Technical readout 2866 Rise of the Scavengers

In 2610, Bergan Industries began producing the LCT-
1Vb Locust for the “Royal” brigades of the Star League.
Built on an Endo-Steel chassis, powered by an Extra-
Light fusion engine, protected with Ferro-Fibrous armor
and featuring 10 double heat sinks, the humble Locust
was the first BattleMech to utilize pulse laser technology.
Carrying a both a Blankenberg medium pulse laser and
small pulse laser in each arm, while retaining the center
line Martell medium laser, the -1Vb carried fully two and
half times the firepower of the original with no loss in
either speed or protection. However, the large pulse
laser would have to wait another 50 years until Maltex
Corporation on Errai developed the “Royal” WVE-
5Nb Wyvern in 2660.
Following the success of their “Royal” Ostscout,
Ostmann Industries would surprise everyone by
completely overhauling their First Generation 65-ton
Ostwar, creating the OWR-2Mb version in 2620. Using
three Newhart Extended-Range large lasers and twin
Totschlagen-6 SRM-6s, the Ostwar was powered by a
Hermes 325XL engine, giving it a top speed of over 85
kph, far exceeding that of the original. Built using Endo-
Steel and mounting an incredible 18 double heat sinks,
the Ostwar could maintain a blistering rate of fire out to
almost 600 meters.
venerable Emperor, the EMP-6A, the production having
been taken over by a burgeoning StarCorps Industries.
As a side note, First Lord Nicholas Camerson appointed
Joshua Hoshiko in 2614 as the Minister of
Communications for the Star League. Hoshiko would
launch the Technological Communications and
Specifications Project the very year to explore the
possibility of Faster-Than-Light communications,
recruiting Cassie DeBurke in the process.
Springboarding off research conducted by Rhylene
HyperTech of Oriente, DeBurke and her team would go
on to build the first HyperPulse Generator just outside
the Court of the Star League in late 2629. This
breakthrough allowed messages to be sent from Terra to
the furthest reaches of the Periphery in less than 5
months, a feat which made the management of the Inner
Sphere immensely easier.
trusted to the most experienced and loyal Hegemony
born pilots. A lighter, faster, version, the 35-ton SPR-4F
Spector, was also produced in extremely limited
quantities beginning in 2640 and equipped with the same
advanced stealth capabilities as its larger cousin. Both
were produced on Caph, one of the largest and most
heavily guarded Hegemony research and production
facilities outside of Terra itself.
OWR-2Mb Ostwar
By this time, the Terran Hegemony defense industry had
also introduced the Narc Missile Beacon, first appearing
on the Kintaro, and the lightweight Lubalin Ballistics 10-X
autocannon utilizing the advanced Mercury IV fire control
system and capable of firing both slug and cluster
rounds. The LB 10-X autocannon was first found on
Bergan Industries’ 60-ton Champion, introduced in 2602,
followed 10 years later by an upgraded version of the
EXT-4Db Exterminator
The apex of Star League BattleMech development,
however, was reached in 2630 with General Systems’
development of the experimental 65-ton EXT-4C
Exterminator, but it would take another 88 years until the
release of the EXT-4Db in 2718 to produce it an any
significant numbers. Carrying the Chameleon Light
Polarization Shield and equipped with the Null Signature
System, the Exterminator was all but invisible to enemy
units. Designed to penetrate enemy lines and hunt down
and destroy their commanders, the Exterminator was
made for the most dangerous of all assignments,
headhunting. Usually assigned at the regimental level,
the -4Db was reserved for special assignments and only
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BLR-1Gb Battlemaster
The Defiance Industries STN-3L Sentinel, although not
the “Royal” version, marked the first use of the Kawabata
Weapons Incorporated Ultra Class 5 Autocannon in
2652. Capable of twice the rate of fire compared to a
standard Class 5 autocannon and boasting a 60 meter
increase in range, it was accompanied by a Defiance
Streak-2 SRM next generation missile launcher. The
Streak missile system uses the Targa/7 fire control
system to ensure a hard target lock before the shot is
fired. This virtually ensures each time the missile system
attains a lock-on, it will hit the target. Not only does this
conserve previous munitions, but it also prevents
extraneous heat buildup.
The last and most anticipated weapon upgrade, the
extended-range particle projection cannon, would have
to wait until 2751, the same year First Lord Simon
Cameron died, leaving his throne to his 8 year old son,
Richard Cameron II, and marking the beginning of the
end for the Star League. Released simultaneously on
both the “Royal” BL-6b-KNT Black Knight and the GRF-
2N Griffin, the ER PPC boasted an almost 30% increase
in range over the standard model with no loss in damage