In those recently posted pictures of the expansion booster I managed to read the back, in the second parragraph it says "new special equipment and faction abilities", cool huh?(so what it could be?)

Reposthing from the Toy Fair Thread
Narc beacon would be a cool SE for ballistic. Possibly Green Ballistic?
They even mention it in Hazens Strikers dossier.

A NARC beacon is like a small missle. You shoot it, it latches onto the enemy mech and sends a beacon to your targeting computer. So you automatically lock onto narc "tagged" units. I think they could make an infantry for each faction nammed "Narc beacon team" or something. After hitting a mech or vehicle with the squad, you'd get a +4 to hit or something. Mind you these infantry would be pretty #### cheap and easy to kill. Just my idea for a new Ballistic SE.

Now for an energy SE?
How about Target Aquisiton Gear. TAG would be on an infantry or mech targeting an arty pog to gain the +4 to hit on Arrow IV missle batteries. Could be called a TAG laser team or something?

Just my INSANE ideas.

If i read it correctly it said speed SEC. It is possible that they add a new color to the speed slot, or they could just do green on balistics. Any way....I want Iwant Iwant. :) :)

Falcons Prey is so gonna rock!

this is what i managed to read in the back of the booster:

For hundreds of years, Clan Jade Falcon has honed it's fighting forces into one of the most powerfull armies in the galaxy. as conflict continues to unravel the weakened RotS, the Falcon will once more spread it's wings and fly into the fray.

The MW Falcon's Pray expansion introduces the stylizzed "Mechs" and vehicles of the (holy, greatest among the rest, unstopable) Clan Jade Falcon to the heart of the battle in the IS. The Republic and it's allies will tremble at the might of this new Falcon Crusade, wich is enhanced with new special equipment and new faction abilities. each unit stands on a unique combat dial and blah blah blah

Someone already posted it in the other thread. Here is what I read it all as.

Purity, Honor, Perfection.
For hundreds of years, Clan Jade Falcon has honed it's fighting forces into one of the most powerful armies in the galaxy. As conflict continues to unravel the weakened Republic of the Sphere, the Falcon will once more spread its wings and fly into the fray.

The MechWarrior's Falcon's Prey expansion introduces the stylized 'Mechs' and vehicles of the warrior Clan Jade Falcon to the heart of battle in the Inner Sphere. The Republic and it's allies will tremble at the might of this new faction crusade, which is enganced with the new special equipment and faction ablities. Each unit stands on a unique combat dial printed with all the information needed to play. A Mechwarrior: Dark Age starter set is required ti play.

Trade with your friends and collect all 124 different units available in the exciting new Falcons Prey Set!

Judging by the text, it sounds like every 'Mech for the Jade Falcons in their debute expansion is a unique.

Now that's interesting...

Admittedly this probably isn't finalized, but it does mean that the original Dark Age set wont be retired anytime soon. Sutble way to throw us a bone. :grin:

If they stick by their proposed timeline, Dark Age wouldn't be retired for quite a while anyway. They would have to have another starter set to replace it (probably just beginning development now), and they said that starter sets would have a shelf-life of 30 months.

nice way to steer the crowd eh? ;)

it will spill over MWDA soon, but not that soon, probably after falcon's prey... we'll see a new base set.

Yeah, a new base set....with ghost bears!

Ghost Bears!
Woo-woo!

As for every Falcon 'Mech being Unique...interesting. That would make them #### hard to collect, though. I think it'll be more along Magic's trend in older sets of issuing cards with different pictures. For example, if they got a non (To name a random JF 'Mech) Thor/Summoner, one could be a basic grey/green scheme, one would have a variation of that, perhaps a design painted on the torso, and the third would have a flame-design on the LRM pack and the arm-pods. Encourages the collector aspect, and it would look cool.

As for a new SE, I'm not betting on NARC or TAG. Those are both systems that focus lots of firepower on a single target, and the Clans aren't fans of focused fire. And, since it's for their expansion, it'll probably be a Clan-Based SE.

Maybe Heavy Laser SE? Take a click of heat for an extra 2 clicks of damage.

Most likely it will be three new SEs. One Ballistic, One Energy and one Melee all with a green color. More than likely they could be limited to JF Mechs only.

A Melee SE for JF only would be incredibly stupid. They're not supposed to melee at all...

Unless it would be some kind of defensive melee special equipment, like opposite of evade, giving you +2 defense against melee/charge/ram/DFA attacks.

And I like the idea of every JF mech being unique. :)

I kind of doubt any of the JF mechs will have a Melee SE. Goes against thier clan upbringing.

Probably be a speed SE.