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| + | '''Orca''' may refer to: |
− | {{InfoBoxBattleMech
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− | | image = Orca.jpg
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− | | name = Orca
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− | | manufacturer = "Minnesota MechWorks"
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− | | model =
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− | | class = "Dreadnaught"
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− | | cost = ?
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− | | mass = 200
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− | | chassis = "Wolverine Dreadnought Type XX"
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− | | armor = "Bioforge Delta Zulu"
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− | | engine = 400
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− | | speed = 32.4
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− | | armament=
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− | * [[Sniper Artillery Piece]]
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− | * 2 x [[ER PPC]]s
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− | * [[LRM-20]]
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− | * [[Gauss Rifle]]
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− | * [[ER Large Laser]]
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− | * [[SRM-6]]
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− | * Anti-personnell laser
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− | | BV (1.0) = ?
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− | | BV (2.0) = ?
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− | }}
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− | ==Description==
| + | * [[Orca (BattleMech)|''Orca'' (BattleMech)]], the 200-ton superheavy BattleMech |
− | The '''''Orca''''' is a super-heavy [[BattleMech]] allegedly built and deployed by [[Clan Wolverine]], the not-named Clan.
| + | * [[Orca (Individual Intruder-class DropShip)|''Orca'' (Individual Intruder-class DropShip)]], Wolf's Dragoons DropShip |
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− | ==Canonicity==
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− | The '''Project Omega''' document was an [[w:April Fools|April Fools joke]] by [[Dave McCulloch]] and [[Warner Doles (person)|Warner Doles]] uploaded to the official classicbattletech.com site. Pertaining to be an official [[Technical Readout]]-style document within the [[BattleTech]] universe (a report within [[Word of Blake]]), it described the super-heavy ''Orca''-class BattleMech, complete with combat history and variants.
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− | Although clearly marked as non-canonical, the design gained notoriety among fans similar to the ''[[Gausszilla]]''. Within the document it was classified as a "Dreadnought"; 'Mechs massing above 100 tons are otherwise known as [[:Category:Colossal BattleMechs|Colossal]] or [[:Category:Superheavy BattleMechs|Superheavy]] 'Mechs.
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− | The ''Orca'' name has been semi-canonized in Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere, with the mention that prior to the development of the [[Poseidon (BattleMech)|''Poseidon'']] tripod super heavy mech, the [[Republic of the Sphere]] built a prototype super heavy mech named the ''Orca'' that heavily inspired the ''Poseidon''. Described as a lumbering biped derived from the [[Omega (BattleMech)|''Omega'']] that was mothballed after shortly after its prototype models were produced, the appearance and unit specifications of this Republic ''Orca'' prototype design are currently unknown.<ref name=TRO3145RotS-44>''Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere'', p. 44 "PSD-V2 Poseidon"</ref>
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− | ==Variants==
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− | The ''Orca'' as presented does not appear to be an Omni design.
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− | *One variant exchanges the artillery piece for a quartet of rotary gauss guns, "deadly against light vehicles".
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− | *The other variant exchanges the artillery piece for two more ER PPCs plus heat sinks.
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− | ==References==
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− | <references/>
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− | ==Bibliography==
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− | *[http://www.classicbattletech.com/downloads/ProjectOmegaAprilFoolsJoke.pdf Project Omega] for download from classicbattletech.com
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− | *''[[Technical Readout: 3145]]''
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− | *''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere]]''
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− | [[Category: Superheavy BattleMechs|Orca]]
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− | [[Category: 200 ton BattleMechs|Orca]]
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− | [[Category:April Fools Products]]
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