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[[Category:BattleTech Essays|Emblematic 'Mechs]]

An "emblematic 'Mech" is a 'Mech that is strongly associated with a faction. It's generally mean that it's this faction that uses this 'Mech the most. Usually, it's because the faction holds all, or almost all, factories of this 'Mech or have created it.
The purpose of this essay is to reference such 'Mechs.

==[[Age of War]]==
These 'Mechs constitute the very early efforts of 'Mech development derived, often directly, from the prototypical ''[[Mackie]]''.

[[Terran Hegemony]]: ''[[Helepolis]]''

[[Draconis Combine]]: ''[[Gladiator (BattleMech)|Gladiator]]'', ''[[Von Rohrs (BattleMech)|Von Rohrs/Hebi]]''

[[Free Worlds League]]: ''[[Icarus II]]'', ''[[Sarissa]]''

[[Lyran Commonwealth]]: ''[[Commando]]'', ''[[Eisenfaust]]'', ''[[Ymir]]''

[[Federated Suns]]: ''[[BattleAxe]]'', ''[[Hammerhands]]'', ''[[Swordsman]]''

[[Taurian Concordat]]: ''[[Toro]]'', ''[[Talos (BattleMech)|Talos]]''

==[[Third Succession War]]==

With all the technology lost during the First and Second Succession War, many 'Mechs were only produced in a handful of factories. Often, these factories were controlled by only one Successor State. This situation created a lot of emblematic 'Mechs.

Here is a list of the Succession State militaries, with their respective emblematic 'Mechs for this period.

[[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]]: ''[[Javelin]]'', ''[[Valkyrie]]'', ''[[Enforcer]]'', ''[[Centurion (BattleMech)|Centurion]]'', ''[[Rifleman]]'', ''[[JagerMech]]'', ''[[Victor]]'',''[[Blackjack (BattleMech)|Blackjack]]''.<ref name=Tech3025>''Technical Readout: 3025''</ref><ref name=Tech3025R>''Technical Readout: 3025 Revised''</ref>

[[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]]: ''[[Flashman]]'',<ref name=Tech3050U>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 215</ref><ref name=Tech3039>''Technical Readout: 3039'', pp. 272–273</ref> ''[[Banshee (BattleMech)|Banshee]]'', ''[[Zeus]]''.<ref name=Tech3025R>''Technical Readout: 3025 Revised''</ref>

[[Free Worlds League Military]]: ''[[Hermes II]]'', ''[[Trebuchet]]'', ''[[Orion]]'', ''[[Awesome]]''.<ref name=Tech3025R>''Technical Readout: 3025 Revised''</ref>

[[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]]: ''[[Jenner]]'', ''[[Panther]]'', ''[[Dragon]]'', ''[[Charger]]''.<ref name=Tech3025>''Technical Readout: 3025''</ref><ref name=Tech3025R>''Technical Readout: 3025 Revised''</ref>

[[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]]: ''[[Vindicator]]'',''[[Catapult]]''.<ref name=Tech3025>''Technical Readout: 3025''</ref>

==[[Jihad]]==

[[Word of Blake]]: [[Celestial series|Celestial series OmniMechs]]
*30 ton ''[[Malak]]''
*45 ton ''[[Preta]]''
*60 ton ''[[Grigori]]''
*70 ton ''[[Deva]]''
*85 ton ''[[Seraph]]''
*100 ton ''[[Archangel]]''

==Emblematic Technologies==

Some technologies, more specific than the Inner Sphere/Clan divide, are unique or mostly utilized by specific factions. 'Mechs with this technology are generally going to be associated with that faction.

[[C3 network]]: C3 Networks were developed by the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] in the 3040s, they are primarily utilized by the DCMS and the DCMS is the only user who often used them at the company level or larger.<ref name="TMp209">''TechManual'', p. 209, "C3 Computer"</ref>

[[Improved C3 Computer]]: C3i networks were developed by [[Comstar]] and later [[Word of Blake]], which allowed for up to six 'Mechs to be in a network with no dedicated master, which allowed the system to be used in Level IIs. This system was almost never seen outside of this service as a result<ref name="FM:CSp149+">''Field Manual: ComStar'', pp. 149-150, "Improved C3 Computer"</ref>

[[Stealth Armor]]: Stealth armor was initially developed by the [[Capellan Confederation]] in the 3060s, derived from Star-league era null signature systems. This technology was quickly stolen by other successor states, but many of the designs with in-built stealth armor remain Capellan<ref name="TMp206">''TechManual'', p. 206, "Stealth Armor"</ref>.

[[Improved Narc Missile Beacon]]: The Improved Narc Missile Beacon or iNarc is a development of the Narc by [[Comstar]]/[[Word of Blake]] which improves the range of the standard Narc, while also offering different ammunition types besides the standard Narc beacon and the Draconis-Combine developed [[Explosive Pod]].<ref name="FM:CoSp150+">''Field Manual: ComStar'', pp. 150–151: "Improved Narc Launcher"</ref> While primarily utilized by Word of Blake, it also saw use with the [[Free Worlds League]], likely due to their close alignment in the run-up to the Jihad.<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp18+">''Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League'', pp. 18–19: "Bardiche Heavy Strike Tank"</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*[[Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 1]]
*[[Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 2]]
*[[Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 3]]
*[[Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 4]]
*[[Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 5]]
*[[Technical Readout: 3075]]
*[[Technical Readout: Succession Wars]]
*[[Technical Readout: Jihad]]
* ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]''
* ''[[TechManual]]''

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