The Scorpion Empire: All your Warhawks are belong to us

[Weirdo]

You're assuming that the larger DropShips are available in the numbers you'd need for this. Got any evidence?

[Doc Swift]

It's not just availability. This is the Deep Periphery. It's like the old frontier. People don't stop using something that still works, or that can be fixed at any extent. They'd use their old, small DropShips until they simply fell apart and could no longer reach orbit. Even if they had the money to buy a new, larger vessel, they'd refuse while the old one still ran.

[Weirdo]

I imagine the same would apply to designs for DropShips. Their yards might have the specs for Mules, but they know Manatees like the backs of their hands and know how to build those so they'll last centuries. They probably still build Mules and Dictators because sometimes you NEED the capacity, but the older ship is just too well trusted to abandon.

[Wrangler]

MoC managed acquire some pristine Dictators during the Jihad. They had to come from somewhere.  There no heavy industry in their end of the universe aside from their own, which last I check didn't include Dictators. 

[Weirdo]

What does that have to do with the Hansa?

[Wrangler]

What does that have to do with the Hansa?

Aren't they building them too?

[Weirdo]

They have some. Whether they're building any is unknown.  And that still doesn't make comments about the MoC(which is almost literally on the exact opposite side of inhabited space) relevant to this thread, unless you're implying one of these incredibly distant nations is selling Dictators to the other.

[Nerroth]

It might be a while before the Master Unit List is updated to account for the Scorpion Empire of the IlClan Era. That said, in light of the events portrayed in Spotlight On: Hellion Keshik, might it be possible for certain Dark Age-era IS Clan General units, such as the Hammerhead BattleMech, might now be available (even in limited numbers) to the Scorpion touman?

[CJC070]

It might be a while before the Master Unit List is updated to account for the Scorpion Empire of the IlClan Era. That said, in light of the events portrayed in Spotlight On: Hellion Keshik, might it be possible for certain Dark Age-era IS Clan General units, such as the Hammerhead BattleMech, might now be available (even in limited numbers) to the Scorpion touman?

Unless something changes it depends on how many the Scorpions can bid, buy, or batchall.

[Doc Swift]

I'd rather see the Goliath Scorpions see what's being used in the IS and develop their own units to counter them.

[BrianDavion]

I'd rather see the Goliath Scorpions see what's being used in the IS and develop their own units to counter them.

To do so ideally they'd wanna have their own versions to test and examine in depth.. best of both worlds :)

[CJC070]

So we might see the reconquista omni aka Orion omni from the Goliath Scorpions.

[Doc Swift]

To do so ideally they'd wanna have their own versions to test and examine in depth.. best of both worlds :)

They have simulators for that.

[Starfury]

All I want are Scorpion Empire configs for the Perseus and a Clan Banshee 3S, because I want to see people scream in terror as a 95 ton oft disdained unit turns them into paste...

[Weirdo]

...Clan Banshee...

Two fists or dezgra.

[Flaresnake]

All I want are Scorpion Empire configs for the Perseus and a Clan Banshee 3S, because I want to see people scream in terror as a 95 ton oft disdained unit turns them into paste...

There is already a clan Banshee, its the Regent.

[Starfury]

Nah, we need a proper Banshee C.  If we can get an Urbanmech IIC, a Banshee C should be no issue.

[Doc Swift]

The League built Banshees (likely the BNC-3S and the -5S) on Falsterbo, so it's certainly possible, given the Scorpions took the AWS-9Q built on Braunschweig and turned out the Awesome C. Thus, the result would probably be a Banshee C, with its origin as the -3S or -5S obscure without a TRO writeup.

[Ruger]

The League built Banshees (likely the BNC-3S and the -5S) on Falsterbo, so it's certainly possible, given the Scorpions took the AWS-9Q built on Braunschweig and turned out the Awesome C. Thus, the result would probably be a Banshee C, with its origin as the -3S or -5S obscure without a TRO writeup.

One could do quite worse than simply converting the Banshee-3S to Clan-tech. You could do some nasty things with it.

Ruger

[Starfury]

Yup, they are.  I've built a 3 and a 5S Banshee C for the Scorpion Empire, along with a Zeus C and Thunderbolt C 3.  I figure the Wasp 3M, Locust 3S, Phoenix Hawk 3D, 3S, and Wolverine 7D lines will get either converted to C or IIC lines, dismantled, or issued to PGCs.  The Surtur I'd next on my list since I can see plasma cannons and Clan SRMs in its future... 

I am curious about the former Hansa tank lines.  Would the SE bother with them, or just issue the equipment as is? Inquiring minds want to know....

[Doc Swift]

I think that even the Scorpions would acknowledge the utility of Demolishers. I also think there will always be a need for such units for solahma warriors and those who either fail their Trial of Position or need a second try to take it. Vehicles are a good place for those who can still contribute militarily but are lesser-skilled than those who pass their trial and become MechWarriors.

[Starfury]

Thanks for the quick response, Doc. I appreciate all of your willingness to answer questions about the Scorpion Empire.

[Doc Swift]

For now, I'm the one who knows the most about them. When that changes, hopefully my successor does the same!

[Drewbacca]

Finally got around to reading the Scorpion story in Shrapnel 6.  I like the way the Empire is developing, but I am sad to see protomechs go away.

[DarkISI]

Finally got around to reading the Scorpion story in Shrapnel 6.  I like the way the Empire is developing, but I am sad to see protomechs go away.

Glad you liked the story. Protomechs were simply not something that could be realistically explained being available to the Empire. They had to move a lot of stuff. They are upgrading existing production lines. Protomechs are a very unique technology there is nothing in their new realm to use as a stepping stone. There were higher priorities.
It's one of the things Goeff told me to put in there, other things we talked about and developed together. We were coordinating pretty much everything in this story to paint one big Scorpion Empire image over all the products in the pipeline. Pretty sure the PM extinction did also show up in one of the other sources released recently.

[Drewbacca]

Are there any other Empire stories out there?

[Drewbacca]

Another question, is the MUL up to date for the Empire?

[Sartris]

Yes

[DarkISI]

Are there any other Empire stories out there?

Not to my knowledge, no.

[Doc Swift]

Glad you liked the story. Protomechs were simply not something that could be realistically explained being available to the Empire. They had to move a lot of stuff. They are upgrading existing production lines. Protomechs are a very unique technology there is nothing in their new realm to use as a stepping stone. There were higher priorities.
It's one of the things Goeff told me to put in there, other things we talked about and developed together. We were coordinating pretty much everything in this story to paint one big Scorpion Empire image over all the products in the pipeline. Pretty sure the PM extinction did also show up in one of the other sources released recently.

Who?  :(