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==Canonicity==
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This weapon was featured in an official [[BattleTech]] product, namely the ''[[MechAssault]]'' series of computer games.<ref name="MS2ump22">''MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf user manual'', p. 22, "Missile Weapons"</ref><ref name="MSPMump26">''MechAssault: Phantom War user manual'', p. 26, "Missile Weapons"</ref>
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By virtue of being an official albeit not positively canonical product, the game expansion and the weapons and equipment presented therein including this one must be considered [[apocryphal]].
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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
The Crossbow SRM is a weapon that featured exclusively in the ''[[MechAssault]]'' series of videogames. Not much is known about it, but it is a reasonable assumption that the Crossbow is merely just a model or brand of [[SRM]] launcher, and the [[Javelin LRM]] might be the same case, being not in fact a unique weapon, but merely a model or brand of [[LRM]] launcher.
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The Crossbow SRM is a version of the venerable [[SRM]] created early in the Jihad featuring improved heat-seeking capabilities.<ref name="MSump7">''MechAssault user manual'', p. 7, "Missile Weapons"</ref> Crossbows are the standard short-range missile used by most of the BattleMechs in this series. BattleMechs may have up to 4 Crossbows in their arsenal. Unlike their long-range counterpart ([[Javelin LRM]]), these missiles reload and fire rapidly while doing less damage per missile. It is worth noting that these missiles can be upgraded to fire a 2x or 3x volley per shot, which increases their usefulness over the [[Javelin LRM]] at close range.
  
Until the Crossbow SRM or Javelin LRM appear in another source which clarifies this, none of the information presently available is useful for anything beyond vague speculation and deduction.
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==References==
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
 
* ''[[MechAssault]]''
 
* ''[[MechAssault]]''
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* ''[[MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf]]''
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* ''[[MechAssault: Phantom War]]''
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[[Category:Apocryphal Weapons]]

Latest revision as of 06:06, 26 March 2019


Canonicity[edit]

This weapon was featured in an official BattleTech product, namely the MechAssault series of computer games.[1][2]

By virtue of being an official albeit not positively canonical product, the game expansion and the weapons and equipment presented therein including this one must be considered apocryphal.

Description[edit]

The Crossbow SRM is a version of the venerable SRM created early in the Jihad featuring improved heat-seeking capabilities.[3] Crossbows are the standard short-range missile used by most of the BattleMechs in this series. BattleMechs may have up to 4 Crossbows in their arsenal. Unlike their long-range counterpart (Javelin LRM), these missiles reload and fire rapidly while doing less damage per missile. It is worth noting that these missiles can be upgraded to fire a 2x or 3x volley per shot, which increases their usefulness over the Javelin LRM at close range.

References[edit]

  1. MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf user manual, p. 22, "Missile Weapons"
  2. MechAssault: Phantom War user manual, p. 26, "Missile Weapons"
  3. MechAssault user manual, p. 7, "Missile Weapons"

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