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Well it took me a little while but I did put together a reasonable write up for the Beta. Besides adding MRMs to the upper pods, moving up the damage dice and giving the ion cannon barrels each a damage profile similar to the EP-20 on the Logan I just made some tweaks in the sensors when it's swappi...

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Well the degenerated fast. How about we get back on topic, what other improvements can be made to the Beta without going too off mode? Therein lies the problem... there's very little that can be done to "fix" the Beta, because its biggest issues stem from fundamental flaws in its design. ...

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Well the degenerated fast. How about we get back on topic, what other improvements can be made to the Beta without going too off mode?

Because none of this arguing about which is better is helping me one bit.

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Can we do it better? Yeah. Reinsert the VF-1 series with it's multitude of options and ditch the alpha and beta altogether Already been done to a degree in my universe by a rebel faction. Due to the limited R&D resources they produced the (dismal) VF-2JA and the more useful VF-2SS (both importe...

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Upper pod: "Laser bombs" are probably meant to be some sort of precision guided missiles. I'm going to go with medium range missiles or alternately an improved sensor pod with the range of the Catseye and the upgrades of the newer Defender Destroid. -POUNCER Maybe it is supposed to be Las...

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EU-14s, upgraded the burst fire damage by one die size like I do with the EU-13. I also use a tripled "effective" range on mecha lasers in space. A lot of NG/TRM mecha primary guns suffer in this way requiring one to either up the number of dice rolled or increase the die-size. Going only...

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Beta's as statted and even in the anime are a huge waste of resources and poorly designed to provide support to the Alpha in most ways, [...] Eh, yeah… it’s mostly unfixable, since all but a few of the issues stem from the design having been slapped together by MOSPEADA ’s creators to meet the dema...

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Do you have access to the "original" version of the Beta in the old Invid Invasion or Robotech II: The Sentinels? If so, I would just use the older version of the mecha. It is a bit lower on the MDC side, but the weapons used have far less restrictions and make a bit more sense. If you do...

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It's been a while since I last seriously posted and this has probably been brought up (more than once) in that time. However I'm just about to begin a small RT game with the roommates and I wanted to bounce a few ideas off you wonderful folks. Beta's as statted and even in the anime are a huge waste...

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I was just thinking, from the cast/production standpoint, is it reduces the number of characters to deal with, allowing better focus in a movie with plenty of characters who need screen time to begin with.

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When it comes to the new RCC's, to me, it looks like they're being redesigned into basic alien templates rather than full classes on their own (at least some of them), to have OCC's added atop the base to fill the character out. I also really like most of the mecha, though I make a few tweaks to the...

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I figure the Zent missiles weren't used due to the control systems of the new pods being designed by humans, they'd most likely stick to their own programming and control schemes that wouldn't be compatible with the Zent missiles. My understanding (from 1E, don't have the 2E Marines book) is that t...

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Officially the Alpha's missiles are 190mm in diameter, or 19cm wide or ~7.5" which would seem about right for the GR-97 IINM. I'm not so sure about passing over the older outdated missiles for newer ones, IF one buys into the keeping the Zentreadi mecha with limited fire power. It should also ...

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You can fit all 18 mini-missiles in the top launcher, (3 rows of 6). My problem is the chest launchers, they don't scale right. How can a launcher that it a little bigger (a single mini-missile) then the ones in the Cyclone, in the body of a mecha three TIMES its size, have blast covers so big that...

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I like that you gave them a good mix of both short and mini missiles. I am surprised you didn't do anything for the Zent pods with those Alpha shoulders. I would go with mini missiles for the Assault pod and short with the Officer pod. I did consider it, but figured as a holdover from the Anti Zent...

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You could use the new Monster. Just change the arms with a hand type. Also if you need space flight you could change the heavy cannons with a Super Fast pack type booster. As a side note, since the new Destoids are all built off the Alpha design. Anybody body else wounder why they don't have some v...

