Scorpion LAM
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| Scorpion LAM | |
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| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | Brigadier Corporation |
| Production Year | 2690[1] |
| Model | SCP-X1 |
| Class | Medium |
| Technical specifications | |
| 'Mech type | Inner Sphere BattleMech |
| Mass | 55 tons |
| Chassis | Unknown |
| Armor | Standard armor |
| Engine | 275-rated fusion engine |
| Communications System | Unknown |
| Targeting Tracking System | Unknown |
| Heat Sinks | 12 single |
| Speed | 97.4 km/h |
| Jump Jets | Unknown |
| Armament | |
| BV (2.0) | N/A |
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Description[edit]
The Scorpion LAM was a failed BattleMech project conducted by the Brigadier Corporation of Oliver in the late twenty-seventh century. The project was part of the company's attempt to get into the Land-Air 'Mech market and, like other LAMs, the design is based upon an existing BattleMech; in this case, Brigadier's own Scorpion. With the base set, the design team completely redesigned the Scorpion to meet the needs of a machine that is able to transform from a quadruped 'Mech into an aerospace fighter.
Despite many trials the design team met with little success converting the 'Mech, aside from remedying the original's notorious ground movement problems. After one of the prototypes crashed, Brigadier abandoned the project and shelved the design, moving it across the Inner Sphere until it somehow ended up on Hesperus II in a bunker that was soon lost. In 3065, Defiance Industries uncovered this bunker, which contained the surviving prototype and, after attempting to work out the failed LAM project on their own in secret, they abandoned it as well. Defiance ultimately adapted the project's improvements in the 'Mech's ground movement system and appearance for a newly redesigned Scorpion instead.[2][1]
Weapons and Equipment[edit]
The Scorpion LAM shares the same weapon mix as the SCP-1N, with a single PPC as its main weapon and an SRM-6 as a close-range weapon.
Originally the design was supposed to have been able to reach the maximum aerospace fighter speed of 8 with less than one ton of fuel for flight. In AirMech mode, the Scorpion LAM was projected to be able attain maximum speeds of 230 km/h. The prototypes were given seven tons of standard armor for defense. The 'Mech's conversion system proved to be nonfunctional, causing many of the failures that led to the design's demise.[1]
Design Quirks[edit]
The Scorpion LAM is subject to the following Design Quirks:[1]
- Hard to Pilot
- Illegal (Quad-LAM)
- Low Profile
- Nonfunctional Item (Conversion System)
- Obsolete/2692
- Prototype
Related BattleMechs[edit]
- Scorpion - The medium BattleMech the Scorpion LAM was based on.