In 2859 Clan Jade Falcon set out
to create an new front line heavy mech. Originally designated to be the Iron
Falcon, this mech was to become the staple heavy mech of clan Jade Falcon. However the great success shown by Clan
Coyote’s new Omni technology, drew the attention of the Jade Flacons making the
Iron Falcon a low priority. Before
final testing was competed Jade Falcon leaders decided that a non-omni mech was
not worthy to have a name associated with the clan totem and so the mechs name
was switched to the Dark Wing. Due to
resources being pulled from the project the production of the Dark Wing took
much longer than normal. By 2864 , only a few months after the Dark Wing
entered mass production, the Jade Falcon Omnimech project had taken root. The
standard battlemech no longer had a place in frontline units and the production of the Iron Hawk was eventually
completely terminated. Due to the taboo
of piloting untested mechs, and the fact that all Jade Falcon mechwarriors
wanted to be assigned new Omnimechs,
the Dark Wing was never given a fair chance to prove itself. All of the
fourteen Dark Wings produced were
assigned to Garrison and Solahma units.
When designing the Dark Wing ,
Jade Falcons scientists were seeking to Improve on the Star League era
Guilotine. The guillotines only major
problem was the lack of long range weapons, to solve this scientists replaced
the Large laser was a Gaus Rifle and the SRM6 with an LRM 20. The additional
heavy weapons added to the stress caused by the jump jets put great strain on the
mechs legs, causing the moyamers to snap, the scientists solved this by totally
redesign the legs with using the
marauder’s “bird style” legs instead.
Lightweight clans weapons technology used up much less room than the old Star
League equipment and so the mass off the mech was lowered to 65 tons. Despite
its unreceptive entrance to the Jade Falcon Touman, the Dark Wing has shown to be
an effective war machine, in one raid by Clan Wolf , two Dark Wings destroyed a
full star of medium omnimechs.
Thier are only five known Darings
still in use today. All five are assigned to Omega Galaxy of clan Jade
Flacons.
Dark Wing
Tech. Base Clan level 2
Mass 65 tons
Internal Endo Steel 3.5
Engine 260XL 7
movement
4/6/4
Heat 15(30) double 5
Gyro 3
Cockpit 3
Armor (202) ferro 10.5
Head 3
9
CT (rear) 21 31 (10)
LT/RT (rear) 15 23 (7)
LA/RA 10 20
LL/RL 15 26
Gaus Rifle LA 6 12
Gaus Ammo (16) LA 2 2
LRM 20 RT 4 5
Ammo LRM (12) RT 2 2
jump jet LT 1 1
jump jet RT 1 1
jump jet LL 1 1
jump jet RL 1 1
2 Med Pulse Lasers CT 2 4
Med Pule Laser H 1 2
2 ER Med Laser RA 2 2
Dark Wing
Tech. Base Clan level 2
Mass 65 tons
Internal Endo Steel 3.5
Engine 260XL 7
movement
4/6/4
Heat 15(30) double 5
Gyro 3
Cockpit 3
Armor (202) ferro 10.5
Head 3
9
CT (rear) 21 31 (10)
LT/RT (rear) 15 23 (7)
LA/RA 10 20
LL/RL 15 26
Gaus Rifle LA 6 12
Gaus Ammo (16) LA 2 2
LRM 20 RT 4 5
Ammo LRM (12) RT 2 2
Jump jet LT 1 1
Jump jet RT 1 1
Jump jet LL 1 1
Jump jet RL 1 1
2 Med Pulse Lasers CT 2 4
Med Pule Laser H 1 2
2 ER Med Laser RA 2 2
Harbinger
Tech. Base Clan level 2
Mass 60 tons
Internal Endo Steel 3
Engine 240 11.5
movement
4/6/4
Heat 12(24) double 2
Gyro 3
Cockpit 3
Armor (176) 11
Head 3
9
CT (rear) 21 26 (9)
LT/RT (rear) 15 18 (6)
LA/RA 10 18
LL/RL 15 24
Fixed Equipment
Large Pulse laser LA 2 7
Jump jet LL 2 2
Jump jet RL 2 2
MASC CT 2 2
ER Medium Laser RT 1 1
Primary Config
Large Pulse laser RA 2 7
LRM15 LT 2 3.5
Ammo (LRM) 16 LT 2 2
Machine Gun LT 1 0.25
Machine Gun RT 1 0.25
Ammo (MG) 100 RT 1 0.5
Double Heat Sink LA 2 1
Config A
2 Medium Pulse Lasers RA 2 4
2 SRM 6 LT 2 3
Ammo (SRM) 30 LT 2 2
Micro Pulse Laser LA 1 0.5
Micro Pulse Laser RA 1 0.5
3 Light MG LT 3 0.75
3 Light MG RT 3 0.75
Ammo (MG) 200 LT 1 1
2 Double Heat Sink LA 4 2
Config B
Ultra AC/10 LT 4 10
Ammo (AC) 20 LT 2 2
3 Micro Pulse Laser RA 3 1.5
