60 Ways To Personalize Your BattleMech
September 7th, 2009
This is a bit of a weird post. Â First, it’s dedicated to all of use nerds who play BattleTech. Â Second, it’s a 2 page sheet a friend of mine gave me many a years ago and I’d figure I’d immortalize it online.
- Leather Upholstery
- Fuzzy Dice
- Ice chest next to heat sinks filled with Old English 800
- Radar detector on dashboard
- Flame decals on sides
- Tinted windows
- CD Player w/ Dolby Surround-Sound
- Satellite TV with “Premium” access
- Gun rack
- Spoilers
- Custom exhaust manifold
- Luggage rack over Tactical Targeting Module
- 3 year or 30,000 mile service contract
- Plays the “Might Mouse” theme if you honk the horn
- Bored out cylinders increase horsepower by 24%
- Hotplate over fusion reactor
- Glowing neon blue lights illuminate feet for cruising at night
- Really big glove compartment
- PSP option under Fire-Control system
- Clapper hooked up to ejection system
- Targeting computer that critiques battle performance
- Neon-green windshield wipers
- Client Eastwood sample can be played over loudspeakers (“Do you feel lucky punk?”)
- “Flight of the Valkyries” played when Jump Jets are engaged
- “The Four Horsemen” by Metallica played when going full throttle
- Friendly message that informs pilot “Radiation seal has been broken. Â Your children will have 4 arms.”
- 68″ Bose Speakers for the proper bass. (Medium Laser only does 3 points and cabin lights dim while on)
- Cell phone link directly to closest ComStar HyperPulse Generator station. Â 25% discount for call between 11 and 8
- Cruise Control
- Zebra skin roof covering
- Strobe lights mounted on feet
- 500Watt CB with an echo mic and sound effects
- Ceiling mounted licorice dispenser
- A direct com-link to Pizza Hut
- Rad hatch marks on side to give impression that it is a ’96 Camaro
- Liquor cabinet behind the command couch
- King sized bumper sticker “Get any closer, and I’ll eat you.”
- Pair of Nike’s painted on feet of ‘Mech
- Hood ornament of a ram head from an old Dodge Ram
- Yosamite Sam mud flaps.
- Special voice added to scanners when pickup up enemy units – “Danger! Danger!” in Robby the Robot’s voice
- Trailer hitch to pull around all that extra ordinance
- Authentic wood paneling
- A little hula dance on the dashboard
- Three stooges sound effects when you score a kill
- Offensive language written on weapons
- James Brown security alarm
- Dirt Devil Car Vac (modified for ‘mech use) stored under command couch
- Automatic seatbelts
- Internal rollcage (for offroading)
- “Have a nice day” with a happy face painted on the back
- Disco ball hanging in cockpit
- Big Screen TV
- Cargo compartment for the Harley you wish you owned
- Waterbed located underneath command couch
- Off-road KC Halogen lamps with the little happy face covers
- Sunglass shaped window covers (for sunny days)
- Rear window defogger
- 2 words – Air Conditioning
Ok, so it’s only 59 ways. Â Whom ever wrote it up put an extra return at the bottom of the page that split one line. Â Look for some of these in upcoming games.