Editing Erinyes (ProtoMech)

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{{InfoBoxProtoMech
|image= Erinyes.jpg
|name= ''Erinyes''
|manufacturer= [[CJF Factory Zone 5]]<ref>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 150</ref>
|Tech Base= [[Clan]]
|Introduced= 3062
|model=
|mass=2
|chassis=[[Teslan Perricote]]
|armor=[[ProtoMech Standard]]
|engine=[[Fireball 12]]
|speed=62
|jumpjets=[[MicroTan Streak]]
|comsys=[[PMT-429]]
|T&T=[[Ribaldi 402 TTS]]
|armament= 1x [[SRM]]-1 launcher
|BV (1.0) =
|BV (2.0) = 67<ref>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 151</ref><ref>''Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge'', p. 282</ref>
}}

==Description==
The '''''Erinyes''''' [[ProtoMech]] was the first designed and produced by [[Clan Jade Falcon]]. After seeing how poorly it fared in battle against the [[Lyran Alliance]] and [[Clan Wolf-in-Exile]] forces, [[Khan]] [[Marthe Pryde]] ordered the project terminated in [[3064]]. The problem with the ''Erinyes'' was simple: It was a proof-of-concept design intended to show that the [[ProtoMech]] program could work. Unfortunately the slow speed, light armor, and paltry weapon system doomed the ''Erinyes'' to failure. Most of these ProtoMechs and their pilots were reassigned to the Periphery flank of the Jade Falcon Occupation Zone and to rear area security duties.

The ''Erinyeses'' (and their pilots) did perform well during the [[Hellion's Fury]] campaign. Using the ''Erinyes'' as an ambush hunter, the Jade Falcon forces on several worlds seriously damaged [[Clan Ice Hellion]] forces. (It is important to note that the ambushes only occurred after the Hellions broke ''[[zellbrigen]]''. In the stand-up fights the Jade Falcons prefer, the ''Erinyes'' is little more than a target. Given that the Falcons have been known to withhold ''zellbrigen'' when fighting Inner Sphere forces, this use of the ''Erinyes'' should not be ignored.

==Armament==
The single SRM-1 launcher mounted in the torso fails to bring any serious firepower to a stand-up fight, even when the ''Erinyes'' works as a Point. The best option for pilots of a standard ''Erinyes'' is to use ambush tactics. Loading the SRM launcher with an [[:Category:Alternate_Ammunition|alternate ammunition type]] may help as well.

==Variants==
After the program was canceled in 3064, the Jade Falcons created two variants of the ''Erinyes''.

* The ''Erinyes'' 2 replaced the Fireball 12 fusion engine and SRM launcher with a slightly larger engine and an [[ER Micro Laser]] at the cost of some armor. As this reduced the protection to critically low levels, few pilots used it. BV (2.0) = 52<ref>''Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge'', p. 283</ref>

* The ''Erinyes'' 3 is apparently a derivative of the ''Erinyes'' 2, using the same larger engine. However, it increases leg armor protection and uses a [[Light Machine Gun]]. BV (2.0) = 64<ref>''Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge'', p. 284</ref>

==Gallery==
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File:Erinyes.jpg|Original ''Erinyes'' from ''[[Technical Readout: 3075|TRO:3075]]''
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]


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