BattleTech in TS

[RogerBW]

Originally Posted by Tzeentch

-- That alone isn't very interesting though. It would be FARRRRRRRR easier to just use BattleTech and then drape some THS trappings around that (it's in a simulated massive multiplayer online game, or they are real robots with the BattleTech wierdness imposed by outside agencies).

My vision - I'm not saying this is the only or the best one - is that it's a fad among Martian millionaires, who want their giant robots to be "authentic" to the BattleTech game.

Things that PCs might get involved with, off the top of my head:

• Someone with good reflexes and military experience is needed to pilot the 'Mech.
• Someone's winning too many fights. Is he cheating? How?
• A real dangerous thing is happening, and the only hardware available to deal with it is the 'Mechs. Which aren't military-grade by any stretch of the imagination, but are still big robots with a lot of lifting ability.