Inspired by all the primitive mechs people have been throwing out, here's a couple of ideas for the periphery:
First it seems appropriate for the Marians to get in on the mech building game in the same way as technology starts to disseminate. My Centurion -MH is the obvious alternative to canon -H, although I guess you could have put the spare ton into something other than extra armour:
Centurion CN9-MH
Mass: 50 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere (Primitive)
Chassis Config: Biped
Rules Level: Era Specific
Era: All Eras (non-canon)
Tech Rating/Era Availability: D/X-X-F-A
Production Year: 3011
Cost: 3,808,500 C-Bills
Battle Value: 830
Chassis: Unknown Primitive Structure
Power Plant: Unknown 240 Primitive Fusion Engine
Walking Speed: 43.2 km/h
Maximum Speed: 64.8 km/h
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Unknown Primitive
Armament:
2 Light AC/5s
1 Medium Laser
5 Rocket Launcher 10s
Manufacturer: Unknown
Primary Factory: Unknown
Communications System: Unknown
Targeting and Tracking System: Unknown
Additional:
Distribution Summation: Limited Production
Producer/Site: Marian Arms/Alphard Trading Company, Alphard
Head Designer: Franz Zimmerman
Project Start Date: 3077
Non-Primitive Equipment Analysis:
LB 10-X Autocannon
Rocket Launchers
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Primitive Structure 83 points 5.00
Engine: Primitive Fusion Engine 240 11.50
Walking MP: 4
Running MP: 6
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 10 0.00
Heat Sink Locations: 1 RT
Gyro: Standard 3.00
Cockpit: Primitive 5.00
Actuators: L: SH+UA+LA+H R: SH+UA+LA
Armor: Primitive AV - 107 10.00
Internal Armor
Structure Factor
Head 3 8
Center Torso 16 16
Center Torso (rear) 5
L/R Torso 12 12
L/R Torso (rear) 4
L/R Arm 8 11
L/R Leg 12 12
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Equipment Location Heat Critical Mass
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Medium Laser CT 3 1 1.00
5 Rocket Launcher 10s LT 15 5 2.50
2 Light AC/5s RA 2 4 10.00
@Light AC/5 (40) RA - 2 2.00
Free Critical Slots: 35
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 4 Points: 8
4 2 2 1 0 2 0 Structure: 4
Special Abilities: SRCH, ES, SEAL, SOA, AC 1/1/0
Second up when the Taurians try to build new mech factories a revived Toro is probably inevitable. While they weren't able to jump straight up to modern design standards for this mech, they did save some weight by using the same armour they use on their existing factories:
Toro TR-A-4
Mass: 35 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere (Primitive)
Chassis Config: Biped
Rules Level: Era Specific
Era: Clan Invasion
Tech Rating/Era Availability: E/X-X-F-A
Production Year: 2989
Cost: 2,073,285 C-Bills
Battle Value: 697
Chassis: Unknown Primitive Structure
Power Plant: Unknown 170 Primitive Fusion Engine
Walking Speed: 43.2 km/h
Maximum Speed: 64.8 km/h
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Unknown Primitive
Armament:
1 Large Laser
2 MML-3s
Manufacturer: Unknown
Primary Factory: Unknown
Communications System: Unknown
Targeting and Tracking System: Unknown
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Primitive Structure 58 points 3.50
Engine: Primitive Fusion Engine 170 6.00
Walking MP: 4
Running MP: 6
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 11 1.00
Heat Sink Locations: 2 LT, 2 RT, 1 LA
Gyro: Standard 2.00
Cockpit: Primitive 5.00
Actuators: L: SH+UA+LA+H R: SH+UA+LA+H
Armor: Standard Armor AV - 119 7.50
Internal Armor
Structure Factor
Head 3 9
Center Torso 11 17
Center Torso (rear) 5
L/R Torso 8 13
L/R Torso (rear) 3
L/R Arm 6 12
L/R Leg 8 16
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Equipment Location Heat Critical Mass
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MML-3 RT 2 2 1.50
MML-3 LT 2 2 1.50
Large Laser LA 8 2 5.00
@MML-3 (SRM) (33) RT - 1 1.00
@MML-3 (LRM) (40) LT - 1 1.00
Free Critical Slots: 34
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 4 Points: 7
4 2 2 1 0 1 0 Structure: 3
Special Abilities: SRCH, ES, SEAL, SOA
Note: This sheet was produced by copying from two different designs in SSW and editing the BV and Points values, the CBills figure hasn't been corrected yet.
I'm not 100% certain of the legality of this mech. I'm pretty sure that there's nothing stopping you from taking a primitive mech a refitting it to use standard armour, but the primitive construction rules don't include the option. Since industrial mechs can have equivalent armour to standard I don't think there should be a problem with primitives doing the same, but I may have missed a rule that forbids it.
Edit: After all the faffing about I did with the Toro design sheet it's the preface to it that I missed a typo in. Balls.
