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	The best known design to result from this is the ''[[Rattlesnake]]'', which was based on the ''[[Jenner]]'' and was designed by Dr. [[Robert Madson (31st c.)|Robert Madson]].<ref name=S9/>		The best known design to result from this is the ''[[Rattlesnake]]'', which was based on the ''[[Jenner]]'' and was designed by Dr. [[Robert Madson (31st c.)|Robert Madson]].<ref name=S9/>
−	The idea was to achieve a two-fold effect: On the battlefield, the upgraded designs were superior combatants compared to the base models. They could surprise unwary opponents who had mistaken them for the base models and underestimated their capabilities. Beyond this tactical advantage, the ''Rattlesnake'' was also at the same time used on a strategic level to mislead the [[Draconis Combine]]. While only small numbers were built, they were deployed in such a way as to suggest they existed in much larger numbers, while exaggerated information about their existence was purposefully leaked.<ref>While the article and accompanying short story in ''BattleTechnology'', Issue #21, is technically apocryphal, canonically it was mentioned that the ''Rattlesnake'' was deployed in MIIO black ops and an unspecified magazine article was mentioned that "was mostly true, including the ''Masakari'', but there were a few... edits" with the implication that this had been a deliberate leak of misleading information based in true events.</ref> This was meant to lure the Combine into wasting time and resources on trying to find out more about the new design, and create doubt in enemy soldiers about the true capabilities of every ''Jenner'' deployed against them (as it could be a much more fearsome ''Rattlesnake'').<ref name=VG/>	+	The idea was to achieve a two-fold effect: Superior combatants compared to the base models, the upgraded designs could surprise unwary opponents who had mistaken them for the base models and underestimated their capabilities. Beyond this tactical advantage on the battlefield, the ''Rattlesnake'' was also at the same time used to strategically mislead the [[Draconis Combine]]. While only small numbers were built, they were deployed in such a way as to suggest they existed in much larger numbers, while exaggerated information about their existence was purposefully leaked.<ref>While the article in ''BattleTechnology'', Issue #21, is technically apocryphal, canonically it was mentioned that the ''Rattlesnake'' was deployed in MIIO black ops and an unspecified magazine article was mentioned that "was mostly true, including the ''Masakari'', but there were a few... edits" with the implication that the article was a deliberate leak of misleading information based in true events.</ref> This was meant to lure the Combine into wasting time and resources on trying to find out more about the new design, and create doubt in enemy soldiers about the true capabilities of every ''Jenner'' deployed against them (as it could be a much more fearsome ''Rattlesnake'').<ref name=VG/>
−	It was said that the results of Project Trapdoor had been debatable; the project had already been discontinued by [[3049]]<ref name=S9/> and ended no later than [[3052]] following the [[Clan Invasion]]<ref name=VG/>.	+	It was said that the results of Project Trapdoor had been debatable; the project had already beem discontinued by [[3049]]<ref name=S9/> and ended no later than [[3052]] following the [[Clan Invasion]]<ref name=VG/>. The modified Trapdoor 'Mechs continued to be used, and most were destroyed in combat over the next thirty years and only a few survived into the [[Jihad era]].<ref name=S9/>
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−	The modified Trapdoor 'Mechs continued to be used, implicitly still under a veil of secrecy. Most were destroyed in combat over the next thirty years and only a few survived into the [[Jihad era]].<ref name=S9/> Because of the overall secrecy surrounding Project Trapdoor, with only carefully crafted information being leaked (rooted in fact but designed to mislead and deceive), as of [[3084]] the ''Rattlesnake'' in particular was widely believed to be just an urban legend.<ref name=VG/>
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'''Project Trapdoor''' was a joint top secret [[MIIO]]-[[LIC]] project begun in [[3042]] following the sobering outcome of the [[War of 3039]].<ref name=S9>''Rattlesnake II'' writeup in ''Shrapnel'', Issue #9, pp. 53-55</ref> Its aim was to upgrade existing, well-known [[BattleMech]] designs with newly rediscovered technologies from the [[Helm Memory Core]] for superior performance without significantly altering their appearance in the process, to the point where enemy sensors would not pick up the modifications.<ref name=VG>''Vengeance Games'', part 2 (in ''Shrapnel'', Issue #7)</ref><ref name=S9/> The best known design to result from this is the ''[[Rattlesnake]]'', which was based on the ''[[Jenner]]'' and was designed by Dr. [[Robert Madson (31st c.)|Robert Madson]].<ref name=S9/> The idea was to achieve a two-fold effect: Superior combatants compared to the base models, the upgraded designs could surprise unwary opponents who had mistaken them for the base models and underestimated their capabilities. Beyond this tactical advantage on the battlefield, the ''Rattlesnake'' was also at the same time used to strategically mislead the [[Draconis Combine]]. While only small numbers were built, they were deployed in such a way as to suggest they existed in much larger numbers, while exaggerated information about their existence was purposefully leaked.<ref>While the article in ''BattleTechnology'', Issue #21, is technically apocryphal, canonically it was mentioned that the ''Rattlesnake'' was deployed in MIIO black ops and an unspecified magazine article was mentioned that "was mostly true, including the ''Masakari'', but there were a few... edits" with the implication that the article was a deliberate leak of misleading information based in true events.</ref> This was meant to lure the Combine into wasting time and resources on trying to find out more about the new design, and create doubt in enemy soldiers about the true capabilities of every ''Jenner'' deployed against them (as it could be a much more fearsome ''Rattlesnake'').<ref name=VG/> It was said that the results of Project Trapdoor had been debatable; the project had already beem discontinued by [[3049]]<ref name=S9/> and ended no later than [[3052]] following the [[Clan Invasion]]<ref name=VG/>. The modified Trapdoor 'Mechs continued to be used, and most were destroyed in combat over the next thirty years and only a few survived into the [[Jihad era]].<ref name=S9/> ==Bibliography== *''[[BattleTechnology]]'', Issue #21 *''[[Shrapnel (magazine)]]'', Issue #9, ''[[Rattlesnake II]]'' writeup *''[[Vengeance Games]]'' ==References== <references /> [[Category: Covert Operations]] [[Category:Science and Technology Events]]

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