The Marian Hegemony has recieved a boon these past decades inr egards to not only the standard of living among the common populus, but the quality of the military equipment as well. thier latest aqusition, traded to them by the Lyran Commonwealth was the Light Fusion engine and Plasma rifle, both used on the Eisenfaust Battlemech. realizing the boon it would be to upgrade thier primitive Centurions, work began almost immedatly.
an engineers pet project sought to mate both technologires to the scorpion light tank that still flooded the Legos and militas. he presented the prototype chassis to co workers, and the word just kept going up until Legate Grahm asked to see the vehicle run a test range. the tank performed admirably enough that the so far nameless engineer was assigned a team to make the vehicle ready for production.
the Scorpion II weighs significantly more then the classic scorpion tank, but packs more speed thanks to the new engine and twice the firepower, while still being a "light" vehicle. The Plasma weapon makes the tank a nightmare for just about any opponent, making the 20 rounds of foam encased tungsten stretch to the limit. though the prototypes had no backup weapons, Legate Grahm insisted on a pintle mounted light machine gun in order to provide supporting fire to the cannon, and better manage infanty so the plasma weapon can be dedicated to other threats.
Scorpion II
Mass: 33 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Motive Type: Tracked
Rules Level: Tournament Legal
Era: Dark Ages
Tech Rating/Era Availability: E/X-X-E-A
Production Year: 0
Cost: 2,686,600 C-Bills
Battle Value: 894
Power Plant: 200 Light Fusion Engine
Cruise Speed: 64.8 km/h
Flanking Speed: 97.2 km/h
Armor: Heavy Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
1 Plasma Rifle
1 Light Machine Gun
Manufacturer:
Primary Factory:
Communications System:
Targeting and Tracking System:
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 20 points 3.50
Engine: Light Fusion Engine 200 10.00
Cruise MP: 6
Flank MP: 9
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 10 0.00
Control Equipment: 2.00
Lift Equipment: 0.00
Turret: 1.00
Armor: Heavy Ferro-Fibrous AV - 148 7.50
Armor
Factor
Front 34
Left/Right 30/30
Turret 30
Rear 24
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Equipment Location Heat Spaces Mass
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Light Machine Gun FR 0 1 0.50
Plasma Rifle T 10 1 6.00
@Plasma Rifle (20) BD - 0 2.00
@LMG (1/2) (100) BD - 0 0.50
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 5 Points: 9
6t 2 2 0 0 1 0 Structure: 2
Special Abilities: TUR(1/1/0)
