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I have to admit it's impressive that Quikscell are the only ones to get right the inspiring music that automatically plays as you head into battle or receive new orders, everyone else who tries it just plays some annoying patriotic marching music but with the Helldiver proprietary battle music it's Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun DA Daaa Daaa !

Of all the people to remember that you can just slot in modular armor on an OmniMech, it’s Quicksell. On something that barely qualifies as an Omni and has near-max armor anyways. I’m not actually that surprised.

Quikcell: Harbor Freight in space with mechs (before Harbor Freight had their glow up anyway)

Interesting

Dumb house militaries and Quickcell, with 18 tons of podpace and 12 double heatsinks. You put energy weapons on it. Basic design is one ER PPC, or Large Pulse Laser and as many ER medium lasers as will fit, but at least 4.

Don't you love it when the cockpit of your new mech smells like...Liberty...

I see that Quicksell commercial was pushed into someone elses algorithms as well.

I would buy it for my mercs.

I find the Summoner works best in a star of JJ mediums. I think it pairs particularly well with the Nova and the Shadow Cat.

Hello Professor HeyTeeEn. The Hellsport Mech Museum and the Mek Werks have recently come into possession of a badly damaged Peacekeeper PKP-1B. All the weapons, TSM, and heat sinks were destroyed when the Mech's Engine overheated to the point of a near meltdown. They boys at the Mek Werks went to work with a will and I think their efforts would please your own Tech staff. First they kept the IS-Endo and IS-FFA and replaced the Fusion Engine with a 380 class Light Fusion Engine (They had one laying around in storage). They added a 4th Jump Jet to the Mech, shifting all jump jets to both legs. They replaced the cockpit with a Small Cockpit, and added an Clan AMS with a ton of ammo in the extra 'slots'. From there, they increased the Heat Sinkage the Mech using Clan Double Strength Heat Sinks, up to a total of 19 C-DSHS. A Clan ER PPC was emplaced into the Center Torso, and a pair of Clan ER Large Lasers were added to the Arms, one per arm. So far, this 'FrankenMech' has passed all field trials easily. 'Running and Gunning' the Mech only amounts to a heat burden of 41 (12, 12, 15, 2). Adding the heat generated by the AMS defensively firing only puts the Mech up to a total of 42 heat, which is 4 above the maximum cooling (38) of the Mech's 19 heat sinks. Not too shabby for a 'bodged together' frankenmech. The design should be relatively efficient for a pilot that knows how to ride the heat curve and unlink the PPC from time to time to allow the Mech to cool off. Or, fire only one of the ER Large Lasers for about half a minute during combat to get the same effect. The 16.5 tons of IS-FFA is about as much as the Mech's chassis can support, and gives very good armor protection to the unit. The addition of the 4th jump jet increases mobility in uneven terrain, and the use of Clan Double Sinks works nicely, but is rather costly. The use of a Light Fusion Engine is almost 'inspired'. I've already taken the Astech that suggested it out for an expensive dinner as a way to reward 'off the wall' solutions to problems. His first taste of Terran Snow Crab, imported from Terra itself, brought tears to his eyes, and a huge grin to his butter dripping face. I could not help laughing at his reaction. Although I do enjoy the expensive Terran Crab from time to time, I much prefer a good meal of Sea Spiders from the planet Montana (a recent Compact Member World, known for their 'beef' which comes from a dinosaur-like species on Montana. Also, Sea Spiders have twice as many legs... all tasty!). The Mek Werks version has been officially designated as the Peacekeeper PKP-1B-X1 for now. If the Legions request this unit for their combat forces, a couple of specialty manufacturers will get very rich supplying the demand on a limited basis. In that case, I suspect that the unit will be designated as the Peacekeeper PKP-1B (GL), Ghost Lions Legion Mech. Although I do not have a head for finances, I suspect that the X1 will prove to be less costly than any similar Peacekeeper Mech, or variant. If that is true, I suspect the Legions will want to add them to their forces as soon as the Mechs can be produced and shipped out to the Legions currently employed off-world. Your own variant of the Peacekeeper has the boys at the Mek Werks wanting a 2nd Peacekeeper to modify to your group's specifications and then 'test to destruction'. Boys and their toys. It never ends. Diana McFairlain, Head Mech Tech, Ghost Lions Legions Hellsport Mech Museum Stygian Compact

