[Noble713]

Originally posted by Hugh Manatee:
Giant robots>j00

Giant robots>almost everything

Maybe, but you know what's not included in the "almost everything"? RenLeg Grav Tanks. They're faster, heavier, carry more firepower, have a FAR longer range, and even have shields. The tech in RenLeg is way beyond that of BTech, partially due to being 3800 years farther in the future that BT.

Heck, even a Garrison Legion, which has ground, rather than grav, vehicles could probably stomp mechs.

The entire might of the Draconis Combine (according to the Field Manual: DC, if you add up the OOBs) is only about 9,000 mechs and 70,000 infantry. Not only is that pathetic compared to the modern world, but about 15 Garrison Legions could defeat such a force (that's about 8,600 tanks and IFVs and 41,000 bounce infantry), and Thapsus alone, TOG's occupational capital in Shannedam county, has 25 Garrison Legions. TOG's total military strength is somewhere around 8 million legions and 1 billion space warships, enough to give even 40k's Imperium of Man a run for it's money.

I scoff at the pathetic capabilities of Battletech.

[ March 28, 2003, 14:14: Message edited by: Noble713 ]