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Medium laser
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Production information
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Type |
Energy (direct fire)
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Tech Base |
Inner Sphere (IS)
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Year Introduced
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IS = 2290 TA[1]
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Year Extinction
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Clan = 2850
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Technology Rating
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C
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Availability Ratings
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B/B/B
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Technical specifications
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Heat
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3
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Damage
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5
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Minimum Range
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n/a
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Short Range
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1-3
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Medium Range
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4-6
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Long Range
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7-9
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Tons
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1
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Mass
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1000 kg
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Critical Slots
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1
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Space Slots
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3
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Cost (unloaded)
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40,000
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BV (1.0)
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46
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BV (2.0)
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46[2]
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Description[edit]
The Medium Laser is a midrange weapon of the standard type from the laser class of weaponry. A free-electron laser, it is a device that focuses an amplified beam of light on a small surface area.[3] The medium laser uses this intensified beam of light to damage targets by heating them to melting temperatures. The relatively compact size and effectiveness of the Medium Laser attributes its widespread use over many types of combat units, though it is regarded as a "Heavy Support Laser" when carried by infantry squads or mounted on powered armor.[citation needed]
The ubiquitous weapon eventually earned, by 3068, a cocktail in its name.[4]
Being one of the most common and oldest class of weapon system in use, there are a vast number of manufacturers and factories producing these. This reference should not be considered complete.
Aberdovey Mk II[edit]
Aberdovey Mk III[edit]
While more expensive than the more common Martell lasers, the Aberdovey Mk III is of superior quality and requires very little maintenance.[6]
Allied Technologies Model 2[edit]
While more expensive than the more common Martell lasers, the Aberdovey Mk III is of superior quality and requires very little maintenance.[6]
Argra 1L[edit]
Argra 3L[edit]
The Argra 3L boasts a more rugged focal system and better spectral purity when compared to the older Argra 27C Medium Laser.[10][11]
ChisComp 38[edit]
Medium laser built by ChisComp.
ChisComp 39[edit]
Medium laser built by ChisComp.
Defiance B3M[edit]
The Defiance B3M was a model of Medium Laser in common use throughout the Lyran Commonwealth.
Manufactured on
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Manufactured by
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Typically used in
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References
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Coventry
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Coventry Metal Works
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Commando, Scarabus
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[18][19]
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Furillo
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Defiance Industries
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Locust
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[20]
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Hesperus II
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Defiance Industries
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Atlas, Avenger, Banshee, Battlemaster, Cobra, Commando, Condor, Falconer, Firestarter, Flashman, Gunslinger, Hatchetman, Phoenix Hawk, Rifleman, Salamander, Stinger, Thunder Hawk, Zeus
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[21][22][23]
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Pandora
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Red Devil Industries
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Rifleman, Battlemaster
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[24]
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Loxley
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Norse BattleMech Works
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Spector
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[25]
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Loxley
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Blue Shot Weapons
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Starslayer
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[26]
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Tharkad
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TharHes Industries
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Wolfhound
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[27]
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Diplan M3[edit]
Diplass Optima[edit]
Diverse Optics Type 2[edit]
Diverse Optics Type 18[edit]
Diverse Optics Type 20[edit]
The Diverse Optics Type 20 is a standard model used in many Draconis Combine designs.[43]
Firefly Type II[edit]
Firmir Standard[edit]
Harmon Starclass[edit]
Hellion B-II[edit]
Hellion-V[edit]
Hellion Spitfire[edit]
Ichiba 2000[edit]
The Komiyaba/Nissan General Industries BattleMech manufacturing facilities on Kagoshima were destroyed sometime between 3025 and 3039.[66][67]
Ichiba 3000[edit]
The Renault-Prime manufacturing facilities on Wasat were destroyed in 2796.[69]
The Intek Medium Laser uses an 8 cm focusing lens when mounted in a Crusader[71] and 4 cm lenses in an Axman.[72]
Irian Weapons Works Super 6[edit]
Kajuka Type 2 "Bright Blossom"[edit]
Krupp Model 2[edit]
Magna Mk II[edit]
The Magna Mk II uses the I780 connector.[88]
Martell[edit]
The Martell Medium Laser has a 6 cm focusing lens.[97] The laser uses the E773 connector.[88]
Manufactured on
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Manufactured by
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Typically used in
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References
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Bernardo
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Earthwerks Incorporated
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Flea
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[98]
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Asuncion
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Earthwerks Incorporated
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Flea
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[98]
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Alpheratz
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Alliance Defenders Limited
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Locust
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[99]
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Canopus IV
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Majesty Metals and Manufacturing
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Locust
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[99]
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Ares
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Bergan Industries
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Locust
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[99]
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Stewart
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Corean Enterprises MacAdams-Suharno
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Locust
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[100]
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Terra
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Skobel MechWorks
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Mercury
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[101]
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Terra
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Coventry/Earthwerks Combine (destroyed 2779)
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Firefly
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[102]
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Errai
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Maltex Corporation (destroyed 2835)
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Assassin
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[103]
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Bell
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Andoran Industries, Limited (destroyed 2812)
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Clint
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[104]
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Corey
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Hollis Incorporated (destroyed 2791)
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Catapult
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[105]
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Wallis
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Ronin Inc.
