Orchid XP v2 nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2005-06-02 14:54:
> Just out of curiosity... what *is* a "mech"? Seem to be quite a few 
> posts on this NG that mention them.
In the present case, a mech is a shorthand for "Mechwarior" in a game named
Battletech.
They are gient, piloted, vaguely humanoid battle machines. Most are bipedal, but some
are 
quadrupedal. They are equiped with a variety of SF weapons like laser and particle
pulse beams. They 
can also have rockets, some canons and possibly machin guns. One is even equiped with
a mighty axe!
The original game was played with pen, paper and miniatures. There exist some
computer, real time 
adaptations.

Alain

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