Author Topic: The Scorpion Empire: All your Warhawks are belong to us (Read 116424 times)

JAMES_PRYDE · « **Reply #510 on:** 05 January 2023, 08:27:48 »

Quote from: Gorgon on 05 January 2023, 06:02:26

Post Jihad / WoR the Warhawk is Scorpion exclusive, as per the MUL

Ahh I see, thanks. That was one of my favorite mechs, alpha strike 1 hit kill on most IS lights lol

You think once Sea Fox starts the trading chain with the Empire, they will get the design or should I say earn the right to its plans ?

Sartris · « **Reply #511 on:** 05 January 2023, 10:53:57 »

they're the only ones with a concentration worth noting. a few may have slipped down the trade routes into the inner sphere but they're very rare.

DarkISI · « **Reply #512 on:** 05 January 2023, 14:54:11 »

Quote from: JAMES_PRYDE on 05 January 2023, 04:19:23

Just finished "Moving Forward"

Good read, really cements the Empire.

Thank you :)

Zeruel · « **Reply #513 on:** 05 January 2023, 23:36:31 »

Basically, Warhawks were only manufactured in the Homeworlds, and the Scorps are the only ones who managed to take the plans with them when they left

Doc Swift · « **Reply #514 on:** 30 January 2023, 08:23:34 »

The uproar about the RD in DD kinda makes losing ProtoMechs seem not so bad, eh? ;D

Weirdo · « **Reply #515 on:** 30 January 2023, 09:21:06 »

One of those options has more scenario hooks and deployable unit types, and thus is superior for a wargame faction.

tassa_kay · « **Reply #516 on:** 30 January 2023, 11:04:10 »

Quote from: Doc Swift on 30 January 2023, 08:23:34

The uproar about the RD in DD kinda makes losing ProtoMechs seem not so bad, eh? ;D

Not really, no.

Baldur Mekorig · « **Reply #517 on:** 31 January 2023, 10:18:07 »

Quote from: Doc Swift on 30 January 2023, 08:23:34

The uproar about the RD in DD kinda makes losing ProtoMechs seem not so bad, eh? ;D

You know, i already meet a couple of CGB fans that are willing to change to the Escorps. Mostly because they dont like the rest of the OZ clans.

Weirdo · « **Reply #518 on:** 31 January 2023, 11:41:40 »

Why would they do that? The Bears are finally starting to get interesting.

Baldur Mekorig · « **Reply #519 on:** 31 January 2023, 14:33:03 »

Quote from: Weirdo on 31 January 2023, 11:41:40

Why would they do that? The Bears are finally starting to get interesting.

Mostly, its rejection to the whole RD "Civil War" and how the Dev are setting the clan. I am not a CGB/RD fan, so i can not say much more than that.

Flaresnake · « **Reply #520 on:** 05 February 2023, 00:30:47 »

An off topic question, where did they get gene samples for the ELH bloodnames? Some had no one with those name in the 71st LH. Also is there any idea of which bloodnames where made from them?

Weirdo · « **Reply #521 on:** 05 February 2023, 12:46:51 »

Do we have a list of every ELH soldier that was Absorbed?

truetanker · « **Reply #522 on:** 06 February 2023, 01:41:07 »

The Barclay Bloodname is noted in Operational Turning Points - Hanseatic Crusade sourcebook and claimed to be "one of (the) Clan’s new Blood Legacies created from Eridani Light Horse genetic samples Another Bloodname of Eridani descent is the Winston Bloodname.

The majority of the survivors were taken as abtakha and formed the basis of two new light clusters along with a scattering of Clan Seekers. The remaining personnel of the 71st, primarily the command staff and most talented MechWarriors, were scattered throughout Clan Goliath Scorpion primarily, with a few taken as isorla by other Clans.

So, as much as needed, only two can be traced to ELH.

TT

Doc Swift · « **Reply #523 on:** 06 February 2023, 08:19:49 »

Only two have been specified... so far. :)

Flaresnake · « **Reply #524 on:** 06 February 2023, 22:34:29 »

Quote from: Doc Swift on 06 February 2023, 08:19:49

Only two have been specified... so far. :)

What do you have planned? ^-^

Known Glitch · « **Reply #525 on:** 06 February 2023, 23:02:06 »

Yeah! When do we get the next installment of Scorpion Tales?

(See what I did there? :facepalm: )

Doc Swift · « **Reply #526 on:** 06 February 2023, 23:08:47 »

Nothing specific. But adding ELH genes into their breeding program is what drove them from the Homeworlds. That's a lot of time to collect genetic samples.

Baldur Mekorig · « **Reply #527 on:** 07 February 2023, 14:01:30 »

So, more for my own internal bookkeeping, but also to help other fans, i have made this short list of the Clan Goliath Scorpion/Scorpion Empire Galaxies and their camo. Feel free to correct me if you think i am wrong.

Alpha Galaxy - (Slate gray with black highlights or camouflage mottling.)

