Editing Gray Death Standard

{{InfoBoxBattleArmor
| image = Gray_Death_Standard_BA_LTMEG.png
| Name = Gray Death Standard
| Manufacturer = [[Gray Death Technologies]] <ref name=TRO3058u>''Technical Readout 3058 Upgrade'' p.22-23</ref>
| production year=3052
| year reference=<ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/4235/ MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
| Use = Line Unit
| Weight Class = Medium
| Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]]
| Cost = 600,000
| Introduced = [[3052]]
| Mass = 1,000
| Top Speed = 32.4
| Armament = 
*1x [[Modular Weapon Mount]]
*1x [[Anti-Personnel Weapon Mount]]
| Armor Type = Standard
| BV (1.0) = 36 (Small Laser)<br>31 (Flamer)<br>30 (Machine Gun)<br>34 (SRM)<br>41 (Light Recoilless Rifle)
| BV (2.0) = Flamer: 37<ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League)'', p. 31</ref> <br>Small Laser: 43<ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League)'', p. 32</ref><br> Light Recoilless Rifle: 48<ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League)'', p. 33</ref><br>Machine Gun: 37<ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League)'', p. 34</ref><br>SRM-1: 41<ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League)'', p. 35</ref><br>''Battle values given here are per trooper in squad.''
}}

==Description==
The '''Gray Death Standard''' [[battle armor]] was developed by the technicians of the [[Gray Death Legion]] after the [[New Avalon Institute of Science]] sent them prototype battle armor suits, the progenitors of what eventually became the [[Inner Sphere Standard]], for field testing.  Using what was learned from these tests, the Legion decided to remove the suits' [[jump jets]] to make room for dedicated anti-[[infantry]] firepower, superior sensor systems, and reinforced [[myomer]] bundles to improve ground speed.  While losing the ability to leap over obstacles, these changes made the suit easier to maintain and cheaper to build than the Inner Sphere Standard.<ref name=TRO3058u/>

The new armor, as well as the [[Gray Death Scout]] suit, debuted during the [[Clan Invasion]] in battle against [[Clan Jade Falcon]] for control of [[Pandora]].  The Gray Death Standard played a decisive role in the Gray Death Legion's victory over the Falcons.  Afterwards the Legion continued to build limited numbers of Standard suits, largely to replenish their own losses but also to sell small numbers to other [[mercenary]] commands.  Following its creation, the Legion also sold limited numbers of Gray Death Standard suits to the [[Lyran Alliance]].<ref name=TRO3058u/>

The Gray Death Legion was effectively destroyed in battle on [[Hesperus II]] in [[3065]], one of the many casualties of the [[FedCom Civil War]], but the suits they created would live on.  Surviving members of the Legion's support staff created [[Gray Death Technologies]] and, with financial aid from [[Defiance Industries]], established a dedicated factory on [[Glengarry]] to continued production.  As the only dedicated battle armor manufacturer within the realm, Gray Death Technologies continued to sell its Standard suits to the [[Lyran Alliance Armed Forces]] and various mercenaries.<ref name=TRO3058u/>

Disaster struck again during the [[Jihad]] when the [[Word of Blake]] attacked Glengarry in [[3073]] and sacked the factory.  The destruction was not complete however and the survivors were able to restart production on a new variant of the Gray Death Standard.  When [[Precentor]] [[Berith]] attacked again a year later he was more thorough in destroying the factory and rendered GDT incapable of building any battlesuits.  By that point Gray Death Technologies was bought up by Defiance Industries, which decided to move manufacturing of the Gray Death Standard to [[Furillo]] and put a hold on new suits.  Production of the [[Gray Death Strike]] suit resumed in late [[3080]], although sale of the latter was restricted to the Lyran Alliance (and Defiance Industries' own security forces).<ref name=XTRO>''Experimental Technical Readout: Steiner'', p. 15</ref><ref name=TROP>''Technical Readout: Prototypes'', p. 12</ref>

==Weapons and Equipment==
The battle armor retains the [[Modular Weapon Mount]] of the Inner Sphere Standard in its right arm, allowing it to carry either a [[SRM-1 (Battle Armor)|single-tube SRM launcher]] with four reloads, a [[Flamer_(Battle_Armor)|Flamer]], a [[Small Laser (Battle Armor)|Small Laser]], or a [[Machine Gun (Battle_Armor)|Machine Gun]].  Starting in [[3069]] the mount could also accept a [[Light Recoilless Rifle (Battle Armor)|Light Recoilless Rifle]].  On its left arm is an [[Anti-Personnel Weapon Mount]] for dealing with conventional infantry.  The left arm also ends in a [[Battle Claw]], allowing it to make anti-'Mech attacks or be transported into battle via OmniMech handholds.  The Gray Death Standard carries 450 kg of standard armoring, enough to survive a full burst from an Inner Sphere [[Large Pulse Laser]] and keep the trooper inside alive, and [[Improved Sensors]] for detecting hidden opponents, including mimicking the function of a [[Portable Remote Sensor#Radar Sensors|portable radar sensor]]. It can also maintain an impressive top speed of 32.4 km/h over open ground.<ref name=TRO3058u/><ref name=LOS>''LosTech: The MechWarrior Equipment Guide'', p. 82</ref>

==Variants==
*;Gray Death "Surat" Solahma Suit : This suit replaces the standard armor with lighter [[Clan]]-built armor. This in turn frees up space for heavier weapons. Most frequently a [[Heavy Small Laser]] is fitted to the suit. The suit itself is frequently used by ''[[solahma]]'' infantry formations in Clan ''[[touman]]s''. Though it has a bad reputation among Clan [[Elemental]]s, it is nevertheless an effective weapon. BV (2.0) = 51<ref name="XTRO:RV1p14">''Experimental Technical Readout: Republic, Volume 1'', p. 14</ref>

==Design Quirks==
The "Surat" Solahma Suit is subject to the following [[Design Quirks]]:<ref name="XTRO:RV1p14"/>
* [[Bad Reputation]]
* [[Easy  to  Maintain]] 
* [[Poor Workmanship]]

==Related Designs==
*''[[Gray Death Scout]]'' - The ''Gray Death Scout'' Armor was created as a companion to the ''Gray Death Standard''.
*''[[Gray Death Strike]]'' - New battlesuit based on the ''Gray Death Standard''

==Notes==
* In German products, the unit's proper name was altered to '''Dayhawk''', analogue to German name ''Nighthawk'' for the [[Gray Death Scout]] battle armor.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Gray Death Standard BA LTMEG.png|Original ''Gray Death Standard'' from ''[[LosTech: The MechWarrior Equipment Guide]]''
Gray Death Standard CA.png|''Gray Death Standard'' from ''[[MechWarrior: Counterassault|MWDA CA]]'' dossiers
File:Gray Death Battle Armor MWDA.jpg|thumb|''Gray Death Battle Armor'' in [[Federated Suns|Davion]] livery
</gallery>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Republic, Volume 1]]''
*''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Steiner]]''
*''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries]]''
*''[[LosTech: The MechWarrior Equipment Guide]]''
*''[[Master Unit List]]''
*''[[Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League)]]''
*''[[Record Sheets: 3058 Upgrade]]''
*''[[Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade]]''


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