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.
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.]