Cyclops Lore and Blueprint

Cyclops Lore and Blueprint
Short story by Randall N. Bills
First Publication
Published	16 May 2016
Published in	MechWarrior Online Legends
Publisher	Piranha Games Inc.
Chronology
Era	Succession Wars era
Timeline	29 May 3039
Series
MWO Hero 'Mech Lore series
Viper Lore and Blueprint   Night Gyr Lore and Blueprint

Cyclops Lore and Blueprint is a short story by Randall N. Bills published for MechWarrior Online Legends' Hero 'Mech Lore series in MWO's public internet forum.

Canonicity

MechWarrior Online Legends as such does not fall under the current criteria for canon.

Written by Randall N. Bills, who at the time was also the incumbent mainline BattleTech Line Developer at Catalyst Game Labs, the fiction accompanying the MWO Hero 'Mechs was expressly declared fully canonical for a time. This ruling was however reversed in January 2025 through another express Line Developer ruling by Bills' successor Ray Arrastia. As a result, these short stories must therefore be considered apocryphal.

Plot Summary

The story narrates part of an engagement between the Eridani Light Horse and the Fourth Proserpina Hussars, on Fellanin II during the War of 3039, from the perspective of Major Ariana Winston in her personal BattleMech Sleipnir.

Featured Characters

• Major Ariana Winston
• Captain Delphi Jacob
• Colonel Charles Winston (mentioned)
• Captain Clarissa

Featured Units

• Twenty-first Striker Regiment
• Seventy-first Light Horse Regiment
• Fourth Proserpina Hussars

Featured Places

• Fellanin II

Featured BattleTech

BattleMechs

• CP-S Cyclops "Sleipnir"
• Wasp
• Awesome (mentioned)
• Stalker (mentioned)

Notes

• This apocryphal short story was posted on the MechWarrior Online Legends forum (link to archived copy of original entry/announcement)