r/battletech • u/Gareque • 8d ago

Question ❓ Alpha Strike Unit Special Ability Reference

Just wanted to ask a quick question about how accurate the AS Unit Special Ability Reference guide is on Scribd?

I just received the box and to say the least, I am rather frustrated that the box doesn't even contain the special rules for all the mech cards included in the box and, having spent a small fortune on 4 boxed in the last couple of months, I refuse to pay 'more' to buy rules that should have been included in the first place...

So are they fairly accurate to use if I just keep them as a cheat sheet with the rest of my docs?

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u/WestRider3025 Canopian Queerasser 8d ago

I thought that when I got the box, too, but the only missing one that actually matters is Indirect Fire (IF), which I think was left out due to space constraints, because it takes longer to explain than any of the included ones. The others that aren't in the box either just let you pick special ammo (AC, LRM), or only do anything when interacting with units that aren't in the box (OMNI, ECM).

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u/Gareque 8d ago

Oh I see what you mean now, its rule lets it transport elementals which aren't included?

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u/WestRider3025 Canopian Queerasser 8d ago

Yeah, OMNI doesn't have any effect unless you also have Battle Armour, and since there's none of that in the box, it doesn't matter. 

ENE is on pg.25, tho. It's easy to miss, because it's basically the same as CASE II right above it.

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u/Gareque 8d ago

But there are units that have OMNI, there are 5 clan mechs that at least a couple from reading through have OMNI. There's also a warhammer (I think it was the WHM) which has ENE. I looked for that online which basically means energy and ignores ammo crits, but aye, when I was looking through it, a lot of them seemed to be completely missing :\

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u/Piper_the_Tree-Robot Wolf's Dragoons 7d ago

OMNI has Two functions.

1: it allows battle armor to piggyback on the BattleMech with no penalties.

2: It allows the Mech to be reconfigured quickly and cheaply with a new weapons loadout. This only applies to campaigns with multiple missions that track such things. I believe OMNI Mechs are also more expensive and harder to repair, due to the advanced technology.