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Line 33: Quickly recognizing the need for transportation for the newly invented war machines, the [[Terran Hegemony]] Naval Department came up with the stopgap idea of taking a preexisting cargo ship and converting it into a 'Mech Hauler, selecting the ''Manatee'' due to its compact size and robust systems. First deployed against the forces of [[House Davion]]'s [[4th Avalon Hussars]] on [[Kentares IV|Kentares]] in [[2449]], at first the ''Manatee'' and the 'Mechs they carried successfully struck at the enemy, proving the value of new 'Mech technology. However the Hussars discovered while the BattleMech was hard to combat, the ''Manatee'' was relatively lightly armed and armored, and began targeting and shooting them down, eliminating their 'Mechs before landing. The 'Mech-carrying ''Manatee'' was quickly retired, though its basic form would serve to inspire the creation of all 'Mech carriers that followed, most notably the [[Star League era]] ''[[Confederate]]''.<ref name="TRO:3026Rp108+">''Technical Readout: 3026 Revised'', pp. 108-109, "Manatee Ship Profile"</ref> Quickly recognizing the need for transportation for the newly invented war machines, the [[Terran Hegemony]] Naval Department came up with the stopgap idea of taking a preexisting cargo ship and converting it into a 'Mech Hauler, selecting the ''Manatee'' due to its compact size and robust systems. First deployed against the forces of [[House Davion]]'s [[4th Avalon Hussars]] on [[Kentares IV|Kentares]] in [[2449]], at first the ''Manatee'' and the 'Mechs they carried successfully struck at the enemy, proving the value of new 'Mech technology. However the Hussars discovered while the BattleMech was hard to combat, the ''Manatee'' was relatively lightly armed and armored, and began targeting and shooting them down, eliminating their 'Mechs before landing. The 'Mech-carrying ''Manatee'' was quickly retired, though its basic form would serve to inspire the creation of all 'Mech carriers that followed, most notably the [[Star League era]] ''[[Confederate]]''.<ref name="TRO:3026Rp108+">''Technical Readout: 3026 Revised'', pp. 108-109, "Manatee Ship Profile"</ref> − − By [[3080]] the ''Manatee'' was nevertheless still being built by [[Bordello Military Goods, Inc.]] in [[Antwerp]].<ref name=OB:Pp31>''Objectives: Periphery'', p. 31, "Bordello Military Goods, Inc."</ref> == Armament == == Armament ==
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Quickly recognizing the need for transportation for the newly invented war machines, the [[Terran Hegemony]] Naval Department came up with the stopgap idea of taking a preexisting cargo ship and converting it into a 'Mech Hauler, selecting the ''Manatee'' due to its compact size and robust systems. First deployed against the forces of [[House Davion]]'s [[4th Avalon Hussars]] on [[Kentares IV|Kentares]] in [[2449]], at first the ''Manatee'' and the 'Mechs they carried successfully struck at the enemy, proving the value of new 'Mech technology. However the Hussars discovered while the BattleMech was hard to combat, the ''Manatee'' was relatively lightly armed and armored, and began targeting and shooting them down, eliminating their 'Mechs before landing. The 'Mech-carrying ''Manatee'' was quickly retired, though its basic form would serve to inspire the creation of all 'Mech carriers that followed, most notably the [[Star League era]] ''[[Confederate]]''.<ref name="TRO:3026Rp108+">''Technical Readout: 3026 Revised'', pp. 108-109, "Manatee Ship Profile"</ref> | Quickly recognizing the need for transportation for the newly invented war machines, the [[Terran Hegemony]] Naval Department came up with the stopgap idea of taking a preexisting cargo ship and converting it into a 'Mech Hauler, selecting the ''Manatee'' due to its compact size and robust systems. First deployed against the forces of [[House Davion]]'s [[4th Avalon Hussars]] on [[Kentares IV|Kentares]] in [[2449]], at first the ''Manatee'' and the 'Mechs they carried successfully struck at the enemy, proving the value of new 'Mech technology. However the Hussars discovered while the BattleMech was hard to combat, the ''Manatee'' was relatively lightly armed and armored, and began targeting and shooting them down, eliminating their 'Mechs before landing. The 'Mech-carrying ''Manatee'' was quickly retired, though its basic form would serve to inspire the creation of all 'Mech carriers that followed, most notably the [[Star League era]] ''[[Confederate]]''.<ref name="TRO:3026Rp108+">''Technical Readout: 3026 Revised'', pp. 108-109, "Manatee Ship Profile"</ref> | ||
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