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[Kodiak Jorgensson]

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Mercury

So I read about the mercury a while ago, and was thinking what kind of mech is it? Which got me curious as to what the community thought on the design is it an Omni Mech or a Battlemech or is it a hybrid of the two, what are you views on it, is it a cool deisgn

[Hayden]

I would say it was not an early omnimech, strictly, because I don't think the functionality was really identical. While it did have modulaity, I don't think it was ever to the extreme degree that later omnimechs were modular. It seems suggestive that only identical components could be switched in and out, rather than being able to put in whole new systems.

EDIT: as an aside, since the successor states no longer have access to it, the point seems kind of moot. I doubt that it will make an appearance, as appealing as that would be.

Edited by Hayden, 12 January 2012 - 06:30 AM.

[CoffiNail]

Yeah I say this is a Battlemech as omnimech technology is not established until later by Clan Coyote. As Hayden suggested it could be considered a early omnimech, but as the omni technology was derived from this i would just classify it as a Battlemech with modular weaponry.

[Verdic Mckenna]

It wasn't the only mech prior to the Successor Wars to display a small amount of modularity either. The Star League had a design or two that could swap similar systems. Correct me if my time line is off, but i'm fairly confident this wasn't the only model.

[William Knight]

sounds like a well designed battlemech to me

Edited by William Knight, 12 January 2012 - 08:44 AM.

[Adridos]

It's an Omni if you ask me. It has everything omni does, just nobody took that can seriously back then. When Clans used the same tech on Mad Cats, however, everyone started to want it.

[Kooroush Azartash]

An omnimech is just a special case of battlemech. The Mercury is not just a standard battlemech, but it is not quite an omnimech either. Both the mercury and omnimechs have modular weapon pods, but omni's allow for interchangeable weapon types in some weapon locations (or all weapon locations) where the mercury only allowed the same weapon to be swapped. The Mercury is the ancestor to omnimechs since the exiled SLDF took many of these machines with them, and clan coyote based the coyotl mech on the mercury. So perhaps the mercury could be called a Proto-Omnimech.

[Kodiak Jorgensson]

hmmm, maybe should have gave a fourth option "hybrid/prototype"

[John Clavell]

I don't think you can class it as a an Omni as there is no configs. However, I'm sure you can say this was the beginning of where would eventually end up as Omni Tech.

[Charlic Wolf]

its a battlemech but apparently its the basis of omni tech

[Stone Profit]

Its a Battlemech, but with very modular parts that led to the omnimech later on. And if you like the Mercury, try Clan Wolverine's Mercury II. actually, the Not-Named have three or four very cool designs. check it out on Sarna.

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