Justice (Individual Titan-class DropShip)

Justice
JusticeGBL.jpg
Vessel Profile
TypeDropShip
ClassTitan

The Justice was a Titan-class DropShip serving with Clan Ghost Bear as of 3058,[1] specifically the 72nd Assault Trinary, 304th Assault Cluster, Beta Galaxy.[2] It was evidently modified, as it was shown to be capable of deploying 'Mechs both to a planetary surface[3] and in space.[4] In the quest of the 72nd Assault Trinary to recover stolen genetic heritage, the Justice traveled with the JumpShip Bear's Legacy.

Canonicity[edit]

The only source featuring the Justice is the 1995 Ghost Bear's Legacy expansion pack to the MechWarrior 2 computer game. Computer games as such are expressly excluded from the current definition of Canon, and even though canonical products do make an effort to treat (most) computer game storylines as canonical, this still does not mean content from the games is canon if it was not picked up in canonical sources. Thus, the Justice, having never been mentioned in a canonical publication, remains apocryphal.

Notes[edit]

  • While the class of the Justice is never explicitly stated within the game, several in-game cutscenes clearly depict the very distinct shape of a Titan-class DropShip (the Clan refit version as depicted in Technical Readout: 3057, not the original Star League era design depicted in Technical Readout: 2750) in great detail, and a less detailed but still clearly identifiable Titan-class DropShip features in at least two missions, being explicitly identified as the Justice in the briefing for the final main storyline mission ("Destroy Orbital Platform") which begins and ends on the outer hull of the Justice.[4]
  • Titan-class assault DropShips are normally only capable of carrying aerospace fighters, not 'Mechs. It follows that the Justice must have been modified in some way, but the game provides no information at all except the name and visual depiction of the ship.

References[edit]

  1. The underwater mission to Thun from the Ghost Bear's Legacy storyline was canonized as having taken place in 3058 in Shrapnel issue #8 p. 46, "Battle History" section of Executioner-B writeup
  2. Ghost Bear's Legacy
  3. Ghost Bear's Legacy, mission "Circle of Equals": A Titan-class vessel hovering above the surface deploys the player's adversary in the trial in plain view at the beginning of the mission
  4. 4.0 4.1 Ghost Bear's Legacy, mission "Destroy Orbital Platform": The player begins (and ends) the mission on the outer hull of what is clearly a Titan-class vessel, identified as the Justice in the mission briefing

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