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Line 30: ==Description== ==Description== − Initially introduced by [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] in [[2999]] in preparation for the anticipated return to the [[Inner Sphere]]. After the [[Dragoon Compromise]] stalled such plans, the Jaguars unleashed the powerful '''''Warhawk''''' on their [[Warden]] opponents to deadly effect. Deployed extensively in the Jaguar frontline forces, and often seen paired with the ''[[Dire Wolf]]'', the design truly came into prominence on the battlefields of the [[Invasion corridor - Clan Smoke Jaguar|Jaguars' Invasion Corridor]], where it earned the [[Inner Sphere Designation for Clan BattleMechs|code name]] of '''''Masakari''''' - a Japanese battle-axe used on medieval [[Terra]] - from the [[DCMS]] warriors who faced it.<ref name=TRO3050U140/><ref name=TRO3050>''Technical Readout: 3050'', pp. 38–39: "Masakari OmniMech Profile"</ref><ref name=TRO3050R>''Technical Readout: 3050 Revised'', pp. 36–37: "Masakari OmniMech Profile"</ref>+ Introduced by [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] in [[2999]] in preparation for the anticipated return to the [[Inner Sphere]], while the [[Dragoon Compromise]] stalled such plans, the Jaguars unleashed the powerful '''''Warhawk''''' on their [[Warden]] opponents to deadly effect. Deployed extensively in the Jaguar frontline forces, and often seen paired with the ''[[Dire Wolf]]'', the design truly came to prominence as originally intended, on the battlefields of the [[Invasion corridor - Clan Smoke Jaguar|Jaguars' Invasion Corridor]] and earned the [[Inner Sphere Designation for Clan BattleMechs|code name]] of '''''Masakari''''' - a Japanese battle-axe used on medieval [[Terra]] - from warriors within the [[DCMS]] who faced it.<ref name=TRO3050U140/><ref name=TRO3050>''Technical Readout: 3050'', pp. 38–39: "Masakari OmniMech Profile"</ref><ref name=TRO3050R>''Technical Readout: 3050 Revised'', pp. 36–37: "Masakari OmniMech Profile"</ref> − Though it appeared in the ''[[touman]]s'' of a number of other Clans, such as the [[Clan Ghost Bear|Ghost Bears]] and [[Clan Jade Falcon|Jade Falcons]], the Jaguars jealously guarded their production, and all examples of the highly prized 'Mech outside of the Jaguars were battlefield salvage until production lines and design specs finally spread to the [[Clan Fire Mandrill|Fire Mandrills]], [[Clan Diamond Shark|Diamond Sharks]] and [[Clan Goliath Scorpion|Goliath Scorpions]] after the [[Trial of Annihilation|Smoke Jaguars' Annihilation]].<ref name=TRO3050U140/><ref name=TRO3050/><ref name=TRO3050R/> Produced exclusively on the [[Clan Homeworlds]], the design was one of many lost to the Inner Sphere Clans after contact with the Homeworlds ceased during the [[Jihad]],<ref name=TRO3085>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 128</ref> with attrition steadily reducing the numbers of increasingly patchwork survivors by the [[ilClan era]].<ref name=RGiCV20p13>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 20'', p. 13: "Warhawk (Masakari)"</ref> + Though it appeared in the ''[[touman]]s'' of a number of other Clans, such as the [[Clan Ghost Bear|Ghost Bears]] and [[Clan Jade Falcon|Jade Falcons]], the Jaguars jealously guarded their production, and all examples of the highly prized 'Mech outside of the Jaguars were battlefield salvage until production lines and design specs finally spread to the [[Clan Fire Mandrill|Fire Mandrills]], [[Clan Diamond Shark|Diamond Sharks]] and [[Clan Goliath Scorpion|Goliath Scorpions]] upon the [[Trial of Annihilation|Smoke Jaguars' Annihilation]].<ref name=TRO3050U140/><ref name=TRO3050/><ref name=TRO3050R/> Produced exclusively on the [[Clan Homeworlds]], the design was one of many lost to the Inner Sphere Clans after contact with the Homeworlds ceased during the [[Jihad]],<ref name=TRO3085>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 128</ref> attrition steadily reducing the numbers of increasingly patchwork survivors by the [[ilClan era]].<ref name=RGiCV20p13>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 20'', p. 13: "Warhawk (Masakari)"</ref> − Meanwhile in the [[Deep Periphery]], even following their Abjurement the Goliath Scorpions went to extreme lengths to maintain their ''Warhawk''s, resorting to cannibalizing severely damaged 'Mechs for parts. Cherishing the ''Warhawk'' for its pinpoint accuracy, the design was among those revived once resources allowed and prior to the [[Hanseatic Crusade]], where it played a key role in the [[Escorpión Imperio]]'s conquest of the [[Hanseatic League]]. The wealth of League resources following the Crusade allowed the new [[Scorpion Empire]] to retool the factory on [[Antwerp]] to resurrect the ''Warhawk'', rebuffing interest from [[Clan Sea Fox]] buyers to see to their own internal needs first.