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[[TRO:3075]] describes the 1Gc as I wrote. It sounds very similar to the 1C. Since I don't have ''[[Heir to the Dragon]]'', the source I assume this comes from, can somebody who does have a look and see if these are the same thing? --[[User:Scaletail|Scaletail]] 11:56, 2 November 2008 (PST) | [[TRO:3075]] describes the 1Gc as I wrote. It sounds very similar to the 1C. Since I don't have ''[[Heir to the Dragon]]'', the source I assume this comes from, can somebody who does have a look and see if these are the same thing? --[[User:Scaletail|Scaletail]] 11:56, 2 November 2008 (PST) | ||
| + | :''Heir to the Dragon'' - Fuhito Tetsuhara rides Theodore Kurita's command 'Mech, explicitly stated to be a BLR-1C BattleMaster (p. 346). The weapons used by this 'Mech throughout the chapter include: "hand-held Donal PPC" (p. 347), "Holly launcher" with six missiles (p. 348), paired rear-firing lasers (p. 350) and chest mounted lasers (p. 351); at one point it says the 'Mech does not have the usual pair of SperryBrowning MGs p. 348). Star League vintage heat sinks are mentioned that normally keep the 'Mech cool, and of course a "command and control system that took the place of the anti-peronnel armament"; "with the expanded cockpit, the machine could carry two men: the pilot [...] and the passenger, a battlefield commander who was free to worry about his real job, the command of his formations in battle. The commander could function without the distractions of keeping his 'Mech running [...]" (p. 348/349). [[User:Frabby|Frabby]] 13:43, 2 November 2008 (PST) | ||
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Command Console variants
TRO:3075 describes the 1Gc as I wrote. It sounds very similar to the 1C. Since I don't have Heir to the Dragon, the source I assume this comes from, can somebody who does have a look and see if these are the same thing? --Scaletail 11:56, 2 November 2008 (PST)
- Heir to the Dragon - Fuhito Tetsuhara rides Theodore Kurita's command 'Mech, explicitly stated to be a BLR-1C BattleMaster (p. 346). The weapons used by this 'Mech throughout the chapter include: "hand-held Donal PPC" (p. 347), "Holly launcher" with six missiles (p. 348), paired rear-firing lasers (p. 350) and chest mounted lasers (p. 351); at one point it says the 'Mech does not have the usual pair of SperryBrowning MGs p. 348). Star League vintage heat sinks are mentioned that normally keep the 'Mech cool, and of course a "command and control system that took the place of the anti-peronnel armament"; "with the expanded cockpit, the machine could carry two men: the pilot [...] and the passenger, a battlefield commander who was free to worry about his real job, the command of his formations in battle. The commander could function without the distractions of keeping his 'Mech running [...]" (p. 348/349). Frabby 13:43, 2 November 2008 (PST)