Battletech is back!!!

[Gusington]

You had me at 'Battle'.

Thank you Pratt for the above, abridged PrattPost.

So what's the difference between Robotech and Battletech?

[mirth]

So what's the difference between Robotech and Battletech?

You had to go down that road 

[Jarhead0331]

That was a "quick" primer?

I'm assuming you would be part of the group that migrated back to the "rim".   :))

[Jarhead0331]

You had me at 'Battle'.

Thank you Pratt for the above, abridged PrattPost.

So what's the difference between Robotech and Battletech?

Absolutely no connection whatsoever other than giant robots.

[acctingman]

Should the word "rim" not be discussed when Mirth and Gus are involved?  :-\

[mirth]

That was a "quick" primer?

I'm assuming you would be part of the group that migrated back to the "rim".   :))

I'm definitely part of a fringe element.

[mirth]

Should the word "rim" not be discussed when Mirth and Gus are involved?  :-\

There are a lot of words that shouldn't be discussed when Gus and I are involved.

[RyanE]

dongle

[Gusington]

'squeaky clean urethra'

[JasonPratt]

That was a "quick" primer?

It's quick for the Battletech universe.

And for me. ;)

Also, for most game purposes (outside of role-playing) it's the most that the game lore really matters: what matters a lot more is how to design and operate the mechs. I'd be hard put to remember more of the surrounding lore than that; but how heat sinks are implemented in the games makes a huge impact on gameplay, and some significant difference between the game systems themselves.

[mirth]

dongle

'squeaky clean urethra'

Squeaky clean dongle

[JasonPratt]

You had me at 'Battle'.

Thank you Pratt for the above, abridged PrattPost.

So what's the difference between Robotech and Battletech?

Absolutely no connection whatsoever other than giant robots.

Anymore. ;)

Originally some of the Battletech robot designs were borrowed from Robotech (by which I mean "Macross Saga") and other properties, through a middle party claiming to have rights to market the licenses overseas. A lot of the mechs bearing those designs still exist, and can be found in modern BT games (including Mechwarrior Online), but the designs have been shifted several points off spec to avoid copyright infringement: now they're more like legitimate homages.

Edited to add: but never any story connections at all other than giant robots.

[JasonPratt]

In story terms, the difference is:

Battletech == Game of Thrones with various sizes of war robots. Also comparable, in anime terms, to Legend of the Galactic Heroes but with war robots.

Macross Saga == Space Battleship Yamato, with the Yamato and the jet planes being giant robots.

Robotech = Macross Saga('s first season) spliced together in sequence with two other far more obscure anime series to create a (different) three generation story (from the rest of Macross Saga). The 2nd and 3rd parts of the show featured war robots much more like Battletech.

[bob48]

dongle

...aaaarghhh!....He said the 'D' word....................

[Gusington]

So there is a distant, early relationship between RT and BT...so weird and Japanese and stuff.

All of these properties are Japanese in origin, aren't they?