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Warhammer
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[106]
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Exported to Gibson for Locust
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[106]
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Exported to Keystone for Battlemaster
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[106]
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|
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Exported to Calloway VI for Shadow Hawk
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[106]
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Pandora
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Red Devil Industries
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Battlemaster
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[107]
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Asuncion
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Kallon Industries
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Falcon Hawk
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[108]
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Gibson
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Free Worlds Defense Industries
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Anvil
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[109]
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Alshain
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Alshain Weapons
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Locust
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[110]
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Pinard
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Vandenberg Mechanized Industries
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Lightning, Locust, Marauder, Sabre, Thunderbird, Warhammer
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[111]
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Delavan
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Dynamico Limited
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Buccaneer
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[112]
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Exported to Sarna to Tengo Aerospace for Cheetah, Lightning, Mammoth, Mule, Seeker, Thrush
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[112]
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Exported to Panpour to Jalastar Aerospace for Condor, Manticore, Sabre, Sparrowhawk
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[112]
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|
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Exported to Axton to Wangker Aerospace for Banshee, Corsair, Cutlass, Eagle, Thunderbird, Tomahawk
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[112]
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Exported to New Avalon to Lycomb-Davion IntroTech for Hellcat, Stuka
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[112]
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Exported to Sirius for Ontos
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[112]
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Exported to Talon for Hornet, Rifleman
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[112]
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Sudeten
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Olivetti Weaponry
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Warhammer
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[24]
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Epsilon Eridani
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Harvard Company, Inc.
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Wasp LAM
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[113]
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Martell Model 5[edit]
Maxwell[edit]
Maxwell DT[edit]
Maxwell TR[edit]
Maxwell-UD6[edit]
Omicron 950[edit]
Omicron 3000[edit]
Omicron 4000[edit]
Photech 806c[edit]
RAMTech 800[edit]
Rassal Blue-Beam[edit]
Starflash[edit]
Starflash-1A[edit]
Starflash II[edit]
Tronel II[edit]
Victory 23R[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Interstellar Operations, p. 118: "Prototype Dates For Basic Weapons Table"
- ↑ TechManual, p. 317: "Inner Sphere Weapons and Equipment BV Table"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 99
- ↑ No Dust, No Wear
- ↑ Technical Readout: Jihad, p. 150
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Technical Readout: 3025, p. 18: "SDR-5V Spider"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 228
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3075, p. 206: "GLD-4R Gladiator"
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 96: "GLD-4R Gladiator"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3025, p. 26: "JR7-D Jenner"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3025 Revised, p. 26: "JR7-D Jenner"
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 36
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 142
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 48
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 94
- ↑ Technical Readout: Clan Invasion, p. 112
- ↑ Technical Readout: Dark Age, p. 132
- ↑ Technical Readout: The Succession Wars, p. 14
- ↑ Technical Readout: Clan Invasion, p. 98
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 74
- ↑ Technical Readout: The Succession Wars, pp. 70, 76, 140, 156, 190
- ↑ Technical Readout: Clan Invasion, pp. 164, 175–176
- ↑ Technical Readout: Jihad, pp. 82, 166
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 123
- ↑ Technical Readout: The Succession Wars, p. 46
- ↑ Technical Readout: Clan Invasion, p. 128
- ↑ Technical Readout: The Succession Wars, p. 50
- ↑ Technical Readout: The Succession Wars, p. 132
- ↑ Technical Readout: Jihad, p. 94
- ↑ Technical Readout: Jihad, p. 142
- ↑ Technical Readout: Jihad, p. 148
- ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, pp. 10–11
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 153
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3075, p. 300
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 145
- ↑ Technical Readout: The Succession Wars, p. 60
- ↑ Technical Readout: Jihad, p. 106
- ↑ Technical Readout: The Succession Wars, p. 124
- ↑ Technical Readout: Irregulars, p. 44
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 161
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 126
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 54
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 Technical Readout: 3025, p. 140: "SL-21 Sholagar"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 104: "Kessel - Diverse Optics, Inc."
