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In late [[2920]] the [[Free Worlds League]] government contracted [[Brooks Incorporated]] to create [[IndustrialMech]]s that massed greater than one hundred tons. It was rumored that the League hoped this research would lead to Superheavy [[BattleMech]]s. Head scientist [[George Hamilton]] created the '''Three-Man Digging Machine''' (nicknamed the Hedgehog after a [[Star League]] [[Hedgehog|tripod experiment]]) twenty years later. Three-legged and piloted by three miners, the machine was cutting edge technology for the [[Third Succession War]] era. However, the 12 meter<ref name=TGCp38/> height and more than 100 ton mass of the machine when combined with difficult three-legged locomotion meant it could only operate on worlds with Terran-standard gravity or less. When locked in for drilling however, the stability was much praised. Because of the mass and bulk, the Hedgehog was shipped disassembled. Brooks discontinued production of the hedgehog in the early years of the thirty-first century, citing operational limitations and a flagging economy.<ref name=IOAEp153/><ref>''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex Revised'', p. 220</ref><br />
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In [[3005]] several of these machines were used by miners on Dahar IV to fight off a [[Draconis Combine]] [[Battle of Dahar IV (3005)|raid]].<ref name=TGCp38>''The Galtor Campaign'', p. 38</ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
* No game statistics have ever been published for the Three-Man Digging Machine.<br />
* Originally mentioned in the 1987 ''[[The Galtor Campaign]]'' it was described as "fast enough to rush the Kurita Mechs and agile enough to dodge most of the laser and missile fire" which is unlikely to be true for a Superheavy IndustrialMech. It also gave the height as 40 feet (12 meters) though current rules require Superheavies to be 18 meters.<br />
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* ''[[The Galtor Campaign]]''<br />
* ''[[Interstellar Operations: Alternate Eras]]''<br />
* ''[[Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex Revised]]''<br />
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