Editing Mechbuster (section)

=Fluff=
The 'Mechbuster was first <strike>produced</strike> thrown together in 3023 by the [[Draconis Combine]], known producer of a number of great aerospace fighters. However, being massive [[Weeaboo|weebs]], the Combine tends to forget to train its pilots how to land, preferring that pilots who have exhausted their ammo or fuel should ''be the bullet''. As is expected when returning alive and intact is a shamefur dispray, the Combine is also known for ''losing'' a number of great aerospace fighters.

Enter: the 'Mechbuster. A budget second-line conventional fighter built by Gorton, Kingsley & Thorpe Enterprises meant to fill the gaps while the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery tried to figure out a strategy more complex than "charge straight ahead". Well over four times cheaper than the 50-ton Shilone aerospace fighter, the 'Mechbuster was never supposed to be ''good''. Some disliked it for its lack of VSTOL capability <strike>then just buy an aerospace fighter- oh wait</strike>, and the fighter suffered from record-low staying power thanks to its lack of armor and ammunition (beaten only by the Boeing Jump Bomber not quite a decade and a half later). However, the low-cost spammability of the fighter, combined with the oh-shit factor of a flying AC/20 meant that the 'Mechbuster was surprising success, particularly in a defensive role (or in one case, an offensive role where the attackers [[Tzeench|tricked the enemy into rearming, repairing, and refueling their fighters mid-battle]]).

However, the 'Mechbuster's time with the Combine was doomed to not last forever, as House Kurita only honors the most fancy, expensive, and above all wasteful kamikaze strikes. After the Ronin Wars, the Combine would allow the newly-formed [[Free Rasalhague Republic]] to keep the fighter's factories, where it continued to serve with distinction until [[The Clans|Clan Ghost Bear]] happened.

The design would be toyed with in later eras, most notably with the development of the Seabuster variants in the Periphery. Regardless, the 'Mechbuster and its variants was, from its inception to modern times, always far, ''far'' rarer anywhere else than it would be within the Draconis Combine and the Rasalhague Republic/Dominion.