Ostscout : Bad 'Mechs a Sarna Tale | Battletopia Stories
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
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Intelligence wins battles and wars. How do you collect or gather intelligence? The answer is to pay over the odds for a questionable scout 'mech that, at first anyway, couldn't fulfil its role and keep up its pace.
Its everyone favourite scout 'mech, the Ostscout under the magnifying glass.
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This is like a enchanted version of the "listen to this article" option some news outlets offer for their news articles. I approve. Sean should add these to the articles once you get them out. :D
Thanks for listening and I love the thought they are enchanted :-D ! That's the plan, as I make them they'll be added to the articles. Got a lot to catch up on but stay tuned listener
Boy, do I have a story about an Ostscout. Back during the war, when we landed on Tikonov, I got assigned to run a bit of flank reconnaissance in my Cicada. My sector mostly stayed quiet until a few days in, when up pops this lone OTT-7J, scooting across the steppe, weaving back and forth waving its arms. I'd been running solo for a few days - so mostly on a lark, I opened up a broadband channel and asked the Ostscout jock "Are you scouting, or just happy to see me?"
That got a great laugh from the Liao pilot, and she asked why it couldn't be both. And WOW. She had a voice so sultry that I needed another heat-sink installed in my Cicada. We shot the breeze for a bit and things were going *quite well*. I figured I was just about to score yet another victory for Hanse Davion when all of a sudden, her boyfriend shows up in a VND-1R Vindicator - and let me tell you, that dude was MAD. I got on the horn and yowled for backup, and my buddy showed up in his Enforcer. Within about a half-hour, the entire thing escalated and my entire RCT was slugging it out with some of Liao's finest. Never did get the Ostscout's secure bandwidth, unfortunately...
Not how the history books will tell it - but, no bull, I know how it really went. I was there.
Can I steal this to narrate please!?. P.S. thanks for listening!
@@battletopia By all means, go ahead! Hope it provides a good laugh or two!
@@brockpaine I love little snippets like. It's what brings the universe to life for me and obviously for yourself too!
@@battletopia Yes, absolutely - I figure these are just the sort of stories told by veterans at the bar in later years. After listening to the original story, I had a bit of inspiration on my commute home and quickly wrote that up. I'll write more, if that lightning strikes again...
The fact it has to wave its arms around to use its sensors is hilarious.
I had an Ostscout fail a piloting roll with a damaged gyro, running into a heavy woods on a cliff side, fall of the cliff onto a hostile tank. Damage was a through armor crit, set off the ammo, both went up in an explosion 500lrm's strong. The crater became a new lake the next time the rains came through.
That is an epic story dude! Tha is for sharing and let's be honest that's a huge win for the Ostscout. I mean it probably couldnt take the tank out with its weapons alone
I knew of the Spider before I knew of the Ostscout, and I always wondered what the point of making a spider with even worse weaponry would be. Though I suppose it's really the other way around, isn't it? The Ostscout predates the Spider, as the Spider was part of the new designs meant to replace the original batch of licensed art.
Ostscout can take a PPC to the chest without going internal, so there's that I suppose...
Thanks for listening dude. I would personally take a spider over an Ostscout any day...unless I have my semi-guided on the board and TAG is available and can't afford a Scarabus
The Spider and Ostscout both originally appeared in the CityTech boxed game, before the bad times, before the lawsuits. I have the box and its standees together somewhere on the shelf. Both were intended to give alternatives to the Bug 'mechs when doing scouting roles. At the time my much younger self really didn't like or understand the 'mech's role as a sturdy scout.
@@observationsfromthebunker9639 Oh no kidding! Huh, doubly odd then!
@jamesripley8031 If you started with the 3025 TRO, they were side by side, so to speak. The TRO primarily gathered all the mechs from the boxed game and the Mechwarrior 1.0 RPG and added a few new ones.
@@observationsfromthebunker9639 My own introduction to Battletech was first through the Crescent Hawk game, which I was a touch too young to really play; then the 4th Edition Box set (which had the Spider but no Unseen anything), then Decision at Thunder Rift which had Unseen but no Ost-anything. So I guess we're filling in a bit of a gap in my knowledge here!
I really like the way you did the whole article! Those neon-green wireframe models are great too :)
Thank you for watching. Sean at Sarna does the hard work writing great articles! Makes it easy for me to record and add pew pews
This was phenomenal, I love this. Couldnt be happy to hear a short about my favourite mech
Thank you for listening, glad you enjoyed it. Are there any other short stories with the Ostscout in? I don't think I have come across any yet
Man, why did all my favorite mechs get a Bad Mechs article? Assassin, Wolf Trap... and now the Ostscout.
Thanks for listening. Yep I feel your pain. Jagermech, Clint, rifleman... the one I am really salty about is the Mauler! I think depending on your side of the fence you could write and Sean probably will about all the 'mechs eventually
I have a soft spot for the Ostscout, but I think it works better for fiction than the table top. Only time I ever deployed one was from a random roll table for a quick match. It lasted until round 8 of 10 because A) my opponent didn't see it as a threat and B) the dice were in its favor. I like how it looks and its technical options, but in a standard game I'd rather deploy a Locust or Wasp.
Thanks for watching. I really need to do a random table game! Never done it yet. If you want something that punch back then yeah a Locust or Wasp has more firepower. But I'd argue that if you want a smash and grab 'mech, or one that be fast and jump (the wasp is too slow for me personally, its like signing a death wish for your pilots) then the Ostscout can do it nicely.
@@battletopia When it comes to speed (and it's allowed) I prefer a Dasher. I do like the Wasp for the jumping option and SRMs, but you need to use it right.
@@dapperbardgames1041 dasher H with all those "I just want to give you a hug" small heavy lasers
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Thanks for tuning in! Wow I've been so busy I missed that. Need to wcounge up 1 more listener
The only bad thing about this mech is this video as it's the premier Succession Wars scout mech, SCOUT being the key word. With it's jump jets and armor it can get into and out of any hot zone with minimum damage, allowing it to fulfill its primary purpose, recon and artillery spotting. Arguably swapping out the medium laser for more armor would be more ideal, but when TAG gets rediscovered that becomes it's true primary weapon, allowing it to bring far more powerful weapons to bear than any light mech could mount themselves. As for the competition, Air assets are easily countered by Flak while rarely retaining as much armor, while Hover assets are limited to open terrain on planets with atmospheres though can easily travel over large lakes and coastal waters.
Thanks for listening. I'd say if the 'mech is designed well and utilised properly then its a good 'mech. It's like the Charger, a punching bag but can still be incredibly useful. I've used it on the tabletop to great effect, but I live semi-guided LRMS!
Specialized not bad
Thanks for listening! Exactly, I'd say you could argue any 'mech is bad if used incorrectly. Some are just more flexible than others.