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The idea of the Mackie II, however, didn't get out of the heads of many engineers within the Liberty Holds.

The Liberty Holds bought Bander's prototype, and studied the design, intending to use it as a training 'Mech and as a training piece. As a result, the Liberty Holds invested heavily in defensive units to keep what little they had safe. The Liberty Holds had a limited industrial capacity, and relied on donations from ComStar and the Great Houses to fill out its experienced but poorly supplied forces. When the Second Star League crumbled, and its government was reformed into the Liberty Holds, the subject of Battlemechs built for and by the Liberty Holds came to the forefront again.

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Unfortunately, other, more advanced designs came to the forefront, and while a handful of design ideas were made over the years, mostly by engineering students, it never took off aside from a handful of refits, most notably by Felifious Bander of Bander Battlemechs, who got his hands on a series of parts and was able to build a prototype, 80-ton Mackie as a proof of concept. The idea was that the new Mackie would be found on every Star League world with a garrison, one that was big, tough, and iconic. The Mackie II's origins date back to the Second Star League, when the idea was thrown around of building a modernized version of the Mackie as a defensive honor unit, a sort of 'big little brother' to the Urbanmech. The Mackie had a brief comeback as a cheap Assault 'Mech for some cash-strapped (or just miserly) mercenary units.