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Topic ID: 20
Message ID: 48
#48, RE: Battletech War Stories(Was: RE: The One Problem With THE BIG O Is...)
Posted by Wedge on Apr-22-01 at 01:09 AM
In response to message #47
>I remember one of those custom mechs myself. A friend of mine
>proceeded to build O.S.C.ar (One Shot Charlie). He got a light frame,
>mounted a heavy engine, and one giant gun--mounted backwards. Its
>turn radius exceeded the map size! Its tactic was simple. It ran up
>to you faster than you could draw a
>bead on it, and then take off at an angle directly away from you.
>From a dead
>run, it could shoot the main gun as it passed.

Nothing says 'I love you' like a gauss cannon shell in the back.

I suppose building a heavy mech with nothing but machine guns (aka, The Walking CIWS) is too mundane for this crowd. :)

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J. Random VFX Company