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[Stovebolt]

I really like FD's work on this one! Different, yeah, but way better than the original toaster on legs.

[Adrienne Vorton]

looks great...but i´d never climb into THAT one

[LarryAcuff]

My life is now complete.

[Burned_Follower]

yayness! I miss the Flea from MW4: Mercs! WOOT WOOT

[codynyc]

boo.. another mech i wont be playing...

[SilentSooYun]

...what?
Guess they're saving the good stuff for promotional exclusives.
I guess it does look nice... vastly superior to the TRO "box on legs".
And I suppose it's (presumed) ultra-cheap price will make it a good starter Mech for a Dispossessed pilot.
But at 20 tons, that armour is going to be paper-thin, and not everyone is as clueless as those n00bs in the promotional blurb.

[Davoke]

Atlas Pilot:"Where'd the Flea go?"
Catapult Pilot:"Oh you kicked it over the ridge, that'll do it."

[Matpike]

Oh ****, my legs...

[Agent 0 Fortune]

Cool, something to move the Commando off the bottom rung.

[Sparks Murphey]

Alex Wolfe, on 26 September 2012 - 11:40 AM, said:

I still remember making fun of the Commando when it was revealed many moons ago ("aawwwww, look at this little guy! It's almost like it's a real mech!")... and here we are, getting a "battle"mech that makes the Spider look formidable.

Hmm, twin medium pulse lasers, twin small lasers and a flamer on the Flea, versus a measly pair of mediums on the Spider? I think this outclasses the Spider, in firepower at least if not in speed.

I for one welcome our new tiny overlords.

[Typhon27]

Aawwwww, soooo cute!

[Damon Howe]

Surprise surprise! I'll have to pilot one at least once.

[Alex Wolfe]

Sparks Murphey, on 26 September 2012 - 02:19 PM, said:

Hmm, twin medium pulse lasers, twin small lasers and a flamer on the Flea, versus a measly pair of mediums on the Spider? I think this outclasses the Spider, in firepower at least if not in speed.

I for one welcome our new tiny overlords.

A figure of speech .

Although such a loadout simply isn't sustainable - something's got to give in a mech this size. Take a tiny mech, stuff it with this many guns and what you end up with is a turbo-oven. I'm guessing a 2 ml Spider would still be able to bully the theoretically "heavier" armed Flea just through staying power alone.

Still looks fun.

[Stonefalcon]

Considering the Flea is a mainly dominant Dragoons mech.....

WHERE IS THE ANNIHILATOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Strum Wealh]

Stonefalcon, on 26 September 2012 - 02:31 PM, said:

Considering the Flea is a mainly dominant Dragoons mech.....

WHERE IS THE ANNIHILATOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"With multiple lines on Asuncion, Bernardo and Victoria, after letting the Dragoons exclusivity clause lapse Earthwerks started selling the easy to manufacture, easy to maintain [Flea] by the DropShip load across the Inner Sphere.
Originally produced exclusively for the Dragoons until the Capellan Confederation acquired the design's blueprints via a Maskirovka raid during the 3040s, the post-Helm Memory Core FLE-17 variant is based on the older FLE-15 model."

versus

"Discontinued before the Clans' Golden Century, in one of their few missteps, the Wolf's Dragoons brought a number of designs with them in 3009, raising more questions to their origins while at the same time adding to their mystique.
[The Annihilator] was exclusive to the Dragoons until the [Gihad - IPA phonetic spelling] disseminated the design to Arc-Royal due to the strengthening of the relationship that Wolf's Dragoons forged with the Kell Hounds and Clan Wolf-in-Exile following their flight from Outreach."

The Dragoons let the Flea (and the Marauder II) become common in the IS prior to the Clan Invasion, but kept the Annihilator (which even the Clanners weren't building anymore) exclusive to themselves until the [Gihad].

[xhrit]

xChaoSx, on 26 September 2012 - 09:19 AM, said:

Whats next a Trashcan Urbie? Wish they wouldn't waste time on crappy mechs and bring in some of the ones people actually want.

I wanted a Flea.

[Augustus Martelus]

when will it be release???

[TechNoir]

This should be fun. Time to pack run with Jenners, Fleas, and Ravens .

[Tennex]

if this is going to be animated in anyway like the raven its going to look like ****.

[Nordstrike]

We all know what will now be on the cards.. URBIE!!!