StarDestroyer.Net BBS

funny I rememer doing damage with a manportale RPG type weapon. Yes, there is such a weapon.. (Gyrojet - a recoilless gun). It is manportable, like the Lasers and PPC, but it shouldn't be fired without a tripod/harness or a stable thing to lay it on, its just too heavy to wield in hands and hit a t...

Hy there. I just checked tho BT Compendium forward, backwards and side to side, I didn't find something like (Dice) pts damage agains infantry. the only thing i found was that uncovered infantry takes double damage. Are we using the same Rulebooks? (Fasa/Fantasy productions - "Classic" Bat...

@Mr Snyder I thought this is a discussion forum. ;) I KNOW that Battletech is getting brutally owned by other sci-fi, but I would like to know/discuss the NUMBERs... So if you can only contibute with "Oh, its soooooo weak!", spare your breath, we already know. Bornitrid has a ~ 50W/mK ther...

Hy there. I know that Battletech power ist extremely ridiculous in comparison to any other sci-fi. But how are the powerlevels? Mechs only have a very thin sheeting of armour, a few centimetres at most (WWI - early WWII tank like), otherwise it couldn't be penetrated by MG-Bullets. The Armour consis...