What do you think about the Jade Hawk?
Lovely aesthetic, fun concept. But problematic.
The Jade Hawk standard has supercharger which bumps the BV up by nearly 300! While i get that a melee/short-range focused 'Mech needs to be able to close distance quickly, the 'Mech already has 6 hex jump range (thanks to the partial wing), it didn't need the SC. The 'Mech is somewhat crit-packed so finding alternatives isn't too easy, especially if its armament as been dictated by WizKids era; if not, upgrading the ER smalls to ER mediums would've been nice. EDIT Huh, incidentally this mod would bump the BV up by a lot, the SC starts looking like a reasonable alternative...
If Battle Value is not a concern, i like it a lot.
The Jade Hawk's variants unfortunately throw away the partial wing aesthetic. Okay, i suppose we could expect the wing-like structure stay, just lose all function (like the Flamberge fluff tells happened to it), and in that case the Jade Hawk 2 and 3 fit the looks and both are reasonable alternatives. Indeed, they're probably way more practical to use, and cheaper than the Standard. That said, meh.
The mercenary variants are probably unlikely to be found among Falcon forces. Don't really like them, the alternative loses the partial wing, and the standard crams in less than full complement of jump jets, TSM and supercharger. Argh! It is just plain infuriating.
I prefer my personalized variant of the Jade Hawk Standard that's fitted with Talons. Sacrificed a ton of ammo, the Light Active Probe and the supercharger for them (also added one point of armor).