Night Gyr Lore and Blueprint

Night Gyr Lore and Blueprint
Short story by Randall N. Bills
Publication
Published	25 May 2016
Published in	MechWarrior Online Legends
Publisher	Piranha Games Inc.
Chronology
Era	Clan Invasion era
Timeline	3 September 3049
Series
MWO Hero 'Mech Lore series
Cyclops Lore and Blueprint     The Huntsman Lore and Blueprint

Night Gyr 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

Although MechWarrior Online Legends as such does not fall under the current criteria for canon, the fiction for the Hero 'Mechs written by Randall N. Bills—who at the time was also the incumbent BattleTech Line Developer at Catalyst Game Labs—was expressly declared fully canonical. This ruling was however reversed in January 2025 by Bills' successor Ray Arrastia, such that these short stories are not canonical, and can only be considered Apocryphal.

Plot Summary

The story narrates an engagement between the local defenders of Von Strang's World and Clan Jade Falcon's Turkina Keshik, under saKhan Timur Malthus in his personal BattleMech Jade Kite, during the early stages of the Clan Invasion in 3049.

Featured Characters

• saKhan Timur Malthus
• Khan Elias Crichell
• Star Colonel Mila
• Pilot Zil
• Baron Stepan von Strang (mentioned)

Featured Units

• Turkina Keshik

Featured Places

• Von Strang's World

Featured BattleTech

BattleMechs

• NGT-JK Night Gyr "Jade Kite"
• Panther
• Timber Wolf (mentioned)

Battle Armor

• Elemental

Notes

• This apocryphal short story was posted on the MechWarrior Online Legends forum (link to archived copy of original entry/announcement) [1]