V5.00ˆHarvester AgroMechHVR-99Ñ î¼7@@€?ML 2 3 1 — —— 4 x   ù (Unknown)ø (Unknown)° (Unknown)øøøøùùù  °ìÿP~When the Helm Memory Core was finally cracked by the NAIS, a wealth of information was discovered detailing Star League-era knowledge about advanced agricultural technology, among other things. Chief among the data were prototype schematics for new combine and threshing equipment and structural modifications needed to mount such machinery onto exoskeleton and compact IndustrialMech frames. Once the data was released to the general public, several Federated Commonwealth companies snapped up the information for their own research and development firms. Within five years, over three hundred new patents were registered with the Federated Patent Office on New Avalon. One of those was from Iroquois Machinery Limited, a small manufacturing firm on Shawnee that specialized in harvesting and threshing machinery. Its newly designed Harvester AgroMech could harvest as much as three of their own Comanche Tracked Combines, reducing corporate overhead by a significant margin. Additionally, because of the heavier LaborHeavy/1 weave (installed to protect the machine from the massive bufaali herds that roamed the plains), the Harvester could step in as a last-ditch backup against pirate attacks. Their design overwhelmingly approved by the Minette Farming Concern, the Harvester entered full production in 3049. Within ten years, the IM design was found on almost every agrarian world in the Suns. zOften painted bright yellow - the better to stand out in the vast seluguwesa fields of the Asdaya Unule Plains - the Harvester can easily thresh flatlands and hillside crops. The massive carbide blades of the Case-International combine can easily cut the seluguwesa stalks without jamming, saving time and expense. The fifteen-ton rated cargo hoist can then gather the massive stalks and easily move them into a trailling container truck. The flaw in the design is the high-maintenance Junkers engine, as it requires a higher fuel flow than similar engines and is prone to breakdown if not maintained every thirty work-hours. IM is currently in negotiations with the GM plant on Mermentau but no deal is yet in sight. A different use for the Harvester has recently come to light. During a pirate raid in 3063, Harvester pilot Graham "Bandit Killer" Brisbani scored the only recorded kill by an AgroMech in the Federated Suns. Conveniently ignoring the fact that it was garnered against a goblin tank with a busted track, Brisbani drinks for free at any establishment he visits. An average farmhand, Brisbani is slowly letting his exploits go to his head and has recently gained the ear of Joseph "Ten Ton" Whipcort, head of R & D at Iroquois Machinery. Rumor has it that Graham is now concidering a run for planetary governor, despite the fact he lacks any political - or social - acumen whatsoever. OThough there is currently no need for variants to this workhorse design, some wild imaginations at IM think that heavier BattleMech weapons could be mounted onto the Harvester's frame as a stopgap military solution. These corporate thinkers neglect to consider the ramifications of such modifications, such as the fragility of the chassis in combat situations, not to mention needing to reinforce the inner structure to handle the recoil and weight of such weapons. fortunately, these corporate renegates have failed to materialize much beyond their "crazy talk" around the corn-wine cooler.    LF:\Program Files\HeavyMetal\Pro\Bmps\IndustrialMechs - CG\AgroMech Mk II.jpg Cargo Bin 0-'d0000000000000000000002750 Cargo Bin 0-?'d0000000000000000000002750Iroquois Machinery LimitedShawneeJunker LaborHeavy/1Iroquois Machinery MediumT-300 Dual WaveNoneNone