Editing Sokuryou

{{InfoBoxBattleMech
| image = Sokuryou.PNG‎
| name = ''Sokuryou''
| manufacturer = [[Osaka Heavy Metrics]]<ref name="TRO:3085Sp34+">''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', pp. 34–35: "SKU-197 Sokuryou SurveyMech"</ref>
| production year = 3084
| year reference =<ref name="MUL1">''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/2983/sokuryou-sku-197-surveymech/ MUL online entry for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
| Use = Reconnaissance
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Artillery Spotter
| model= SKU-197<ref name="TRO:3085Sp34+"/>
| Equipment Rating =
|Tech Base =Inner Sphere
|mech type =IndustrialMech
|feet=2
| cost = 1,926,875 [[C-bill]]s<ref name="MUL1"/>
| Introduced = 
| mass = 25
| chassis = [[CERO V Frame]]<ref name="TRO:3085Sp34+"/>
| engine = [[Nissan 150]] [[fusion engine]]<ref name="TRO:3085Sp34+"/>
| speed = 97<ref name="TRO:3085Sp34+"/>
| armament = 
* 1x [[Target Acquisition Gear|TAG]]<ref name="TRO:3085Sp34+"/>
| heat sinks = 10 [[single heat sink]]s<ref name="TRO:3085Sp34+"/>
| armor = [[Tybalt Blue Heavy Industrial Plate]]<ref name="TRO:3085Sp34+"/>
| comsys = [[Sipher Security Plus Advanced]]<ref name="TRO:3085Sp34+"/>
| T&T = [[Daidouji 52 Enhanced Optical]] with [[Beagle active probe]]<ref name="TRO:3085Sp34+"/>
| Equipment = 
* [[Communication equipment]]<ref name="TRO:3085Sp34+"/><br/>
* [[Beagle active probe]]<ref name="TRO:3085Sp34+"/><br/>
* [[Ejection seat]]<ref name="TRO:3085Sp34+"/>
| BV (1.0) = 
| BV (2.0) = 395<ref name="TRO:3085Sp34+"/><ref name="MUL1"/>
}}

== Description ==
The '''''Sokuryou''''' SurveyMech is a militarized [[IndustrialMech]] that was originally conceived in [[3064]]. However, the design had languished for decades until the 3080s, when the [[Draconis Combine]] finally approved the design for production, with [[Osaka Heavy Metrics]] was one of many small firms that were awarded contracts to bolster the Combine's damaged military and industrial infrastructure. The ''Sokuryou'' is an IndustrialMech, and is designed as a modestly speedy and cost-effective 'Mech alternative to support frontline combat units. By 3085, the 'Mech was in production at two manufacturing plants on [[Philadelphia]] and [[Togura]].<ref name="TRO:3085Sp34+"/>

== Weapons and Equipment ==
The 'Mech's primary missions were survey and recon, so to fulfill this it was given a [[Beagle active probe]] and one ton of [[communication equipment]]. For its secondary task as an artillery spotter, the vehicle has a [[Target Acquisition Gear|TAG]] laser mounted in its right arm.<ref name="TRO:3085Sp34+"/>

The design features [[ejection seat]], with which most IndustrialMechs are not normally equipped, while its hull is protected by five and a half tons of [[Tybalt Blue]] [[heavy industrial armor]], giving its similar protection to comparable [[BattleMech#Light|light]] [[BattleMech]]s.<ref name="TRO:3085Sp34+"/>

== Variants ==
*; SKU-181 : The original civilian version of the ''Sokuryou'', it was designed as a highly functional survey vehicle.  It was to be equipped with a 100-rated [[ICE]] power plant, instead of later model's fusion engine and unlike its successor, the SKU-197, it boasts more powerful [[communication equipment]] and large fuel tank for additional range. This design only reached the prototype stages, as production of the 197 and 198 now take up all of Osaka's production capability.<ref name="TRO:3085Sp34+"/> BV(2.0) = 328<ref>''Record Sheets: 3085 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge'', p. 159</ref><ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/2982/sokuryou-sku-181-surveymech/ MUL online entry for the Sokuryou SKU-181 SurveyMech variant]''</ref>

*; SKU-198 : This variant is designed as direct-combat vehicle and was developed in [[Introduction Year::3085]],<ref name="MUL2"/> unlike the 197. The design drops the [[communication equipment]] and [[Target Acquisition Gear|TAG]] in exchange for two [[ER medium laser]]s.  However, the design is noted for its weak armor and low speed.<ref name="TRO:3085Sp34+"/> BV (2.0) = 581<ref>''Record Sheets: 3085 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge'', p. 161</ref><ref name="MUL2">''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/2984/sokuryou-sku-198-surveymech/ MUL online entry for the Sokuryou SKU-198 SurveyMech variant]''</ref>

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* ''[[Master Unit List]]''
* ''[[Record Sheets: 3085 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental]]''