Part 822: Battlemechs are Awesome commercials sponsored by Defiance Industries - Griffin

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BATTLEMECHS SURE ARE AWESOME, brought to you by Defiance Industries.
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Today's episode: GRF-1* Griffin


Now, I couldn't help but notice you were admiring that Griffin the Kell Hounds are running around in. Sure is a nice machine, isn't it? That's the craftsmanship you only get from Defiance Industries of Hesperus II. Did you know that the Archons of House Steiner are such fans of the design, they have two of them IN their throne room? You'd never see some second-rate slapdash pile of junk built by a Marik firm in ANYONE'S throne room, that's for sure.

The Griffin dates back to 2492, before the Star League was established. Because the technology was so new, the original primitive Griffins were Assault designs, before new, lighter-weight equipment allowed them to be scaled down in pre-production to Heavy and finally the modern Medium-weight Griffins we've seen on the battlefield for about 500 years.

As a fire-support design, the standard GRF-1N Griffin is armed with a Fusigon PPC, shearing off nearly two-thirds of a ton of armor with each hit at ranges of up to 540 meters. To exploit the holes made by this formidable weapon is a LRM-10 launcher (TharHes Reacher-10 if you're lucky enough to be driving a Lyran machine, likely the inferior Delta Dart otherwise), with ammunition for two minutes of continual fire.

Added to this is it's maneuverability, with a top land speed of 86.4 km/h and the ability to jump 150 meters on its top-of-the-line Rawlings 55 jump jets, allowing it to keep pace with many lighter designs and stay at range from heavier designs, though its nine and a half tons of armor is certainly sufficient to hold up to punishment in a pinch.

We at Defiance Industries are proud at how the design has endured over five centuries, but we never quit working for you, the MechWarrior. Our team of researchers and test pilots poured over battlefield reports on Griffins, looking for ways to improve the design. Despite its solid performance, we analyzed it and concluded that it had an exploitable weakness at short range.

Keeping this in mind, we designed the GRF-1S, the perfect surprise for anyone who thinks your fire lance should be easy pickings. We downscaled the LRM launcher to a five-missile rack, and replaced the PPC with a Defiance Industries B3L Large Laser and a pair of B3M Mediums, allowing you to bring maximum firepower to bear even at point blank range. In addition, four additional heat sinks were added, allowing you to put additional shots downfield with nary a care of overheating.

Remember, when you buy a Griffin from Defiance Industries, you're buying a Griffin you know you can trust, because unlike those other firms, we can actually figure out how they work and change the parts inside.

Unfortunately, I think that's all the time we have for today. We've gotta get back to work here; we may know a lot about Griffins, but we still don't know how to make a -1N OR a -1S build itself!


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