Question, if the Solaris VII entry fee is 5,000 c-bills, and the non-wealthy only have 500, how are they going to enter to compete?

Just a little Q. Unless there is a third money-pool for mech-based stuff. Which is what I'm wanting to look at.

Additional: Assuming my wealth 1 (10,000) is this in addition to the 500? (10,500), or simply 10k? Secondly, you assume we have clothes and an apartment, are these "Free" so to speak, or do you expect we pay for them?

EDIT: Fourthly, how do we calculate our per-cycle upkeep expenses? Those assault mechs don't maintenance themselves.

I'll give you the repair costs after the matches in an itemized bill, you can opt not to pay something, or go into dept to a bank. My charachter took out a $1,000,000 Loan against the value of his mech to start up his stable and will be paying your entrance fee for the match. unless you want to take out a loan and pay it for yourself.

Right, well that works. Thanks for clarifying. ;)

I've put the character sheet in the appropriate format. I'll buy equipment later, but right now, I've got questions as to forming Tillie's history...

I'm terribly ignorant of the way Houses do things, particularly House Kurita. Is it possible that a House Kurita soldier could go to the arena with a ComStar-supplied BattleMech and not have it be a bad thing AND make sense? If Tillie's name needs to be changed just to make it work, I don't mind at all.

Well, AB... ComStar is more of a religious-fanatical communications monopoly. Sure, they've got the comguards, with lostech mechs and C3 computers, but they'd never lend them to anyone.

Even during the clan invasions, nobody knew the comguards had what they did until they won the day on Tukkayid, ending the invasion. They're a neutral party mostly. Granted, they pissed off a lot of the major houses by doing this, but being the sole corporation with knowlege of how HPGs work, to mess with ComStar is to be cut off from the rest of the galaxy.

So, I doubt you'd manage it (Unless I'm missing something, SC probably knows more Inner-Sphere fluff than I do. I'm a clanner myself.). Surely house Kurita would have their own mechs? A Victor is generally a House Davion mech, so perhaps you got it as salvage in an engagement with them?

There we go. Now all I need to do is hit the shoppy shop for stuffy stuff.

JAD, can I take a loan out to add to my wealth and shiat?

http://d21c.com/walpurgis9/lurid5/part1/0020.gif Sure. http://d21c.com/walpurgis9/lurid5/part2/0100.gif

Ahhh, Crawly/Crowley, where would we be without you?

Equipment:

A/F Body Suit ($800)
Large Caliber Pistol ($200)
50x .45 Ammo ($250)
Vibroblade ($100)
LR Personal Communicator ($200)
Respirator ($50)
Deluxe Field Kit ($100)