BATTLETECH: The Jade Phoenix

One of the #DarkAge / #Ilclan mechs which people voted for, in this instance one of the most voted for mechs to be covered. It was a lot of fun to go over this #JadeFalcon design, and really its origins are so tied in to the latter days of the #MadFalcon 's rule its almost impossible to not talk about the fall of the #RepublicoftheSphere and #ClanWolf / the #WolfEmpire 's victory.
Built for noble purposes, this #Clan #battlemech definitely takes things to an interesting play. Any #Mechwarrior assigned to this thing is going to have a great asset to rely on. #Battletech 's latest era really has some devilish designs in it.
Now, this #Phoenix, much like the Clan is came from, is rising from the ashes to be born anew.
One error, just because I've not used machines like these before The partial Wing I listed is on the mech twice, meaning it gets +2 jump, and it gets -6 to its heat totals every turn, not just +1 and not just -3.
Just wanting to make sure I clarify for folks.
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[@matwisn1652]

How it began: WE WANT A NOBLE MACHINE FOR NOBLE WARRIORS! How it ended: And the E configuration will be a WARCRIME MECH!

[@nicolasgodines1129]

All I heard this entire video was, "THIS IS NO ZAKU, BOY!" This Mech is probably as close to a Mobile Suit we are going to get to in this franchise and I am here for it.

[@DaMasterPilot]

There's actually a few mechs that are, the wolverine is based on the zaku and the shadow hawk on the GM cannon.

[@nicolasgodines1129]

@@DaMasterPilot I know that, I meant performance wise, which both Mechs you mentioned are most certainly not even close to such specifications.

[@nicolasgodines1129]

@@DaMasterPilot Didn't mean to sound rude about it, but that's what I meant when I said as close to a Mobile Suit as we are going to get.

[@DaMasterPilot]

@@nicolasgodines1129 if you go by the original explanation for the battlemech mobility they do actually have that level of performance. The only difference is the way they're built, one uses miomer bundles instead of traditional servo and piston setup like a mobile suit uses.

[@nicolasgodines1129]

@@DaMasterPilot A Mobile Suit is far more nimble, and can sustain flight. No true Mech can do that, but the Jade Phoenix seems to come close. All Mobile Suits are Assault weight class or heavier, at least in the UC, so there's another reason I said it was as close to a zaku as we'll get.

[@osogitzgraymane72]

Three clan mechs down. Three closer to the Kodiak. Let's gooooo!!!!!!

[@jasonames145]

A plus four move modified, 256 armor pointed, UAC/20 wielding nightmare machine. Its a spider, if it guzzled Hulks jade green blood! And the damn thing is cheaper than some Executioner configs? Make me this mini, Catalyst!!

[@wheturangi]

As an IS player, I would be extremely clueless about this mech. The added mobility would freak me out. Its has medium/strike movement. It offers interesting possibilities. This is a mech I could respect and would be weary of. But then I'm not going past 3055 anyway, so I will never see it.

[@theapostatejack8648]

The Jade Magpies actually came up with a passable assault mech? This is a strange era. Even if it behaves like a Highlander IIC on amphetamines.

[@BigRed40TECH]

Meth-Highlander in a bird costume is best highlander! :P

[@nicolasgodines1129]

It's funny that they make excellent Lights and Mediums, but they hate using them, and the big stompy Mechs they like to use all are from other Clans, with the exception of maybe the Turkina and possibly this one.

[@robrib2682]

@@BigRed40TECH now paint it purple and give it to a FWL Ace, purple birb shall peck the very sky itself

[@voicetest6019]

@@BigRed40TECH I thought Meth-Highlander was the Mad Cat Mk II?

[@bthsr7113]

There's also the Wakazashi I just found on Sarna. A jumping assault with an LB20X, Gauss rifle, ERPPC, and 2 medium lasers. Also respectable armor. Only 3 or 6 tons of ammo though. Not sure how much ammo or the distribution, the phrasing is unclear. Difficult to maintain quirk though.

