Battletech Vs. Trek
Posted: 2002-09-06 11:00pm
Just want to know, what you would think of the idea?
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Battletech Vs. Trek
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Posted: 2002-09-07 02:06am
Yes.
Heheheh
Posted: 2002-09-07 09:55pm
Federation will be slaughtered 
Cyaround,
Jason
Cyaround,
Jason
Posted: 2002-09-30 12:05pm
Battletech does have the advantage in ground combat, but getting there will be difficult.
Trek has starships that throw megaton yield weapons around, while Battlespace rules declare that nuclear wepons destroy any ship in the target hex (Battletech space combat). That tells me that Battletech starships cannot survive nuclear yield weapons.
Not to mention the relative accelerations (Battletech <= 20 Gs, Trek > 100 Gs).
So Battletech will win on the ground, but Trek will annihilate them in space. Of course, this is assuming that the Federation doesn't simply beam up the ground troops into their cargo bays (or just beam the troops 100 miles away from their Mechs).
So I would give Trek the victory here.
Trek has starships that throw megaton yield weapons around, while Battlespace rules declare that nuclear wepons destroy any ship in the target hex (Battletech space combat). That tells me that Battletech starships cannot survive nuclear yield weapons.
Not to mention the relative accelerations (Battletech <= 20 Gs, Trek > 100 Gs).
So Battletech will win on the ground, but Trek will annihilate them in space. Of course, this is assuming that the Federation doesn't simply beam up the ground troops into their cargo bays (or just beam the troops 100 miles away from their Mechs).
So I would give Trek the victory here.
Posted: 2002-09-30 08:56pm
BTech vs. Trek hell yes
BTech vs. Wars I will kill you
BTech vs. Wars I will kill you
Posted: 2002-10-01 02:08am
One thing that might get interesting:
Trek vs Keith Laumer's Bolos.
The Bolos use Hellbores (2.75 MT /sec/turret), and in book 5 they get HellRails (90 MT/shot, low orbit capability).
Trek has their low-speed photons (easily intercepted by Bolo PD).
Of course, if Trek tried to beam a Bolo into a cargo ship and fly away, that could get 'interesting'. The Bolo could blast its way out, or take over the computer (goven how much other stuff gets to run on a ST computer freely, this should be surprisingly easy).
Trek vs Keith Laumer's Bolos.
The Bolos use Hellbores (2.75 MT /sec/turret), and in book 5 they get HellRails (90 MT/shot, low orbit capability).
Trek has their low-speed photons (easily intercepted by Bolo PD).
Of course, if Trek tried to beam a Bolo into a cargo ship and fly away, that could get 'interesting'. The Bolo could blast its way out, or take over the computer (goven how much other stuff gets to run on a ST computer freely, this should be surprisingly easy).
Posted: 2002-10-05 01:47am
The Mk 33 Bolos have 5 MT/sec Hellbores, and all Hellbores have had the ability to engage starships in low-orbit.
The UFP has phasers. Plus, I imagine having a multi-megaton photorp materialize right underneath the Bolo would prove quite a deadly encounter.
While the Concordiat at it's very peak of military technology and power (during the Melconian war) would probably have posed a significant threat to the Federation, I think that for the most part the Concordiat navy has lacked the firepower and durability needed to take on the Federation fleet.
What I think would be interesting would be depositing the Federation in the Concordiat's place at the beginning of the war with the Melconians.
The UFP has phasers. Plus, I imagine having a multi-megaton photorp materialize right underneath the Bolo would prove quite a deadly encounter.
While the Concordiat at it's very peak of military technology and power (during the Melconian war) would probably have posed a significant threat to the Federation, I think that for the most part the Concordiat navy has lacked the firepower and durability needed to take on the Federation fleet.
What I think would be interesting would be depositing the Federation in the Concordiat's place at the beginning of the war with the Melconians.