Talk:Yen-Lo-Wang

I propose that this article be merged into Centurion (BattleMech). The article is extremely short and the categories it purports to be a part of is unlikely to hold more than half a dozen articles. --Scaletail 09:55, 10 May 2009 (PDT)

I'd suggest expanding the article then, rather than merging it. We've got a category for it so we might as well make use of it. Onisuzume 02:54, 11 May 2009 (PDT)

I agree that expansion of the existing article is preferable to merging with the main Centurion article. There are at least three distinct weapon sets that this mech has had over the course of it's career and this page would give us room to talk about them. We just need to find some decent sources that tell us what the loadouts were. Kittle 03:56, 11 May 2009 (PDT)

Okay, suiting actions to words, I've had a look around for sources on weapons loadouts. This wiki and also http://www.classicbattletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=1732.0 give Justin Xiang Allard's original loadout as being 2 Med lasers, AC20 and claws or hatchet depending on what rules you're using.

http://www.encyclopedia-battletech.net/ lists Kai Allard-Liao's variant having a Gauss rifle and three med pulse lasers, switching up to clan variants of each after Jaime Wolf offered him the Daishi.

http://www.wizkidsgames.com/mwdarkage/documents/MW_CA_142.pdf is a short document with details of Danai Liao-Centrella's variant of Yen Lo Wang, with a heavy large laser and LRM20 with Artemis IV, along with the hatchet and shield displayed on the model and mentioned in the fluff.

I've found info but someone else will have to put it together. I'm not in a place to put it together coherently right now. Kittle 04:56, 11 May 2009 (PDT)

Is there evidence Clan tech variant? In Stackpole novel Blood Legacy, Hanse Davion had Yen-Lo-Wang refitted, not Jamie Wolf. It was refitted on Outreach, but this counted with evidence to support this least novel wise. I have re-read the novel to double check, refit is detailed on pages 185-186 in 3052. I do not have extensive library of info on old FASA record sheets. I haven't never seen Clan tech modified version of the mech until Danai Liao-Centrella equipt it with the Heavy Large Laser. I also do support this article being expanded. -- Wrangler 14:18, 11 May 2009 (PDT)

My bad. It's been years since I read the book so I didn't remember. I assumed Jaime Wolf was the one who upgraded it as he'd also offered Kai clan tech in the form of the Dashi. The only records of Kai's variants I found were from that german encyclopedia-battletech site I linked to. Outside of TROs and Record sheets I don't have a great collection of source books myself. There's a reason I didn't want to write the article. :p Kittle 18:31, 11 May 2009 (PDT)

Right, I've updated the page to reflect that. Btw, are there more of those "unique" 'Mechs? The Widowmaker perhaps? Onisuzume 01:46, 12 May 2009 (PDT)

On the subject of the article, I think it was Justin who first upgraded YLW with the pulse lasers and gauss rifle, as a gift to his son on graduation (again, it's been years since I read the relevent novel, so I'm a bit unsure on that) and Hanse who later upgraded it with clan tech. On the subject of other unique mechs, I can currently only think of unique variants of omni mechs, rather than standard mechs. Although the two frankenmechs from the Unbound campaign would probably count too. Kittle 02:38, 12 May 2009 (PDT)