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1、INTRODUCTIONMistakeshappen.Evenatthebestoftimesresearcherscanbetrippedupbypreconceptionsandincompletedata.SuchwasthecasefortheteamwholaboredontheinglorioustaskofsiftingthroughthedatafromtherecentlyrecoveredTerranHegemonymemorycorefromNewDallas.Overwhelmedbythefloodofdataprovid
2、edbythisnewfragmentoftheHegemony’sfabledPrometheusdatabase,thepeopleworkingfranticallytoupdatethreatandcombatdatafilesoverlookedcriticaldetailswhenanalyzingtheprofilesofseveral“RetroTech”designs.Inseveralcasesdesignswerecataloguedwiththeerroneousassumptionthattheirconstruction
3、incorporatedmoderncomponents.TheseerrorswerebroughttolightbytheexcellentworkperformedbymyownresearchassistantsaswecontinuedtodelveinthedigitaltreasuretrovefromthepastprovidedbythelateChandrasekharKurita.Ratherthanwaittoaddourfindingstothenextreleaseofthe3075TechnicalReadoutand
4、itssupportingfilesitwasdecidedtoincludetheseupdateswithnewinformationgleanedfromthedepthsoftheHegemonymemorycore.TheprogenitorsofmodernweaponsdatebacktothebloodyAgeofWar.ItwasinthiscruciblethattheBattleMechs,combatvehicles,fighters,DropShips,JumpShips,andWarShipswithwhichweare
5、familiarwerefirstforged.Manyofthedetailsofthisfascinatingprocesswereallbutlostoverthecenturies.ThoseantiquatedexamplesthatsurvivedtheReunificationWarthatmarkedthebirthoftheFirstStarLeaguedidnotlongsurviveitsdeath.Strippeddowntokeep“modern”equipmentfunctioning,theybecamelittlem
6、orethanhalf-forgottenmythsandlegends.Itwasthepursuitofthesemythsandlegendsthatbroughttolightmanyofthediscrepanciesinthepublishedmaterial.InthisfirstvolumeofanongoingseriesweseektoredressthesituationaswellascastsomelightonseveralearlyBattleMech,vehicle,andfighterdesigns.Innoway
7、isthisprojectanexhaustivecollectionofwhatoftenisreferredtoas“Primitive”units.Centuriesofwarfarehavespawnedfartoogreatavarietyofweaponstobeencompassedbytheworkofasinglelifetimeofresearch.Insteadtheintentistofocusontwoclassesofweapon:thosecommonenoughtobeconsideredgenericorrepre
8、sentativeoftheirtype,andotherswhichserveasthecornerstonesofmo
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