Author Topic: The Scorpion Empire: All your Warhawks are belong to us (Read 94456 times)

Wrangler · « **Reply #60 on:** 27 December 2021, 08:35:37 »

Having it Clan tech may help it survive better than Nexus/Nexus II/Jackrabbit would have with Inner Sphere/Star League Tech

DarkISI · « **Reply #61 on:** 27 December 2021, 10:11:37 »

Given they are used in packs, there should be quite a few of them.

Colt Ward · « **Reply #62 on:** 27 December 2021, 16:15:52 »

I would love to see the Lightray make a come back in the Empire. I LOVE the mini, think it captures the design's speedy nature perfectly. I want it to be mixed tech, Clan XL, IS body, Supercharger for more speed, maybe some Clan electronics and a Snub PPC on the arm w/AES.

Sartris · « **Reply #63 on:** 27 December 2021, 20:49:44 »

Quote from: Colt Ward on 27 December 2021, 16:15:52

I would love to see the Lightray make a come back in the Empire. I LOVE the mini, think it captures the design's speedy nature perfectly. I want it to be mixed tech, Clan XL, IS body, Supercharger for more speed, maybe some Clan electronics and a Snub PPC on the arm w/AES.

I like where your head is at

Doc Swift · « **Reply #64 on:** 27 December 2021, 20:57:24 »

If they take on a WoB 55-tonner, I think I'd rather give them an Omni-Buccaneer.

Colt Ward · « **Reply #65 on:** 27 December 2021, 21:09:32 »

A piddly 6/9? Eh, it also has that sort of un-Clanlike hatchet.

Doc Swift · « **Reply #66 on:** 27 December 2021, 21:14:51 »

Fits pretty well with the folks who made the Rhino, and who got the factory that makes the Surtur.

BrianDavion · « **Reply #67 on:** 27 December 2021, 21:23:33 »

Quote from: Doc Swift on 27 December 2021, 21:14:51

Fits pretty well with the folks who made the Rhino, and who got the factory that makes the Surtur.

what exactly is the rhino? I've seen referances to a mech called that but can't find it

Colt Ward · « **Reply #68 on:** 27 December 2021, 21:27:27 »

Quote from: Doc Swift on 27 December 2021, 21:14:51

Fits pretty well with the folks who made the Rhino, and who got the factory that makes the Surtur.

Lol, 3150 why I said 'sort-of' but did forget they got the Surtur. I did view the Rhino's ramming attack as more elegant/skill based than swinging a hatchet, punching, or kicking.

Doc Swift · « **Reply #69 on:** 27 December 2021, 21:42:45 »

Quote from: BrianDavion on 27 December 2021, 21:23:33

what exactly is the rhino? I've seen referances to a mech called that but can't find it

It's in OTP: Hanseatic Crusade.

Starfury · « **Reply #70 on:** 28 December 2021, 00:14:33 »

Quote from: BrianDavion on 27 December 2021, 21:23:33

what exactly is the rhino? I've seen referances to a mech called that but can't find it

It's a very, very, very scary 50 ton Quad mech that first saw print in the old FASA magazine. Doc Swift and the rest of the mad geniuses at CGL took the idea and turned the Rhino into a brutally efficient Clan quad built for charging with a ram plate, spikes, several ER medium lasers, and a supercharger so you can go really fast like Sonic the Hedgehog, and turn your enemies into crash test dummies. It's what happens when the Clans watch too many Mad Max movies. And I love it, because CGL is pulling in old stuff from every ancient nook and cranny of Battletech and placing it in a updated format. Heck, we might even end up with the Screaming Hawk, the Achilles, or even the Ventilator at some point.

DarkISI · « **Reply #71 on:** 28 December 2021, 04:20:27 »

And you get to see it in action in Moving Forward ;)

VhenRa · « **Reply #72 on:** 28 December 2021, 18:59:32 »

Ewww, I stepped in pirate mech.

Can sum that up.

