A reminder of a simpler time in Battletech

LagCat · Apr 14, 2016

Because everyone loves parodies

Hepatitis TK · Apr 14, 2016

Lol house purina

MagnusEffect · Apr 14, 2016

My favorite part:

The Swell Hounds, who never lose unless they have to because of their not-so-benevolent scriptwriter. Their special rules include "The Amazing Ghost TEK" and "The Scriptwriter Is On THEIR Side" (which works just like for Wolf's Baboons, only differently).
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LagCat · Aug 3, 2016

I funny little excerpt in one of the current things I am reading:

What is a misjump, and what makes it worse than a bad jump?
The good news, dear reader, is that a misjump is far, far less likely than a “bad jump”. In fact, according
to a recent study, the chances of a misjump while travelling on any JumpShip built since the time of the Clan
Invasion at just a hair over five times less likely than being struck by lightning on Terra!
Misjumps can occur for a variety of reasons, and no one can ever predict when or what may cause one.
Fortunately, the most likely causes—a flawed jump drive or poor jump calculations—have been countered by
the most basic software and hardware safety systems integrated into every K-F drive since before the time
of the first Star League.
While it is true that misjumps can be catastrophic, most recorded misjumps have actually been little more
than “bad jumps”. A bad jump occurs when safety protocols find no reason to abort a vessel’s hyperspace jump,
but the travelers on board experience a “bumpy ride”, and the vessel becomes stressed during the leap. Most
“bad jumps” end with the JumpShip slightly damaged and off-course—perhaps by as much as a full AU from the
target point—and the crew shaken or disoriented. A number of minor injuries may also occur at this time,
most caused by abrupt shifting in the vessel or power surges that blow out nearby electronics. Though oldervintage
ships may find their drive cores completely destroyed by such effects, the important thing is that a
“bad jump” is almost never fatal to the crew and passengers aboard the JumpShip and her attached DropShips.
True misjumps, unfortunately, are another matter entirely. The cause of such events are as mysterious as
their outcomes. Some have been recorded as a bizarre form of “stasis”, in which a jumping vessel somehow
manages to become “stuck” in hyperspace far longer than normal, emerging hours, days, perhaps even years
after they started their jump, while others have dropped ships off in deep space, light-years away from their
destinations, and too far from any stars to effectively recharge their drive cores. These types of misjumps
often include the same disruptive effects as a bad jump, with crews and passengers often surprised to find
out how long (or far) they have been carried off course and time.
Others, more tragically, have been recorded as truly catastrophic events, in which the vessel emerges
from hyperspace distorted beyond recognition—warped on an almost molecular level by forces that science
still cannot fully explain. In the extraordinarily rare moments where such a misjump has occurred and been
documented, these effects have extended to the crew as well as the ship itself.
Still other misjumps remain a complete mystery, as such vessels have simply vanished entirely from the
universe, for all intents and purposes. Where these vessels have gone, and what becomes of their crew cannot
be answered.
—Excerpt from Hyperspace for Dummies (3090 Edition), Charybdis Publishing, Irian, 3090
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