I screwed up the recording of this episode and there was no game audio. I decided to throw it up as a bonus weekend episode. It takes place between episodes 22 (thursday) and 23 (friday). MechWarrior 5: Mercencaries is a real-time combat, battlemech simulator with rpg elements based on the Battletech tabletop franchise. At the time of writing this (9 aug 2020) the game is still an epic exclusive although a steam launch is in the near future. The game itself supports modding with the developers making the entire Unreal Engine tool kit available for modders. The Epic store now also supports modding and while most MechWarrior mods are still on NexusMods.com there are a handfull available on the Epic store. We are playing with Merc Tech game overhaul which is availble on Epic and NexusMods.Merc Tech includes a Mechlab that allows changing engines, cooling, internal structure, armor, and gyros. It has a full crit system, different ammo and firing mods, as well as additional weapon variation. One of my favorite additions from the mod is heat effects including slowing the mech down, shutdowns, and ammo explosions for you and the AI alike.I plan on this being a longish term playthrough of the game (more than one month) released Mon-Fri. I will be avoiding story missions and skipping through story dialogue while treating the game as a sandbox career mode. #merctech, #mechwarriormods, #battletech ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUjADTH3FmI