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It would be too much trouble to deploy them in a combat situation. Okay, again, the SDF-3 is inside the exoskeleton of a Zentraedi Battlecruiser. The animation shows its literally a shell being constructed AROUND something and that the beneath the plating its hollow inside. I do think SECTIONS of t...

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When trying to make peace with a potential enemy I don't think it's a good idea to show up on their doorstep with mecha based on that used by their enemy. So I don't think the REF/UEEF Pods were based on any DoZ's Mecha. They're either entirely new or based on existing Zentraedi Pods. I have wondere...

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Not that the SDF-3 is carrying a fleet inside. Welp, the outline for the Sentinels Tv series and the Toy Fair Promo Video both say there is a fleet inside the exoskeleton. Define fleet. I don't think it'd be a fleet of capital ships. It would be too much trouble to deploy them in a combat situation...

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jaymz wrote:I've written up a number of macross and have rewritten pretty much all the Robotech mecha...you're welcome use thar as a starting point to extrapolate as you please.

Thanks. Your site is pretty cool.

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Wasn't the idea of making the SDF-3 look like a Zentraedi ship, especially Zor's ship, was so that it could approach Tirol close enough to make contact without getting immediately blasted? It does look like how Zor's ship looked in the Comico prequal graphic novel. Where does the RPG say that the SD...

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given the veritech car isn't really related to robotech tactics, perhaps discussion of it could be taken to another thread? as far as the RTT tactics stuff goes.. the zentreadi ones are somewhat easy to stat up. the Artillery Pod with the particle beam cannons appear to mount the same weapons as th...

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The VT Car being a ASC mecha is an interesting thought. I could see it being used by the GMP and the CD. IIRC I have or had a writeup(s) for a mecha variation for this idea that I did a long time ago and never really used. If we didn't have art, sure. Then the 6.6ft width might work but it'd still ...

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Even with that note, the VT Car could have write up that fit the setting better. As is, it really stick out as being out of place. I do think it fits specific variations of the campaign module, but not the primary one the module was written as (set during Macross Saga's rebuilding phase, pre-Sentin...

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That is the question is it a one off, a limited production for testing, or did it go straight into production, something else? Whatever the answer is, it can't be used if we don't have stats for it. Personally, I think players will use it however they want in their games. I often use the Return of ...

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Does anyone know why the Jotun Armored Valkyie, the YF-4 Valkyrie, Tenesta-Regult Battle Pod, Nousgarma-ger Power Armor, Queadlunn-gult Power Armor, the Phalanx variant, and the Destroid Command Module never made it into the RPG? The YF-4 Valkyrie, in a fleshed out form, never made it into the 2e R...

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Robotech Defenders consisted of 17 non-transforming mecha from Fang of the Sun Dougram, 2 from Super Dimension Century Orguss, and one from Super Dimension Fortress Macross; and a set of “Changers” from Super Dimension Fortress Macross (11 models, though two of them were the two modes of the SDF-1,...

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It'd be cool if they were printed as originally published, again.

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Does anyone know why the Jotun Armored Valkyie, the YF-4 Valkyrie, Tenesta-Regult Battle Pod, Nousgarma-ger Power Armor, Queadlunn-gult Power Armor, the Phalanx variant, and the Destroid Command Module never made it into the RPG? The YF-4 Valkyrie, in a fleshed out form, never made it into the 2e R...

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Probably Ninja Division licensing,,,they came up with proprietary stuff they weren't willing to share with Palladium so as to make the Tactics game more of an entity on its own right and not an extension of the Palladium RPG. Okay...I guess I could see that if Palladium wasn't producing Robotech Ta...

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Does anyone know why the Jotun Armored Valkyie, the YF-4 Valkyrie, Tenesta-Regult Battle Pod, Nousgarma-ger Power Armor, Queadlunn-gult Power Armor, the Phalanx variant, and the Destroid Command Module never made it into the RPG?

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Note also that the Orguss (the mecha) is a unique, one-off design, not a mass-produced model, which makes it somewhat tricky to incorporate Orguss into Robotech. Actually there are three variants of the Orguss. The original used by Kei, a second one used by Olsen, and a production version used by t...

