An Eva is not a mech unfortunately... ::: They are giant beings restrained by the armor they are inside of and mentally synchronized with their pilot. :::

diesel guzzling? I thought battletech mechs used fusion reactors, unless they changed that at some point?

I know that. If I were 1% less lazy, I would have a 10k+-word essay on Eva up right now.

nope, still fusion reactors i'm guessing whoever made the meme is only vaguely aware of battletech

I think people's favorite is whatever they grew up with. I played a lot of MechWarrior 2 as a kid. Give me the stompybois.

Jokes on you. I’m Horus-pilled and my favorite mech media is… Lancer

Just happened to wrap up a lancer campaign today.

You are right, fusion reactors are used. They overheat so hard that their fucking ammo cooks off even if it is stored in the extremities, i do not want to stand anywhere near a diesel-powered Mech, or even worse, pilot one when it fires a PPC Salvo.

Yes, most mechs have fusion reactors, but there are certain types of mechs (generally called "primitive") which may use internal-combustion engines.

To be fair they have general vibe of being diesel-powered even if they actually aren't Although it'd be funny if the fuel they were fusing was diesel

Honestly if that was the lore of a Horus frame I think it would fit in

Now we just need to spoiler the picture because it shows the Eva with half its armor missing.

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I mean they are in the setting but rarely used. Unless going by the start of the blackout age not ever really mentioned

Or only read the republic/blackout media

Alternative that one of my pilots shared the other day [![][1]][1] [1]:https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/72122ec02c95.png

Scythe is diesel powered mechs. Battletech uses fusion. Their issue is heat management.

No love for armored core?

>diesel Awesome-8Q fires single PPC salvo >Pilot immediately asphyxiates from exhaust

I think is cause the *style* more than the actual tech that it has.