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For years a gleam in the eyes of designers at the Banzai Weapons Design Company, this big brother of the Hatchetman may finally be nearing production. There are rumors of jamming problems with the mammoth Luxor Devastator-20 Autocannon, a malady that would deprive the Axman of its primary weapon. Precentor IV Allyn Omllid, commander of The White Cyclones IV-tau based on New Syrtis, has provided information gathered by an Adept who was ordered to consort with Marvin Johnston, scion of the family that owns Johnston Industries. It turns out that the Johnstons' plans for a new facility on New Syrtis and their desire to expand the company's vehicle production to include tanks coincided with Dr. B. Banzai's success in applying recovered technology to the Axman prototypes. The secrecy surrounding this development was the main reason for choosing an unproven company like Johnston Industries; spies would never look for a 'Mech factory on New Syrtis. Obviously intended for widespread deployment throughout the Federated Commonwealth, the Axman design features weapons and equipment from Davion and Steiner space, as well as Kallon Unity Weave Ferro-Fibrous Armor from a former Liao factory in the Sarna March and HildCo Model 12 Jump Jets from the St. Ives Compact. Thus will every MechWarrior and other officer be able to point to this advanced design with pride, no matter what his regional loyalties.
