TRO: 3087 - Hauberk

3087 is a Battletech alternate universe where The Jihad never happened. Instead, political fracturing continues in the wake of the technological and military upheavals of the 3050's. Its history is told through the pages and designs of TRO: 3087. With any luck this series will be the last anyone hears about 3087.

Hauberk HBK-6SX
Overview
The Jade Falcon Incursion of 3068 had no sooner stopped than the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces High Command began designing new Battlemechs to take back worlds and halt future advances. A redesigned “liberty ‘Mech” based on the Hunchback was drafted and pushed forward with revamps for other 'Mechs.
The first few Hauberks were designed around putting gauss rifles on the field with as little incidental cost as possible. Subsequent cost-benefit-analyses recommended an upgrade from a cheaper, commercial ‘Mech chassis to a standard battlemech frame.
Strangely, it was also the target of Word of Blake meddling. The crash program which created the first Hauberk only took a few months to create the first prototype. On contract with the LCAF for site security, the Dragoons intercepted a squad of Blakist cyborgs infiltrating the facility. The two that were taken alive were used by the Dragoons to implicate The Word before being handed over to Lyran security.
Once in Commonwealth hands, they self-destructed without giving any indication of The Word’s interest in the Hauberk.

Tharsis

Deadpool (2016)

It’s been over a month since I saw Deadpool. I thought I’d posted my thoughts on it, but…guess not. I saw a late night showing on a Sunday. I had hoped that it would reduce the number of kids present and I was very, very wrong.

Previews

So…I found the audience for suicide Squad. 

“Do bad. / Get killed.” So much to unpack in those lines.

ID4 #2. I’ve said everything I have to say on this.

Eye in the Sky Jessie Eisenberg in a drone movie. This honestly looks better than the Ethan Hawke one.

Another “protect the president” movie. Wasn’t Gerald Butler in one of these already? It would be cool if they would nuke London rather than let them have the president. Looks like it has slightly more legs than the rest, but it doesn’t. We know it doesn’t.

EDDIE the Eagle…happened.

Aaron Paul in a weird heist movie. Triple 9. I have no idea what’s happening in this thing.

Also, our local theaters have children telling people to turn their phones off and nothing makes me less likely to comply than being told what to do by a child. WTF local theaters? WTF?

Deadpool

That’s an opening credits sequence.

Dragon Age: Inquisition and the burdens of command

Easter Bunny: Kicking Ass

X-Com: Hollywoo: Something Wicked Six Way Comes

17 to 01: Elaan of Troyius

This is a really uneven episode that I like anyway. It's good that I can like uneven episodes because Season 3 has a lot of them. 

New idea for Season 3: Take a shot every time Derek says "agency" or I say "language of television."

Happy drinking!

I hadn't looked into it before this recording, but the materials in the shirts did change from a satin velour into a nylon material between seasons two and three. Also, the cat parasite I was referencing was toxoplasmosis.

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