Titan Robotics Article

[The Galactus Kid]

Completed my outline today for my Titan Robotics article. It will be going out by the end of next week, hopefully.

[The Galactus Kid]

I will be building off of that, since it was one of my favorite articles of all time. The rapid strike robot is possibly my favorite bot of all time, and I can't wait to do a bunch of new designs. I know that fans or ARCHIE and of Titan Equipment will love this article.

[Danger]

Any new art planned for this project?

[The Galactus Kid]

Don't know yet. I got hit with a deadline at work, so I only have about half of this artilce done, but I'm still working on it each night and will be doing some work on it this weekend, so I hope it can be finished up soon.

[The Galactus Kid]

Northern Gun is a bunch of CS loyalist hacks. Titan Robotics FTW!!!

[Danger]

Northern Gun is a bunch of CS loyalist hacks. Titan Robotics FTW!!!

[The Galactus Kid]

I got a lot done on this article today. I'm hoping to get some more good work done later this week. Needless to say, since I wanted to have this done weeks ago, you can tell that this wasn't as easy a write as I thought it was going to be...but its going to be RAD!!!

[mrloucifer]

YOU GO BOY!!!!

[Josh Sinsapaugh]

No matter what Archie comes up with, it still will never match the sheer coolness of the Hunter Mobile Gun. That is my favorite Long picture of all time.

Oh hell yeah! Agreed.

Which is even weirder as I wrote an entire book about Archie and his creations...

~ Josh

[The Galactus Kid]

No matter what Archie comes up with, it still will never match the sheer coolness of the Hunter Mobile Gun. That is my favorite Long picture of all time.

Oh hell yeah! Agreed.

Which is even weirder as I wrote an entire book about Archie and his creations...

~ Josh

Traitor. The AA-63's should be at your house by now. Do not resist.

[Sureshot]

Personally I would love to see a Titan Robotics sourcebook incorporating the inofrmation from Rifter 4, GK upcoming article and with new information. Imo the Rifts universe robot manufacturers deserve to get their own book. Even if they are not large ones.

[The Galactus Kid]

Personally I would love to see a Titan Robotics sourcebook incorporating the inofrmation from Rifter 4, GK upcoming article and with new information. Imo the Rifts universe robot manufacturers deserve to get their own book. Even if they are not large ones.

Agreed. I would love to have smaller books like Naruni Wave 2 for all weapons manufacturers. I think that they would be great sellers and easy ways to show the players the ins and outs of different companies.

[glitterboy2098]

you know, this Robot love fest tempts me to ressurect my Mercenary 7th Armored Cavalry Troop, just to show what properly employed and organized Conventional Armor can do. but i have finals to prepare for, and a RIFTS book to write. so i'll just be sitting here laughing maniacly in my head while imagining hordes of robots going down before the 200mm Smoothbores of the 7th's Iron-Hammer tanks....

[The Galactus Kid]

you know, this Robot love fest tempts me to ressurect my Mercenary 7th Armored Cavalry Troop, just to show what properly employed and organized Conventional Armor can do. but i have finals to prepare for, and a RIFTS book to write. so i'll just be sitting here laughing maniacly in my head while imagining hordes of robots going down before the 200mm Smoothbores of the 7th's Iron-Hammer tanks....

It would be interesting to see. I like conventional armor, and don't think tanks are given the love that they deserve, BUT tanks can't dodge, which is a major detriment on RIFTS earth.

[glitterboy2098]

it was an outgrowth of an old challenge here on the boards. a budget was listed (quite a big budget), and posters were challenged to come up with the most effective force you could make within that budget. after seeing several people doing to "reinforced mech lance", several expensive robots backed by a unit of cyborgs or PA, i figured i'd see what the scariest force i could think up was. and since i had been reading Tom Clancy's Armored Cav and had been looking over RIFTS mercenaries that week..

the final result was 14 Iron Hammer MBT's (gasoline powered), 14 Iron Maiden Infantry Fighting Vehicles (gasoline powered), 3 Iron Bolt Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (gasoline powered), and 3 Flying Titan Power Armors (for scouting. there were no decent OH-58 Kiowa equivilents at the time, and i didn't want to use the fragile GAW stuff)

the tank crews all got urban Warrior armor and an L-20 pulse rifle for survival use. the 12 man infantry Units in the IFV's were equipped with Urban Warrior Armor and L-20's, but each 12 man squad had either one WI-GL20 Automatic Grenade launcher, or one WI-23 man Portable missile Launcher. ran an even split of 7 of each type. and each squad had 6 WI-40M heavy Fire and forget man portable launchers (the MRM system).



later i expanded the unit idea to include fluff for an event at nexusnine, which at the time required me to kill off most of the unit. i hated doing it, but i loved the idea of an Armored Cav force in rifts, even one totally shattered, and wanted to share the idea. thankfully i can always make up for that if i revisit the idea again. the big problem of course is keeping those Iron Heart Armaments vehicles in repair. perhaps i could give them a shadowy backer supplying them equipment...with hints it might be IHA reborn or something...



here's the fluff i used for the nexusnine thing. they had been reduced to only a handful of tanks and IFV's, one MLRS, and barely enough crew and troops to make use of them. which was offset by the fact that the rest of the nexusnine forumites were supposed to invent other shattered merc units that had combined under one banner to avoid dying out...of which we got two others..

