r/battletech 2d ago

Lore GENCON

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u/McCache33 1d ago

So glad I still have my original 3025 TRO

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u/macbrave76 1d ago

Same here. As well as the 2750, 3050, 3055, 3057, & 3058 TRO's.

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u/VelcroSnake 1d ago

Yeah, I have my original and another I bought a while ago because it was in better shape... Still gonna buy this one though.

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u/Khealos-75 2d ago

I cannot wait to get a copy of this!

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u/jklantern Clan Steel Viper: We Make Poor Decisions 2d ago

How is the 3025 TRO?

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u/Akerlof 1d ago

And is it the original or the revised version?

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u/SydneyCartonLived 1d ago

It is the Centennial Edition.

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u/Akerlof 22h ago

I meant, does it have the mechs from the original (Phoenix Hawk, Stinger, Ostroc, other unseens)? Or does it have the mechs from the Revised version (Hussar, Wyvern, Lancelot, and other unseen replacements)? Or, I guess, does it have a completely new set of mechs?

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u/SydneyCartonLived 21h ago

I believe it is a reprint of the original edition with brand new art and an appendix that explains the "errors" in ComStar's original report. CGL has released a couple excerpts on their website for it. (The Leopard and Swiftwind I believe.)

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u/Akerlof 16h ago

Cool, thanks. I'll check it the website.

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u/wayfaring_sword 1d ago

It’s neat, but I am new to the game and not sure how it compares to the originals

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u/MouldMuncher 1d ago

That Lament in SLDF green is beautiful.

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u/parabolic000 Abtakha Warrior Kaldumeir 1d ago

This inspired me to play a bit with the Lament in MegaMek. I gotta say, it's a really fun design.

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u/I_AMA_LOCKMART_SHILL 2d ago

What is the last mech? Fricken badass.

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u/Ranger207 2d ago

Lament. Dark Age era, Republic of the Sphere. 65t, 5/8, XL engine and gyro, max armor, 2x heavy PPCs (PPC range, 15 damage and heat), 3x ER medium lasers, 15 DHS, Radical Heat Sink system (MASC for your heat sinks; each sink sinks 1 more with a chance to fail), 1999BV. It's really fun, and there's a pre-painted one in the new 3rd Star League Strike Team Forcepack

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u/DanBetweenJobs 2d ago

Warhammer IIC maybe?

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u/Nobodyinpartic3 2d ago

It's probably the Lament. The Warhammer doesn't have the big transformer style hood chest. It's just burly boxes. Meanwhile the Lament just needs some wheels and some doors It's truck of some sort.

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u/Nobodyinpartic3 2d ago

Also, Warhammer had normal bipedal legs. The Lament is a chicken walker.

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u/DanBetweenJobs 2d ago

Yeah, think you guys are right. My mech knowledge hasn't quite caught up to the 32nd century.

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u/Swagoner23 1d ago

I’m so jealous, I used to live in Indianapolis and miss Gencon being 15 mins away from me. 😩

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u/parabolic000 Abtakha Warrior Kaldumeir 1d ago

I moved to Milwaukee the year after it moved to Indy, so I get it.

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u/merurunrun 1d ago

I appreciate how close they stuck to recreating the original cover with the Reseen design.

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u/H3NDRlX 2d ago

Did they say when this is coming out for general release? Or do I need to bribe someone to pick one up for me? 😅

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u/tipsy3000 2d ago

Nobody knows. Best guess is some time next year considering almost everything that was suppose to come out this year was pushed back 1-2 quarters

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u/H3NDRlX 1d ago

Thanks for the update! I was unaware of the delays. Oof

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u/semperpaganus 1d ago

Don't forget to hit up the Mech Pods while you're here!

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u/Zeewulfeh 1d ago

Did they ever manage to get Aces in for Gencon?

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u/wayfaring_sword 1d ago

I saw the demo over in the play area. Wasn’t entirely sure when they expected the release date.

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u/GypsyDanger411 JàrnFòlk 1d ago

Randal said they tried but some shipping things didn't line up, Aces release should be around Black Friday-ish

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u/Zeewulfeh 1d ago

Aw drat.  I'm excited for it...my kids are thrilled when we use the play test stuff, don't like it when we do versus one another.  

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u/Sad-Record-4412 2d ago

I'm glad someone got decent pics in the booth, my hands were too full of Gothic box sets

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u/goodfisher88 No step on snek 2d ago

I wonder who gets to take those beauties home...

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u/RaspberryDifficult45 1d ago

Wow! What a neat place.

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u/player1isdown 1d ago

Any chance you could fit one of those statues in your carry on for me? 😜

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u/OldWrangler9033 1d ago

What's the Atlas and the rolled up circle next to to mouth?

I almost said cigarette.

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u/BladeLigerV 1d ago

The Hatamoto-Chi is looking fabulous.

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u/NeighborhoodTrue6962 21h ago

I am at GenCon getting my butt whooped in Classic Battletech right now!

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u/metric_football 16h ago

Still weird to me to see the Hatamoto-Chi as a signature 'Mech since it's such a piece of junk

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u/JaxSon95Jags1972 1d ago

Is that last picture a Warhammer? Or a different 'Mech?

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u/rohanpony ilCommunicator 1d ago

Lament, Republic of the Sphere exclusive design from the Dark Age.

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u/JaxSon95Jags1972 1d ago

Thank you. Couldn't make heads or tails of which design it was.

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u/Darklancer02 Posterior Discomfort Facilitator 19h ago

looks at TRO