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This game is still my favorite in terms of how they treated martial arts styles. The only thing I don't like is that there has ever been only a single expansion (though, that expansion--i.e. Mystic China--is excellent! I am on the other hand glad they only did one supplement. I like that it stayed ...

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I wouldn't mind seeing mecha from a variety of generations. 10 years isn't such a long time that older mecha wouldn't still be in service. So I'd like to see some Alphas and Cyclones. I could see other variants of them though. Two seaters, swing wing, FAST Packs, etc for the Alphas. Other motive typ...

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There is a limit to what companies can do however, especially if your not making money off of it. Companies can't stop fan work. It's the profiting they can stop. Even then they have to decide if it's even worth pursuing. It could cost them far more then they'd ever make in return. Financial cost a...

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If it's okay to go back to the Stage Magician for a bit. I think the Stage Magician still works. He, or she, doesn't have to be a great fighter. That isn't where their strength is. It's in misdirection and escapes. If they're getting into fist fights, something went very wrong. Batman is human. He m...

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narcissus wrote:
How would you sell someone on Rifts?

I'd probably take them to Splynn. Easy to sell someone in one of their slave markets.

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There is a limit to what companies can do however, especially if your not making money off of it. Companies can't stop fan work. It's the profiting they can stop. Even then they have to decide if it's even worth pursuing. It could cost them far more then they'd ever make in return. Financial cost as...

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Not much of an introduction I'm afraid. I'm just curious about this old-school system from yesteryear. I saw the rule book in my FLGS and it caught my eye. I'm here to ask: what do you like about Rifts, and what keeps you playing it? Would you recommend it to a new group of players in 2023? I like ...

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Turning a partial cyborg into a zombie? Yes.

Turning a full conversion cyborg into a zombie? I don't think so. What would the zombie bite?

Turning a zombie into a cyborg? A necromancer/tech mage might be able to.

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Sambot, I forgot, which book has operation nightowl in it? What Grazzik said. I agree with jaymz about the sharing of information on vampires like the CS does with those giant insect Xiticix? What can be debated is, how much does the CS trust the information? I imagine they would believe what they ...

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The Coalition States has launched Operation Nightowl to deal with Vampires in Mexico. Dog boys are also natural vampire hunters, so I would say that the CS does have the knowledge and capability to fight vampires. It's just not that high a priority because of which a lot of Dog boys and other CS tro...

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Hello. Recently one of my best friends has started running a Dead Reign game for me for my birthday. Which is awesome since it's one of my favorite settings! But where currently in a situation where we all feel very confused. I have all the Dead Reign books. And we could have sworn that there was a...

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I think I would like a "revised" 2nd edition. I really think they should incorporate the variant "training" classes from the later Rifters, including the genius from pu2 (all with some tweaking and additions), and I think the Hardware class needs a rewrite along the same lines (...

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Wouldn't the cost for spells go up as well? If they cast healing on a human it'd cost X amount but on another giant Xx100? Why would the cost go up? Most spells have a set benefit, and that's it. A heal spell heals the exact same amount when cast (within the limits of dice rolls). If it heals 2d6 d...

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I think I would like a "revised" 2nd edition. I really think they should incorporate the variant "training" classes from the later Rifters, including the genius from pu2 (all with some tweaking and additions), and I think the Hardware class needs a rewrite along the same lines (...

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5th edition has "Dungeons & Dragons in a beige banner across the top of the book. 4th has "Dungeons & Dragons" in a "medallion" at hte top of the book. The 4th & 5th ed books I have are so I can figure out how to convert back to 3rd or 2nd ed...if I ever find a ...

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What about Zendredi themselves, can they get powers as well. Imagine a 1st edition Breeti if he gained a power were all of his SDC and HPs was converted to MDC on a point for point basis and then combine it with the growth power and/or supernatural strength. In one of my Rifts games, one of the gir...

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Last I heard they were going to be DNA testing things that were supposedly from the crime scenes that were handed down in the family. I never got to watch the program though. Just the commercials for it. Don't know enough about DNA to be able to say how much it would have degraded over the years. M...

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Wow! I've never heard of that. The last I heard was a theory that Jack moved to the US or Canada which was why the murders stopped. I'm sure there are theories like that. There's also a theory that he was an Irishman fighting for independence, or that he retired to France (Germany, Belgium, etc). T...