DarkISI · « **Reply #73 on:** 29 December 2021, 00:56:22 »

That... sounds about right :D

Drewbacca · « **Reply #74 on:** 10 January 2022, 14:19:32 »

Can someone remind me again which clans the Scorpions absorbed members from around the time they were Abjured and during the Wars of Reaving. I want to say Hellions and Mandrills but I am not sure.

AlphaMirage · « **Reply #75 on:** 10 January 2022, 14:22:22 »

Hellions

CJC070 · « **Reply #76 on:** 10 January 2022, 14:52:52 »

Quote from: Drewbacca on 10 January 2022, 14:19:32

Can someone remind me again which clans the Scorpions absorbed members from around the time they were Abjured and during the Wars of Reaving. I want to say Hellions and Mandrills but I am not sure.

Some of the Mandrills lower caste were taken and unlike the Eridani and Hellions their military presence is nonexistent.

AJC46 · « **Reply #77 on:** 29 January 2022, 22:07:24 »

those early clan things that were reintroduced in 3080s likely fell back into extinction due to being outclassed by their "modern" clan standard versions once the scorps regained the ability to mass produce proper clan tech standard stuff in the 3100s.

like why used a improved ppc(standard is PPC with 6 tons weight and 2 crit slots) when you got access to the clan er ppc again..

Rainbow 6 · « **Reply #78 on:** 30 January 2022, 06:05:45 »

Makes sense, the improved weapons were basically a stopgap until the full spec items could once again be produced.

Hopefully we will see a Lightray C and Toyama C at some point as will, although the Toyama at least will need a new name.

Weirdo · « **Reply #79 on:** 30 January 2022, 11:32:48 »

The name only matters if the Scorpions care.

Rainbow 6 · « **Reply #80 on:** 30 January 2022, 12:40:27 »

Maybe but they did change the names of the Nexus and Grand Crusader so I guess they care on some level.

Weirdo · « **Reply #81 on:** 30 January 2022, 16:23:21 »

I think it's not that they care about Blakist names, and more that they care about rebranding to make it theirs.

Thinking about it, I guess it makes no difference, since the end result will likely be the same.

Colt Ward · « **Reply #82 on:** 31 January 2022, 11:45:12 »

Man . . . 2 Clan ERLL, IS or Clan LB-10X (not much difference), and LRMs or better ATMs for . . . Moreau? What Founder would you want to rename it to? Maybe name it after the Imperio's founding Khan? Lightray becomes the Conner?

Weirdo · « **Reply #83 on:** 31 January 2022, 11:54:40 »

If it's meant for second-line use, name it after some famous figure from Castilian or Umayyad history. Or given the Scorpions' proclivities, some famous SLDF general.

Colt Ward · « **Reply #84 on:** 31 January 2022, 12:04:18 »

Quote from: Weirdo on 31 January 2022, 11:54:40

If it's meant for second-line use, name it after some famous figure from Castilian or Umayyad history. Or given the Scorpions' proclivities, some famous SLDF general.

Moreau was my first inclination- a abathka Star League officer who was their first Loremaster.

Rainbow 6 · « **Reply #85 on:** 31 January 2022, 17:06:19 »

Quote from: Colt Ward on 31 January 2022, 12:04:18

Moreau was my first inclination- a abathka Star League officer who was their first Loremaster.

It would certainly make sense.

rebs · « **Reply #86 on:** 31 January 2022, 17:10:02 »

I could see that regarding Moreau, but especially for a fairly optimal frontline machine or Omni.

Doc Swift · « **Reply #87 on:** 31 January 2022, 17:12:33 »

Spotlight On: Hellion Keshik is finally coming out this week. I think I put some good stuff in there. Hope y'all like it!

Flaresnake · « **Reply #88 on:** 31 January 2022, 23:18:40 »

Toyama already has a non-WOB name, Odysseus

Rainbow 6 · « **Reply #89 on:** 01 February 2022, 17:07:04 »

Quote from: Flaresnake on 31 January 2022, 23:18:40

Toyama already has a non-WOB name, Odysseus

That would work, I guess if anyone is going to know that its the Scorpions.