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Line 21: ==Description== ==Description== − [[House Kurita]] needed to reinforce its dwindling [[aerospace fighter|aerospace]] assets near the end of the [[Third Succession War]], and as a stopgap measure created the '''MechBuster''' [[conventional fighter]]. While having good offensive capabilities, the MechBuster was a long way from a stellar success when it was first introduced. Its Shinobi 250 Turbine engine used a powder-casting technique for its turbine blades which was meant to give them an operating life of 10,000 hours. However, 0.1 percent of the turbines suffered a catastrophic failure after only ten hours of operation. The loss of one prototype and the thousands of man-hours spent trying to find the problem proved fruitless, with the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] finally ordering Shinobi to replace them with traditional blades.<ref name=TR26>''Technical Readout: 3026 Revised'', p. 50</ref><ref name=TRO3039/> + [[House Kurita]] needed to reinforce its dwindling [[aeroSpace fighter|aeroSpace]] assets near the end of the [[Third Succession War]], and as a stopgap measure created the '''MechBuster''' [[conventional fighter]]. While having good offensive capabilities, the MechBuster was a long way from a stellar success when it was first introduced. Its Shinobi 250 Turbine engine used a powder-casting technique for its turbine blades which was meant to give them an operating life of 10,000 hours. However, 0.1 percent of the turbines suffered a catastrophic failure after only ten hours of operation. The loss of one prototype and the thousands of man-hours spent trying to find the problem proved fruitless, with the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] finally ordering Shinobi to replace them with traditional blades.<ref name=TR26>''Technical Readout: 3026 Revised'', p. 50</ref><ref name=TRO3039/> Once assigned to combat duty, the MechBuster proved to be a further disappointment. The fighter had limited ammunition, a very limited fuel load, and its lack of VSTOL capability tied it to easily-targeted airfields. This was well illustrated during the invasion of [[Sevren]] in [[3024]] by [[House Steiner]] forces, when two air lances of MechBusters made several brutal attacks on a company from [[Winfield's Brigade]] threatening a strategic bridge. The four fighters destroyed seven [[BattleMech]]s, suffering only one loss with a lucky shot from a ''[[Rifleman]]''. However, upon return to their airfield, the pilots discovered it had been seized by an enemy airmobile [[infantry]] battalion, and were forced to ditch their craft near friendly forces.<ref name=TR26/><ref name=TRO3039/> Once assigned to combat duty, the MechBuster proved to be a further disappointment. The fighter had limited ammunition, a very limited fuel load, and its lack of VSTOL capability tied it to easily-targeted airfields. This was well illustrated during the invasion of [[Sevren]] in [[3024]] by [[House Steiner]] forces, when two air lances of MechBusters made several brutal attacks on a company from [[Winfield's Brigade]] threatening a strategic bridge. The four fighters destroyed seven [[BattleMech]]s, suffering only one loss with a lucky shot from a ''[[Rifleman]]''. However, upon return to their airfield, the pilots discovered it had been seized by an enemy airmobile [[infantry]] battalion, and were forced to ditch their craft near friendly forces.<ref name=TR26/><ref name=TRO3039/>
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| − | [[House Kurita]] needed to reinforce its dwindling [[ | + | [[House Kurita]] needed to reinforce its dwindling [[aeroSpace fighter|aeroSpace]] assets near the end of the [[Third Succession War]], and as a stopgap measure created the '''MechBuster''' [[conventional fighter]]. While having good offensive capabilities, the MechBuster was a long way from a stellar success when it was first introduced. Its Shinobi 250 Turbine engine used a powder-casting technique for its turbine blades which was meant to give them an operating life of 10,000 hours. However, 0.1 percent of the turbines suffered a catastrophic failure after only ten hours of operation. The loss of one prototype and the thousands of man-hours spent trying to find the problem proved fruitless, with the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] finally ordering Shinobi to replace them with traditional blades.<ref name=TR26>''Technical Readout: 3026 Revised'', p. 50</ref><ref name=TRO3039/> |
Once assigned to combat duty, the MechBuster proved to be a further disappointment. The fighter had limited ammunition, a very limited fuel load, and its lack of VSTOL capability tied it to easily-targeted airfields. This was well illustrated during the invasion of [[Sevren]] in [[3024]] by [[House Steiner]] forces, when two air lances of MechBusters made several brutal attacks on a company from [[Winfield's Brigade]] threatening a strategic bridge. The four fighters destroyed seven [[BattleMech]]s, suffering only one loss with a lucky shot from a ''[[Rifleman]]''. However, upon return to their airfield, the pilots discovered it had been seized by an enemy airmobile [[infantry]] battalion, and were forced to ditch their craft near friendly forces.<ref name=TR26/><ref name=TRO3039/> | Once assigned to combat duty, the MechBuster proved to be a further disappointment. The fighter had limited ammunition, a very limited fuel load, and its lack of VSTOL capability tied it to easily-targeted airfields. This was well illustrated during the invasion of [[Sevren]] in [[3024]] by [[House Steiner]] forces, when two air lances of MechBusters made several brutal attacks on a company from [[Winfield's Brigade]] threatening a strategic bridge. The four fighters destroyed seven [[BattleMech]]s, suffering only one loss with a lucky shot from a ''[[Rifleman]]''. However, upon return to their airfield, the pilots discovered it had been seized by an enemy airmobile [[infantry]] battalion, and were forced to ditch their craft near friendly forces.<ref name=TR26/><ref name=TRO3039/> | ||