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[InnerSphereNews]

Mon. June 11, 3049: The debut of the ANH-2A Annihilator last year added fuel to the mystery surrounding the origins of the Wolf’s Dragoons.

[Sychodemus]

Ahem... The Wolf Dragoons.

[Galaxy613]

Annihilator's how do they work?

According to Sarna, the ANN-1A is the one the Wolf Dragoons primarily used because it was downgraded to current I.S. tech, but the ANN-2A has LBX's and MPLs.

[Storm McIntyre]

Hmmm.. Not familiar with the -2A variant. Interesting.

[GargoyleKDR]

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Oh, no! There goes Tik-o-nov! Hey, Hey, Mech-AC-zilla!

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[Storm McIntyre]

Galaxy613, on 11 June 2012 - 08:08 AM, said:

Annihilator's how do they work?

According to Sarna, the ANN-1A is the one the Wolf Dragoons primarily used because it was downgraded to current I.S. tech, but the ANN-2A has LBX's and MPLs.

Ah! Thanks!!

[Thranx]

Ahem indeed. None the less, nice to see the mech is going to make a showing.

[VeiledMalice]

Isn't it Wolf's Dragoons? Since it's led by, you know, Jamie Wolf?

http://www.sarna.net...lf%27s_Dragoons

[Chacatumbi]

I want my devastator

[Sychodemus]

VeiledMalice, on 11 June 2012 - 08:10 AM, said:

Isn't it Wolf's Dragoons? Since it's led by, you know, Jamie Wolf?

http://www.sarna.net...lf%27s_Dragoons

Sorry. Just a little joke there with shades of quotery. Have you perchance read the Blood of Kerensky trilogy?

[Sychodemus]

Storm McIntyre, on 11 June 2012 - 08:08 AM, said:

Hmmm.. Not familiar with the -2A variant. Interesting.

Who knows? Maybe according to Dragoon book-keeping it is the -2A (1X followed by the 1A; X is usually reserved for experimental models and not production models.) It wouldn't be the first time that two factions have different names for the same thing, afterall.

[VeiledMalice]

Sychodemus, on 11 June 2012 - 08:14 AM, said:

Sorry. Just a little joke there with shades of quotery. Have you perchance read the Blood of Kerensky trilogy?

I have. But you'll forgive me, I'm not getting the joke.

[Serevn]

The mystery will become unveiled soon enough... and the inner sphere wont like it... bwhahaha

[Iron Horse]

I hope its not this one:

Annihilator C2 - Apparently based on the ANH-1G, this variant only uses Clan technology. The 'Mech's top speed was 32.4 km/h and the armor protection was reduced, but four Gauss Rifles backed up by an ER PPC in the center torso and a head mounted ER Small Laser provided withering firepower for defensive engagements. Ten tons of ammunition kept the Gauss Rifles fed through the longest engagements. To make room for all these weapons, the C2 used an Endo Steel internal structure. Integrated CASE protected the arms and torsos from Gauss Rifle explosions. BV (2.0) = 2,722

That would turn some heads!

Sychodemus, it was the other way around: it was "Wolf's Dragoons," until Phelan (I think) recognized it was, "Wolf Dragoons."

[Urgewyrm]

VeiledMalice, on 11 June 2012 - 08:24 AM, said:

I have. But you'll forgive me, I'm not getting the joke.

If you have then you know where the Dragoon's originally from. In fact, I believe it's the on the last page of the first book where Phelan makes that exact comment regarding the proper use of the posessive case apostrophe.

[Deconstructor]

Spies of the Clans were at the very old mechs which have only been with them, but in the Inner Sphere this mechs proved to be super cool.

[VeiledMalice]

Urgewyrm, on 11 June 2012 - 08:37 AM, said:

If you have then you know where the Dragoon's originally from. In fact, I believe it's the on the last page of the first book where Phelan makes that exact comment regarding the proper use of the posessive case apostrophe.

Oh right... huh, I was remembering Natasha as making that comment. Or maybe I was confusing that with her speech about "rigorous adherence to doctrine indicates having nothing better to do."

[Hawkeye 72]

Sychodemus, on 11 June 2012 - 08:06 AM, said:

Ahem... The Wolf Dragoons.

VeiledMalice, on 11 June 2012 - 08:10 AM, said:

Isn't it Wolf's Dragoons? Since it's led by, you know, Jamie Wolf?

http://www.sarna.net...lf%27s_Dragoons

Iron Horse, on 11 June 2012 - 08:37 AM, said:

Sychodemus, it was the other way around: it was "Wolf's Dragoons," until Phelan (I think) recognized it was, "Wolf Dragoons."

Indeed. Most in the Inner Sphere were under the presumption that the unit was named "Wolf's Dragoons", which made logical sense since their leader was aptly named Jamie Wolf. However in the Blood of Kerensky Trilogy, I do believe Iron Horse is correct in identifying that it was Phelan Kell who made the connection. They weren't Wolf's Dragoons, they were Wolf Dragoons, and were therefore paying homage to their Clan origins.

Haven't read that trilogy in a decade...so facts are a little blurry. However this Inner Sphere News cast is accurate, since at this time no one was aware of the Clans and therefore the Dragoons connection to them.

[Sychodemus]

While the name isn't really canon (it was never cited that it was the original name; indeed the unit's official name has always been Wolf's Dragoons), it was Phelan's thought after Natasha Kerensky revealed herself in full Wolf Clan regalia, "They are not Wolf's Dragoons. They are the Wolf Dragoons."

That's okay. Phelan was really good at making leaps of logic based on symbolism.

Since then it has become a sort of an in-joke. And like all jokes that you have to explain, the humor gets lost.

In any case, it's my fault for citing it in this time context, so please accept my apologies for the confusion.

Edited by Sychodemus, 11 June 2012 - 08:57 AM.

[Fresh Meat]

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