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==History==
 
==History==
[[Leutnant]] '''Jaochim von Heldenberg''' (see Notes below) was a [[MechWarrior (pilot)|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.
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[[Leutnant]] '''Jaochim von Heldenberg''' (see Notes below) was a [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] who piloted his ''[[Zeus]]'', "''Dortmund''", in the first live-fire test of [[Operation 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.<ref name=3135PDAJp64>''3135 PDA Journals'', p. 64: "07 July 3135"</ref>
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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 that led to an explosion of the on-board ammunition.<ref name=3135PDAJp64>''3135 PDA Journals'', p. 64 "07 July 3135"</ref>
  
 
==BattleMech==
 
==BattleMech==
He piloted a ''Zeus'' named ''Dortmund'', outfitted with half the normal complement of heat sinks to facilitate testing.<ref name=3135PDAJp64/>
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He piloted a ''Zeus'', named "Dortmund", outfitted with half the normal complement of heat sinks to facilitate testing.<ref name=3135PDAJp64/>
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
*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.)
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*The first name ("Jaochim") is spelled out only one single time 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==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
* ''[[3135 PDA Journals]]''
 
* ''[[3135 PDA Journals]]''
 
  
 
[[Category:Lyran Commonwealth Characters|Heldenberg, Jaochim von]]
 
[[Category:Lyran Commonwealth Characters|Heldenberg, Jaochim von]]

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