Hail Mechwarriors!

NBT administration has accepted your application for the following faction in the NBT-MWO league:

Draconis Combine Galedon MD

We will be providing you with the "keys" to your new faction later this week, after a league-wide meeting to be held in two sessions (for best geographic convenience):

Friday, 28 Aug 2015 12:00 GMT-7 (19:00 UTC)
Friday, 28 Aug 2015 21:00 GMT-7 (04:00 UTC)


These meetings will be held on NBT's TeamSpeak 3 server (voice.netbattletech.com) and will cover the same content:

* Description of the purpose, intent and expectations of NBT-MWO Alpha
* General discussion of NBT automation procedures and conduct of all teams in NBT
* A Question-And-Answer session where you may feel free to ask any questions you may still have about anything regarding NBT

NBT admin is handling initial setup for all NBT units, including initial 'Mech selection, industry and charge-station placement, and jumpship selection. However, in order to provide you with the 'Mech selection that best fits the 'Mechs available to your team members in Mechwarrior:Online at this time, we ask that you provide us with a "weighting" (on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is "most preferred" and 5 is "least preferred") for the following 'Mechs (grouped by class) that will make up your initial 'Mech allotment:

Firestarter FS9-H
Jenner JR7-D
Jenner JR7-F
Jenner JR7-K
Locust LCT-1E
Locust LCT-1V
Panther PNT-10K
Panther PNT-8Z
Panther PNT-9R
Spider SDR-5K
Spider SDR-5V

Cicada CDA-2A
Cicada CDA-2B
Cicada CDA-3C
Centurion CN9-A
Hunchback HBK-4G
Hunchback HBK-4H
Hunchback HBK-4J
Hunchback HBK-4P
Hunchback HBK-4SP
Trebuchet TBT-5N
Trebuchet TBT-7K
Trebuchet TBT-7M
Griffin GRF-1N
Griffin GRF-3M
Kintaro KTO-18
Kintaro KTO-20
Shadow Hawk SHD-2H
Shadow Hawk SHD-2K
Wolverine WVR-6K
Wolverine WVR-6R
Wolverine WVR-7K

Dragon DRG-1C
Dragon DRG-1N
Dragon DRG-5N
Quickdraw QKD-4G
Quickdraw QKD-4H
Quickdraw QKD-5K
Catapult CPLT-C1
Catapult CPLT-K2
JagerMech JM6-DD
JagerMech JM6-S
Thunderbolt TDR-5S
Thunderbolt TDR-9S
Grasshopper GHR-5H
Grasshopper GHR-5J
Grasshopper GHR-5N
Orion ON1-K

Awesome AWS-8Q
Awesome AWS-8R
Awesome AWS-8T
Awesome AWS-8V
Awesome AWS-9M
Victor VTR-9K
BattleMaster BLR-1G
BattleMaster BLR-3M
Stalker STK-3F
Stalker STK-3H
Stalker STK-4N
Stalker STK-5M
Banshee BNC-3E
Atlas AS7-D
Atlas AS7-K

Please respond to this email with these weightings (simply put a number between 1 and 5, inclusive, next to the 'Mech names above). Note that you do not need to perform this task, in which case you will be provided with the default distribution for your unit's initial 'Mech allotment.

There will be a period between the time you receive your unit's NBT automation login, and the time when attacks will commence (and the league starts for real) where you will be able to move your jumpships around your space (and only your space) in order to make any changes you like to your 'Mech and charge station placement. These movements will effectively be free of cost (we will likely just give every unit an absurd amount of c-bills during this time, and reset your account to its starting level before "flipping the switch" on the league), and will also give teams a chance to get familiar with the NBT automation interface and mechanics of force movements (and also give us a "soft launch" to work out any glaring bugs we may have missed, before they have a chance to wreak havoc with everyone's automation).

We are glad to welcome you to the NBT-MWO community, and proud to provide you with the best Mechwarrior league game experience possible!


Best regards,

Xavier
NBT League Administrator