[@EmperorPylades]

That A Config is a terror. An 85 tonner that can jump like that and suddenly backstab with an UAC/20?

[@BigRed40TECH]

Yea, a 5 jump Assaultmech with a UAC20. lmao

[@Galwayshade]

As inspired by the AC/20 Urbanmech?

[@stefanhoppe9280]

@@BigRed40TECH 8 jump…

[@BigRed40TECH]

@@stefanhoppe9280 Sorry, 8 Jump. :P

[@dieseljester3466]

@@Galwayshade LOL, right? Because what's funnier than an Urbie coring an assault mech with an AC20? :D

[@kazekamiha]

By the sounds of it, a very solid mech... Sadly in the hands on Clan Emerald Parakeet.

[@Mr-Wisdomthief]

u mean the Turkey Beak boys? :P

[@AGS363]

Good News Everyone! You do not have to play Clan Jade Falcon to use it, it is also in the Unit List of the Alyina Mercantile League.

[@AdairCorbin]

Falcon lite

[@AGS363]

@@AdairCorbin Mercs with Clan tech.

[@robrib2682]

Glad to know someone is keeping up the proud tradition of taking the sharper spear from those vat grown nutters

[@halosammy14]

Possibly the most versatile mech of all the new designs in my opinion. It can outshoot whatever it can’t outrun. The best way to use this mech is to treat it like a heavy with superpowers. Not an assault. In case you couldn’t tell, I’m a huge fan of the design.

[@elchjol2777]

I'm normally not one for the stuff past the Clan Invasion but that mech looks real good and is real deadly to boot. It's a mech where looks will kill.

[@ambientlight3876]

I'm also a JF fan. They have some of the most thematic mech designs in the game.

[@stephenknizek2651]

I have to admit, when I first saw this video, my first thought was the Jade Phoenix trilogy. Kinda disappointed that this wasn’t a video about Aidan Pryde, but it’s still an interesting mech video.

[@BigRed40TECH]

I actually don't like Aidan Pryde. Just not my cup.

[@thomasgiles2876]

I'm re-reading this one and am pleasantly surprised how well written it is. It reminds me of Starship Troopers (the movie) and how they both glorified their societies on one level but satirized them on another.

[@MrDecelles]

@@BigRed40TECH We usually like Aidan Pryde as he keeps failing and then reach higher. He is a flawed character and he reminds us of our journey through life. The books are clunky but the character is something special and different.

[@BigRed40TECH]

@@MrDecelles I love flawed characters, just not Mr. Pryde.

[@sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462]

I love clan Jade Falcon I chose them as an 8 year old in 95 when mechwarrior 2 came out and I never looked back. I'm considering getting a tattoo of the clan on my left arm as the right bears the Eye of Heru/Re

[@treevenewson]

Jade Pigeo🦚

[@TheEclipse5]

Filthy clanner....

[@enricopaolocoronado2511]

The Jade Phoenix is what I would call an "Assault Mech made for actual assaults." Good armor? Check! Great mobility (especially with jump jets)? Check! Hard hitting arsenal? Check! In the hands of a skilled and ballsy MechWarrior, the Jade Phoenix can singlehandedly annihilate rival Mechs with ease. Because good luck to any poor sod that has to go up against what's effectively a Proto-Armored Core that jumps around the place like a madman while firing those ER PPCs and that HAG-30 at everyone in your unit.

[@BigRed40TECH]

It's a vicious devourer, definitely. Though it can be overpowered, it's not invincible, its mobility is the key to success.

[@enricopaolocoronado2511]

@@BigRed40TECH Yep. A solid hit can knock the Jade Phoenix off its footing, true.

[@cobalt968]

An interesting design. While clearly not a juggernaut-type assault mech, it certainly seems to be very tanky and heavily-armed for a jumping sniper mech. It's certainly more straightforward compared to some of the other more avian-looking battlemechs in Clan Jade Falcon's military, which seem to be more like gimmicky ambush predators.

[@BigRed40TECH]

Yea, this thing is pretty ruthless.

