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jymset
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 Posted: 01-Dec-2004 13:48 Post subject: Tiny pop quiz! |
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I was just flicking through my old TRO:3025 for the first time in over a year. What a wonderful, wonderful volume!
So, in honour of me rediscovering it, here is a little question. No prizes, just the honour for whoever gets it first without looking through the book forever!
Going by the description, which 'mech had the most comfortable cockpit (judging by the life-support system); which had the must uncomfortable one (judging by the restricted space)?
See - I even gave clues!
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Beebles
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| Posted: 01-Dec-2004 14:01 Post subject: RE: Tiny pop quiz! |
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I'm just guessing here (I'm a big noob), but is the uncomfortable one the spider?
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Ronin
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| Posted: 01-Dec-2004 14:04 Post subject: RE: Tiny pop quiz! |
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Most comfortable was the Shadow Hawk... this is one of the reasons why it's my favorite canon mech.
The most uncomfortable was the Stinger... reference is made to pilots having to squeeze in, often assited by their techs (ina reverse of the knights that had to have help to get on their mounts).
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| Posted: 01-Dec-2004 14:17 Post subject: RE: Tiny pop quiz! |
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A small note, the Stinger had a tiny cockpit, yes, but the Catapult had a sideways ejection seat. Now tell me that was a comfortable ride. You'd be lucky if you didn't break your neck! And as I recall the Vindicator had a bulge in the cockpit explained as the mounting for the medium laser. It tended to interfere with the ejection path and make the ejection seat explode on the way out!
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| Posted: 01-Dec-2004 14:27 Post subject: RE: Tiny pop quiz! |
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Life is cheap...battlemechs are expensive.
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jymset
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| Posted: 01-Dec-2004 14:27 Post subject: RE: Tiny pop quiz! |
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Congrats to Ronin on the Shadowhawk.
Yikes, I was thinking about another 'mech for the prize of the uncomfortable one! It pretty much says: the most uncomfortable (because, pretty much smallest) cockpit....
Any other guesses?
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The AC5 is a great gun!
On heat, 3025 style:
A Rifleman knows no heat.
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cain
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| Posted: 01-Dec-2004 14:48 Post subject: RE: Tiny pop quiz! |
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im on thin air here but is it the wasp?
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| Posted: 01-Dec-2004 15:30 Post subject: RE: Tiny pop quiz! |
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I would have guessed Vindicator too. Having your ejection system mess up would be pretty uncomfortable. 
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Ronin
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| Posted: 01-Dec-2004 18:07 Post subject: RE: Tiny pop quiz! |
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| D'OH!!!! It's the Assassin, another favorite mech of mine (thise time, despite the cockpit).
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jymset
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| Posted: 02-Dec-2004 01:36 Post subject: RE: Tiny pop quiz! |
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Well, kudos to Ronin, you win it all!
And, dear sir, I highly respect your preferred choices:
The Shadowhawk is one of the coolest out there - strictly from fluff POV! (it was badly undergunned and over-heat-sinked even in 3025).
The Assassin is just the coolest. Anyone who goes a-gaga over the Spider must surely also love this design.
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"Rear armour is defeatist!" - unknown Kuritan Mechwarrior
The AC5 is a great gun!
On heat, 3025 style:
A Rifleman knows no heat.
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bladewind
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| Posted: 02-Dec-2004 03:33 Post subject: RE: Tiny pop quiz! |
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| Stinger. Its cockpit isnt for humans.
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Ronin
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| Posted: 02-Dec-2004 13:51 Post subject: RE: Tiny pop quiz! |
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On 2004-12-02 01:36, jymset wrote:
The Shadowhawk is one of the coolest out there - strictly from fluff POV! (it was badly undergunned and over-heat-sinked even in 3025).
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That's why it's so much fun... so many possibilities for customizing, with a sturdy chasis and a comfy cockpit to work with.
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Shadowking
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| Posted: 05-Dec-2004 22:06 Post subject: RE: Tiny pop quiz! |
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Vindicator was a Liao design though. What do they care about the pilots? 
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