Just found this thread, sorry.
I've a soft spot for the Crockett. My partner Donna fell in love with it, and other heavies/assaults. I swear she was a Steiner at heart. The beast could take a lot of pounding, and keep fighting. Her biggest enemy was gravity. One fight we had a city on the map, at long range, she gets up on a level 2 building, long range, and tags me with one of the ER larges with a lucky roll. I look at the numbers my Highlander needs (we'd both jumped) and sigh.
Then remember the building only has a CF of 100. One Gauss and LRM 20 flight later... She was not amused.
My friend Parker painted up a Crockett for her in Steiner Blue for her birthday. Complete with a little chihuahua head on the leg for her dog Rocky.
I lost her to a stroke 7 years ago, but still have 'Bindi', her name for the mech.