[@mberryman7720]

In 3025 it would have been a god of the Battlefield. In 3050 it's a dominant mech by 3151 its o.k. what a difference 126 years make.

[@Aleksandrgrc]

Battle value is just one of the gods of these battlefields.

[@OmniMontel]

Compare an Enfield muzzleloader to a M16 with an under barrel 40mm grenade launcher. What a difference 126 years make.

[@J0hnnieP]

I have subscribed because I admire the work going into the mechs. I've gonna buy a few mechs from a local hobby shop and diorama them now, you've caused me to love the things again!

[@BigRed40TECH]

Thanks John!

[@EddieFonzarelli]

My Favorite New Subscruption. Keep up the good work!!

[@BigRed40TECH]

Thank you Eddie! More coming tonight too :)

[@dickc.normous6369]

I need. God,between the Shrike and Jade Phoenix Jade Falcon makes the coolest mechs

[@jollyjohnthepirate3168]

So the Green Tweety's made a decent assault mech. I am Green Tweety!

[@BigRed40TECH]

Long live Clan jade Tweety!

[@louiskemner3216]

Well they also made the Turkina. One of the best Clan assaults

[@xXSpaceMexicanXx]

My god that thing is just DFA in physical form!

[@phillipmorel5116]

Never heard of this mech, not suprising since ive never been a dark age fan I was actialy hopping it was about the jade phenox himself, Aidan Pryde. Still good vid👍

[@Kaiju-Driver]

A superbly scary enemy for sure.

[@AlxParrish]

flak 2/2/2 ? This thing is a killer in alphastrike! Scary burb!

[@robrib2682]

when I was talking about how LAMs should have been like clan mechs I was talking about something like this, with maybe a few extra variants thrown in because if you can afford the equivalent of living in a zeppelin then you probably know what your good using. just don't make them brawlers, that will only bradley the warmachine

[@Aleksandrgrc]

Jade falcons worked on lams and abandoned the idea. A couple generations later here we are. I think you would fit in well with them.

[@robrib2682]

@@Aleksandrgrc tbf I think they probably stopped LAM development for the same reason why no one uses them as LAMs, you have an ace pilot and vet battlemech pilot spending more time fighting each other then that Jenner that is skirmishing you

[@MrDarthtelos]

Is that a cockpit? It sure would be a shame if something… happened to it. KING CRAB GANG!

[@TroySeward]

Nice cool Jade Falcon mech.

[@Johnpinckney98]

This mech feels like MWO marauder II min-maxing!

[@MajorTymojo]

I think the (relative) downfall of this burb wasn't any flaw of the circumstances it was used or any design decisions, it's that it was green instead of the clearly superior purple.

[@BigRed40TECH]

Purple Bird Strong.

[@Charon-5582]

@@BigRed40TECH Nikol Halas-Hughes

[@Doumaxwell1959]

Glory to Marik

[@selveckpryde7891]

Nice to hear a bit more about CJF, not to many folks cover the clan it seems.

[@BigRed40TECH]

I've noticed my clan-mech videos, by and large, get much less traction than my Inner Sphere ones.

[@RyeFields]

Now it just needs to be used as a wolf killer to become envied by all pilots

[@BigRed40TECH]

Wolves deserve the fires the Jade Phoenix gives them.

[@RyeFields]

@@BigRed40TECH oh they've more than earned a warrior's burial from the falcons

[@nerofoxkrell]

Don't forget about wolf's dragoons

[@KillerOrca]

I like everything I see in this mech.

[@morganmcconal4785]

Named after Adain Pryde?

[@BigRed40TECH]

They claim a piece of his mech is inside of it, 1 milligram of his Mad Cat, I didn't include that because it honestly felt silly to mention, and in universe it's really a lie. lol

[@jacobp.4593]

@@BigRed40TECH Same with with 40k and their terminators.

[@BigRed40TECH]

Yea, it's just not that interesting, as its not that true. lol

[@elijahelizalde4308]

Sounds like a silly clanner lie to me, I know they recycle everything, but not like that

[@NemFX]

Now we just need the Double Wolverine, to piss off the Clans on purpose

[@NemFX]

"Did you modify it's hand actuators to make it flip off the opponent?" "Yes sir, also we painted their totem animal being kicked by an Urbanmech."

