Stupid gay disclaimer shit: Even though I wish that I did, I don't own anything related to Battletech. If you decide to sue me, then your efforts will be in vain, cuz you won't get anything
Oh, and about the content of the story (the Mechs and
weapons, that is). It's based on Mechwarrior 4. For instance, for you people
that know a lot about Pirate's Moon, you may be confused about the fact that
there is only one version of the Thunderbolt Missile. The new weapons: the Long
Tom cannon is a gun that fires a shell that travels in an arc and explodes on
the target. The Bombast Laser is a beam weapon that charges up upon pulling the
trigger. It will fire upon reaching full charge or when you let go of the
trigger, and does its damage based on how long it's charged (obviously). MRMs
are medium-range missiles that fire clusters of ten missiles at quarter-second
intervals. For instance, an MRM 40 will fire 4 ten-missile clusters at the
enemy.
Deep in his secret underground fortress, Madden Smith was conceiving new plans in order to take over an entire planetary system, the Sol System. In the ready room, he had an entire legion of Battlemechs, but this bothered him for some reason. Probably because he hadn't issued the command to prepare to launch for battle. As he 'saw the light', he turned on the intercom and said, "get me Major Parks immediately. We have important matters to discuss". No more than a minute later, the large, muscular soldier appeared in Smith's office.
"Sir!" Parks said in a saluting fashion.
"Oh, there you are, major. We have very important matters to discuss. Have I told you about my plan to take over the Sol System yet?"
"No, you haven't, sir."
"Well then, major, sit down and I'll tell you about my plan. First, we shall contact them and say that we are Inner Sphere warriors requesting assistance. Then, we shall send in a legion of Battlemechs to take over the planet Earth, one continent at a time. Then, as the final phase, we shall capture their manufacturing facilities and overthrow the rest of the system. Got it?"
"Yes, sir."
"Good. Now go and make me a cup of coffee, and complete preparations for lifting off." As Major Parks went to do his chores, Smith laughed an evil, demon like laugh, and very loud, too.
Meanwhile, Ian Dresari, the hero, was having a party with his friends Jim, Jack, and Kirk. As they were partying, Ian heard a beep on his transmission receptor.
"Hey guys! It's an incoming transmission!" Suddenly, Madden Smith's voice was heard on the receptor:
"This is the Inner Sphere soldier James Smith! I have just returned from a battle with a pirate! Request assistance!" The transmission was very screwed up.
Ian then spoke up, "I'd recognize that voice from 2 light years away! It's Madden Smith, the Clan idiot that has the gall to try to kill us and take over the universe!"
Madden began again, " We need to resupply and get some serious repairs. We promise not to try anything funny." The transmission was still really screwed up.
"That dang lying impostor! I've got a good mind to smash him with my Mech's foot!" said Ian.
"It only gets worse." Kirk said in a disappointed fashion.
"I can't take this anymore! Turn off the receptor, Ian!" Jack said.
"Yeah, what Jack said!" exclaimed Jim.
With that, Ian turned off the transmitter, obviously as disgusted as his friends.
"Well guys, I guess that it's time to jump into the cockpit and kick some Clan butt." Ian said.
"Yeah! Let's go!" the others said.
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At the Mech Bay, Ian got his Madcat MK II ready for combat. (for those of you that don't know already, the Madcat MK II is a powerful, 90-ton assault Mech, and is the upgrade of the Madcat.)
Ian was in the cockpit of his Mech, thinking about what would be the best choice of weapons for this battle.
"Hey, Carl! I need to know what would be the best loadout for my Mech in this mission is!" A few minutes later, the Russian technician came into the room.
"Hello, young duke. What can I do you for?"
"Carl, I need to know what the best loadout would be for this particular mission."
"What mission?"
"You didn't already know?"
"No."
"Well, we are going to obliterate the Clan idiot Madden Smith once and for all, and I need you to-"
"Yeah, I know. You need me to tell you what you're up against and to tell you what kind of weapons and armor to use for the battle. You've only said it a million times."
"That's not my fault. It's yours."
"It is not!" Carl protested.
"Is to!"
"Ian, can we just get on with business? OK then. It would be wise to use Reactive armor plating, as you will be in the desert, and the plating will force the enemies to use beam weapons and overheat. As for weapons, I would probably outfit you and your lancemates with ballistic and missile weapons, particularly Gauss Rifles and Streak 6s. LRMs and Thunderbolts would be nice, but the primary component in a Madcat MK II is its Gauss Rifles. An LAMS would be good too, if you have 1.5 tons of extra space when you're done. Time is not of the essence in this mission. Intelligence has set up objectives at Navs Alpha, Gamma, Epsilon, and Delta. In order to see the objectives for yourself, you'll need to see you're Tactics Officer."
"Thanks, Carl. I'm off to see Alice now." With that, Ian was gone from the Mech Bay.
"Alice, what can you tell me about the next mission?" Ian asked kindly.
"Well, Ian, the objectives are this: at Nav Alpha, you will rendezvous with some friendly cargo tracks. You must escort them to all the other Nav points so that they can steal the dropship's cargo. After a dropship has been looted, then you must terminate it. Nav Delta's dropship has been detected to have 7 medium Mechs and 2 heavy Mechs onboard, but we don't know what any of them are. Nav Gamma's dropship should have 3 heavy Mechs and 2 assault Mechs. Dropship Epsilon will have 5 assault Mechs. It looks like you've got your hands full, Ian. Good luck."
Well, that's the end of part one. Part two coming soon!