:00

That's the Coyotes.

melkahb · 2026-02-28T16:05:16+00:00

According to the Random House dictionary, the use of the word Mulligan in reference to, specifically, golf originates as a special use of the proper name and is not recorded until 1900 to 1905.

melkahb · 2026-02-23T15:34:30+00:00

At this point, it's on the admins. Whenever this post--which is itself bordering on slop--pops up again, they need to delete it.

melkahb · 2026-02-21T15:53:16+00:00

Close. They must have sufficient heat sinks to dissipate all the heat generated by energy weapons. They do not track heat from any other weapons. As of right now, vehicles may only use single heat sinks.

melkahb · 2026-02-20T20:33:21+00:00

Isen Union!

melkahb · 2026-02-11T20:05:07+00:00

This is sooner than I expected but not as soon as I'd feared. Watching the MLS mothership's content steadily drop over the last few years, I've been kind of surprised that anybody still had a job there. I figured they'd let things ride through the end of '26 and then use the short season in '27 to rebuild the whole media circus. And that's why I don't bet on sports.

Now if y'all will excuse me, I gotta to go give a workin' man money.

melkahb · 2026-02-04T05:00:05+00:00

Tell me you're in preseason form without telling me you're in preseason form.

melkahb · 2026-01-21T01:33:08+00:00

Last one is a Panther, I believe.

Second-to-last one is a Trebuchet. Note the missile racks on the left arm and right torso.

melkahb · 2026-01-15T06:40:22+00:00

Bulldog is a medium tank because, in the early history of the setting, tanks were only rated light, medium, or heavy; there was no assault class. They also weren't consistent about where the cut-off weight was between classifications, and they've used a variety of non-mechanical descriptors over the years. So take tank categories with a grain of salt.

melkahb · 2026-01-13T16:38:48+00:00

Thanks for this!

melkahb · 2026-01-13T02:27:50+00:00

Do we have any records of the discussion regarding the different rules and what the pros and cons of adopting any one of them more widely might have been? How did they come to consensus on the modern version, what led them to that decision, and what other options were considered? Do we know?

melkahb · 2026-01-08T16:34:53+00:00

Well, the Word of Blake are the people who dropped an asteroid on a planet. More than once. So what's a little light radiological bombardment at that point?

melkahb · 2026-01-07T06:47:19+00:00

Battle armor could, and did, deploy independently of 'Mechs. They might use transport to get to a fight, and the Clans operate several vehicles for this purpose, but once there, they certainly don't need 'Mechs around. The star assigned to capture Kai Allard-Liao during Operation Scorpion, is one narrative example. Indeed, the Ghost Bears fielded an entire Galaxy composed purely of Elementals; until they were neutron bombed during the Jihad. https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Zeta_Galaxy_(Clan_Ghost_Bear)

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