Mechwarrior 3 Campaign - Operation 4 Mission 6

This is the campaign mode in the game Mechwarrior 3 developed by Zipper Interactive and published by Microprose. It is based off of the FASA battletech universe and was released in 1999. (That's right, this game is almost 10 years old.)

Here is the campaign's storyline as summarized by Wikipedia: The story opens with a briefing of the Inner Sphere commanders daring plan to eliminate the most hostile and vicious clan in the Inner Sphere: Clan Smoke Jaguar. The mission, codenamed Damocles, is to attack key Smoke Jaguar installations on the planet Tranquil, including a 'Mech Factory, a starport and a geothermal power plant, and to eliminate Smoke Jaguar forces and leadership on planet.

Two dropships are deployed to release the multi-lance BattleMech force to destroy these installations. However, while in orbit above Tranquil, a dropship is attacked by massive naval laser fire. The Blackhammer is shot down and the remaining dropship, The Eclipse, retreats to safety. The player (referred to only as lance leader) had already been deployed from the Blackhammer slightly off target before it was shot down. The Mobile Field Bases (MFB) that had been deployed with the player land on target, and the player meets up with them quickly.

It is quickly apparent that the original plan is no longer viable- less than half of the 'Mechs are deployed, with the rest either shot down during the drop or still on-board the Eclipse. Despite this setback, the player must continue with his objectives, and hope to link up with those forces that survived, and eventually, secure a landing zone so the dropship can return to evacuate them.

So that's how it is. A cool thing about the campaign is that you star off with only your stock (unmodified) Bushwacker and must destroy enemies to get salvage to customize your mech. Even the way you kill your enemy determines what salvage you get. (This is why you'll see me legging [shooting off legs] enemy mechs.) For example, if your enemy has an Autocannon 20 in his right arm, if you shoot off his right arm, the weapon is destroyed and you can't salvage it. =( Another thing is that you can only carry around so much salvage. Your 3 faithful MFBs (Mobile Field Bases) can carry 300 tons of salvage each, including 2 mech chassi. This may sound like alot, but when you consider that mostly everything weighs more than a ton, you can get pressed to figure out what you want to bring with you can what you want to leave behind. (This is done by allocating items, which you will see me do as time goes on) And if you lose a Field Base to combat, you can carry even less salvage. (There is a mission where you get them back though?) Anyways, enjoy! I plan on going through the whole campaign so please feel free to comment constructively and rate!

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[tehdreamer]

Dude this game rocks

[Griuqs]

It sure does.

[WhiteShadowZO]

Of course this ending doesnt make sense to batletech canon. SJ was anihilated in a trial by other clans. their genes removed from the eugenics program

[Griuqs]

True, if I remember correctly, it was the Falcons who were decimated by the IS.

[DaytonaRoadster]

no, it was SJ, not JF

[Griuqs]

Oh, that makes more sense, but the JF had a part in it right?

[Nagneto]

I installed Windows XP specifically so I could play this again.

[harkeill]

Considering this was a Circe of Equals, I always played by the Clan RoE and pitted my lance 'mech on 'mech rather than all against one. Even a dying Clan deserves to enter the fires with honour.

[GangsterHutterite]

Dishonorable :/

[Korraganitar]

while this was a legit win its kinda a boring choice to upload for a vid... i mean, i'm sure your capable of beating the clanners head on, right?

[krabcheesewonton76]

@WhiteShadowZO Actually, the ending makes perfect sense. SJ was destroyed by the SLDF and routed out of the Periphery. Then , the SLDF travelled to the Clan capital of Strana Mechty, where they declared a trial and won against the Clans. I believe that your comment is referring to Clan Wolverine, who were decimated long before the Clan invasion.

[Gangdyret]

@Griuqs actually, it was Clan Wolf that took care of the remaining SJ in the end, clan wolf had bases on tranquil as well

[shuboy05]

@Griuqs

At the same time period as the game, the new Star League Defense Forces challenged the Crusader Clans to combat on Strana Mechty (Victor Davion led a force against the remaining Smoke Jaguar Clan). At the end nearly all the Clans were defeated and forced to end the invasion in the Inner Sphere (note that the Clans were allowed to KEEP the territory they captured hence why clans like the Wolves and Jade Falcons are still there).

[MCPOJohn]

@187onagringo this was PC, games 1-4, and Xbox had the shitty remake Mechassault.

[tmaz85]

@Griuqs Smoke Jaguar was destroyed by the IS. The clans had no part in SJ's destruction. Clan Wolf was destroyed by Jade Falcon.

[metroidsax1]

i noticed you go straight for corbet why?