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I'll just say, as a commercial driver myself, I agree with killgore overall. Sambot has a good idea of how they could work though. Outside of their trains, NG would require cargo vehicles. Same either a number of manufacturers. Wilks might hire independents but then they likely also hire escorts an...

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I think a Trucker OCC could work. At a minimum they're the ones driving the big vehicles in convoys. Not every place is big enough for such a convoy though. That leaves room for a smaller convoy or single truck to make the deliveries. Those could be dangerous which is where the rest of the party com...

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When does Lang decide if women can get pregnant and give birth or not? The SDF-3 is a military ship. There are hundreds of other ships in the Interstellar Fleet as well as 3 Factory Satellites where they could give birth. And, again, I have always maintained the REF has FTL-travel across multiple p...

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How would Dana know about him if he were born later? If there's communications, why didn't she say she had a sister too? Maia is 19 in TSC. She would have been 5 during TRM. If born after the launch of the SDF-3, the oldest her brother could be is 8. Why tell Dana about a brother but not a sister? ...

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Yep. I remember then. I've got a couple of the models and the comics. The comic is nothing like Robotech or any of the other anime. It's been ages but the plot was something like a group of friends have to find some ancient hidden robots to defend their world. Kind of reminded me of Voltron in a wa...

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We know children were being taken onboard the SDF-3 Untrue. The only people the OAV says is going on the SDF-3 are in the military. The Sentinels OAV LANG : Greetings fellow members of the Robotech Defense Force. I am Doctor Lang, leader of this mission. The process for assembling the crew to man t...

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Which RPG is that one? What kinds of things does it include? Strange Machine Games: 1. Robotech: The Macross Saga The Roleplaying Game (released in 2019) 2. Robotech Homefront (covers 2nd - 3rd Robotech War, expected release 2023) 3. Robotech Among The Stars supplement (still in draft format, cover...

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No, I'm not jumping to conclusions. My conclusions are based that he's never mentioned else where. Ever. Looking at all the universes we know of. Yes, you are since there are so many questions, we don't know the answer to. The simplest explanation for what little we know would be that he is her bio...

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I'd only say this, I LIKED the 2nd Ed Robotech RPG by Palladium Books. As of 1st Ed Robotech RPG, it could be easily shoehorned into 2nd Ed. Robotech RPG by adjusting Timeline & editing the lore to conform to 2nd Edition settings. OTOH, recently I am more into SMG's & Battlefield Press' Rob...

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have wondered if it's a chemical laser and the "recoil" is part of loading the next round of chemicals. Recoil could be the result of the chemical reaction itself that powers the laser as it can occur in a combustion chamber and generate exhaust gases (in at least one type of Chemical Las...

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I think I would rename the Vindicator to VVF-1X and change it's and a few other veritech's backstories some. I'd have the Vindicator produced earlier as the intended replacement to the VF-1 Valkyrie. It would combine the Super and Armor packs into a single fighter. It would largely be replaced by th...

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I'm not sure how the rounds would be stored along with the ammo feed system, the reloading system, and the recoil suppression system, the mechanism that moved the barrel in and out, and room to store the barrel. However it's done, I would say they're caseless rounds with an advanced propellant. I ha...

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Please pardon my ignorance but what is the Udon Complete Visual Archive? Its a series of 3 books that is supposed to be the collected artwork for the 3 Robotech chapters. Oh. Thank you. Sounds cool. Also, why is it HG/Tommy Yune's job to disseminate art? Its Tommy's job because he is the "crea...

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I'm not jumping to conclusions. We only have that one statement of Dana having brother. Nothing from that statement indicates what type of brother he is. There are different types. There's also the fact that he's never mentioned anywhere else. Those things lead me to believe he's a foster brother. ...

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Show Canon is all well and good but quite literally irrelevant to the now off the rail subject of this thread. Quite true. To get back on subject I think I said that since there's things in both that I like, I use both. I also ignore things I don't like in both. I'm sorry but the Veritech ATV is th...

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As previously stated, they do not in so much words for the examples given. In other words it is your own techno-babble explanation for how the process works. Moving on. That isn't my quote. Are mine posts getting messed up? Sure. Those things can happen and might have. But just going and coming doe...

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