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==Description==
 
==Description==
The '''Gnome''' [[battle armor]] was created by [[Clan Hell's Horses]] in response to the growing threat of [[Inner Sphere]] battle armor.  Starting in [[3054]] rumors began spreading back to the Clan homeworlds that the Inner Sphere powers were not only developing battlesuits of their own, but an incredible variety tailored to specific mission requirements.  In particular, news that the [[Draconis Combine]] had produced an assault-weight suit—the [[Kanazuchi]]—which could survive a direct hit from a Clan [[ER PPC]] was most troubling.  Anything which threatened the Clans' supremacy in battle-armored troops went doubly so for the Horses, who themselves were longtime proponents of the use of infantry and held the edge over other Clans in their deployment.<ref name=LOSMWEG62>''LosTech: The MechWarrior Equipment Guide'', p. 62</ref><ref name=TRO3058U50-51>''Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade'', pp. 50–51: "Gnome Battle Armor Profile"</ref><ref name=FMCRC181-183>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', pp. 181–183</ref>
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The '''Gnome''' [[battle armor]] was created by [[Clan Hell's Horses]] in response to [[Inner Sphere]] responses to the ubiquitous [[Elemental (Battle Armor)|Elemental]] battle armor.  Starting in [[3054]] rumors began spreading back to the Clan homeworlds that the Inner Sphere powers were not only developing battlesuits of their own, but an incredible variety tailored to specific mission requirements.  In particular, news that the [[Draconis Combine]] had produced an assault-weight suit—the [[Kanazuchi]]—which could survive a direct hit from a Clan [[ER PPC]] was most troubling.  Anything which threatened the Clans' supremacy in battle-armored troops went doubly so for the Horses, who themselves were longtime proponents of the use of infantry and held the edge over other Clans in their deployment.<ref name=LOSMWEG62>''LosTech: The MechWarrior Equipment Guide'', p. 62</ref><ref name=TRO3058U50-51>''Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade'', pp. 50–51: "Gnome Battle Armor Profile"</ref><ref name=FMCRC181-183>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', pp. 181–183</ref>
  
 
Horse [[Khan]] [[Malavai Fletcher]] ordered his scientists to create a Clan version of the assault battle armor, one which retained some mobility while boasting incredible firepower and survivability.  Horses scientists fell back on the [[Rhino (Battle Armor)|Rhino]], a ponderous early design dating back to the beginning of battle armor development but which never made it out of the prototype stage owing to the sheer flexibility and balance of what became the standard Elemental.  Applying the latest in technological advancement to the Rhino, including small-scale [[ferro-fibrous]] armor design, they ended up creating a battle armor twice as fast as the Kanazuchi and with heavier weapons, albeit one with slightly less armor protection.  Like the other second-generation Clan battlesuits, the Gnome is named after an elemental spirit, in this case an earth spirit.<ref name=LOSMWEG62/><ref name=TRO3058U50-51/><ref name=FMCRC181-183/>
 
Horse [[Khan]] [[Malavai Fletcher]] ordered his scientists to create a Clan version of the assault battle armor, one which retained some mobility while boasting incredible firepower and survivability.  Horses scientists fell back on the [[Rhino (Battle Armor)|Rhino]], a ponderous early design dating back to the beginning of battle armor development but which never made it out of the prototype stage owing to the sheer flexibility and balance of what became the standard Elemental.  Applying the latest in technological advancement to the Rhino, including small-scale [[ferro-fibrous]] armor design, they ended up creating a battle armor twice as fast as the Kanazuchi and with heavier weapons, albeit one with slightly less armor protection.  Like the other second-generation Clan battlesuits, the Gnome is named after an elemental spirit, in this case an earth spirit.<ref name=LOSMWEG62/><ref name=TRO3058U50-51/><ref name=FMCRC181-183/>

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