Hello Professor HeyTeeEn. Greetings from Hel. This is Diana McFairlain again. Those madmen over in the Mek Werks are at it again! One of the Ghost Lions Legions sent them a fully functional Galahad GLH-2D! Knowing them, I expected the worst, and was almost right. They stripped off the FFA entirely, replaced the 180 Standard Fusion Engine with an XL of the same energy output. They then shifted the internals a bit to make room for the added space required to fit three Inner Sphere, Double Strength Heat Sinks to give the Mech 10 IS-DSHS total. This left them with JUST enough space and weight to add 2 standard Medium Lasers (both located in the lower center torso for some odd reason) - (TECH ANDREWS HERE, CROTCH LASERS!!). The Mech still performs as per the standard GLH-2D and the over sinking does not seem to HURT the design, but is massively over-cooled. I mean, you could run this Mech at top speed across a lava field on Purgatory, the totally molten moon of Sheol (gas giant planet) without overheating. I honestly think that the Mech would melt before the XL Engine overheated in any way. On the 'plus' side, their design does give the GLH-2D a way to deal damage at close ranges and deal out damage to any Infantry that gets a bit too close for comfort. Personally, not to tell Andrews his job, I would have left out the Double Heat Sinks and just kept the old 'standard' single heat sinks. The Mech would be more 'cost-effective' without the added expense of the Doubles (ANDREWS: BUT RULE OF COOL!). Testing shows no ill effects of removing the FFA and increasing the Standard Armor coverage to 12.5 tons. Which still allows for the heat sinks and the two Medium Lasers. Ah, well... Boys and their toys (ANDREWS: DAMN RIGHT!). Keep a close eye upon your Techs Prof. Ya never know if they are going to do something as silly (ANDREWS: AWESOME!) as the ones I put up with here at the Hellsport Mech Museum. If you do choose to alter the Galahads coming into your facility, I suggest the XL Engine upgrade, but use single heat sinks, and add the Mediums to perhaps the left and right torso locations (ANDREWS: OH, NOT COOL). Hoping to hear from you soon, Diana McFairlain, Head Mech Tech, Ghost Lions Legions Hellsport Mech Museum Stygian Compact

Quads have their issues, but the Goliath can put in solid work, and fire support roles seem to be what Quads do best.

I like to think of the Summoner as it's movement profile and armor. I prefer to do a simple refit of either removing a pair of heatsinks from the engine to pack in more ammo or if that's not possible, swapping the LBX10 for a Large Pulse Laser and some ammo. Fill in the remaining tonnage as the mission requires. A favorite of mine since my Mechcommander days.

“You dare refuse my Batchall?”

If anyone downgrades the LRM15, we're not friends any more. : (

It works 70 tons of pain 😅

The Summoner with a minor refit is exceptional. Namely, getting back several tons of pod by making the jump jets and engine-attached heat sinks into pods. Quite impactful.

Hello Prof. Excellent video on the Summoner-Thor Mech. I am quite familiar with the Mech and most of its variants because I faced them during and after the Clan Invasion. Even though I collected a lot of scrap from such Mechs, I usually traded them away to other groups for Mech types I found more useful and easier to modify to my combat preferences. Being a Merc constrains one's decision tree a bit when it comes to things like this. Even though the Mech is easily repaired and put back into action, I just could not justify keeping the vast amount of spares on hand to keep the Summoner in service with my forces at the time. I did keep a few, and did field them, with my pilots singing its praises, but I still sold off most of those recovered in battle since I was being paid premium prices for even damaged parts by several purchasers from the Great Houses. You should understand that to a Mercenary, the C-Bill is king, and no matter what you desire, cost balances all your decisions. Yes, I would have liked to keep more in service with my group. But, the kinds of prices I was getting for salvage was not something I could ignore as a 'good commander'. Leonidas Alexander Granger Commander, Star Lions Corps

Before fielding this mech, its mandatory to shout "you dare to refuse my batchall?!"

