Battletech Episode 10

battletech episode 10

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• battletech
• cartoon
• 80s
• mechwarrior

[EvilCleric]

@KellAnderson Mad Cats and Timber Wolves are the same damn mech.

[900RedChocobo]

at 01.56... how come the people aboard are not sucket into the void of space.. WTF physics..

[harkeill]

@ArmondoeCruze88 No, the Elemental (or 'Toadie') suit is classified as Battle Armour. Much different than a BattleMech.

[ArmondoeCruze88]

Wait why did Frankin say he never had  a Mech to pilot doesn't the toad count as a mech

[TheGroundedAviator]

@MageryGuy So they were just limited in numbers then? Who were the other two? I'm no exbert, just watched this series as a kid, by the way do you think this will make a great film trigily?

[MageryGuy]

@TheGroundedAviator Yes and no. Only the four primary assaulting clans had the majority of the omnimech. Even then they only used them on assault and invasion missions. Clan standard mechs would take up the reigns of garrisoning a planet. All clans had omnimech before the assault. Wolf was just the smartest in using theirs.

[TheGroundedAviator]

@MageryGuy So only a few of the clans like Jade Falcon and Wolf used them?

[greatboka74]

Crusader had LRM 15 racks in the arms Plus the Dashsi could carry any number if weapon types in its arms love the omni mech

[oblivi0ndoll]

@iHateSpoilerz Missile racks don't have to be mounted in the torso. It's possible to have arm-mounted LRMs, but as far as I'm aware, there aren't any official Mech variants which do that. I know there are some with SRMs in the arms though.

[iHateSpoilerz]

@oblivi0ndoll Arm-mounted SRMs? Hmm that's a first I've heard. Usually all the missiles are in the racks.

[oblivi0ndoll]

@iHateSpoilerz Large Lasers and PPCs are both common weapons to find mounted on the arms of a Timber Wolf (also known as Mad Cat). There's at least one official variant with arm-mounted SRMs (might be Streak, I can't remember). And being a Clan OmniMech, it can be easily customised to suit a pilot's preference, unlike most Inner Sphere BattleMechs.

[MageryGuy]

On top of IS and Clan names for the same mech. Omni Mechs were special due to the ability of switching out load-outs via component bays. Normal battlemechs were created with a specific variant thus extremely expensive to change weapon load-outs. Omni mech were also uncommon and expensive to make so were only used for front line fights. The rest of the clans were standard battlemenchs.