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As Glitterboy noted basically the same rules covered for capital ships firing a random missile barrage, which is supposedly allowed only to the capital ships. However we see Scott do it in one episode and Rook and Rand in another so I've allowed Invid era mecha to do so as a house rule all along. -P...

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I too like the new look of the Destroids, and I liked the old Sentinel's destroids enough to update them for my 2e campaign. I like how the look much like a more modern design elements. Can the art use a little tweaking, sure, but it's far from terrible. I rather fancy how the shoulder pods and leg ...

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I'm rather fond of the new Garudans. I like the new art and style of the design works well and shows a better understanding of design in my opinion. The abilities could use a little tweek perhaps but it works for me.

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In that regard, I'd be perfectly happy applying the Robotech 1e Destroid names to the Expeditionary Force Marines Destroids — mostly. After raiding the naming thread on this forum, I'd go with: • Raidar X instead of Defender (Rifleman is taken by the VR-011 Cyclone) • Excalibur instead of Tomahawk ...

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A different though I've been having is based on the missile systems of the Marine models compared to the Sentinel models. Specifically the "mini-missiles." The MM launchers on the Marine designs are definitely using the larger Macross style weapons from the G1 destroids. Meanwhile the Sent...

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I personally choose, option 1, figuring there is some sort of Protoculture system built into the reactors to overcome the real world issues with fusion reactors. However, there is another option 3. In the series and the RPG it is noted that the Invid can detect and track (and for smarter Invid analy...

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I've had two two-man crews in VF-1's within my PbP games, and despite what the books say the Tomahawks, and Spartans have a second seat for a gunner/observer in my games. Anyhow I made two new MECT skills for non-pilot characters such as destroid gunners, backseaters in aircraft/veritechs and crewm...

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Having long used crews in the Armored Alpha/Legios (Alpha/Beta combo) and some of the Sentinel's destroids back in the day I'll throw in my 2 bits. These rules apply only to mecha where MECT matters, starships with their larger, more spread out crews don't work quite the same. First, both or all cre...

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tobefrnk wrote:Personally, I am in love with the Sentinels Destroid designs. I've done everything I can to update and create a history to keep them in my game line. (smiles)

Me too, just love those designs. Have fully statted all of them including the Zent models these days.

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Well, I would definately update the VT car's design. I've updated a bunch of Sentinels stuff for my home brew. I suppose I wouldn't update the instrumecha... while I love the idea they just aren't a fit for my universe. However the smaller mecha from Lancer's Rockers I did some work with. Love them....

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Oh wow... I just did a comparison between the Zentradi Nupetiet Vergnitzs -class fleet command battleship and several human ships. The prospects for ship-to-ship combat are worse than I remembered. There is just no way to make spaceship combat rules even remotely balanced. The old Macross II RPG's ...

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My group is playing on Mondays.

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There are a few units that become an issue along the way, mainly due to inferior/superior performance effects, but I get around that by fudging as needed, or simply deleting the unit from main line service and making it a limited production unit. An example of an under-performer is the Sentinels Ex...

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The only reason I do not have the Mospeada destroids in my games is because all we have is some line art of them. The Sentinels Destriods, and REF Pods both have a place in my games as does the Zent Striker Battliod I've got the REF Destroids and Pods in my game, we're finally up to Robotech in my ...

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Well for the little wings issue of the Horizon-T the connector pods are well rooted to the main body with the actual wings on the outside of the connector. Also the heavy hitter pods, and the "combat" horizon" in general, would have very limited use in atmosphere where they aren't the...

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Well I've been working on borrowing some designs from that other robot game with Tech in the title for a piratical faction to give my players something to do as they work their way up to joining the Reclamation force. Lot's of gitchy work to do to make the conversions but I'm making progress. Howeve...

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I did something a little different, importing Macross II ships, but the write ups aren't quite ready yet.

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I'm gonna print this and show it to my regular group, they'll never say I'm crazy again.