<ref name=RGiCV20p13/> + Meanwhile in the [[Deep Periphery]], even following their Abjurement the Goliath Scorpions went to extreme lengths to maintain their ''Warhawk''s, resorting to cannibalizing severely damaged 'Mechs for parts. Cherishing the ''Warhawk'' for its pinpoint accuracy, the design was among those revived once resources allowed prior to the [[Hanseatic Crusade]], where it played a key role in the [[Escorpión Imperio]]'s conquest of the [[Hanseatic League]]. The wealth of League resources following the Crusade allowed the new [[Scorpion Empire]] to retool the factory on [[Antwerp]] to resurrect the ''Warhawk'', rebuffing interest from [[Clan Sea Fox]] buyers to see to their own internal needs first.<ref name=RGiCV20p13/> ==Weapons and Equipment== ==Weapons and Equipment==
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| − | + | Introduced by [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] in [[2999]] in preparation for the anticipated return to the [[Inner Sphere]], while the [[Dragoon Compromise]] stalled such plans, the Jaguars unleashed the powerful '''''Warhawk''''' on their [[Warden]] opponents to deadly effect. Deployed extensively in the Jaguar frontline forces, and often seen paired with the ''[[Dire Wolf]]'', the design truly came to prominence as originally intended, on the battlefields of the [[Invasion corridor - Clan Smoke Jaguar|Jaguars' Invasion Corridor]] and earned the [[Inner Sphere Designation for Clan BattleMechs|code name]] of '''''Masakari''''' - a Japanese battle-axe used on medieval [[Terra]] - from warriors within the [[DCMS]] who faced it.<ref name=TRO3050U140/><ref name=TRO3050>''Technical Readout: 3050'', pp. 38–39: "Masakari OmniMech Profile"</ref><ref name=TRO3050R>''Technical Readout: 3050 Revised'', pp. 36–37: "Masakari OmniMech Profile"</ref> | |
| − | Though it appeared in the ''[[touman]]s'' of a number of other Clans, such as the [[Clan Ghost Bear|Ghost Bears]] and [[Clan Jade Falcon|Jade Falcons]], the Jaguars jealously guarded their production, and all examples of the highly prized 'Mech outside of the Jaguars were battlefield salvage until production lines and design specs finally spread to the [[Clan Fire Mandrill|Fire Mandrills]], [[Clan Diamond Shark|Diamond Sharks]] and [[Clan Goliath Scorpion|Goliath Scorpions]] | + | Though it appeared in the ''[[touman]]s'' of a number of other Clans, such as the [[Clan Ghost Bear|Ghost Bears]] and [[Clan Jade Falcon|Jade Falcons]], the Jaguars jealously guarded their production, and all examples of the highly prized 'Mech outside of the Jaguars were battlefield salvage until production lines and design specs finally spread to the [[Clan Fire Mandrill|Fire Mandrills]], [[Clan Diamond Shark|Diamond Sharks]] and [[Clan Goliath Scorpion|Goliath Scorpions]] upon the [[Trial of Annihilation|Smoke Jaguars' Annihilation]].<ref name=TRO3050U140/><ref name=TRO3050/><ref name=TRO3050R/> Produced exclusively on the [[Clan Homeworlds]], the design was one of many lost to the Inner Sphere Clans after contact with the Homeworlds ceased during the [[Jihad]],<ref name=TRO3085>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 128</ref> attrition steadily reducing the numbers of increasingly patchwork survivors by the [[ilClan era]].<ref name=RGiCV20p13>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 20'', p. 13: "Warhawk (Masakari)"</ref> |
| − | Meanwhile in the [[Deep Periphery]], even following their Abjurement the Goliath Scorpions went to extreme lengths to maintain their ''Warhawk''s, resorting to cannibalizing severely damaged 'Mechs for parts. Cherishing the ''Warhawk'' for its pinpoint accuracy, the design was among those revived once resources allowed | + | Meanwhile in the [[Deep Periphery]], even following their Abjurement the Goliath Scorpions went to extreme lengths to maintain their ''Warhawk''s, resorting to cannibalizing severely damaged 'Mechs for parts. Cherishing the ''Warhawk'' for its pinpoint accuracy, the design was among those revived once resources allowed prior to the [[Hanseatic Crusade]], where it played a key role in the [[Escorpión Imperio]]'s conquest of the [[Hanseatic League]]. The wealth of League resources following the Crusade allowed the new [[Scorpion Empire]] to retool the factory on [[Antwerp]] to resurrect the ''Warhawk'', rebuffing interest from [[Clan Sea Fox]] buyers to see to their own internal needs first.<ref name=RGiCV20p13/> |
==Weapons and Equipment== | ==Weapons and Equipment== | ||