Any plans to add the "Desert Scorpion" variant from TTS: Stotzing to this article?
So Sarna has this to say about the Desert Scorpion:
A variant produced for the Stotzing militia, which is essentially a complete rebuild of the design. The local refit yard stripped out the engine of the standard Scorpion and replaced it with a 125-rated fusion engine. This increased the ground speed to a maximum of 84 km/h. The weaponry was also modified, with the autocannon being replaced by a large laser. An extra machine gun was added to the turret. For protection, the Desert Scorpion carries seven tons of armor and CASE around the machine gun ammo.
So getting bargain militia tanks away from ICE is something I've long wanted, and the increase in speed isn't terrible. The switch to an energy weapon makes sense for something that's supposed to be cheap, no munitions. Armor is frankly absurd, relatively it's carrying more then an Atlas, so maybe it could be reduced to carry a better weapon? FF armor would also work, as armor is basically expendable it should be in better supply then anything else. Keeping the machine gun, and even doubling it, is frankly not the best idea, even if the CASE prevents this from being a total disaster.
What we're really missing here are the FCE-powered SRM and LRM variants to go along side it.