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Hmmm I assume that a lot of Arrow IV ammo and the schematics and manuals to maintain them would help get the type back into production earlier than otl
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To be honest, and beating a dead horse, I don't understand how the 'unguided' version (I can understand some of the specialty munitions going out of production and then just being forgotten about and never reentering service) of the arrow went out of production and service in the first place, but yeah certainly before the 3rd succession war ends back and available.Hmmm I assume that a lot of Arrow IV ammo and the schematics and manuals to maintain them would help get the type back into production earlier than otl
Honestly I suspect the reason the unguided ammo went out of production was by the time the means to build those was lost so were the vast majority of Arrow IV equipped platforms so no one rebuilt the ammo plans before the knowledge got lostTo be honest, and beating a dead horse, I don't understand how the 'unguided' version (I can understand some of the specialty munitions going out of production and then just being forgotten about and never reentering service) of the arrow went out of production and service in the first place, but yeah certainly before the 3rd succession war ends back and available.
If you compare the performance of a thunderbolt-20 to the Arrow-IV, there is a massive difference between the performance of the propulsion systems. The warhead is also much more impressive, doing 20pt AOE rather than 20pt direct fire, the latter is far less energetic even if more effective against armor. Thunderbolt 20 ammo is heavier than Arrow ammunition.To be honest, and beating a dead horse, I don't understand how the 'unguided' version (I can understand some of the specialty munitions going out of production and then just being forgotten about and never reentering service) of the arrow went out of production and service in the first place, but yeah certainly before the 3rd succession war ends back and available.
Because their respective governments have been accusing each other of taking advantage of or even supporting pirates against their neighbors (I mean its the periphery so thats technically true historically) which escalated to the Canopian ambassador accusing the Taurian one of being responsible for the ongoing pirate attackThis is going to give more weight to Espinosa's arguments. Which to be fair were good ideas on centralized Government and Industry. It's just the manner in which he came to power and held on to it that caused issues. A Tyrant with good ideas is still a Tyrant, but Tiamati is too unwilling to sidestep the High Council and make an Executive decision as his role of First among Equals. This may cause him to seek out the Argo and potentially the Artu Outpost when he learns of it to gain more Losttech given the statement by Espinosa.
Why are the Ambassadors at each other's throats again?
i will note assuming you make sure to copy the data on the argo so you don't lose it due to the locura....it has a map with locations of many a star league facility. which would be huge for the aurigans both in material terms for stuff they can directly get and diplomatically speaking. and the very capable machine shops and the like aboard her aren't small potatoes eitherThis is going to give more weight to Espinosa's arguments. Which to be fair were good ideas on centralized Government and Industry. It's just the manner in which he came to power and held on to it that caused issues. A Tyrant with good ideas is still a Tyrant, but Tiamati is too unwilling to sidestep the High Council and make an Executive decision as his role of First among Equals. This may cause him to seek out the Argo and potentially the Artu Outpost when he learns of it to gain more Losttech given the statement by Espinosa.
Why are the Ambassadors at each other's throats again?
Because their respective governments have been accusing each other of taking advantage of or even supporting pirates against their neighbors (I mean its the periphery so thats technically true historically) which escalated to the Canopian ambassador accusing the Taurian one of being responsible for the ongoing pirate attack
[As opposed to the we should put our differences aside because Black Jack is a revenge addled warlord with a mountain of star league era metal, maybe we should not fight among ourselves]
Well with a visible external threat causing much needed reforms for one the odds of the Aurigan Civil War happening just ended. So at the very minimum the two aren't likely to end up in a duel to the deathSo... Battletech on the whole. Got it.
Will be amusing to see how the two heiresses change with learning from and interacting with Gene.
At least on the latter yes, but on the former I don't know like my Take on Tamati was (and some of this writer's inertia where I've already written a significant chunk what may well end up its own thread in terms of a timeline's novelization of the civil war covering major campaign missions) unwilling to make reforms because the council kept dickering about things and then he died leaving things unfixed.Well with a visible external threat causing much needed reforms for one the odds of the Aurigan Civil War happening just ended. So at the very minimum the two aren't likely to end up in a duel to the death
Now certainly here, there is a much larger pirate threat, but does that fix the interal system? Because Espinosa seems to be talking about how the reach had been in decline already (which I have a here, in universe explanation for) and had been declining before the pirates (also apparently in 'canon' on Fjaldr Markham lost a dozen mechwarriors so I assume Markham's marauders is at least a company sized element not the much reduced medium lance and leopard that the HBS game opens you with)
[Pulling this from the other thread]On another note I wonder just how much stress the typical BT CYOA causes the local MRB/ROM office when a random 20 year old shows up and registers basically a reinforced combined arms regiment including its own lift which includes jumpships and a full wing for air cover with gear comstar has no idea where it actually came from
"Well this is exciting." Bard chimed in, "But as an invasion, I doubt it." He punched Gene's shoulder lightly, "You're too wound up, invading during the faire would be insane. It'd be suicide."
That would be funny.In which the Dragoons have now fucked around and the SLDF AI's around about to show them the 'find out'.
Because those are SLDF mechs. And it would be hilarious if Dante just went 'and... your power button now won't work.'
Be all kinds of awkward.