Thanks Vincent, Vald!
Ah Battletech... my "first mech love", I still have a ton of tabletop miniatures for the game
.
While UC Gundam is more of an extension of mid-late 20th century military mentality and (especially) politics (we're talking "spheres of influence" and "military-industrial-complex" here) Battletech was always more of a quasi 16th-18th century mixture of codes of chivalry and complex regimental histories. And mechs might not be bigger but they certainly are
moar stompy and have
moar dakka! (GW Ork terminology is great for these things
). I mean a UC Mobile Suit has it's twin gatlings in the head (if it's made by Anaheim Electronics at least
), a beam rifle of some sorts and maybe a shield and a couple of small rockets... the iconic Timberwolf/Mad-Cat heavy mech has two heavy extended range lasers, two medium extended range lasers, a single medium pulse laser, two batteries of 20 internally reloadable long range rocket launchers (think M270 MLRS)...and also 2 machine guns.
Of course it has
no hands, which brings opens up the possibility for me to stop my heavy geeking and
subtly re-focus on the current kit progress
=>
And of course there sometimes
are Mobile Suits with Battletech-level armament
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Best regards
Raoul G. Kunz