This thread:
http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=57135.0Caused this internal conversation:
Me: There's a Scorpion Mech
Also Me: There's also a Scorpion Tank
Me Too: I hate it when a name is shared between unit type.
Me: You know I wonder what would happen if you made a 'Mech with the Tank's loadout, and visa versa
Also Me: Just make it a QuadVee already, so it's really combining everything.
Me Too: That's a better idea than a Scorpion LAM, and it'll have to be clan, they need a Scorpion IIC anyway.
That eventually resulted in this abomination:
Scorpion IIC
Clan experimental
QuadVee
55 tons
Movement: 6/9
Engine: 330 XL
Heat Sinks: 10 [20]
Cockpit: QuadVee Cockpit
Gyro: Standard Gyro
Internal: 99 (Endo-Steel)
Armor: 144/201
Internal Armor
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Center Torso 18 24
Center Torso (rear) 8
Right Torso 13 17
Right Torso (rear) 5
Left Torso 13 17
Left Torso (rear) 5
Front Right Leg 13 15
Front Left Leg 13 15
Rear Right Leg 13 15
Rear Left Leg 13 15
Weapon Loc Heat
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Plasma Cannon LT 7
iATM 3 RT 2
iATM 3 RT 2
Ammo Loc Shots
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Plasma Cannon Ammo LT 10
Plasma Cannon Ammo LT 10
iATM 3 Ammo RT 20
Equipment Loc
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Nova CEWS CT
Targeting Computer CT
Conversion Equipment Legs
QuadVee Tracks Legs
Wondering what was going on back in the homeworlds, the Hell's Horses tasked their Watch to find out. Some time later they stumbled upon the EscorpiĆ³n Imperio. Getting much of the story of the wars of reaving from them, the Hell's Horses Watch commander made the call to ally with the periphery group, in a bid to distract the homeworld clans. To seal the alliance, they helped the small nation develop a new unit. Showcasing not only the Horses new technology, but incorporating technology won in skirmishes against the homeworld clans, and salvaged from battles before Clan Goliath Scorpion fell. They named the result in honor of their new allies.
Variations
The only variation seen to date stripped the missiles and plasma cannon, along with ammo from both, in favor of a pair of Extended Range Large Lasers, and a larger targeting computer.