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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
| − | The '''Jade Falcon''' (Falco Smaragdus Edenopis) is a predatory bird the size of [[Terra]]'s largest [[w:Eagle|Eagles]] which was designed by [[SLDF]] scientists from the genes of the [[w:Peregrine Falcon|Peregrine]] and the [[w:Gyrfalcon|Gyrfalcon]]. Created upon settling the [[Pentagon Worlds]], the Jade Falcons' purpose was to hunt the dangerous [[Eden Serpent]] on [[Eden]] with its razor-sharp talons; it was soon also exported to [[Dagda]] to hunt a similar native menace on that world, the [[Dagada]]. | + | The '''Jade Falcon''' (Falco Smaragdus Edenopis) is a predatory bird the size of [[Terra]]'s largest [[w:Eagle|Eagles]] which was designed by [[SLDF]] scientists from the genes of the [[w:Peregrine Falcon|Peregrine]] and the [[w:Gyrfalcon|Gyrfalcon]]. Created upon settling the [[Pentagon Worlds]], the Jade Falcons' purpose was to hunt the dangerous [[Eden Serpent]] on [[Eden]] with its razor-sharp talons; it was soon also exported to [[Dagda]] to hunt a similar native menace on that world, the [[Dagada]].<ref name=JFS9>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 9</ref> |
| − | Like their Terran forefathers, Jade Falcons can be tamed.<ref>''Classic BattleTech Comapanion'', p. 139</ref> [[Elizabeth Hazen]], considered one of the founders of [[Clan Jade Falcon]], was noted as the first person to completely tame and train a Jade Falcon which she named ''Turkina''. | + | Like their Terran forefathers, Jade Falcons can be tamed.<ref>''Classic BattleTech Comapanion'', p. 139</ref> [[Elizabeth Hazen]], considered one of the founders of [[Clan Jade Falcon]], was noted as the first person to completely tame and train a Jade Falcon which she named ''Turkina''.<ref name=JFS9/> |
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | *''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]'' | + | *''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]'' |
*''[[Classic BattleTech Companion]]'' | *''[[Classic BattleTech Companion]]'' | ||
[[Category:Alien species]] | [[Category:Alien species]] | ||
[[Category:Clan Totem]] | [[Category:Clan Totem]] | ||
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Overview
The Jade Falcon (Falco Smaragdus Edenopis) is a predatory bird the size of Terra's largest Eagles which was designed by SLDF scientists from the genes of the Peregrine and the Gyrfalcon. Created upon settling the Pentagon Worlds, the Jade Falcons' purpose was to hunt the dangerous Eden Serpent on Eden with its razor-sharp talons; it was soon also exported to Dagda to hunt a similar native menace on that world, the Dagada.[1]
Like their Terran forefathers, Jade Falcons can be tamed.[2] Elizabeth Hazen, considered one of the founders of Clan Jade Falcon, was noted as the first person to completely tame and train a Jade Falcon which she named Turkina.[1]