7th Armored Cavalry

"Whenever in future wars the battle is fought, armored troops will play the decisive role..." -Heinz Guderian

Originally an Armored Cavalry Troop, a Company of Main Battle tanks supported by a Company of mechanized infantry and an Artillery detachment, the 7th is now a shattered shell of a unit. the 7th had contracted out to the State of Tolkeen, just prior to the war. initially, the unit did well, pushing back coalition armored units twice their size. but late in the war, tolkeen abandoned them, cutting off their supplies and leaving them to delay a Coalition brigade as the main Tolkeenite force withdrew. considering that the Coalition force outnumbered the unit twenty to one, the 7th did well. they held off the coalition force for 6 hours before falling, most of their force decimated in the battle. the unit would have been wiped out entirely had it not been for the Coalition Commander, who declared a ceasefire and allowed the few remaining members of the unit to withdraw unopposed.
Tolkeen immediately voided their contract, claiming the unit violated orders by withdrawing. to avoid his units remaining equipment and personell being impressed into the tolkeen army, Major Thomas Custer, the last surviving senior officer, ordered the unit to abandon Tolkeen. the 7th was only saved from Tolkeenite reprisal by the war, and ultimately by the coalition's victory. Major Custer led the 7th to Merctown, with plans of rebuilding the unit. however, because of the units exit from tolkeenite service, its finances were at their lowest, and with few profitable contracts for a specialized unit so small, the unit was forced to look for a unit to subcontract to. no larger unit was willing to allow the 7th to retain its name, traditions, and command structure, which did not bode well for the unit. when the Nexus Nine Mercenary Command formed, the 7th was one of the first units to join up, the flexibility of the N9's to their liking.

The 7th is something of an oddball unit. it was formed by Johnson Custer, who claimed to be a decendant of the Famous George Armstrong Custer. John custer was voted to the rank of Lt. Colonel by his troops at the formation of the unit, despite having only served as a Leutenant in the Militia of a small town prior. many of that Militia formed the core of the early 7th, and brough with them a knowledge of combined arms warfare quite out of place for such a small community. early on, the 7th employed an eclectic mix of armored fighting vehicles and Infantry gear, but as they prospered as a unit, they gradually replaced their cobbled together equipment with the best combat vehicles money could buy. the 7th holds a reputation for excellence, with excellent training and superb skills in the art of armored warfare. on the battlefeild, they are a well oiled fighting machine, extremely professional and capable. but out of battle, they are a wild, rowdy bunch, known for parties, practical jokes, and outragious behavior. as many members put it "we work hard, so when we play, we want to have fun." one thing the unit prides itself on is its knowledge of robots. as tankers, they have nothing but scorn for 'bot-jockies, and they learn as much as possible about them so they can more effectively destroy them on the battlefeild. "any thing a robot can do, a tank can do better" is a common slogan with the unit, and on the battlefeild, they strive to prove it true. the different crews and squads keep a running tally of each bot they destroy, and this competition can often run over into freindly rivalries between crews.

the unit commander is Major Thomas Custer, the son of John Custer. Tom Custer was the only surviving senior officer after service with Tolkeen, and was voted into command shortly before tolkeen voided the 7th's contract. he has refused to accept promotion to Lt. Colonel, at least until the unit is large enough to warrant one.

[Danger]

Any updates on this, GK?

[The Galactus Kid]

Still working on it, sadly enough. Work in the real world has been a bear recently. I will keep everyone posted.

[Library Ogre]

Still working on it, sadly enough. Work in the real world has been a bear recently. I will keep everyone posted.

Yeah, his pimp Shug Sugar (aka Taylor White) has been riding him really hard these days to make solid bank. 'Specially since Brandon "Candy" Aten has been pleadin' too sick to 'walk for weeks.

[Danger]

Still working on it, sadly enough. Work in the real world has been a bear recently. I will keep everyone posted.

Yeah, his pimp Shug Sugar (aka Taylor White) has been riding him really hard these days to make solid bank. 'Specially since Brandon "Candy" Aten has been pleadin' too sick to 'walk for weeks.

Someone needs to tell his pimp that beatings are in order.