Why does an omni mech have fixed JJ?

Why no one did the simple refit of exchanging the primes' ER PPC's with Large Pulse Lasers surprises me. It solves the heat problem and gives a higher chance of hits on target.

Personally, I'd recommend swapping the LB10X of the prime out for a Hag 20, a plasma rifle, or a large pulse laser. HAG 20 keeps the same endurance, but it boosts the range and doubles the scatter blasting. Plasma Rifle is a nice new multifunction weapon that sheds a fair amount of weight compared to the LB10X, allowing for more ammo, though it does run hotter and have less range. LPL means you save weight on the weapon and skipping the ammo concern for that mounting, while also increasing range, but it lacks both dual nature and scatter damage, just being a good main gun that punches big holes reliably.

They did in fact refuse my batchall. These dezgra inner sphere free births shall be shown no mercy.

Can I have a Summoner Prime that swaps the LB-10X for another ER PPC and some heat sinks?

I like to use a config with 2 ER PPC, 3 SRM6 with 2 tons ammo and 4 extra DHS. Great sniping all day long and when you get close to exploit those holes, the SRMs do great work.

This is one of the few Clan Mechs were I like the Inner Sphere name better, I just wish the in-universe origin story for that name wasn't so stupid

I'm personally not a fan of Clan Katana Bird's walking fridge. The omnipods lack options and I need more dakka. The jumpjets are a pretty good bonus at least.

One of my favorite Omni's

I love the Thunderbolt IIc

My biggest complaint is that by reducing its capability from the "Mk. 1" playtest model, it makes very little sense outside of a BV match, which I despise. The default config has one ton of ammo for a variable-ammo weapon system (LBx AC). They should have maxxed the armor, left the "hip-mounted" SRMs, and added a ton of AC ammo. Minor correction: the Prime has *2* tons of LRM ammo, one of LBx.

Cool thanks 😅

Maybe I missed it, but there isn't a variant with a targeting computer to take advantage of the direct-fire energy weapons in a brawler configuration?

Then there is the Amaris blend. Its poison.

Best Omnimech, i have fond memories of this bad boy in Mechassault

I agree that the Mist Lynx or Ka'shy is a cross between mechs like the commando, wasp, and stinger. It is a remarkable scout mech. The games I have played with it have me missing that last jump jet. The last jump jet really does not matter when your playing with smoke in your tactical tool kit. Good review.

As assault mech should act like an assault mech, Agreed. Now to find someone to tell me the Highlander isn't an assault mech worthy of the name. While I understand techs hate leaping assault mechs, you haven't lived until you've planted your feet through an enemy's cockpit.

I can't be polite to my own reflection before several cups of coffee

Lately by coincidence you've covered my light\medium mech lance. Everything but the Sarissa which nobody has covered to date anywhere I could find...hint hint.

looks very much like a support mech for BA units, or a fast scout. well its not going to great for Clanners because, whats artillery???

What’s up with the lack of H sounds? Just curious not being negative

"I coulda bought a Firemoth...." --the subtext of this TRO

Er Small lasers plus tcomp, pure 😈

Played this on MWO it’s a cool mech

It’s a real shame that most have forgotten about the story of how Loremaster Atrus was betrayed by the scientists Sirrus and Achenar. But at least an echo of that legacy lives on whenever someone says the name of this mech.

Delta is what happened when a clan force came across an IS force with many many VTOLs and they didn't want to waste more significant mechs on AA configs... it does the job, but that is all it does.

Hum, you do understand the Locust. Would you understand what is an artillery observation vehicle. It is just scaled up to a mech in the Cicada. Get yourself a battery of 9 tubes of thumpers or three tubes of Long Tom.

It's a really good way to get Elementals to the fight and kind of support them a little bit. I do like the built in Active Probe.

How do you decide what music to use to start each video?