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Jaochim von Heldenberg

Jaochim von Heldenberg
Character Profile
Died 3135
Affiliation Lyran Commonwealth
Profession Leutnant


History[edit]

Leutnant Jaochim von Heldenberg (see Notes below) was a MechWarrior who piloted his Zeus, Dortmund, in the first live-fire test of Project Icicle, a Lyran Commonwealth technology project. The live-fire test failed spectacularly, killing all nearby personnel including Von Heldenberg.

It is suspected that a technician made a mistake under fire and failed to correctly attach a coolant hose that would have replenished coolant from a support vehicle. When the Icicle system flushed all coolant from the 'Mech, it thus failed to reacquire new coolant and the 'Mech reached above-critical heat levels, which led to an ammunition explosion.[1]

BattleMech[edit]

He piloted a Zeus named Dortmund, outfitted with half the normal complement of heat sinks to facilitate testing.[1]

Notes[edit]

  • The first name ("Jaochim") is stated only once in the report about the incident. It may be a misspelling of the German name "Joachim". (There are some other spelling errors in the document, too.)

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 3135 PDA Journals, p. 64: "07 July 3135"

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