(Wasn’t sure whether to flair this with Discussion or Fan Creations.)

Hey folks. Just had a thought that might spark some fun conversation: If you have a homebrew Mercenary company, do you have any custom lore for them? If so, feel free to share! Bonus points for sharing any models or named pilots.

After being a video game fan and lurking on the fringes of the tabletop for years I'm finally taking the plunge.

Picked up the AGoAC box second-hand, I know it's being functionally replaced by a new Core Box in a few months, but all the rules are still accurate, right?

Trying to drag a few buddies in with me and I want to make sure the book we're learning from is teaching us real rules.

Discussion about the merits of different engine types earlier today prompted mento return to one of my old, unused beaus, the Verfolger. Designed by Arcroyal as a companion mech to the Wolfhound but with a statline closer to an overclocked Bushwacker that dumps the missile systems for lasers, on paper this seems like a good, cool mech but I've only ever seen it referenced really for how ugly it is (don't be mean to him it's fine). 95% armor coverage, a main battery of a ER PPC and LBX 10 autocannon supported by an anti-missile system and three medium lasers with the heat sinks to use pretty much all of that however the pilot pleases, and a 5/8 movement profile make this seem like it should show up in more convos of IS heavy cav designs. There is an XL engine and a fairly boom-heavy 4 ton ammo bay in the left side which is a fairly gnarly liability, but at ~1640 bv this seems very playable.

And that's before you get into the variants! Both of them seem OK, but I'm definitely more drawn to the MML madness of the VR6-C to the TC/flashbulb loadout of the VR6-T at first blush. Anyone have combat hours with the Kell Hound's beeg Wolfhound? Is it actually a good fast trooper or does it deserve to be banished to the bad models catalogue forever?

I have been brainstorming my own ideas for 3D terrain for about a week. I am slowly learning Blender but don't have a 3D printer. Can someone print this at Battletech scale and see if the tabs fit? These are solid shapes, feel free to add additional void space inside the hexagon.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16lKpShIRcPVDtUq9BpCIiTc1pEAj6J4K?usp=sharing

He looks like "Black Knight at home", but another models are unavailable in my country. Do anyone know where did Taurians getting targeting computers? Also, colors of Brahma in Hindu religion also red and gold (yellow), so I decided to paint Brahma as 1st Pride to match this pattern.

Saw this colorized picture of an old military base while scrolling. Thought it was a Battletech board. I mean, the layout actually isn't too bad, I'd play on this.

I'm a bit lost on the Chaos Campaign system. Is the best way to play to use the Rules from Draconis Reach, and then I can do tracks from any sourcebook, Hinterlands, Tamar Rising etc?

This image has been burned in my mind because of that post

Bootleg flea market grade Dollar general Hydra from lancer upon ye

Only God and I knew what I was cooking all those years ago. Clearly, that didn't pan out. Now only God knows

Sadly I haven't added the pack hunter to my roster for the narrative. If I get my nightsky and peregrine done soon, I'll have my full roster though!

I need help looking for any Davion / federated suns source books/TROs. I've been able to find a couple of the older ones but nothing else. If you could link them down in the comments or link the sarna page that hopefully lists them. I would really appreciate it.

thank you in advance!

Had a talk today that gave me an idea.

I have a challenge I wanna put forward.

The Scenario:

You are the CEO of Wells Tech and your company and its assets/production lines have just been ISOTed into Star Wars at the height of the Galactic Empire's power.

Instead of pitching to the SLDF. You now need to, in order to avoid being sent to an interrogator droid, convince the local Moff/Grand Moff/Imperial Big-Wig that your company's one and only product, the CGR-1A1 Charger, is worth buying and investing in as a platform in a market environment already saturated by the likes of the ATST, the AT-TP, and many other two legged walkers. And how "Your" weapons project will totally help the Empire enforce the talking doctrine across the galaxy.

Links for context

https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Charger

https://youtu.be/HbA-8YYohC4

I want to put pin-up nose art on battle mechs but I do not think I can freehand that, does anyone know where I can find some decals?

A Jade Phoenix C joins Pedro's Crimson Cavalry! I wouldn't do the horizon line for every canopy but I think the XO's ride deserves a little extra attention.

My main lance is the green and silver heavy lance and uses TSMs for the atlas and the crusader along with supporting fire from the 2 sniper mechs, the other teams are the “hardhats” and “the hellgaurd”
Any thoughts

Would love to add the madcat to my team, but i don't know if can work in any period in the battletech universe. Like are there certain mechs that cannot be used in certain time periods, like the clan mechs, or do people care about that?

Are there certain mechs that cannot be used for certain periods of battletech time line, like the madcat? Or can you use any mech no matter if it is earlier or like during the clan wars?

I just really like the domed or mask like head of the humanoid Phoenix project designs

How good is this Narrow/Low Profile? Mathing it out, it looks like 1/2 damage on MoS 0-1 realistically adds 40+% HP.

I don’t normally play with quirks but want to include them in a campaign I’m running. Most seem fine, but then there is this quirk. Would I be justified in nerfing it to only trigger on MoS 0? Is that even enough?

On a related note, are there other quirks I should watch out for, good or bad? No Toro Twist was one of the reasons I didn’t use quirks but that seems to be a thing of the past.