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3025, p. 16: "JVN-10N Javelin"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3025, p. 118: "CP-10-Z Cyclops"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3025, p. 142: "SL-17 Shilone"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3025, p. 144: "SL-15 Slayer"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 236: "S-3 Sai"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 52: "DAI-01 Daikyu"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 150: "OBK-M10 O-Bakemono"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3067, p. 82: "NDA-1K No-Dachi"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3075, p. 302
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 142
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 172
- ↑ 56.0 56.1 56.2 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 206
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3075, p. 266
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 134
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 118
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 126
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 137
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 129
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 86
- ↑ Technical Readout: Jihad, p. 118
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 12
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3025, p. 58
- ↑ 67.0 67.1 Technical Readout: 3039, p.136
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3025, p. 58
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 214
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 214
- ↑ Decision at Thunder Rift, ch. 27
- ↑ Initiation to War, ch. 8
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 182
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 90
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 66
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 68
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 78
- ↑ 78.0 78.1 78.2 78.3 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 294
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 126: "Irian - Irian BattleMech Unlimited"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3050, p. 171: "Guillotine"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 74: "ALB-3U Albatross"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3060, p. 84: "INI-02 Initiate"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 212
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 150
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 194
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 204
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 110
- ↑ 88.0 88.1 Shrapnel Issue 7: "The Art of Salvage"
- ↑ Technical Readout: The Succession Wars, p. 34
- ↑ Technical Readout: The Succession Wars, p. 54
- ↑ 91.0 91.1 Technical Readout: The Succession Wars, p. 92
- ↑ Technical Readout: The Succession Wars, p. 102
- ↑ 93.0 93.1 93.2 93.3 Technical Readout: The Succession Wars, p. 106
- ↑ Technical Readout: The Succession Wars, p. 122
- ↑ 95.0 95.1 Technical Readout: The Succession Wars, p. 166
- ↑ Technical Readout: The Succession Wars, p. 176
- ↑ Decision at Thunder Rift, ch. 29
- ↑ 98.0 98.1 Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 6
- ↑ 99.0 99.1 99.2 Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 8
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 135
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 10
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 20
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 52
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 56
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 118
- ↑ 106.0 106.1 106.2 106.3 Objective Raids, p. 139
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 158
- ↑ Technical Readout: Clan Invasion, p. 102
- ↑ Technical Readout: Clan Invasion, p. 136
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 110
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 160
- ↑ 112.0 112.1 112.2 112.3 112.4 112.5 112.6 Objective Raids, p. 93
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3025, p. 128: "Wasp LAM"
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 112
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 110
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 73
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 162
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 202
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 208
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 148
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 226
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3050 Revised, p. 150
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 121
- ↑ 124.0 124.1 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 144
- ↑ 125.0 125.1 Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 114
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 76
- ↑ 127.0 127.1 Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 170
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- ↑ Technical Readout: Jihad, p. 124
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession Wars, p. 186
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 180
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- ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 264
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- ↑ Technical Readout: Jihad, p. 70
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