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#1 InnerSphereNews

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Posted 15 May 2013 - 08:00 AM

Wed. May 15, 3048: After years of denials, investigative journalist forces MAC to admit it’s using Star Leage-era Spectors; questions arise.

#2 AtomCore

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Posted 15 May 2013 - 08:10 AM

3048?!

#3 Nehkrosis

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Posted 15 May 2013 - 08:19 AM

Serious issue with triple posting these threads..


Also, maybe their retro-actively dismantling the 1:1 timeline? :(

Edited by Nehkrosis, 15 May 2013 - 08:20 AM.


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Posted 15 May 2013 - 09:00 AM

Them techmonks are losing it. Better let us at Capcom take it all over. WE will make it all better.

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Posted 15 May 2013 - 09:18 AM

View Postsupernachos, on 15 May 2013 - 09:00 AM, said:

Them techmonks are losing it. Better let us at Capcom take it all over. WE will make it all better.


Capcom can keep their greasy hands off my mechwarrior. Dont get me wrong, they make good games, but not with the feel this one has.

Also, seriously, whats with with this 3048 B.S?

#6 DerangedShadow

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Posted 15 May 2013 - 09:42 AM

View Postsupernachos, on 15 May 2013 - 09:00 AM, said:

Them techmonks are losing it. Better let us at Capcom take it all over. WE will make it all better.



View PostTeir Dasande, on 15 May 2013 - 09:18 AM, said:


Capcom can keep their greasy hands off my mechwarrior. Dont get me wrong, they make good games, but not with the feel this one has.

Also, seriously, whats with with this 3048 B.S?



I think he may have been referring to Capellan Command instead of Capcom the game makers.

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Posted 15 May 2013 - 09:44 AM

View PostDerangedShadow, on 15 May 2013 - 09:42 AM, said:






I think he may have been referring to Capellan Command instead of Capcom the game makers.


Ah, well now I just feel uneducated.

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Posted 15 May 2013 - 09:47 AM

Whatever they`re smoking at ISN, they need to tell us where we can get some, that stuff appears to be pretty good :(

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Posted 15 May 2013 - 09:50 AM

Just to keep the hype alive, 3048?!?

#10 Monsoon

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Posted 15 May 2013 - 09:52 AM

What's with the 2 year old news? lol

#11 GySgtMurphy

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Posted 15 May 2013 - 09:57 AM

It was probably was in a bunch of old messages found in a defunct B Station in the Periphery and was sent out with the others...

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Posted 15 May 2013 - 09:58 AM

View PostAtomCore, on 15 May 2013 - 08:10 AM, said:

3048?!

ISN is having a positron router malfunction

#13 Blackfang

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Posted 15 May 2013 - 10:00 AM

I'm sure league has a "U" in it, and why have we suddenly been propelled back in time?

#14 Nathan Foxbane

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Posted 15 May 2013 - 10:13 AM

Correction. MAC has been using Star League era Specters since 3048.

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Posted 15 May 2013 - 10:28 AM

View PostTeir Dasande, on 15 May 2013 - 09:44 AM, said:


Ah, well now I just feel uneducated.

It's a mistake on the Supernachos' part as nothing like the Capellan Command exists...

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Posted 15 May 2013 - 12:29 PM

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The Spector was originally designed byNorse-Storm BattleMechs to be a lighter version of the Exterminator BattleMech, made to hunt down light command 'Mechs. The first Spector rolled off the assembly line on 6 June, 2639, and following extensive testing the SLDF ordered 600. The Star League's enthusiasm for the Spector is due to the BattleMechs stealth capabilities, combining both Chameleon Light Polarization Shield and a Null Signature System . This first order for the SPR-4F was delivered in April 2640. All Spectors, and all reports on them, were believed lost with the fall of the Star League . Only in 3048 rumors spread that the mercenary units McCarron's Armored Cavalry and Storm's Metal Thunder were fielding Spectors , presumably recovered from an ancient cache, although neither admitted to fielding vintage Star League era 'Mechs.

The Spector was originally designed to use the advanced Null Signature System, able to hide the Spector's radar and heat signatures, and Chameleon Light Polarization Shield, capable of obscuring the BattleMech's appearance. However, these technologies were lost during the Succession Wars and have not yet been replicated. The current incarnation of the Spector, SPR-5F, does not carry a Null Signature System nor the Chameleon LPS.

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Even without its advanced stealth capabilities, the Spector that Norse-Storm BattleMechs reintroduced in 3053 is an impressive light 'Mech. The Spector has a weight saving Magna 245 XL engine that gives it a top speed of 118.8 km/h. TheSpector is also built on a Norse XT-Light Type AE Endo Steel chassis and carries seven and a half tons of Starshield Light armor. Seven HildCo Model 11c jump jetsprovide a jumping capability of up to two hundred and ten meters, giving it a great deal of mobility. The Spector carries a Norse Guardian ECM Suite that allows it to defend itself against advanced enemy targeting and range finding equipment.

The Spector carries a Nightwind Large Laser as its primary weapon. This is backed up by a pair of Defiance B3M Medium Lasers and a single Defiance B4S Small Laser for close combat. While most consider this a light weapons payload for a 35 ton 'Mech, theSpector's superior mobility and mission profile do not require a very heavy weapons payload.


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The Big Mac or simply abbreviated MAC , McCarron's Armored Cavalry

In3044 they fielded a STY-3C Starslayer Marlette, reportedly recovered from a small Star League depot that they had found while enlarging and rebuilding the facilities on Menke and in 3048 they were rumoured to field the SPR-5F Spector , again alledgedly recovered from an old cache.

Edited by Skylarr, 15 May 2013 - 12:51 PM.


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Posted 15 May 2013 - 02:45 PM

They're fielding Spectors alright, but I doubt they're the models with the extremely high-tech stealth technology. If they were, I doubt the mercs would have the know-how to maintain those systems.

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Posted 15 May 2013 - 03:55 PM

Null sig inc? ^^

#19 Nathan Foxbane

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Posted 15 May 2013 - 04:23 PM

View PostSoy, on 15 May 2013 - 03:55 PM, said:

Null sig inc? ^^

Only in the Big MAC's wildest dreams. Does not make them any less vicious as a scout, interdiction and raiding 'Mech though.

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Posted 15 May 2013 - 06:06 PM

Stealth armour, ECM and jump jets? Sounds lovely. :D





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