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On 24 June, 2009, it was announced that [[Catalyst Game Labs]] had secured the permissions needed to utilize the original "unseen" artwork for these designs again. | On 24 June, 2009, it was announced that [[Catalyst Game Labs]] had secured the permissions needed to utilize the original "unseen" artwork for these designs again. | ||
| − | However, shortly after the newly released, the [[BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction]] PDF was pull from circulation. [[Randall Bills]] made statement on Catalyst Game Labs' website on August 10th, 2009. A statement issued, announcing that there was an error made in reading court documents. That original 12 unseen imagines were again pulled from circulation and remain unseen.<ref>[http://battletech.catalystgamelabs.com/2009/08/10/sometimes-things-just-dont-go-as-we-want-them-to/| | + | However, shortly after the newly released, the [[BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction]] PDF was pull from circulation. [[Randall Bills]] made statement on Catalyst Game Labs' website on August 10th, 2009. A statement issued, announcing that there was an error made in reading court documents. That original 12 unseen imagines were again pulled from circulation and remain unseen.<ref>[http://battletech.catalystgamelabs.com/2009/08/10/sometimes-things-just-dont-go-as-we-want-them-to/|Randall Bills announcements 8/10/2009 return of the unseens was error]</ref> |
The Unseen 'Mechs, and their origins, are: | The Unseen 'Mechs, and their origins, are: | ||
Revision as of 07:47, 11 August 2009
The Unseen is a term used for some of the first BattleMech designs from the original game. These designs, longtime favorites of BattleTech fans, were based on mecha found in the Japanese anime series' Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Fang of the Sun Dougram and Crusher Joe.
Legal difficulties prohibited FASA from displaying any more pictures depicting these 'Mechs, although they were often freely mentioned in novels and books, and their rules remained legal. Thus, these 'Mechs remained unseen until the publication of Technical Readout: Project Phoenix, which presented "redesigns", allowing them to be used freely once again.
On 24 June, 2009, it was announced that Catalyst Game Labs had secured the permissions needed to utilize the original "unseen" artwork for these designs again.
However, shortly after the newly released, the BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction PDF was pull from circulation. Randall Bills made statement on Catalyst Game Labs' website on August 10th, 2009. A statement issued, announcing that there was an error made in reading court documents. That original 12 unseen imagines were again pulled from circulation and remain unseen.[1]
The Unseen 'Mechs, and their origins, are:
From Crusher Joe
From Macross
- VF-1 Valkyrie
This 'Mech from the Super Dimension Fortress Macross series normally transformed into the three combat modes recognized in BattleTech by Land Air 'Mechs. Within the BattleTech game this one vehicle was split into distinct non-transformable 'Mechs models and LAM models. The LAMs, true to their artistic origin, could transform into aerospace fighter, hybrid and 'Mech mode.
- Stinger
- Stinger LAM - LAM model of above, illustrated in LAM or Hybrid mode
- Wasp
- Wasp LAM - LAM model of above illustrated in LAM or Hybrid mode
- Valkyrie
- Phoenix Hawk - VF-1S with FAST Packs
- Phoenix Hawk LAM - LAM model of above illustrated in LAM or Hybrid mode
- Crusader - Armored VF-1A
- Zentraedi "Regult" Tactical Battle Pod
- MBR-07-Mk II Spartan Main Battle Robot
- MBR-04-Mk VI Tomahawk Main Battle Robot
- MBR-04-Mk X Defender Anti-Aircraft Defense Robot
- SDR-04-Mk XII Phalanx Space Defense Robot
- Zentraedi "Glaug" Officer's Battle Pod
From Dougram
- Dougram
- H8 Roundfacer
- F35C Blizzard Gunner
- T10B Blockhead
- F4X Hasty
- F44A Crab Gunner
- HT128 Bigfoot