Talk:Black Knight

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Word of Blake

Should this fall under WoB category as well? Just look at the Fall of Terra cover. ClanWolverine101

It would have to be referenced somewhere that is is a Blakist 'Mech. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 12:14, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Let me clarify : I believe sufficient circumstantial evidence exists that the Black Knight was used by WoB in significant numbers, even if they weren't actually building new Black Knights. Does that work? ClanWolverine101

The optimist in me wants to say 'yes', especially to such a useful Editor such as yourself. But, as Frabby made clear recently on another issue, we really need to restrict ourselves to 'reporting' rather than 'deciphering'. Rather simply put, if someone disagrees with your analysis and you don't have the straight, cold facts to back it, it detracts from the value of the work.

I'd ask you: would such analysis fit better into a discussion on a forum or maybe an essay? Or is this something you can state simply in one of our articles, with a reference (or two)? Are you saying 'significant' as defined by just you or does a source (character, in-universe report, etc.) say that? In the last question, the former would be analysis, the latter would be reported. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 20:15, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Regarding the Forums, I've looked at them and imho, they aren't much use to the Sarna.net project, at least not at this time. I may look at using the essays, however.

My evidence to support my point is this : First, the ComGuard (circa Tukayid) was built overwhelmingly from Star League-era mechs. (I could cite the Tukayyid scenario pack among other sources as evidence.) Second, the WoB militia, at least during its early years, was formed entirely from mechs taken from the ComGuard. (Later, obviously, they would begin building their own exclusive designs en masse.) Third, the Fall of Terra scenario pack makes clear the WoB Militia was still using Star League era mechs predominantly. (It doesn't really address specific designs at length.) Fourth, on the cover of Fall of Terra, we see a WoB Black Knight predominantly pictured. In my mind, this is conclusive, but perhaps I'm not interpreting the faction categories properly? ClanWolverine101