Ever wonder why we have a 6 Mechbay Leopard, but can only drop 4 Mechs into Battle?
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Because you might accidentally drop 5 mechs and be a filthy clanner.
Aerospace bays have apparently been converted into mech bays.
I have heard rumors of some sort of religious cult that like to drop in 6 packs or something. They love to worship toasters as the story goes.
...so that, prior to getting the Argo, you can have up to two mechs being worked on while you drop with the other 4.
Maybe the two converted ones are not true 'Mech bays - for example you may have to lie them on their backs to fit in. They might just be storage with enough room to work on the 'Mechs.
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You start the game with just the Leopard as your base and you have 5 mechs (4 start and 1 spare) so you'll need room for a salvage before Argo comes into the scene probably a few missions into the story campaign.
1. Lack of pilots.
2. Because HBS said so.
3. Surprise Argo expansion adding two more mechs for missions ala XCOM
Of the three, I’ll go with number 2
2. Because HBS said so.
3. Surprise Argo expansion adding two more mechs for missions ala XCOM
Of the three, I’ll go with number 2
Because you might accidentally drop 5 mechs and be a filthy clanner.
I always found it a bit funny how for all the talk of clan honor they still have to have that one extra 'Mech over those darn "dishonorable" IS Freeborns.
Don't they usually field two stars of five against an IS company of twelve though? It's been a long time since MW2, so I don't remember how all that works.
I think the reason is a)the 4-mech lance is the basic unit of the BT universe and b) the other two bays are converted from Aerospace use, so they are more for storage than for deployment. There's probably no ramp down if they were designed for fighters to fly in and out for one thing.
Come to think of it, it would make sense for our small starting company to convert the two aerospace bays into mech bays, since it won't have any air assets to begin with.
Ah my bad, I always think on the really low scale level (as in lances and stars) since most of my Battletech experience is with the Mechwarrior series.
Once the fighter cradles are dismantled the two fighter bays can be converted into 300 tons of storage space. This space could hold 6 small vehicles, or 2 mech bays. It is noted in tro 3057 that their is limited access to this space thus its unsuitable for transporting military vehicles. But one could certainly store a mech in each bay and work on them just be difficult to deploy them from such bays.
That's where the air and artillery strikes go. Then once you use them up you have a nice bundle of space for salvage
Oh oh, not sure those made the cut.That's where the air and artillery strikes go. Then once you use them up you have a nice bundle of space for salvage
This is the answer right here. You will take battle damage and you will have to repair. You might also want to refit a 'Mech, and not be tied down without income for the month-or-so it takes.
It also provides the reason why you can only use a single lance in a given operation.
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