[@WolfHreda]

"Star Colonel, the freebirths seem to be blaring an ancient Terran rock anthem from loud speakers mounted to the shoulders of their battlemechs. They have also issued a batchall under the moniker of Clan Garbage Pigeon." _Trueborn teeth grinding intensifies_ "I grow so weary of the Inner Sphere, Star Commander. Can we just go back to the Kerensky Cluster now?"

[@andresmarrero8666]

A shame that the intentions and meaning behind this mech's creation was so quickly thrown away. I feel sorry for them.

[@androssthered1157]

Dang, cool unexpected mech. Jade Turkies are going to have to do a lot of reputation rebuilding after Crazy Chick.

[@BigRed40TECH]

Malvina's not that much worse than Jade Falcon was before.

[@gary9346]

@@BigRed40TECH Malvina was honest. She is Jade Falcon.

[@BigRed40TECH]

@@gary9346 Malvina never lied to us.

[@Dreadwolf3155]

As someone recently returnin gto BT i was unfamiliar with this design. so an assault omni that can jump seven? ohmygosh i must try this

[@BigRed40TECH]

Jumps 5 in most configurations, but there is one that jumps further.

[@Based_Lord_Humongous]

Jade Phoenix v Alpha Wolf when?!

[@BigRed40TECH]

I'd take the Jade Phoenix if it weren't for the Alpha's stealth armour.

[@CMDRFandragon]

Jade Turkey, it goes well with mashed taters gravy

[@idiom2805]

"Over-powered bullshit." -Mage Leader.

[@BigRed40TECH]

Just because Rasalhague couldn't stop them, doesn't mean they're bullshit :P

[@idiom2805]

@@BigRed40TECH Rasalhauge couldn't stop anything to begin with.

[@BigRed40TECH]

@@idiom2805 This is true lol

[@robrib2682]

To give it it's fair shake I'm fairly certain that rasalhague was viewed as far more valuable by the lyrans and the cappies as a buffer state, because otherwise quite frankly what business does it have existing in the inner sphere and not out in the periphery where something like a democratic system would make more sense in universe

[@WolfHreda]

Not me trying to fugure out how to bastardize jump jets and a partial wing onto a Wolfhound, completely ruining its straightforward nature and design philosophy. 🤔 "Jade Wolf was a thing for a little while, right?" "Please don't do this."

[@upandaljm]

Never saw this mech. It came out after I stopped playing. So I guess it was good timing on my part. Jesus, this thing is evil and it was designed by civilians??? Damn, just damn.

[@BigRed40TECH]

Civilian caste is responsible for the mechs in a lot of cases. Scientists + Technicians.

[@panoramatint]

Lord, I thought UAC/20s were bad enough on their own.

[@robertgriffin662]

Nice video! Was wondering if you're keep doing videos on newer mechs would you do one the Lement?

[@BigRed40TECH]

I only do the later-generation mechs as youtube members vote on them. They just are used inbetween Source books because otherwise they'd not get covered almost ever.

[@bigtangent]

partial wings give the mech plus 2 to jump :)

[@Tallus_ap_Mordren]

Only on medium and light mechs. On heavies and Assaults, it’s plus on hex of jump.

[@bigtangent]

@@Tallus_ap_Mordren you are entirely right!,just looked it up in tactical operations(page 295 if anyone is curious,,,lol) :)

[@schneecoraxx8689]

Such a cool mech...ill take uhhhhh one config E please cause plasma rifles are cool

[@cliffcampbell8827]

