Oh Bravo!
I applaud the nefarious dastard who has merrily hoodwinked this Mecha Galaxy piloting community.
I speak of the leaked photographs and holo images, the images enlarged so as to give the impression of a new 100 ton mech.
Even the chassis style, so very reminiscent of the Magnus, seemed to indicate perhaps a crystal based response to the much feared Fext.
And yet by superb misdirection, it turns out to be a new 40 ton niode unit, slotting into the gap betwixt Dread and Keradon.
Some say it is perhaps long overdue, however we at the Galaxy Gathering delve deeper into the murk.
Consider, dear reader, that all mech development of the past few years has been in a tonnage range of 35 to 50 tons, squarely within the medium weight bracket.
Every manufacturer, no matter their sphere or faction, have upgraded their middleweight mecha. Even the fabled Craftsmen have released upgrade packages for their rare and hard fought for prize machines.
And yet now, a new 40 ton elite mech is being offered to the elite pilots of those who know only how to fight hard in the Light Brigades of our clans, surreptitiously gearing them with the best humanity has to offer.
Why?
Why all at the same time?
Is their combined actions some inkling that an event of cataclysmic proportions is coming, some restriction or embargo on gates or hints of battlefields limited in such a way, perhaps desert or mountain, whereby only our lighter mechs may function and our heaviest must stay hangered?
May we rely only on our lighter brethren for our defence?
Coincidence? We think not....
Plans are afoot that the clans are not party to....
Or perhaps, this too, is simply misdirection....
Submitted by David McCallum #701548