V5.00ˆÿÿF Fallen angelFA-38Ñ ¤VÀŽDÀŽD°A0A@@MH 5 5 3 3 —3 3 ifÒ ! 8Blankenburg Technologies8Blankenburg Technologies@Blankenburg Heavyi Harpoon-6` Delta Dart88iiii``  88@@@@@@@Ð Ð    ùðìÿÙöTwenty Years after the Birth of the fifty-ton mech called the "Mackie" battlemech technology was still in its infancy and newer mechs eventually superceeded the Mackies in use by the Hegemony. The devlopement of battlemechs sometimes resulted in the creation of some unsucessful models, such as the Anti-Infantry mech, the point man and the Fallen angel. These models were created out of ideas for concepts and some were obselete within a short time frame which would be the fallen Angel's deathknell.\ The Fallen Angel was created under the codename "project 38" for a new mech to be mass produced with in 38 months. The project was very ambitious as the mech would be one of the heaviest mechs on the battle feild placing it in the "assualt" class of mechs. From the beginning of the devlopemt program the emphasis was on firepower and armor as the only engine that could be used for a mech like this was the 210 rated Rico Heavy Industries starfury fusion engine in its prototype stage. RHI was selected to provide the reactor as the company proved that it can deliever a working fusion engine that can power a mech on time and on budget on an earlier mech. The Mech is protected by masses of protection using Adlis plate. The armor is thick enough to withstand hits from the largest of cannons in use by all the militaries. The Armor was designed to be slanted and easy to remove as to reduce repair time and increase ease of construction as well as increase protection. The Mech is heavily armed, in fact in its time it was the most heavily armed mech. It carried a fearsome array of weapons. The mech has two Five tube LRM launchers to reach out and hit targets from long range. The LRM's, bought from Delta Dart were improved by Hegemony researchers to hit more accurately than any other LRM system, the drawback was that it was more expensive and parts were harder to get to replace the unit. In combat, when it was dammaged, the unit was so complex and parts nonexistant, techs used a less advanced launcher in its place, which causes ammo jams as the Angel was never designed to take another type of launcher. As the mech closes the mech is armed with a 88mm HV autocannon that reduces armor to shreds. Unlike the LRM's the Autocannon was an "off the shelf" model that reduced time to get the mech built, but provided no advantages to any other like system on the market, which allowed it to use spare parts for the ammo feed and firing mechanism from other like calibur autocannons. Backing the autocannon up is twelve SRM's. The SRM's are unique as in they were built as a unit. the Two Six-pack launchers can be removed when the armor plate in front of it is removed, and the unit slides out easily. However the system lacks the ammomuntion for a prolonged fight due to the "units" design, anything over a ton made the unit unreliable as the feed system got complex. However the SRM's are not the only short range weapons system the Angel has. The Mech is equipped with four Blankenburg model Medium lasers which two were placed in each arm allowing for a greater firing arc. The Lasers were chosen because of thier extremly reliablility which was necessary as a "last ditch" weapon when the Ammomuntion on the mech runs dry. All this firepower is useless when the Fire control systems cannot direct the weapons to the target. The terran Hegemony held nothing back in this regard. The Angel was given an intergrated Fire control- communications suite. This allows it to hit more accurately from telemetry gathered on targets from other mechs, and allows it to beam data from the battle to higher authorities to make decisions. However the system is very fragile compared to the other sensors in the mech and head hits may disable this system causing the mech to miss more often but the benefits of this system outweighed anything and the mech was built incorprating this technology.   twithin a short timeframe the Fallen angel was outclassed by heavier and heavier mechs. Soon the Fallen Angel was too slow to serve in heavy lances and too lightly armored to fight in assualt lances and eventually the fallen angel was retired, as the mech was too costily to maintain due to its specail parts. The Fallen Angels that exist in the inner sphere are proudly displayed in military museamums, thier guns silent, the mechs bathed in history. In 3058 a project to bring the Fallen Angel back to the inner sphere was initated after the recreation of the star league. the Fallen Angel II will be a true assualt mech.  [ none ]Skobel MechWorksTerra"RHI Starfury Prototype Model 38-FA Aldis PlateHegemony Model 38Hegemony Model 38Hegemony Model 38 (Unknown)