mechcommander
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mechcommander was originally released on the 24th of june, 1998. the player is the commander of a company of the first davion guards, tasked with taking back the planet port arthur from clan smoke jaguar. there are 30 missions split into 5 operations. an expansion was released in 1999 called mechcommander: desperate measures, and is set immediately after the original game, with the player still the commander of the same company, now tasked with taking back the planet cermak from a rogue smoke jaguar officer. the original game and the expansion were compiled into a version known as mechcommander gold. |
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my MC original disc | my MC gold disc | my MC strategy book, for the original game |
plot
pilots
mechs
you start the game with two commandos and a firestarter, and other inner sphere mechs are available to purchase and salvage throughout the game. however, the clan mechs can only be salvaged. there are 18 mechs in the original game, with 6 added in for desperate measures (3 inner sphere and 3 clan mechs). there are 3 variations of each mech in mechcommander: W (weapons variant, with more room for more/bigger weapons), A (armour, more heavily armoured), and J (has jump jets). |
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original game
name | weight | speed | armour | payload | tech base | |
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atlas | 100 tons (assault) | 15 m/s | 288 (A), 192 (W/J) | - A/J: 2 pulse lasers, 2 ER large lasers, 4 LRM racks, 1 gauss rifle, sensor - basic, (50m jump jets)
- W: 1 pulse laser, 1 laser, 4 LRM racks, 1 gauss rifle, 2 ER PPCs, sensor - basic |
inner sphere |
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awesome |
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catapult | 65 tons (heavy) | 18 m/s | 208 (A), 144 (W/J) | - A/J: 2 pulse lasers, 6 LRM racks, sensor - basic, (67m jump jets)
- W: 1 laser, 1 large pulse laser, 6 LRM racks, sensor - basic |
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centurion | 55 tons (medium) | 18 m/s | 184 (A), 136 (W/J) | - A/J: 2 lasers, 2 LRM racks, 1 medium AC, sensor - basic, (67m jump jets)
- W: 1 PPC, 1 medium AC, 2 LRM racks, sensor - basic |
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commando | 25 tons (light) | 27 m/s | 96 (A), 48 (W/J) | - A/J: 1 laser, 4 SRMs, sensor - basic, (83m jump jets)
- W: 2 lasers, 1 streak SRM, 2 SRMs, sensor - basic |
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cougar | 35 tons (light) | 27 m/s | 128 (A), 80 (W/J) | - A/J: 1 C heavy flamer, 1 C large pulse laser, 3 C LRM racks, C sensor - standard, (100m jump jets)
- W: 2 C large pulse lasers, 4 C LRM racks, C sensor - standard |
clan | |
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firestarter |
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hollander II | 45 tons (medium) | 24 m/s | 128 (A), 88 (W/J) | - A/J: 1 laser, 1 streak SRM, 1 gauss rifle, sensor - basic, (83m jump jets)
- W: 1 laser, 1 large laser, 1 gauss rifle, sensor - basic |
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hunchback | 50 tons (medium) | 18 m/s | 176 (A), 128 (W/J) | - A/J: 1 heavy AC, 2 lasers, s ensor - basic, (67m jump jets)
- W: 1 heavy AC, 1 laser, 1 large laser, sensor - basic |
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hunchback II C | 50 tons (medium) | 18 m/s | 160 (A), 96 (W/J) | - A/J: 1 C ultra heavy AC, 1 C heavy flamer, 1 C pulse laser, 2 C ER lasers, C sensor - standard, (67m jump jets)
- W: 2 C ultra heavy AC, 1 C heavy flamer, 1 C ER laser, C sensor - standard |
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jagermech | 70 tons (heavy) | 18 m/s | 192 (A), 128 (W/J) | - A/J: 2 lasers, 1 large ER laser, 2 light ultra ACs, sensor - basic, (67m jump jets)
- W: 1 large pulse laser, 1 large ER laser, 2 light lltra ACs, sensor - basic |
inner sphere |
loki (hellbringer) |
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mad cat (timber wolf) |
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masakari (warhawk) |
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clan | ||||
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raven |
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thor (summoner) |
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uller (kit fox) |
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vulture (mad dog) |
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clan |
desperate measures
name | weight | speed | armour | payload | tech base | |
bushwacker |
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mauler |
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inner sphere | ||||
nova cat |
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shadow cat |
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clan | ||||
stiletto |
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turkina |
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clan |