Author Topic: TRO ILCLAN - 2ND LINE: STYMPHALIAN (KINGFISHER II) ASSAULT OMNIMECH  (Read 303 times)

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STYMPHALIAN (KINGFISHER II) ASSAULT OMNIMECH

Overview

Named after mythical birds of ancient Terra with armored feathers, the Stymphalian is Clan Snow Raven’s redesign of the venerable and highly survivable Kingfisher assault omnimech for the ilClan Era. 

Capabilities

Instead of relying on the Kingfisher’s heavy Standard Fusion Engine to extend its battlefield life, the Stymphalian utilizes the Ravens’ new Ferro-Lamellor Armor in combination with Reinforced Structure technology from the Ravens’ Ghost Bear allies in the Rasalhague Dominion.  With the effective armor protection and structural integrity of a low-end superheavy-class battlemech, the Stymphalian is more difficult to penetrate and more difficult to damage than the Kingfisher, while maintaining the Kingfisher’s top speed of 64 kph thanks to a 360-rated Extralight Engine.

The Stymphalian’s 31.5 tons of omnipod mass practically matches the Kingfisher’s effective 31 tons of omnipod mass (including 24 tons of weapons pods and 7 tons of fixed freezers).  But unlike the Kingfisher, the Stymphalian fixes no additional freezers in its engine, maximizing flexibility for its configurations and further protecting vital systems by wrapping them in omnipod freezers.

Deployment

The Ravens deploy the Stymphalian alongside their War Crow in secondline battle clusters.  In assault clusters, the Stymphalian is steadily replacing the Ravens’ slower and much less survivable Deimos assault omnimech.  Due to its extreme survivability, the Stymphalian is often the last unit standing on the battlefield, often securing victories for the Ravens that their small ground forces would have otherwise lost.

In exchange for their Reinforced Structure technology, the Bear touman has shared in production runs of the Stymphalian.  More survivable than the Mastodon and better able to keep up with the Bear touman’s blitzkrieg doctrine, the Bears are testing the Stymphalian as a possible replacement.

Rumors persist that the Ravens and the ilClan are working on a variant Stymphalian utilizing their joint Interface Cockpit technology, but hard evidence of this variant has yet to surface.

Limited numbers of Stymphalians are available to other Clans and ilClan allies through Sea Fox intermediaries.

Configuration Prime

The Stymphalian Prime borrows from the Bears’ Mastodon Prime, mounting dual ER PPCs and a 20-tube Streak LRM rack.  With seven additional freezers, the Stymphalian Prime can alpha strike while flanking without negative heat effects.  CASE II further extends battlefield longevity.

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                 BattleMech Technical Readout

Name/Model:           STYMPHALIAN (KINGFISHER II) PRIME
Tonnage:              90
Configuration:        Biped BattleMech
Technology Base:      Clan
Era/Year:             ilClan/3152
Rules:                Advanced
Chassis:              Type 56-90C Modified Reinforced
Power Plant:          Star League Extralight 360
Walking Speed:        46 kph
Maximum Speed:        64 kph
Jump Jets:            None Fixed
    Jump Capacity:    None Standard
Armor:                Compound LZ-7 Ferro-Lamellor w/ CASE II
Armament:             
    2 Extended-Range Particle Projection Cannons
    1 Streak LRM-20
Manufacturer:         Industrial Complex Alpha
    Primary Factory:  Dante
Communications:       Model 74/29.3 TCS
Targeting & Tracking: S438 Mk. III Mod. 7 TTS

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Equipment                                                             Mass                     
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Internal Structure:                         Reinforced                 18.00               
Engine:                                       360XL                    16.50         
    Walking MP:                                 4                                         
    Running MP:                                 6                                 
    Jumping MP:                                 0                                   
Heat Sinks:                                  17 (34)                    7.00             
Gyro:                                       Extralight                  2.00           
Cockpit:                                     Standard                   3.00                     
Armor Factor:                            266 (eff. 319)                19.00         
    Type:                                 Ferro-Lamellor                                           

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3            9(11) 
    Center Torso:                      29           38(45)
    Center Torso (rear):                            13(16)
    R/L Torso:                         19           29(35)
    R/L Torso (rear):                                8(10)
    R/L Arm:                           15           29(35)
    R/L Leg:                           19           37(44)

Actuators:  RLA, RUA, RS, LLA, LUA, LS

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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ER PPC                                                    RA                2           6.00
ER PPC                                                    LA                2           6.00
Streak LRM-20                                             RT                5          10.00
Ammo (Streak LRM) 12                                      RT                2           2.00
CASE II                                                   RT                1           0.50
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[This was a quick proof of concept.  I’ll update with a new a post if I add configurations or changes.]

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