The next Panther ’s PPC hit her square in the left torso. The damage notification flashed: ARMOR_LEFT_TORSO: 9998/9999 . She laughed—a sharp, hysterical bark.
> ADDRESS FOUND: LEG_MOVEMENT_MULTIPLIER = 1.0 cheat engine battletech
> NEW PARAMETER DETECTED: TIME_UNTIL_KERENSKY_RETURNS: 3050 (CURRENT) > EDIT VALUE? [Y/N] The next Panther ’s PPC hit her square in the left torso
> CURRENT STATS: > ARMOR_LEFT_ARM: 0/16 > WEAPON_MEDIUM_LASER_DAMAGE: 5 > HEAT_SINK_CAPACITY: 10 > ADDRESS FOUND: LEG_MOVEMENT_MULTIPLIER = 1
Leftenant Mira Solenne of the Federated Suns’ 3rd Ceti Hussars had a problem. Her Centurion was a tomb. After a brutal drop pod miscalculation, the ‘Mech’s right arm—the one carrying the autocannon—was a shredded mess of myomer and ceramite. Her LRM ammo was cooked off. All she had left was a single, flickering medium laser and two working hip actuators.
A coherent beam the width of a DropShip's engine exhaust lanced out. It didn't melt the Panther’s armor. It deleted it. The beam punched clean through the torso, out the other side, and carved a molten trench in the hillside behind. The Panther simply ceased to be a cohesive object, collapsing into two flaming halves.
> NEXT PARAMETER? ARMOR.