ahh, yes, the imperator titan.

1 km tall, and had a gattling gun that fired slugs the size of a double-decker bus.

now that was a mech! :)

Actually, I don't think it's a mech at all. Here's why.

1. In the book Mechwarrior: Technology of Destruction, there is paragraph in the margins describing a machine called the Quad-Vee. It goes on to describe a machine with four legs (or possibly three!) with a tank like turret. The article also says the Quad-Vee (Tri-Vee?) is a prototype from Clan Hell's Horses.

2. The second article claims the mystery machine is in Hell's Horses colors.

3. There is Levins List article: The beat of the Horse's hooves thunder on the horizon. Get out of the way or be trampled.

4. On one of the other articles concerning this "mech", Kelly Bonilla posted "It's a pony!"

This evidence all brings me to one conclusion- Clan Hell's Horses is entering the frey with a new Quad/Tri-Vee machine among their forces. Considering how far in the future this is, a weight efficent "ubermech" is not implausible.

Yes. Yes I did. Apparently I went a bit too much into the description of the Imperator Titan (thanks, D503!) and forgot to check the rest of my message for mistakes. That was rather lax of me.

Well it might be called the Ares since they have the following item announced for GenCon.
"MechWarrior Ares Colossal-Class Battle event"

whats a ares ######## thingy?

colassol

I apologize for the second post... lol i was typing something else on a IM and got confused.

After much analysis, I've concluded that the mystery unit is both in front of and behind the Atlas, which is causing the confusion. I hear it's called the Heisenberg ;)

Are you certain about that? What if the pilot is a cat?

BTW, I dunno about any Gen-con Ares event, but there is an Origins event called battle for the Spectre, and it's 500 points. And then there's the GenCon 800 point constructed format. What strange point values. I can't help thinking it's relevant.

That sounds rather obsessive-compulsive. Nevertheless you might be right... let's see what surprises WizKids has in store for us. Whatever it is, I think it's safe to assume that a hundred fiery threads will pop up on this forum one everything becomes clear. Better mentally prepare myself.

That's a fair bet. Considering neither the Clans nor the Star League developed viable designs beyond 100 tons in, what, five centuries it seems rather odd that after five decades of peace a new machine would arise that breaks the mould.

If it happens to be a bigger-than-Assault design then so be it. I look to be one of the last of the CBT-ers in any case. When did you last see Konig Wolf or Berzerk Fury around? We all have our breaking point.

The Spectre is this summer's Heroclix con exclusive. That event must be a heroclix event.

Speak for yourself, I am still here for the fiction :p

There are a few of us that are... we're just a non vocal bunch who don't spend a lot of time feeling the need to post.

And if it just takes an over 100 ton mech to drive Kotch outta the gmae, I'm sad for him, cause I noted that there would be a new unit type in CBT too soon... wonder if the 2 are interrelated at all...