The Socitey's capture of Strana Mechty, by all accounts, was quick and brutal. Already having gone thorough the sudden evacuations of several clans, and horribly torn by the ensuing Reaving trials (along with scars from orbital bombardments, rampant fires, and other devastation never before seen on the clan worlds) Strana Mechty was quickly turned into a Society-held "Propaganda world" by 3072 and became one of the many staging grounds for the scientist revolt. And it is easy to see why- Strana Mechty, despite the damages incurred, was rife with battlemech production facilities, Brian caches, and the remaining laborer caste who could still work and man those stations.
The Society, by all accounts, wasted no time in beginning production of what they could use, repairing what they had, and starting new programs to strengthen areas they were deficient in. One of these was propaganda, as the Society recognized their lack of trained warriors- sure, the calls to arms against the clans tyranny could change the minds of many Dark and Bandit caste members, however what the Society really needed was a symbol to rally behind.
The 2nd Wolf Clan auxiliary site was captured by the society and a redesign of the venerable Orion IIC was put together within a short span of time, reportedly within a couple of months. What changes to the structure were small, all told- the original endo steel 'bones' were kept (reportedly stockpiles that had been built up over the years) and the Orion's chassis was still extremely easy to modify, despite its clan status. The addition of a clan extra light engine was, in fact, the most difficult addition, however it was easy to divert the production of several reactors from other sties on the clan's homeworld for it's use and only took a month of work to discover how to fit it with only minor changes. Using the original Omega 12-coil gauss rifle also saved valuable time.
The redesign was extremely impressive. Re-skinning the heavily armored Orion IIC 2 (or S, for obvious reasons) in nearly 16 tons of Ferro-Lamellor provided incredible damage reduction and resistance to flak and smaller weapons (LB-X cluster shot, LRM's, and light machine guns lack the strength to puncture it, SRM warheads are heavily reduced) and the addition of an advanced CASE II system for the iATM warheads gave the Orion IIC 2 the ability to not only survive a devastating ammo explosion relatively intact, but also have the chance to save some of it's expensive munitions. Finally, like all major battlemechs the Society used, a Nova CEWS was secured in the head assembly along with a similar Full-head ejection system (akin to the one used in the Celephaus) with hopes that whatever elite pilot using this machine could be saved.
The weapons used were debated upon heavily, and the Society decided that only elite and veteran pilots could use the machine. Twin Large pulse lasers (produced on Ironhold, another main Society sect) provided long-range, highly accurate firepower along with the rifle, and a surprising 4 iATM 3 launchers further added terrible levels of firepower and crit-seeking to the total loadout. In fact, the only disadvantages the Orion IIC 2 had, despite it's somewhat low ammunition levels (80 total flights between 4 iATMs, 16 rounds for the rifle) was it's heat buildup- which was more than manageable by the few veteran and even fewer elite pilots used to man the machines.
In the end, however, only a Trinary at best were built and deployed. However, the effects on the homeworld clans in fighting the great father's chosen 'mech were felt for decades afterwards. It is said that those remaining clans have entombed the remains of the few Orion IIC 2's as well as the production site, as a solemn reminder aimed at those who would stray from clan law.
Orion IIC 2
Mass: 75 tons
Tech Base: Clan
Chassis Config: Biped
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: Clan Invasion
Tech Rating/Era Availability: F/X-X-F
Production Year: 3070
Cost: 20,131,625 C-Bills
Battle Value: 2,479
Chassis: Unknown Endo-Steel
Power Plant: Unknown 300 Fusion XL Engine
Walking Speed: 43.0 km/h
Maximum Speed: 64.5 km/h
Jump Jets: None
Armor: Unknown Ferro-Lamellor
Armament:
1 Gauss Rifle
2 Large Pulse Lasers
4 iATM-3s
1 Nova CEWS Suite
Manufacturer: Unknown
Primary Factory: Unknown
Communications System: Unknown
Targeting and Tracking System: Unknown
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Endo-Steel 114 points 4.00
Internal Locations: 1 CT, 3 LA, 3 RA
Engine: XL Engine 300 9.50
Walking MP: 4
Running MP: 6
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks: Double 12(24) 2.00
Gyro: Standard Gyro 3.00
Cockpit: Standard w/ Full Head Ejection System 3.00
Actuators: L: SH+UA+LA R: SH+UA+LA
Armor: Ferro-Lamellor AV - 217 15.50
Armor Locations: 1 CT, 1 LT, 2 RT, 2 LA, 2 RA, 2 LL, 2 RL
CASE Locations: LT, RT 0.00
CASE II Locations: 1 LT 0.50
Internal Armor
Structure Factor
Head 3 9
Center Torso 23 32
Center Torso (rear) 10
L/R Torso 16 22
L/R Torso (rear) 10
L/R Arm 12 22
L/R Leg 16 29
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Equipment Location Heat Critical Mass
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Large Pulse Laser RA 10 2 6.00
iATM-3 RA 2 2 1.50
Large Pulse Laser LA 10 2 6.00
iATM-3 LA 2 2 1.50
Gauss Rifle RT 1 6 12.00
2 iATM-3s LT 4 4 3.00
Nova CEWS HD 2 1 1.00
@Gauss Rifle (16) RT - 2 2.00
@iATM-3 (20) LT - 1 1.00
@iATM-3 (ER) (20) LT - 1 1.00
@iATM-3 (HE) (20) LT - 1 1.00
@iATM-3 (IIW) (20) LT - 1 1.00
Free Critical Slots: 0
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 9 Points: 25
4 5 5 4 0 3 1 Structure: 4
Special Abilities: ECM, CASE, SRCH, EEE, ES, SOA
*Note- IIW stands for Improved Inferno.
