Ashley Watkins
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| Ashley Watkins | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Author |
| BattleTech forum handle | "Paint it Pink" |
| Homepage | panther6actual.blogspot.com |
Ashley Watkins (now Ashley Pollard) is a British writer who contributed to Technical Readout: 3055. She was also involved in the first number of GamesMaster International, writing the small BattleTech Campaign it included.
In addition to writing, Ashley was a cognitive behavioral therapist.
Technical Readout: 3055 Work
Per Ashley's blog, she takes credit for the following items in Technical Readout: 3055:
Full Text Entries Note that the units had model numbers in Ashley's draft
- BBN-1V Baboon (Howler)
- BEH-0M3 Behemoth (Stone Rhino)
- GRF-3BN Griffin (Griffin IIC)
- GSH-0VK Goshawk (Vapor Eagle)
- KKN-5N Kraken (Bane)
- MTD-0R Matador (became the Phoenix Hawk IIC)
- LCT-3WU Locust (Locust IIC)
- MAD-4R Marauder (Marauder IIC)
- PER-G1N Peregrine (Horned Owl)
- RFL-6LP Rifleman (Rifleman IIC)
- SHD-3J Shadow Hawk (Shadow Hawk IIC)
- VPR-0S1 Viper (Black Python)
- VXN-2S Vixen (Incubus)
- WHM-9U Warhammer (Warhammer IIC)
- WVR-6MU Hellhound (Conjurer)
Ashley has also described her design philosophy:
| “ | My design philosophy at the time (even now) is to design mechs which over heat slowly, and as they take damage, degrade gracefully. This suits my style of play. I'm not a frother who likes to overheat a mech for one extra shot on the enemy which ends up shutting down your mech. | ” |
Notes
- Ashley believes that the game developers changed the rules for the Targeting Computer interaction with pulse lasers because of some of her designs. She incorrectly attributes the change to Herbert A. Beas II when he was Line Developer, whereas the rule change actually happened during Randall N. Bills' stint in that position.
See also
- Author's Blogspot
- BattleTech-related works by Ashley Watkins