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Initially a [[Partial Wing]] testbed, the '''''Flamberge''''' became a prominent [[Clan Jade Falcon]] [[OmniMech]], helping to inspire the Falcon's [[Dark Age era]] design style aesthetic.
 
Initially a [[Partial Wing]] testbed, the '''''Flamberge''''' became a prominent [[Clan Jade Falcon]] [[OmniMech]], helping to inspire the Falcon's [[Dark Age era]] design style aesthetic.
  
Developing the [[Experimental Technology|experimental]] Partial Wing technology in the 3060s, attempts by the Falcon scientists to develop a new production design using it were unsuccessful and the project was ultimately shelved. Cut-off from the [[Clan Homeworlds]] as losses mounted in the [[Jihad]], in [[3074]] then [[Khan of Clan Jade Falcon|Khan]] [[Marthe Pryde]] tasked [[Daniel Jade Falcon|Merchant Daniel]] and the Falcon design teams to use whatever was available to rebuild her forces. After removing much of the internal components of the wings, retaining the inbuilt Pattern J7 [[SRM-6]] launchers in the shoulders to avoid further delays, the reborn testbed featured an imposing birdlike cosmetic appearance that helped the ''Flamberge'' secure a prominent position in the [[Clan Jade Falcon Touman|Clan Jade Falcon ''touman'']].<ref name="TRO:3085p166+">''Technical Readout: 3085'', pp. 166–167: "Flamberge"</ref>
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Developing the [[Experimental Technology|experimental]] Partial Wing technology in the 3060s, attempts by the Falcon scientists to develop a new production design using it were unsuccessful and the project was ultimately shelved. Cut-off from the [[Clan Homeworlds]] as losses mounted in the [[Jihad]], in [[3074]] then [[Khan of Clan Jade Falcon|Khan]] [[Marthe Pryde]] tasked [[Daniel Jade Falcon|Merchant Daniel]] and the Falcon design teams to use whatever was available to rebuild her forces. After removing much of the internal components of the wings, retaining the inbuilt Pattern J7 [[SRM-6]] launchers in the shoulders to avoid further delays, the reborn testbed featured an imposing birdlike cosmetic appearance that helped the ''Flamberge'' secure a prominent position in the [[Clan Jade Falcon Touman|Clan Jade Falcon ''Touman'']].<ref name="TRO:3085p166+">''Technical Readout: 3085'', pp. 166–167: "Flamberge"</ref>
  
 
Built on an [[Endo Steel]] chassis, powered by a 280 rated [[XL engine]], and clad in thirteen and a half tons of armor, while slower than other front-line OmniMechs of similar weight, the bulk of the ''Flamberge''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s variants feature [[Jump Jet]]s and the design was built with them in mind. Mounting eleven [[double heat sink]]s on its base frame, the design had thirty-five tons of available pod space.<ref name="TRO:3085p166+"/>
 
Built on an [[Endo Steel]] chassis, powered by a 280 rated [[XL engine]], and clad in thirteen and a half tons of armor, while slower than other front-line OmniMechs of similar weight, the bulk of the ''Flamberge''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s variants feature [[Jump Jet]]s and the design was built with them in mind. Mounting eleven [[double heat sink]]s on its base frame, the design had thirty-five tons of available pod space.<ref name="TRO:3085p166+"/>

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