That's a generic 80s sci-fi tropes, user.
40k, being the all-scifi-devouring monster that it is, did copy Battletech wholesale when it was popular but what came of that was the titans and the game associated with them which mutated into Epic over time.
So yeah, Battletech is directly responsible for the modern 40k skirmish game.
So, /BTG/, some of my friends have started asking for a Battletech RPG campaign, mostly based on their love of the Mechwarrior vidyas, and the knowledge that I have multiple box sets for the wargame in my closet. I own the old MW 3rd edition RPG book (now called "Classic Battletech RPG"), but I also have a giftcard that could be used to get "A Time of War". Which would /BTG/ recommend?
The following specifics might matter:
They will be bottom-of-the-barrel mercs trapped in an abusive contract. They steal their mechs and go on the lam. (Pic Related)
Neither I nor my players have a problem with the Life Path system. Any results that would gimp a character concept are swapped for an equivalent result or handled with Edge (pg. 25), or bought off at the end of character creation (pg. 57).
My players are RPG veterans, but mostly of White Wolf, DnD 4e & 5e. They HAVE NOT played Battletech before.
I am not sure whether we would switch to the wargame rules for 'Mech combat, or try to play it using whatever systems the RPG offers (I know CBT RPG had rules for that in the Solaris book, not sure if AToW has something similar). I can push the players in either direction, but I would like to know what you think causes fewer headaches.
AToW just sends you to the regular war game, so there's that. If you already have 3E, I'd stick with that for now, since it's a little less difficult to wade through.
>the unlisted planets are largely worse off, not better.
Can't be. It doesn't square with all those bumfuck places with two drop cradles that get a dropship in every couple of weeks.
Also, now that I'm thinking about it, the sufficiency levels are for raw materials. Agriculture has it's own designation. And the old House books don't have that at all. It's the modern Handbooks.
...Just glancing through HB:HD, it lists 31 planets and 5 of them have garbage agriculture. The rest can feed themselves or have enough to export.
If NEA is still alive, he can and has gone into more detail, but he and I would likely agree in that if you're OK with the lifepath system, then MW3 is almost certainly a better choice.
>seriously tho, it's been a week. Did he die?
He's in the hospital. He posted last thread.
>Can't be. It doesn't square with my headcanon.
OK then.
I mean, believe what you want, clearly I'm not gonna convince you.
>headcanon
Go read the novels where people actually tour those parts of their realms. It's shown specifically in both Caleb's tour of the Outback and Jessica's tour of independent worlds on her way to Victor's funeral. Hell, it's shown on Wyatt in Target of Opportunity and there's plenty of others in older novels.
They almost go out of their way to describe dropports as small and underused in most novels of lesser worlds, really.
Other than that, you completely ignored how in my example, 26/31 worlds have moderate or better agriculture and how raw materials sufficiency has no bearing on tech sufficiency.
No you're a faggot for having sex with other men.
It would taken a medium laser to destroy a Challenger 2.