40k This mech is a church.
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Scythe is diesel powered mechs.
Battletech uses fusion. Their issue is heat management.
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diesel guzzling? I thought battletech mechs used fusion reactors, unless they changed that at some point?
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An Eva is not a mech unfortunately...
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They are giant beings restrained by the armor they are inside of and mentally synchronized with their pilot.
Edit: Finally figured out how to use the spoiler tagging system...
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Quick rec for an amazingly good book I read recently. 'Moonstorm' by Yoon Ha Lee. It's a futuristic sci-fantasy where young 'Lancer pilots' fight on behalf of a paternistic empire, in a setting where the gravity of colonized worlds and the very laws of physics are governed by the laws of society and the people that comprise them. This phenomenon is so prevalent that rebel factions live out in a segment of space called 'the Moonstorm', where anarchistic and communal values lead to an erratic and unpredictable (but undeniably beautiful and free) cosmos. In the Empire, authoritative dogma and rigid social hierarchy leads to 'normal' (to us) gravity and 'predictable' (to us) celestial body movements. Gravity is a very heavy-handed metaphor for unity and national identity in the story, and it's brilliant in exploring the divide between an oppressive imperial autocracy and an anarchistic society with just the raw backdrop.
Also, techno-psychic sapient mechs and massive freaking gravity-powered railguns.
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Alternative that one of my pilots shared the other day
I think people's favorite is whatever they grew up with.
I played a lot of MechWarrior 2 as a kid. Give me the stompybois.
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No love for armored core?
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A really dumb mecha book is NecroTek by Jonathan Maberry. Because we needed undead giant robot pilots fighting the elder gods of the Cthulu mythos. Ok, that actually sounds awesome, but the writing is fun but meh. The elder gods don't actually show up, they just send armies of shoggoths piloting transforming combiner mechs.
Hey nice to see Titanfall getting some love. I personally really enjoyed Titanfall 3.
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Jokes on you. I’m Horus-pilled and my favorite mech media is…
Lancer
Mekton : The pilot is in a love triangle with a pop star
Cole gears just a rolling frame, but hear my word
Escaflowne Heroic fantasy mecha
I'm sure one of Horus's mechs is just a weaponized rumor.
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