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: Can you ask this on the Discord's #research-desk? A lot more eyes there than this talk page.--[[User:Revanche|Revanche]] <sup>([[User_talk:Revanche|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Revanche|contribs]])</sup> 05:48, 7 August 2022 (EDT)
 
: Can you ask this on the Discord's #research-desk? A lot more eyes there than this talk page.--[[User:Revanche|Revanche]] <sup>([[User_talk:Revanche|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Revanche|contribs]])</sup> 05:48, 7 August 2022 (EDT)
  
::Its a Star League era BattleMech Taser, fires an electromagnetic pulse to overload and shutdown a target non-lethally. Page 127 of Jihad Conspiracies Interstellar Players 2. The vanilla version has the same range as a Small Laser against most targets, but was later tied into the anti-theft transponders of SLDF 'Mechs so it gained ability to shutdown SLDF 'Mechs at Light PPC ranges. Short range and the anti-theft transponders being able to be shutdown by radio command and being abused for practical jokes and by enemies meant it got shelved.
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::Its a Star League era BattleMech Taser, fires an electromagnetic pulse to overload and shutdown a target non-lethally. Page 127 of Jihad Conspiracies Interstellar Players 2. The vanilla version has the same range as a Small Laser against most targets, but was later tied into the anti-theft transponders of SLDF 'Mechs so it gained ability to shutdown SLDF 'Mechs at Light PPC ranges. Short range and the anti-theft transponders being able to be shutdown by radio command and being abused for practical jokes and by enemies meant it got shelved.[[User:Cyc|Cyc]] ([[User talk:Cyc|talk]]) 08:40, 7 August 2022 (EDT)

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The Variant D46 + D50 is a direct copy of the TRO 3075 with only the first words changed. Neuling 19:24, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

TRB-XTS variant Centurion Weapon System?

What exactly is it? Or is there at least a similar basic system it could link to? -Breenland (talk) 09:56, 6 August 2022 (EDT)

Can you ask this on the Discord's #research-desk? A lot more eyes there than this talk page.--Revanche (talk|contribs) 05:48, 7 August 2022 (EDT)
Its a Star League era BattleMech Taser, fires an electromagnetic pulse to overload and shutdown a target non-lethally. Page 127 of Jihad Conspiracies Interstellar Players 2. The vanilla version has the same range as a Small Laser against most targets, but was later tied into the anti-theft transponders of SLDF 'Mechs so it gained ability to shutdown SLDF 'Mechs at Light PPC ranges. Short range and the anti-theft transponders being able to be shutdown by radio command and being abused for practical jokes and by enemies meant it got shelved.Cyc (talk) 08:40, 7 August 2022 (EDT)