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[Grey Black]

I have one word for this announcement:

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

That is all.

[Dirus Nigh]

Very nice. This will make allot of mechwarriors happy.

Good job Alex!

Now lets see your Quickdraw, Black Knight, and Grasshopper.

[Padic]

Another great looking mech!

[ZivyTerc]

I want one like... now!

[GunGrave666]

House marik specialty

[Merky Merc]

Needs moar Crab. This will have to do I suppose. I guess I'll save up for it's November 2013 release

[M Jordanus Sicarius]

Nice.

[Strum Wealh]

The emblem on the right shoulder indicates that this particular Orion is part of the 15th Marik Militia (aka "The Polyphemus Division").

[PropagandaWar]

Woot!!!! You did bring him in! Yess! It'll be months and months but I cant wait to get my hands on this guy! My favorite heavy of all time!

Oh and small dig. When are you putting those Torso guns on the ThunderCats and Gaussapults?

Edited by PropagandaWar, 19 December 2012 - 02:41 PM.

[Solis Obscuri]

Great 'mech! I've been wanting this since Day 1 - super awesome news!

Smokem Jags, on 19 December 2012 - 02:01 PM, said:

Aleksandr Kerensky's Orion Hero Mech. Calling it now.

Don't you mean Theodore Kurita's Hero 'Mech?

Dirus Nigh, on 19 December 2012 - 02:24 PM, said:

Now lets see your Quickdraw, Black Knight, and Grasshopper.

Damn straight.

Except Guillotine > Grasshopper.

[Nick Drezary]

More mechs-more fun

[CarnifexMaximus]

I am stoked

All I gotta say is....

Its about time.

I have been waiting for this bad boy to drop just about every other Wednesday; always telling myself (it will be next Wednesday... its got to).

Now I can show up to Tukayyid in style.

I just hope this gets bumped up the ladder of release priority.

Dear PGI, I will gladly pay for my plane flight to Vancouver, wash your windows, your cars, clean your bathrooms, walk your dogs, make the coffee in the office, run out and pick up your guys' lunch, pay your bills, or any other menial tasks you do not want to do... free of charge... If maybe my Orion comes out in the next 1 or 2 months as opposed to... i donno... 6-7 months from now. Just think about it.

[Barsov]

Orions?! I will take 3 of them.

Expect Alexander Kerensky Hero Mech

[BarHaid]

I see you chose the torso placed SRM mount. Hmmm.... Perhaps one of the variants will have arm mounts? Perhaps the ON1-V or VA?

Edited by BarHaid, 19 December 2012 - 02:57 PM.

[Arkmaus]

I can already envision my Stalker sawing off its arms.

[Tuku]

BarHaid, on 19 December 2012 - 02:53 PM, said:

I see you chose the torso placed SRM mount. Hmmm.... Perhaps one of the variants will have arm mounts?

Technicly the specs say that the prime Orion variant has the srm4 in the same torso with the LRM15 launcher and not the arm...even sarna says that it is unclear weather this was a mistake that was never fixed or something else.

[Buso Senshi Zelazny]

Solis Obscuri, on 19 December 2012 - 02:44 PM, said:

Don't you mean Theodore Kurita's Hero 'Mech?

Damn straight.

This. Love Heir to the Dragon.

[Skylarr]

Quote

Model ON1-K
Mass 75 tons
Engine Vlar 300
Speed 64.8 km/h
Armament

• 1xAutocannon/10
  
• 1xLRM-15
  
• 2xMedium Lasers
  
• 1xSRM-4

• ON1-M - The M variant is an upgrade using Star League technology. The LRM-15 has been replaced with an LRM-20 launcher and the Autocannon/10 has been upgraded to an LB-X Autocannon/10. The SRM-4 and the Medium Lasers have been retained. A Narc Missile Beacon was also added to the 'Mech.

• ON1-V - A basic modification of the ON1-K, the ON1-V removes three tons of armor to make room for an additional SRM-4 launcher in order to give the Orion even greater close-range damage capability.

• ON1-VA - A modification along the same lines as the ON1-V, the VA model removes the LRM launcher, rather than removing armor to add the second SRM-4 launcher, sacrificing some long-range damage capabilities for superior close-combat capabilities.

• ON2-M - The 2M is another upgrade of the Orion using Star League technology. The 'Mech is built using an Endo Steel chassis and utilizes 10 double heat sinks to save weight and for their greater heat-dissipation ability. For long-range combat, the ON2-M is armed with a Gauss Rifle as well as an LRM-15 linked to an Artemis IV Fire Control System for increased accuracy. For closer ranges, the 'Mech has three Medium Pulse Lasers. The ON2-M is armored with twelve and a half tons of Ferro-Fibrous armor.

• Dual Cockpit refits: The Orion is one of the Free Worlds League's preferred 'Mechs on which to install Dual Cockpits. Standard refits usually install the Dual Cockpit on a ON1-V or ON1-M, removing one ton of SRM ammunition.

• Orion IIC - As the chosen 'Mech of the Clans' revered "Great Father", the Orion bordered on being a Totem 'Mech for Clan Wolf, who produced a IIC version of it. Jealously guarded by the Wolves, this design sports one Gauss Rifle, packed with one LRM-20, two ER Large Lasers and one SRM-4.

Notable Pilots

• The Orion has long been favored as a command 'Mech, and was notably the preferred 'Mech of Aleksandr Kerensky. Centuries later, this same mech was found and piloted by Theodore Kurita until its destruction on Marfik during the Fourth Succession War. Sometime after this, the cockpit from this same mech was put on display at a museum on Solaris.
  
• Paula "Lady Death" Trevaline, famed pirate of the Periphery, piloted an Orion for much of her career

[TruePoindexter]

[Name140704]

Too bad it won't be out for 7 months at the current rate