The Omni pod or Omni slot is a mech weapon hard point that is designed for mounting any mech based weapon system of appropriate size or smaller (a 3 slot size weapon can fit in a 3 or a 4 Omni slot but cannot fit in a 2, no matter how much grease, force and bad language you use, it just won't happen), correct? In other words, if your mech has ballistic, missile and energy slots, the corresponding weapon system has to be mounted in it's designated slot i.e. LB__X/AC/ultra AC/gauss/machine guns must be fitted into the ballistic slots and SRM/MRM/ATM/LRM missile racks must go in the missile slots and small/medium/large {heavy/standard/ER} lasers/PPC/plasma weapons go in the energy slots but an Omni slot can mount any mech weapon system regardless of it's classification. So my question is: if a mech has Omni slots, why have standard mech variants? Such as the Timberwolf A, B, C etc. variants. I know the Timberwolf has fixed weapon slots (like it's "mouse ears" missile racks) but it also has it's Omni pods in it's arms (I forgot what the slots on the left and right torso below the cockpit are). They were literally designed to accept any mech weapon system (provided the slot is large enough). There shouldn't be any typical variants beyond the normal hard points (variant A swaps the LRM 15's for SRM 6's...the rest of it is your clanner atypical "if they have it in stock and it fits...." grabbag of -your guess is as good as anybody else's- Every Omni mech should have the load out it left the factory floor with, then one variant after that. Timberwolf stock load out is ______. Variants a comes equipped with ????? As the years passed, the clanners decided to throw a monkey wrench in the variant a load out so after 3067 expect to see (consult your tarot cards or magic 8 ball for a more precise list of weapons you should expect to see on that heavy). Clan mech driver: "Today I feel like harassing those inner sphere free birthers with nothing but advanced tactical missiles." Mech mechanic: "Sir? We're out of ATM's and don't know when our next supply drop is." Clan mech driver: "Today I feel like peppering the free birthers with lot's of hot lead per shot. Load my mech with as many LB X auto cannons that it'll carry. Calibur doesn't matter, I'll be engaging the enemy from a thousand meters all the way up to where I'll be standing on their mech's foot actuators...we still have LB X cannons and ammo, right?" Mech mechanic: "Yes sir. One LB 20 X and one LB 5 X." Clan mech driver: "Okay then, just go to the drop ship, gather as many bang-bang's and boom-boom's and danger/death lights, bring it all here and SURPRISE ME!Can you handle that?" Mech mechanic: "I live to serve!"

[@krieg4017]

GOOD.

[@g3heathen209]

Maybe thier later design are influenced by the purge of the scientist caste.

[@BigRed40TECH]

Jade Phoenix is pretty okay for what it is.

[@MrGrimsmith]

Interesting mech, shame it's one from the Green Chickens :P IIRC the fixed wing has been employed on a few other mechs, I'm thinking I've seen a picture of a Shadowcat or similar with one. Like it needed to be more jumpy...

[@roguerifter9724]

Aww no all energy weapon configurations, Too bad that might make that variant my favorite official Assault Mech design if it existed.

[@davidletizia3882]

Great review. Is there an official model for this mech? I have not seen it by Catalyst or Ironwind.

[@BigRed40TECH]

Not yet!

[@TheChillee]

Untrue. Iron wind has made Jade Phoenix Prime for quite sometime

[@CRAZYUNCLE117]

I look at this mech as style of substance. The green gulls may have made a mech that is mobile, and can seem imposing as it uses its impressive jumping ability, but each of the designs are far to specialized. Just like all other specialized mechs, all you have to do is recognize the loadout. Once you do that, it will be easy to clip their wings. When you make a mech to look imposing, you forget that it has to back up the look with devastating force to remain imposing. Like the atlas did.

