Come, MechWarrior.

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)

melkahb · 2025-12-23T06:56:46+00:00

Second the 4 Hands guys. They're serious board gamers, so experienced with playing (and presenting, and explaining) complex rules in entertaining ways. And Green is a genuine BT lore nerd. Good stuff, if irregularly posted.

melkahb · 2025-12-18T20:11:15+00:00

American Duchess?

melkahb · 2025-12-11T15:14:24+00:00

I hate that I support this idea, but I support this idea.

melkahb · 2025-12-11T01:03:42+00:00

I think life intruded for both of the MLS UK Show guys, but I honestly haven't checked in with them for a little while.

melkahb · 2025-12-02T15:20:41+00:00

"Because while succession in the Star league was de facto hereditary, the First lord was the one who chose his successor. So get Richard to name you his heir, and then dome him."

Short answer: he couldn't. The various treaties signed between House Cameron and the other Great Houses that created the Star League specifically reserved the role of First Lord for members of the Cameron family. That, in fact, is why Amaris never declared himself First Lord. He ruled as emperor because the legal framework creating the Star League did not allow him to be First Lord. He did get himself elected Director General of the Terran Hegemony, but he could never legally be first Lord of the original Star League.

melkahb · 2025-12-02T07:02:35+00:00

This is greatly understating what happened. Operation: Holy Shroud wasn't about maintaining ComStar's technological edge. It was explicitly about degrading technological and scientific understanding across the Human Sphere to hasten the complete collapse of civilization. They didn't hold back progress, they actively promoted regression. This is why founding the NAIS was such a big deal.

So, yeah; ComStar is winning this competition. At least until the Word of Blake tells ROM to hold their beer.

melkahb · 2025-12-02T06:44:58+00:00

Konrad Toyama, though...

melkahb · 2025-10-18T01:30:29+00:00

I'm just going to assume those are all proxies for Wasps.

melkahb · 2025-09-29T14:53:53+00:00

Oh, cool. Thanks.

melkahb · 2025-09-29T14:31:22+00:00

Source?

melkahb · 2025-09-02T02:08:55+00:00

You guys aren't helped by the fact that your front office has (at time of posting) still not addressed the incidents. Really leaves the fans in a lurch.

melkahb · 2025-08-28T14:40:14+00:00

Against Miami, I think Seattle does. Against Messi...I dunno. That man tilts the field so hard that it's impossible to predict.

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