(Copy-pasted from an earlier post in the wrong forum section)
Sorry if this is the wrong forum section for this (or if it's already been reported/asked)- long time reader, first time asker.
I was in the middle of writing up a "news timeline" timeline of sorts for a campaign I'm running, with manufacturers announcing new variants and the like when I came to 2769 and saw the BlackJack BJ-1X listed in MegaMek. Looking on MUL, the introductory date for the BJ-1X is indeed listed as 2769, whereas the BJ-1 is listed as 2757.
This strikes me as odd, as looking at TRO: 3039's Blackjack listing, under "Variants", the following is stated about the Blackjack:
"Early BlackJack prototypes differed from the production model significantly. Originally armed with twin GM Flashpoint flamers and additional heatsinks in place of each autocannon, it lacked jump jets but was powered by a VOX 225 power plant."
I'm assuming the "Early BlackJack prototype" is meant to be the BJ-1X variant, as it meets all the descriptors from TRO: 3039. As you can see, there's a clear contradiction there. How can the "Early BlackJack prototype" have an introduction year later than the BJ-1, the standard model of the BlackJack? Are the dates perhaps swapped mistakenly? Or am I just misreading something? Hopefully you guys can help me figure this out.
TL;DR
Blackjack BJ-1 introduction year on MUL is listed as 2757
Blackjack BJ-1X introduction year on MUL is listed as 2769
Blackjack BJ-1X is presumably the "Early Blackjack Prototype" listed on page 128 of TRO: 3039 (meets all descriptors), whereas the BJ-1 is the standard model. This doesn't make sense. Please clarify. Thanks!