[@Tallus_ap_Mordren]

Don’t really agree. Running this mech is pretty simple. Jump pretty much all the time, stay out of minimum range. The prime is pretty general purpose. Clan ERPPCs have no minimum range, so they are just as effective up close as at long range. Punch big holes, search for crits with the HAG. HAG has a minimum range of 2, but the jump jets should ensure it’s never firing within minimum range. Alt-A is a short range powerhouse, but with a jump range of 7, it will close pretty quick. Alt-B is nasty at long range with twin gauss rifles, and even nastier up close with the improved heavy large and medium lasers. Again, jump jets ensure that it should never end up staying inside minimum range. Alt-C wants to close to Talon range, but can keep up fire all the way in with it’s ATMs. You have to be pretty mobile to try and kite it. Alt-D is sniper, so I guess you could try and stay out of LOS with LRMs. But again, only the gauss rifle has a min range, so getting close isn’t a great option. Alt-E warcrimes model is short range, but it has the supercharger and jump jets to get there, so… I’d honestly take any of these against an Atlas (of any vintage), and give a good chance of killing it with a decent pilot. The Atlas has similar or worse throw weight, worse mobility, but better armor. The Atlas will also have much harder time hitting any of the jumping variants.

[@madmarauder9925]

Green Pidgeon's can go to he.... wait they did didn't they?

[@Demolitiondude]

Who wants Kentucky fried falcon?!

[@BigRed40TECH]

It's Kerensky Fired Falcon dude.

[@Demolitiondude]

Is that next to urbanburger, home of the urbanburger?

[@treevenewson]

Boo to the Jade Pigeons, boo I say...🦚

[@robrib2682]

You take that back, pigeons are social and loving creatures that while misguided are capable of empathy

[@treevenewson]

@@robrib2682 Jade Crows? Green Vultures? help me out here.

[@robrib2682]

@@treevenewson crows are smart and form close bonds, I think the scavenging vulture that will spit stomach acid on you works better xD

[@treevenewson]

@@robrib2682 Jade Turkey's or Jade Turkey Vulture then...LOL

[@ChaosTicket]

Okay so one of the newest mechs this time. I cannot take the Jade Phoenix seriously. Its rather lightly armed for an assault mech especially a Clan one, but also that its a copy of a copy. First there was the Turkina a 95ton assault mech for Clan Jade Falcon. It was quite good as jump equipped assault omnimech. Second there was the Shrike 95ton assault battlemech. That one added wings, talons, and a claw but its not an omnimech to fit the regression of the early Dark Age. It has less firepower but more speed and mobility. The Jade Phoenix seems to be a combination of those two. It has dual gun-arms rather than the claw the Shrike had, but its faster than the Turkina. Its basically a what-if you took the Shrike, traded out the ER Large Lasers for ER PPCs, replaced the Ultra-autocannons with a Hyper Assault Gauss Rifle, and totally removed the long range missiles. It overheats even with the partial wings.

[@erikbjelke4411]

100 years of occupation, and all we taught the Clans was how to kick with their BattleMechs. I do hope the Jade Falcons can regain some of their old nobility. I would honestly like to see them move closer to Aidan Pryde in temperament and thought than keep going the Malvina Hazen route. Vicious psychotic monster. Say what you will about Clan Wolf under Alaric, the Falcons under Malvina were infinitely worse. So glad she finally got what was coming to her, and most of her cult went with her.

[@arcangellord5372]

Malvina is the natural outcome of staying true to original clan ideals in the IS, malvina before she became a monster was stripped of everything she cared even remotely about cause of it, her beloved was stripped from her in a horrible way and she hated world for it she saw free and happy people outside the boarders of her clan and she was stripped of that experience, she burns the world down for the clan teachs their warriors killing not about weaknesses like feeling or trauma, the clan made the monster that is malvina, it is deserved, if Aiden survived and watch his daughter die and later his wife you will see the same thing happen, people who lose everything died the moment it happened.

[@arcangellord5372]

And in a system where you kill your way to promotion why would anyone care about your ideals If you wind them battles and win your position

[@mattblom3990]

Cool looking 'Mech. In the tabletop, do its wings offer a bonus at all?

[@BigRed40TECH]

Gives it +2 to its jump distance and -6 to its heat every turn. It's basically 6 heatsinks and 2 jump jets, on top of what it normally has.

