Number Seven
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History[edit]
Number Seven (ID number: CGR1A0ALSX9) was a modified CGR-1A1 Charger piloted by Terry Ford. Its small lasers were replaced with two medium lasers, but the 'Mech never operated at optimal efficiency largely due to Ford's extremely limited technical skills and the damage to its actuators and other systems it accumulated over time.[1] [2] [3]
Ford's luck finally ran out when the Illician Lancers were deployed in the Terran Corridor for a short time following the Fourth Succession War, coming under attack from Sorenson's Sabres in a retaliatory strike. Leaping from an embankment intent on performing a "Highlander Burial" on a Sorenson's Sabres Longbow, Ford was killed instantly when the 'Mech's gyro overreacted and caused it to crash face first into ground with tremendous force.[2] [3]
Number Seven was claimed by the Sabres. The near crippled 'Mech was sent to Galedon V for an extensive refit, subsequently rebuilt from the ground up to the slower but more heavily armed CGR-1A9 variant. Assigned to Busosenshi Andrew Martin, despite the work performed on Ford's former 'Mech, Number Seven still suffered from no end of minor glitches and malfunctions. Ultimately the 'Mech disappeared from the Sabres' roster sometime after 3049, one rumor insisting that the pilot-less Number Seven "accidentally" fell out of a DropShip during a combat drop drill.[2] [3] [4]
Notes[edit]
- An apocryphal version of Number Seven appears in the video game MechWarrior Online:
PGI's Hero 'Mech version of Terry Ford's Number Seven is built around a 320-rated standard engine. The smaller engine allows it to retain the 'Mech's ten tons of armor and head-mounted small laser while freeing up weight to carry a large laser in each side torso supported by a medium laser in each arm and the right torso. Twenty-five single heat sinks and four jump jets ensure Number Seven surprising mobility and endurance in battle.[5]
Although these changes might appear unlikely at first glance given Ford's reportedly limited technical skills, the (failed) Death From Above maneuver that killed Ford would have required the 'Mech to feature jump jets to carry out, indicating it was further modified at that point beyond the mere exchange of small lasers for two medium lasers that was reported as of 3025.
References[edit]
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3025, p. 106, "CGR-1A1 Charger - Notable 'Mechs and MechWarriors - MechWarrior Terry Ford"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 152 "CGR-1A1 Charger - Notable MechWarrior - MechWarrior Terry Ford"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Starterbook: Sword and Dragon, p. 43, "Andrew Martin - MechWarrior Profile - 'Mech History"
- ↑ Starterbook: Sword and Dragon, p. 35, "Sorenson's Sabres - 3049"
- ↑ MechWarrior Online Evolutions Sale Page