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The '''Nightshade''' is a light [[VTOL]] designed in [[2597]] specifically to provide an aerial platform for the [[Guardian ECM Suite]]. The first craft to carry the system, the Nightshade was highly unpopular with pilots due to the inadequate two tons of FiberTech Light armor and single weapon it carried, necessary costs for its high speed and the weight of the Guardian suite.<ref name=TRO3050U/><ref name=TRO2750>''Technical Readout: 2750'', pp. 92–93: "Nightshade VTOL Profile"</ref><ref name=TRO3050R>''Technical Readout: 3050 Revised'', pp. 196–197: "Nightshade VTOL Profile"</ref>
 
The '''Nightshade''' is a light [[VTOL]] designed in [[2597]] specifically to provide an aerial platform for the [[Guardian ECM Suite]]. The first craft to carry the system, the Nightshade was highly unpopular with pilots due to the inadequate two tons of FiberTech Light armor and single weapon it carried, necessary costs for its high speed and the weight of the Guardian suite.<ref name=TRO3050U/><ref name=TRO2750>''Technical Readout: 2750'', pp. 92–93: "Nightshade VTOL Profile"</ref><ref name=TRO3050R>''Technical Readout: 3050 Revised'', pp. 196–197: "Nightshade VTOL Profile"</ref>
  
With the Guardian entering the realms of [[LosTech]] and the destruction of Yelm's main factory by a [[Lyran Commonwealth]] orbital bombardment in the early [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]], the VTOL was relegated to second line militias and warehouses such as [[ComStar]]'s [[Terra]]n stockpiles. Production of the design was finally revived by the [[Word of Blake]], with modern technology giving it an expanded role in the Blakists' [[Word of Blake Protectorate Militia|Protectorate Militia]] during the [[Jihad]].<ref name=TRO3050U/><ref name=TRO2750/><ref name=TRO3050R/>
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With the Guardian entering the realms of [[LosTech]] and the destruction of Yelm's main factory by a [[Lyran Commonwealth]] orbital bombardment in the early [[Succession Wars]], the VTOL was relegated to second line militias and warehouses such as [[ComStar]]'s [[Terra]]n stockpiles. Production of the design was finally revived by the [[Word of Blake]], with modern technology giving it an expanded role in the Blakists' [[Word of Blake Protectorate Militia|Protectorate Militia]] during the [[Jihad]].<ref name=TRO3050U/><ref name=TRO2750/><ref name=TRO3050R/>
  
 
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