[@mattblom3990]

@@BigRed40TECH That's insanity!! 😮

[@weregeniegaming]

@bigred40k Sorry to bust your bubble, but on the Record sheet in RGIlclan 22, the Partial wing is listed as "1 Partial Wing RT/LT" and under heat sinks it has " Partial Wing +3 ". +2 jump and +6 heat dispersion would make Partial Wings way too broken. unfortunately. I love this machine though, as well as the Hierofalcon and the Ion Sparrow(Butcherbird), and since it says in Redemption Rites that the Dragoons took the best salvage from Terra, Pg54: "Weapons, armor....all the secrets the Wolves, the Jade Falcons, and the cooling corpse of the Republic possessed...." Therefore my SuperNova Binary is composed of Jade Phoenixes, Hierofalcons, and Ion Sparrows with the Dragoons logo.

[@BigRed40TECH]

Just misunderstood the reading of it. It's not much of a burst bubble.

[@weregeniegaming]

@@BigRed40TECH true I did the same thing with the Shrike. I think that is what caused the problem. Shrike is listed as having RT and LT Partial Wings (plural). I believe CGL will fix that whenever Shrike is reworked in the RGIlclan books. Great Video though, I really like your work. *edit* Well, color me stupid. I apparently have 2 different versions of RS 3145 and the newest one has the Shrike with ONE Partial Wing spread across RT and LT. Oops. Damn. That's like my original RS 3085 CE that has the Karhu C stats on the Karhu Prime sheet. I need to check my sources better. Oh well, the world won't end. Now to go wash the egg off my face....😕

[@g3heathen209]

A mech with wings......wait a second, land air mech?

[@BigRed40TECH]

Nope.

[@blue95kun]

Wonder if this is available to mercs by the ilClan Era?

[@BigRed40TECH]

Be hard to find for mercs I suspect.

[@ZephKyno]

Wait up. Malvina, just like a gal from Buratino?

[@BC-vg3zf]

Funny the falcons didn’t take up the LAM designs

[@BigRed40TECH]

LAM's are functionally extinct, despite a few examples still being out there.

[@BC-vg3zf]

@@BigRed40TECH yet they closest in touman aspect and didn’t they destroy a cache or a castle Brian of LAM tech or something

[@Paladin-1]

🇦🇺🤓🇦🇺 💀💀💀

[@Timberjac]

Those short and useless arms for physical combat I do not like at all, it is as if the designer believes that the mech will never be at the distance of another wanting to shake him and he has to dirty the actuators with that type of fight. At least in this mech, it does seem less likely to be caught in one of them, but it still seems to me an oversight on the part of the design team (there are worse ones, of course).

[@steveharrison76]

Ah, the clanners. Can’t win against a real mechwarrior so they have to grow mutants in tubes to do it for them, and build mechs that can be reconfigured to compensate for their inability to use their mechs effectively based on what they actually have… Jokes aside: it sounds like an effective mech, which of course it is because it’s a clanner ride. I still don’t like clanners though.

[@lostShadowLord]

Clan logic: that warrior is 25, he/she is too old to be useful in battle. We have the technological edge Clan logic: Oh God, we got outsmarted by an old man with one eye, if only we had someone in a lance level that experienced enough to not run into a gun line/ambush. Clan Logic: oh my God why are the inner sphere fielding omni Mechs.

[@steveharrison76]

@@lostShadowLord Clanner: DO YOU ACCEPT MY BATCHALL? Merc Leader: NEEEEEEEEEERD!

[@gary9346]

It'd not funny. It's the truth.

[@NeroLordofChaos]

​@@steveharrison76 Merc leader: Sure. be at these coordinates at 2:33pm Wednesday next week. Clanner: GLORY TO THE CLANS! Merc: * doesn't show, schedules an artillery strike on the enemy position while he goes to snort party powder off a canopian catgirl's ass *

[@steveharrison76]

@@NeroLordofChaos you magnificent bastard, you. 🙌

[@mattcarper9853]

ahhh Malvina Fan Fiction. Just as bad as House Liao. Glad she is gone, at least. The story is finally getting better because of it.

[@BigRed40TECH]

Malvina was the best. That's not a very nice thing to say about such a successful, and kind leader.

[@mattcarper9853]

@@BigRed40TECH :-D God I hated that character so much.