Beta Galaxy - Now Hellion Galaxy (since 3095) - (Sandy beige or gold with black accents.)
Hellion Keshik - (pale ice blue. A single navy blue pinstripe runs along the outside of each limb. The Hellion Galaxy insignia stands proud on the front right and rear left torso.)

Gamma Galaxy - Disbanded in 3073 - (Blood-red and gold color.)

Delta Galaxy - Destroyed on Brim in 3072 - (Black with orange and red highlights resembling molten lava.)

Rho Galaxy - Disbanded in 3086 - (Sandstone red with dark gray highlights.)

Tau Galaxy - (Hunter green with black accents.)

Mu Galaxy - (Bright white base coat accented with royal blue highlights; appropriate camouflage patterns are used where the situation demands.)

Chi Galaxy - Now Seeker Galaxy - (Browns with golden yellow accents. They do not yet display insignia. Warriors are permitted to decorate their preferred dueling weapon with a bright green ‘poison’ design.)
Seeker Keshik - (This is my theory = Blood-red and silver color, like the Crimson Seeker Star.)

Omega Galaxy - (Green, with stripes along the arms of 'Mechs and battle armor, the turrets of vehicles when possible and the sides when not, and the wings of aerospace fighters. The stripes are equal parts red over yellow.)

PGC/Grunt Galaxy - (Camo unknown)

Eta Galaxy - (Camo Unknown)

JAMES_PRYDE · « **Reply #528 on:** 08 February 2023, 23:57:21 »

Quote from: Doc Swift on 06 February 2023, 23:08:47

Nothing specific. But adding ELH genes into their breeding program is what drove them from the Homeworlds. That's a lot of time to collect genetic samples.

Yes, Seekers doing their thing behind the scenes. Meh, I think what the Scrops have now, is way better than what they had in the Homeworlds

Now all they need is a totem mech ! >:D

Weirdo · « **Reply #529 on:** 09 February 2023, 00:17:33 »

The Fire Scorpion isn't Scorpion enough? Or the Araña?

Natasha Kerensky · « **Reply #530 on:** 09 February 2023, 13:57:38 »

Quote from: Weirdo on 09 February 2023, 00:17:33

The Fire Scorpion isn't Scorpion enough? Or the Araña?

Nope. Need two superheavy tripods, fused together at their torsos, for the Scorp totem mech.

I’m sure the Burrocks had a prototype or two that fused dozens of bipedal mechs together. Just resurrect that tech.

tassa_kay · « **Reply #531 on:** 09 February 2023, 14:16:26 »

Totem quad Protos would've been nice, too. Plenty of mythological scorpions to draw names from.

Weirdo · « **Reply #532 on:** 09 February 2023, 15:41:55 »

I'm down for that. :thumbsup:

JAMES_PRYDE · « **Reply #533 on:** 12 February 2023, 04:50:34 »

Me too, and the Protomech could have a "tail" that acts as a melee and or a grappling function

truetanker · « **Reply #534 on:** 12 February 2023, 19:03:22 »

Quote from: tassa_kay on 09 February 2023, 14:16:26

Totem quad Protos would've been nice, too. Plenty of mythological scorpions to draw names from.

Quote from: JAMES_PRYDE on 12 February 2023, 04:50:34

Me too, and the Protomech could have a "tail" that acts as a melee and or a grappling function

Over the head Torso Mounted Clan Battlemech Taser...

TT

JAMES_PRYDE · « **Reply #535 on:** 12 February 2023, 20:54:37 »

Quote from: truetanker on 12 February 2023, 19:03:22

Over the head Torso Mounted Clan Battlemech Taser...

TT

Where the Taser, if the unit gets close enough, can do like a ER PPC discharge thingie, where it can short circuit computer systems 8)

Baldur Mekorig · « **Reply #536 on:** 14 February 2023, 10:47:52 »

Checking the Scorpion Empire MUL mech list for an Omega force, i came upon the Naja, a very interesting mech from TRO:GC. A very old CCC mech, it was last avaible during the Clan Invasion, but looks like that both the Naja and its predecesor, the Kintaro -19b-EC, are avible to the SE since the Late republic Era, with only the Naja going so far to the IlClan Era.

Nasty medium for second line forces, and even uses "improved" SRM systems, a step between the IS and Clan missile systems.

Weirdo · « **Reply #537 on:** 14 February 2023, 11:11:44 »

I like the Naja because it and others like it show that the Scorpion fondness for direct-fire accuracy isn't an absolute to be sought out at all times, more like a favorite dessert to be enjoyed when you can get it.

Doc Swift · « **Reply #538 on:** 14 February 2023, 11:35:17 »

They surely learned a good many things since absorbing the Caliphate and Castile, and the Crusade of course.

Baldur Mekorig · « **Reply #539 on:** 14 February 2023, 13:06:42 »

Quote from: Doc Swift on 14 February 2023, 11:35:17

They surely learned a good many things since absorbing the Caliphate and Castile, and the Crusade of course.

Doc, whats the Empire policy on conventional infantry? I am sure you can see them in PGC/Grunt Galaxy, but what about a 2nd Line Galaxy like Omega or Eta? Would ask the same for vehicles too.