Editing Banshee (BattleTech) (section)

== History ==
This misbegotten 'Mech was initially developed by Defiant Industries and put into service in 2445 by the Terran Hegemony as a contemporary to the ''Mackie'' and the ''Emperor'' with almost twice their top-speeds as a standard, but eventually gained a reputation as infinitely less useful than either of those designs. The Banshee still ended up seeing a full-production run though, since the Hegemony really wasn't in a position to argue, and only stopped a decade later after it turned out nobody would touch the damn things. As a result, they've mostly been passing between owners at a furious pace, with the lion's share of the original production run ending up in [[Lyran Commonwealth]] territory. It took centuries for a decent version of the ''Banshee'' to hit the battlefield, and the reputation of the original version actually allowed the improved version to sneak in and cause serious damage, because everyone was focused on the "real" threats on the battlefield.