House Liao p42 has Normann Aris designing the Thrush. Yeah, go with errata to TR3039.
Ok, so reading this reference, I realized there are a few entries that may need adjusting to remove temporal conflicts for the TDR-5S, the WHM-6L, and the TR-5. I'm putting all 3 in the same post because they reference many of the same sources:
Timeframe1. House Liao, the Capellan Confederation, pp. 41-42: Normann Aris, Chancellor 2599-2611. Before, he is a weapons designer, worked on modern
Thunderbolt, Capellan variant of the
Warhammer, and later improved
Thrush. (written in this order)
2. IO, p. 35: Ferro Aluminum Armor standard production in Terran Hegemony after 2571
3. ED:AoW, p. 11, Capellan Confederation introduces "modern" battlefield technology in 2524.
For frame of reference, I will refer to the points above with the same numbers below
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TDR-5S
Thunderbolt http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/3238/thunderbolt-tdr-5sProblem: The "Date Introduced" for the TDR-5S is
2505. If designed by CC and Norman Aris, it is 1)
106 years before the death of its designer, 3)
19 years before CC introduces modern battlefield technology.
Solution: Adjust the "Date Introduced" for the TDR-5S
Thunderbolt to
~2530. means 1) a very young Normann Aris (say, 20 years old) works on the Thud, dies ~100 years old. 3) CC has introduced "modern" technology. This also gives it more than 40 years to become a standard 'Mech for the FWL, TH, SL in time for the Reunification War.
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WHM-6L
Warhammer http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/3487/warhammer-whm-6lProblem: The "Date Introduced" for the WHM-6L
Warhammer is
2825. 1) If this is the variant designed by Normann Aris, this is
~214 years after his death. (While the design could have sat un-produced for centuries, the reference from House Liao: The Capellan Confederation also says the improvement to the
Thrush came afterwards.)
Making things more complicated,TR:3025, p. 96, "Variants" says, 1st paragraph- "Several variants on the
Warhammer have appeared since the fall of the Star League, and usually involve additional heat sinks and altered weaponry."
3rd paragraph- "Also known as the ‘Hot Hammer’, the WHM-6L is a House Liao variant that replaces the machine guns with two flamers."
There may be more references to the WHM-6L I have not found.
Solution: It looks like FASA did the retcon here in 1988. House Liao may have already modified their
Warhammer to be more terrifying to infantry during the Age of War. Adjust this variant's "Date Introduced" to
between the TDR-5S Thunderbolt and the TR-5 Thrush.
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TR-5
Thrush http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/5227/thrush-tr-5Problem: The "Date Introduced" for the TR-5
Thrush is
2510. First Succession War, p. 150, says the TR-5 has Ferro-Aluminum armor. The TR-5
Thrush also appears in time for the Reunification War, according to RAT, p. 173, even though Ursula Liao stayed out of this war directly.
1) Normann Aris would therefore die
101 years after working on the
Thrush. 2) IO, p. 35, says Ferro-Aluminum was standard production in
61 years later in Terran Hegemony. Maybe Ursula Liao got this technology for her war vote (Reunification War, p. 50). 3) This is also
14 years before "modern" battlefield tech.
Solution: Adjust the TR-5
Thrush "Date Introduced" to
~2575, early enough to be available for the CC for the RW.
Sorry for this crazy long post, I hope it helps!
S.gage