Well, as it turns out, per SOE, this is *not* a Veteran Reward merc, as I thought it was. It was a promotional merc *skin*; i.e., you need SoD or even UF to use it longterm, and I have neither. :(
Did you have enough plat on you to pay the merc? That is how I generally lose my mercs. If there is no payment possible, because you put your coins in the bank, or just do not keep coin on you, the merc will not appear because you no longer can pay it and you no longer meet the requirements to have a merc. Unless, of course, the Mechamatic Blueprint merc does not require payments... smile... I have not yet claimed mine.
Edited, Mar 14th 2010 9:23pm by smithgib
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I did not get my blueprint from a LoN claim card. I got 999 claimable blueprints on my account due to it being an active account when the new Converteum zone was released for Underfoot. It was a promotional thing to celebrate the release of that zone. I'm glad it sounds as though there's also a LoN option for those who want it.