Aquinus
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| Aquinus | |
|---|---|
| Vessel Profile | |
| Type | JumpShip |
| Class | Scout |
Contents
History[edit]
The Aquinus was a Scout-class JumpShip captained by one Captain Olson and associated with Jake Kalmar's band of Oberon Confederation pirates as of 3037. By this time, the vessel was already nearly three centuries old.[1]
Reportedly, Kalmar's band had carried out raids up to some 200 lightyears from their base on Sigurd, with the implication that the Aquinus had always carried their DropShip.
The pirate band was tracked to Sigurd and destroyed in combat by Chloe's Cavaliers in late 3037. The fate of the Aquinus was not mentioned.
Canonicity[edit]
MechWarrior Online fiction pieces pertaining to Hero 'Mechs were declared fully canonical by Catalyst Game Labs' then-Line Developer Randall N. Bills, regardless of the canonicity status of the game otherwise. The "Corsair Lore" fiction that introduced the Aquinus was written by and is credited to Randall Bills of Catalyst Game Labs.
However Assistant Line Developer Ray "Adrian Gideon" Arrastia later expressly clarified that the original designs from PGI are not canonical,[2] regardless of any Hero 'Mechs or Hero 'Mech fluff associated with them. (There had been no original designs by PGI when Randall Bills made his ruling, which Ray Arrastia upheld when initially queried about the canonicity of the new original PGI designs[3] though he later added the aforementioned caveat.)
As a result the Corsair lore, including the Aquinus, are exempt from the canonization of MWO Hero 'Mechs and remain apocryphal.
References[edit]
- ↑ MechWarrior Online - Corsair Lore
- ↑ In this posting on the official BattleTech Forum by Ray "Adrian Gideon" Arrastia, regarding the canon status of PGI-exclusive 'Mechs for which record sheets had been brought to Mech_Con 2018: "Those sheets are not official and those designs are not canon for the tabletop. CGL cannot use the PGI-created designs, no matter what “part” CGL or its employees play in the creation of the designs. When asked for confirmation, Randall and Brent stated that those were provided by a demo agent and they allowed it *this time only* as part of the hype at Mech_Con."
- ↑ In this thread on the official BattleTech Forum