Hitch a Ride

[Aidan]

In the BT novels I have read there has never been a situation where ground based infantry have been able to "hitch a ride" on a Battle Mech. Is this possible? Is there BT historical precedence for this?

[Criminal]

Yes and we want to implement the elementals being able to grab onto the mechs to hitch a rid on friendlies and to "stick" to enemy's.

As far as BT goes i'm fairly certain there were rules surrounding this.

[death_grin]

There where rules in one of the tech lvl 3 rulebooks for this

[Kelembai]

Storm of Fate detailed how Elementals under Lincoln Osis hitched rides on BattleMechs into battle against the Kathil Uhlans. so yeah, there is a precedence. plus, it would be damn cool game concept for infantry.

"whoa that dude just ducked back behind the Thor's missile launcher!"

"damn! can't see him... where did he..?"

"bang! you're dead!"

[Crom]

Tanks of today and yesterday are/where not designed to carry soldiers on the outside either   

"Hay mac, can you spare a lift"

"sure thing, just watch where you sit"

 

[Criminal]

Tanks of today and yesterday are/where not designed to carry soldiers on the outside either   

"Hay mac, can you spare a lift"

"sure thing, just watch where you sit"

 

But maybe tanks of tommorow

I think the idea is not so much all infantry as it would be mostly the battlesuits...but then again i think further about that and the battlesuits are pretty quick on their own so them hitching a ride would mostly just be akin to taking cover. Its sortof an extra feature we want in but honestly we won't spend the majority of our time working on it.

[Kelembai]

err... forgot to mention that Lincoln Osis' troops were Elementals. so yeah, probably it makes sense for battlesuits to hitch rides.

"dude, gimme a hand. pants are stuck in the treads again. think my ass was scraped off."

"damn... medic!!!"