Re: [Epic] Titan weapon slots

From: Aaron P Teske <Mithramuse+_at_...>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 20:31:01 -0500 (EST)

Excerpts from Epic: 19-Feb-97 RE: [Epic] Titan weapon slots by John_at_...
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> Wake up.

Let me deal with this first: I think you need to calm down a bit;
tossing around insults on house rules is not a very good way to act,
IMO. Maybe I need to as well, in this case, but that snipe just riled
me. 'Nuff said.

Now then:

> Think about guys - Carapace multi lasers are for titan defense there short
> range and no sv mod implies they are defense against infantry. Surely you
> are not suggesting that titans are only charged by infantry from the rear.

Certainly not. However, the rest of a Titan's weaponry is front 180
(or, in AT rules, 135 degrees right/left or front 90 degrees) so having
the CMLs cover the rear isn't such a stretch IMO. For that matter, I
think the description in the Space Marine Battles book said they were
rear 180. Unfortunately, I can't find my book; does anyone have a copy
of that? (It might've actually just been in someone's tactics comments,
in which case it isn't an actual ruling, but seeing if it's even there
would be nice.)

> In the orignal rules titans could mount more than two weapons on the
> carapace.

Wrong. Adeptus Titanicus manual, page 35: "Each Titan has four weapon
mounts: Right Arm, Left Arm, Right Carapace and Left Carapace." Only
the Banelord Titan can mount a major weapon on its rear carapace mounts,
and that's because it can't mount anything in the forward (regular) ones.

>GW made the titan (plastic) with 4 slots for mounting
> weapons/banners/control towers and the like.

Partially right, anyway. Banners, yes. Until GW clarified, I also saw
people mounting Fire Control Towers and Carapace Landing Pads on the
banner mounts, but they said no to that. (I think it's in one of the
17x WD Q&As.)

> If the positioning bothers you... consider the Warp and Harpoon
Missile bits. > These were clearly made to mount under not on the
carapace. Now some whiners > out there say that its wrong (blah blah
blah) since new rules say missiles
> are carapace (on) mount only. I don't think so.

New rules? Hardly. Adeptus Titanicus, page 36: "Support missiles may
only be mounted on the carapace of a Titan." And don't try to say that
the arms are the carapace; AT makes a very clear distinction between the
arm and carapace mounts. Support missiles have *never* been allowed on
the arms; that's just something that they left out in the transition
from AT to Space Marine.

All the orientation of the Imperial Eagles means is that the game
designers didn't communicate with the artists very well.

                    Aaron Teske
                    Mithramuse+_at_...
Received on Thu Feb 20 1997 - 01:31:01 UTC