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| − | |chassis=[[Endo Steel]] (unspecified)
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| − | |engine=225 XL
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| − | |armament=2x [[ER Medium Laser]]s
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| − | The exceptionally fast RD-1R '''''Roadrunner''''' is one of two [[BattleMech]]s introduced in [[FASA]]'s promotional [[1993 Update Flyer]] (the other being the TZ-1 ''[[Devil]]''), set around [[3055]]. Reportedly, they were observed by [[ROM]] operatives in the [[Clan Jade Falcon]] occupied zone. The existence of the ''Roadrunner'' remains unconfirmed (in the fashion of a [[Canon Rumor]]), while the ''Devil'' was apparently a misreporting and has since been confirmed as a variant of the ''[[Howler (Baboon)]]'', significantly lighter and somewhat slower than the reported TZ-1 ''Devil''.
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| − | ==Description==
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| − | Both the ''Roadrunner'' and the ''Devil'' were reported to be extremely fast and highly suitable for running down enemy scouts; the ''Roadrunner'' in particular was noted to also be ideally suited for swarming tactics which are normally shunned by the [[Clans]].
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| − | It was also noted that visually, the ''Roadrunner'' bears a vague resemblance to the ''[[Timber Wolf (Mad Cat)]]'', with the leg assembly of the ''[[Viper (Dragonfly)]]''. At 15 tons, the ''Roadrunner'' is only a fifth of the mass of the former and less than half the mass of the latter.
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| − | ==Weapons and Equipment==
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| − | The ''Roadrunner'' is armed with two [[ER Medium Laser]]s. The report places them both in the machine's right arm, while the image seems to suggest one is mounted in each arm.
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| − | ==Canonicity==
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| − | Technically, the 1993 Update Flyer meets all criteria for a [[canon]]ical product as laid out by the [[Line Developer]]. However, in typical FASA fashion the two new 'Mechs it featured were thinly veiled references to another intellectual property (the [[w:Looney Tunes|Looney Tunes]] characters of [[w:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wile_E._Coyote_and_Road_Runner|The Road Runner]] and [[w:Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes)|The Tasmanian Devil]]), and apparently pose a possible copyright problem for BattleTech. They have both been expressly declared [[apocryphal]] by the Line Developer.<ref>In an official ruling on the [[BattleTech Forum]] (link and content lost to the forum crash in early 2011)</ref> However, the design would resurface and be used by similar named 'Mech in [[Experimental Technical Readout: Republic, Volume 1]].
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| − | ==Bibliography==
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| − | *[[1993 Update Flyer]], pp. 6-7
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