V5.00ˆÿÿd Field MarshalFDM-1Tå BZUÖŸDŸD€A€AAMA 8 8 5 3 2— 2 È " *" * . >- (Unknown)> (Unknown)@ (Unknown)c (Unknown)Od (Unknown)O (Unknown)O (Unknown)> Oßdcccccóó  > @@@@@@@Î-Ð    O OOöÿ3Ë Designed by an enterprising Taurus Territorial Industries engineer who found the battered hulk of an old Atlas and decided to see if he could get it running again, this one of a kind BattleMech has rarely been seen in battle. Kept active only because it is easy to maintain, it recently saw action when the Fighting Urukai attacked Taurus. Plodding through the streets of the capital, it claimed three kills that day, including the unlikely kill of an Urukai Shadow Hawk that it hit in the back with a full autocannon salvo. The rounds smashed into the Shadow Hawk's ammunition bays, destroying the BattleMech in an instant. Reportedly, the pilot of the Field Marshal captured the ejected Urukai warrior and now uses the pilot, who is an accomplished technician, to maintain his proud BattleMech with a total of four kill markers on it. Most other MechWarriors believe the kill markers HAVE to be made up until they see the official record of the machine. Then they just walk away, shaking their heads in amazement. In the battle with the Urukai, it also knocked out a Locust pilot after scattergunning it with all weapons. A lucky hit to the head is what most people say. The pilot says it was completely due to his skill. Those claims are looked questioningly when the record of his second kill of the battle comes up. He was hit hard by a heavy salvo of Urukai fire and fell off a bridge. On the way down he landed on an Urukai Wasp, flattening it like a bug hitting a windshield. The pilot claims that he saw the target below him and chose to jump off the bridge, and that the incoming rounds of Urukai fire simply helped him along. The final kill, recorded twenty years ago on MacLeod's Land, happened during the testing of the design. How the engineer and his crazy pilot managed to get the thing shipped out there no one will ever know, but it arrived in the middle of a Davion raid where it claimed the single largest kill it has ever known. A Davion Warhammer was holding off all comers with a strong show of force, giving his men time to raid the local supply dump. The insane pilot of the Field Marshal started running it forwards, firing all weapons as he came. It was enough firepower to get the Warhammer's attention and it turned all weapons on the newcomer. Even at the low speed of 30 klicks, a 100 ton machine can do a lot of damage if it charges, and that was the coup de grace of the pilot's assault. The Warhammer saw it coming, stepped the side, and having already severly damaged the Field Marshal, fired another full salvo into it, dropping it to the ground with a crippled hip before turning back to handle the other Taurian BattleMechs. After a minute of motionless laying, the Field Marshal rolled over, sat up, and fired a full salvo of all weapons into the back of the Warhammer, destroying it. To this day, the pilot contends that he was playing possum to make the Warhammer pilot feel secure, but most think he was rendered unconscious by the fall.       [ none ] (Unknown) (Unknown) (Unknown) (Unknown) (Unknown) (Unknown) (Unknown) (Unknown)