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Line 22: | conditions = Normal | conditions = Normal }} }} − '''Operation PROMETHEUS''' was the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]'s successful attempt to steal [[BattleMech]] technology from the [[Terran Hegemony]]. − ==Overview==+ [[Colonel]] [[Simon Kelswa]] leads 25 [[Lyran Commonwealth]] Special Forces troops to steal BattleMech plans from the [[Terran Hegemony]] factory on [[Hesperus II]].{{cn}} − First seeing action in [[2443]], the Terran Hegemony's superweapon, the ''[[Mackie]]'', was a rude shock to the entire [[Inner Sphere]]. Realizing the awesome power of the BattleMech, then-[[Archon]] [[Katherine Steiner]] ordered her newly-created [[Lyran Intelligence Corps]] to make securing its plans a top priority.<ref name=HSLCp17>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 17</ref> − Even though one of the Hegemony's primary 'Mech manufacturing plants, [[Defiance Industries]], was located on the jointly held world of [[Hesperus II]], after six years of repeated attempts to infiltrate the Hesperus plant, the Lyran Intelligence Corps was never able to get more than one agent on the inside. The agent failed to acquire the ''Mackie'' schematics but did acquire maps and pictures of the assembly lines. By this time Katherine Steiner's son [[Alistair Steiner|Alistair]] was an officer of the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] and commander of an elite commando unit, developing a daring raid to seize the information directly from the factory's computers. Ultimately his unit was called elsewhere and the operation was shelved.<ref name=HSLCp17/>+ The operation was considered a success with the Lyran Commonwealth acquiring technical specifications to build the Hegemony's ''[[Mackie]]'' which ultimately provided inspiration for entirely new designs such as the ''[[Ymir]]''.<ref name=XTROPv5YM>''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 5'', p. 8 "BWP-X1 ''Ymir'' 'Mech Profile"</ref> − After his mother retired in [[2445]] and Alistair became the new Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth, increasing losses to both the [[Draconis Combine]] and [[Free Worlds League]] due to [[Social General|lackluster and incompetent senior officer]]s among the LCAF led him to revisit the long-ago-planned raid as a means to turn the tide in the [[Age of War]]. [[Colonel ]][[Simon Kelswa]] would use the acquired maps and pictures to lead twenty-five Lyran commandos to specifically steal the ''Mackie'' plans.<ref name=HSLCp18>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 18</ref>+ In the aftermath of Operation PROMETHEUS, the Terran Hegemony responded by initiating plans to significantly expand their BattleMech forces with new designs since they knew it would not be long until copies of their ''Mackie'' appeared on every border. The result was the [[HAF]] expanding their BattleMech forces even further with new 'Mechs like the ''[[Archer]]'', ''[[Griffin]]'', and ''[[Orion]]''.<ref name=XTROPv5ON>''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 5'', p. 7 "ON1-H ''Orion'' 'Mech Profile"</ref> − − Launched on 7 February [[2455]], the mission was a success, allowing the Lyran Commonwealth to be the first [[Great House|House]] outside of the [[House Cameron|Cameron]]s to have BattleMech technology.<ref name=HSLCp18/> They acquired the technical specifications to build the Hegemony's ''Mackie'' which ultimately provided inspiration for entirely new designs such as the ''[[Ymir]]''.<ref name=XTROPv5YM>''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 5'', p. 8</ref> − − In the aftermath of Operation PROMETHEUS, the Terran Hegemony responded by initiating plans to significantly expand their BattleMech forces with new designs since they knew it would not be long until copies of their ''Mackie'' appeared on every border. The result was the [[Hegemony Armed Forces]] expanding their BattleMech forces even further with new 'Mechs like the ''[[Archer]]'', ''[[Griffin]]'', and ''[[Orion]]''.<ref name=XTROPv5ON>''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 5'', p. 7</ref> − − ==Notes== − * Though some BattleTech sources such as ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]'' and ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 1]]'' mentioned the [[AsRoc]] as being involved in Operation PROMETHEUS, Catalyst later retconned their involvement entirely, stating that despite what other sources may have said, the RWR had no involvement, and that the Lyrans carried out the operation on their own.<ref>The original thread was found in [https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=1718.0 this thread] on the forums</ref> ==References== ==References== Line 41:
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| − | + | The operation was considered a success with the Lyran Commonwealth acquiring technical specifications to build the Hegemony's ''[[Mackie]]'' which ultimately provided inspiration for entirely new designs such as the ''[[Ymir]]''.<ref name=XTROPv5YM>''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 5'', p. 8 "BWP-X1 ''Ymir'' 'Mech Profile"</ref> | |
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