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Line 10: *easy to acquire and maintain, to the point of being considered an ubiquitous design *easy to acquire and maintain, to the point of being considered an ubiquitous design − There seems to be an informal convention to give "Bug" names to 'Mechs that fulfill (most of) the latter five characteristics, and indeed many typical Bug 'Mechs do not exceed 20 tons which is the lower end of the light spectrum (with 'Mechs below 20 tons being classed as [[BattleMech#Ultralight|ultralight]] instead, such as the 15-ton FLE-14 variant of the ''[[Flea]]''). The only notable outliers are the 55-ton ''[[Scorpion (BattleMech)|Scorpion]]'' and the 70-ton ''[[Grasshopper]]''. + There seems to be an informal convention to give "Bug" names to 'Mechs that fulfill (most of) the latter five characteristics, and indeed many typical Bug 'Mechs do not exceed 20 tons which is the lower end of the light spectrum (with 'Mechs below 20 tons being classed as [[Ultralight 'Mech|ultralight]] instead, such as the 15-ton FLE-14 variant of the ''[[Flea]]''). The only notable outliers are the 55-ton ''[[Scorpion (BattleMech)|Scorpion]]'' and the 70-ton ''[[Grasshopper]]''. The entire concept appears to be strictly limited to the Inner Sphere, and [[Clan]] 'Mech designs are apparently not counted as Bug 'Mechs even when they technically qualify (e.g. ''[[Locust IIC]]''). The entire concept appears to be strictly limited to the Inner Sphere, and [[Clan]] 'Mech designs are apparently not counted as Bug 'Mechs even when they technically qualify (e.g. ''[[Locust IIC]]'').
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*easy to acquire and maintain, to the point of being considered an ubiquitous design | *easy to acquire and maintain, to the point of being considered an ubiquitous design | ||
| − | There seems to be an informal convention to give "Bug" names to 'Mechs that fulfill (most of) the latter five characteristics, and indeed many typical Bug 'Mechs do not exceed 20 tons which is the lower end of the light spectrum (with 'Mechs below 20 tons being classed as [[ | + | There seems to be an informal convention to give "Bug" names to 'Mechs that fulfill (most of) the latter five characteristics, and indeed many typical Bug 'Mechs do not exceed 20 tons which is the lower end of the light spectrum (with 'Mechs below 20 tons being classed as [[Ultralight 'Mech|ultralight]] instead, such as the 15-ton FLE-14 variant of the ''[[Flea]]''). The only notable outliers are the 55-ton ''[[Scorpion (BattleMech)|Scorpion]]'' and the 70-ton ''[[Grasshopper]]''. |
The entire concept appears to be strictly limited to the Inner Sphere, and [[Clan]] 'Mech designs are apparently not counted as Bug 'Mechs even when they technically qualify (e.g. ''[[Locust IIC]]''). | The entire concept appears to be strictly limited to the Inner Sphere, and [[Clan]] 'Mech designs are apparently not counted as Bug 'Mechs even when they technically qualify (e.g. ''[[Locust IIC]]''). | ||