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If you actually run a space battle with these figures, let us know what you thin of the results chief, most of is would be glad for the feedback on their feedback...erm, or sumpthin I guess... I will, hopefully my group will rotate to RT soon. It'll be a workout between the new missiles and the pou...

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Meant to weigh in on this earlier, had a bit of a family emergency... Anyway... with Tommy Yune apparently steering space colonization in Robotech more towards Macross lines, with what Colonel Wolfe once amusingly termed "Vagabond space cities" that wander the galactic frontier in search ...

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Well after alot reading through all the wonderful replies and thinking things through, I've decided that for my game I'm gonna go with this. For larger spacecraft I'm gonna go with the EHLRM - the Extended Heavy Long Range Missile. Damage x2 over the base LRM. Range x3 over the base LRM. The Missile...

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Alrik Vas wrote:I like my colony ships crash-landed with a 90% casualty rate and the few survivors in deep #*($.

Awesome for RP drama, not so good for the long term goal of building up the human race.

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Just a brief note... the detachable front part appears to have been a later addition that was made specifically to accommodate the Neutron S warheads, based on Prelude . Well then, perhaps much of the interior of the nose is specialized launch bays filled with colony seed landers. While internal th...

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Time for more theoretical fun with the barely seen. Thanks to the second Ed. books we know that the Neutron-S missiles were based on the decomissioned hulls of the Angel class colony ships. So what can we work out about the Angels by how the Neutron-S missiles work? At a glance we have a two stage c...

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I like the idea, the new sheets are okay but customized sheets would be really handy. I don't know if I'll have enough time to work on another project right now but if you send me the links I may get inspired enough to make some time.

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Here's a thought, the more advanced later generation missiles carried by the Garfish roughly match the performance of the giant missiles from the first generation ships. Eh... I wouldn't, but then I'm usually inclined to follow the OSM as closely as possible. The missiles on the Oberth -class and A...

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I dislike the categorization by range and warhead to be honest. They should do a sort by size and then have capabilities based on missile type. For example, a light anti-aircraft missile would be longer ranged and faster flying than a light anti-tank missile, but the light anti-tank missile would h...

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My take, based on the animation and the OSM would be to divide the ship-based missiles into three broad categories: ⋅ Air-to-Air Intercept... basically a fighter LRM with, possibly, slightly longer range. This is the VLS anti-fighter defensive missiles on the small ships like the Icarus a...

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By the Book these are just over-sized LRMs as far as capability goes (Range/Damage) going off the Tri-star/Arblast/ARMD. Though some of them should really fall in the Mega-Range Missile capacity (or LRM w/Mega warhead) that have greater range and stopping power. Palladium just does not do scale ver...

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I've been working on material for the space section of my group's upcoming rotation to Robotech and while working on the spacecraft I notice that there are two totally different scales of the long range missiles. Now we know that the simplified aspects of Mini, SRM, MRM and LRM missiles are for the ...

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Let's see... 1. Long since done. I ignore the penalties since the Alpha is more advanced and rugged. 2. Long since done. 3. Long since done. They look like two 4 pods to me so that they can stay there after the Alpha Transforms, one on the back of each shoulder. 4. I didn't do that because it's the ...

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Well I just finished the write-up for my version of the Zentradi Officer's Battlepod Destroid (let's see you say that 3 times fast!) or "Marauder." -POUNCER “MARAUDER” OFFICERS BATTLE POD DESTROID OBP-Z2 UEEF “Marauder” Officers Battle Pod With the introduction of Project Pioneer it became...

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I utilise MII mecha and ships. The air Valkyrie and Destroids are used as colony defense while the space Valkyrie serves in small numbers as a long ranged interceptor or strike fighter. I also use the ships, though I'm still tweaking the stats on various units.

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I honestly don't feel its an error. if its only listing damage for a single barrle, then it would list damages for firing mutiple barrels at once. Like the Lancer-2's main gun lists Damage for a single barrel firing, and a different amount for a double blast. yet another example where we could use ...

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