In the spirit of Xin Sheng, the Capellan people have decided to give Chancellor Liao a new mech to symbolize the power of House Liao and new found strenght of the Capellan People. No expense was spared to provide the best the Capellan people can produce.
Named Tian Jiang, or "General of Heaven", this mech was designed to serve as a commander's standoff combat mech, but equally deadly at medium to short ranges. Using materials almost exclusively from Ceres Metals, the Tian Jiang is the newest pride of the CCAF.

Ceres Metals incorporated several key Capellan technologies into the design, as well as some of the latest Davion technology captured during the recovery of the Tikonov Commanality.
Stealth technology was an obvious choice, as was the inclusion of triple strength myomer. These features placed together would enable the Tian Jiang to benefit from the increased heat output as a result of the stealth systems. Trying to get the two systems working together in tandem has long been a dream held by the engineers assigned to the project.
Jump jets were included to improve terrain handling, as a commander must be able to move around quickly on the battlefield. For this reason, the maximum speed of the mech was also pegged at more than 60 kph, which could go up to 80 kph with TSM activated.
Long range weapons were to be its main armament. A ER PPC provides a hard hitting combat ability, while two LRM rack allows the Tian Jiang to engage enemies at range, while also allowing it to employ the special Capellan and Marik LRM missiles recently developed, especially the Thunder variants. The two tons of ammo for the racks are often assigned different LRM munitions. Favorite loadouts employ improved-swarm and semi-guided missiles for the racks.
The surprise package for the mech was a deadly RAC/5 cannon, which has a higher damage potential than even the ER PPC. Designers included the weapon as a show of strength, to prove that the Capellan Confederation has attained ascendency over the hated Federated Suns by dint of acquiring their newest weapon.
A mix of standard and ER medium lasers round off the design, providing short range firepower at the expense of heat, which still benefits the Tian Jiang in some way.
Though heavily armored, the use of an XL engine in the design nevertheless raised some questions about the durability of the mech. Designers from Ceres Metals countered by stating that the mech would outgun almost anything it could not outrun.
Evidently, the Chancellor accepted this argument.

Chancellor Sun-Tzu Liao has just received the very first Tian Jiang. His review of the mech has been very favorable, but it remains to be seen how good the Tian Jiang is in a real fight.