krolmir, on 20 March 2013 - 04:11 PM, said:
As noted previously, look at the dates in
the Nightstar's Master Unit List entry, and then look at the TROs.
The original
Nightstar variant (the NSR-9J) was developed in 2767, but it was lost to the Succession Wars (the sole factory was destroyed and the design/engineering team was killed) and the 'Mech wasn't reinvented until 3056.
The second
Nightstar variant (the NSR-9FC) was developed by the Federated Commonwealth in 3057.
The NSR-9J (Brubaker) is a personal variant (of a character named Brubaker), and is more like a Hero 'Mech than a regular variant.
The third
Nightstar variant (the NSR-9SS) was developed in 3065.
Each 'Mech in MWO needs to have three variants in order to be able to unlock the Elite efficiencies, and MWO's taking place at a specific point in the BattleTech timeline (with March 2013 = March 3050, with a 1:1 time progression) requires that those three variants be already existent at this point.
So, no - the
Nightstar doesn't work for MWO at this point in time.
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With Bryan's "six design" comment, I'm thinking that what it refers to could be any of:
1.) BattleMech 20
2.) Hero 'Mech release #7
3.) Light Clan 'Mech
4.) Medium Clan 'Mech
5.) Heavy Clan 'Mech
6.) Assault Clan 'Mech
or
1.) BattleMech 20
2.) Hero 'Mech release #7
3.) Light Unseen/Reseen 'Mech
4.) Medium Unseen/Reseen 'Mech
5.) Heavy Unseen/Reseen 'Mech
6.) Assault Unseen/Reseen 'Mech
or
1.) BattleMech 20
2.) Hero 'Mech release #7
3.) IS (not Unseen/Reseen) BattleMech 21
4.) IS (not Unseen/Reseen) BattleMech 22
5.) IS (not Unseen/Reseen) BattleMech 23
6.) IS (not Unseen/Reseen) BattleMech 24