A certain quaint little town on the river on October 16th 1859, but only after a quick jaunt to the year 2755 to pick up a freshly-built "Atlas" Assault-class BattleMech equipped with a full antipersonnel combat loadout
lol i was kinda thinking that but idk where you'd want to be situated for the best view... on top of some high point inside the walls, or by the batteries to see the Big Ass Cannon. ideally you'd want to be able to go anywhere so gotta dress as persian or tatar emissaries that none of the participants have a problem with