This 'Mech appears on the cover of MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat, and it is pound for pound the best 'Mech in the game. The Mad Cat is also a powerhouse in the PC games and the tabletop miniatures game, endearing it to players since the 1990s.
It certainly couldn't compare with the Clan Wolf original.
The Federated Commonwealth's army also tried to build a low-tech version called the Rakshasa, which was an adequate but otherwise unremarkable 'Mech. This 'Mech was so popular and successful that it inspired new designs, such as the 90-ton Mad Cat Mk II, designed and sold by Clan Diamond Shark. Famous pilots ranged from the bloodthirsty Vlad Ward of Clan Wolf to the mysterious and legendary Bounty Hunter, who somehow obtained a Mad Cat despite being an Inner Sphere mercenary. The fearsome Mad Cat took part in many battles, including the fateful battle of Tukayyid. RELATED: MechWarrior: The True Origins of the Warrior Clans, Finally Revealed The Marauder's code was MAD and the Catapult's code was CAT, so this alien 'Mech was named the Mad Cat. In particular, a ComStar agent named Anastasius Focht saw videos of this 'Mech in action, and he realized that it resembled a hybrid of the famed Marauder and Catapult 'Mechs. Clan Wolf spearheaded this effort, and that Clan's fearsome 'Mechs terrorized their hapless opponents in the Free Rasalhague Republic (a minor Inner Sphere nation). The Timberwolf became Clan Wolf's iconic new 'Mech, and in the year 3049, four Clans assembled an invasion fleet and headed to the Inner Sphere to conquer Earth. And Clan Wolf wasn't in the mood to share it with the other Clans too easily, either. It was difficult to find a single flaw in this incredible machine, aside from the fact that relatively few were being built. The Timberwolf went into production at a single factory in Clan space, and this machine dazzled its pilots and its enemies alike with its elegant combat performance, from its generous top speed and easy handling to its thick armor (for its size) and its hard-hitting weapons payload. It was a 75-ton 'Mech based on an older designed called the Woodsman, and this new Timberwolf would represent Clan Wolf's values of speed, cunning and predatory instincts, like a true canine predator. Clan Wolf had always been a power player among the competitive Clans, and by the year 2945, Clan Wolf's engineers were ready to build something truly special, named the Timberwolf.
This machine was the brainchild of Clan Wolf, one of the fearsome warrior Clans existing far from the borders of the Inner Sphere's feuding nations.
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