Technical readout 2866 Rise of the Scavengers

STY-2H Starslayer
History:
In 2719, the Star League Defense Force was on the
verge of adopting Cosara Weaponries’ CRB-27 Crab as
the standard medium ‘Mech of the SLDF. However, over
fifty years later, Cosara Weaponries had still only
managed to deliver less than 1,000 of 50-ton ‘Mechs,
averaging only a paltry 20 BattleMech per year.
Fed up by Cosara’s continued promises, and missed
deliveries, the SLDF finally issued a RFP for a new
medium BattleMech in 2763. That same year, Blue Shot
Weapons, headquartered on the famous game world of
Solaris VII, entered their STY-2C Starslayer for
consideration. They had begun delivery of their LNX-9Q
Lynx to the SLDF just two years earlier.
Just like the CRB-27, the Starslayer carried a pair of
heavy lasers as its main armament. Where the Crab
carried a RAMtech 1200 in each arm, the Starslayer
utilized a pair of BlazeFire Systems large lasers, one
mounted in the right arm, the next one adjacent to it in
the right torso, giving it it’s distinctive profile.
In addition, the Starslayer carries a TharHes 4-pack
SRM system, two Defiance B3M medium lasers, and a
single rear-mounted B4M small laser. By comparison,
the Crab carried only a single medium and small laser as
backup.
The STY-2C is protected by 9.5 tons of Norse-34 Ferro-
Fibrous armor with CASE, which is among the best
armor ever manufactured, and it carries eleven doublestrength
heat sinks to deal with the heat from its
extensive energy weapons.
While slightly slower than the Crab, the Starslayer is built
with Odin's Own Model 34z jump jets, giving it a jump
capacity of 150 meters.
The SLDF was impressed with the design and awarded
Blue Shot a contract in 2765 with high hopes they would
be able to produce large numbers of the medium ‘Mech
in relatively short order.
Trouble was already on the horizon. In 2762, as Richard
Cameron came of age and claimed the mantle of First
Lord, his first official action was to issue Executive Order
156. Executive Order 156 called for the Great House
militaries to completely disband, along with any and all
other private armies. All weapons larger than a hunting
rifle were banned and any device more powerful than a
grenade was now illegal. An emergency High Council
meeting was called as the House Lords declared the
Order illegal. Under the eyes of General Alexsandr
Kerensky, the young Richard Cameron was forced to
rescind the Order, but that would prove to just mark the
beginning of troubles for the SLDF.
Just on year later, First Lord Richard Cameron would
issue the Taxation Edict of 2763, which increased taxes
across the entire Inner Sphere, but especially in the
Periphery. A clear violation of the Reunification Treaties,
the Periphery states began a dramatic military buildup as
they prepared for what they felt was going to be another
SLDF invasion.
Sure enough two years later, in 2765, a cluster of 18
worlds in the Taurian Concordant succeeded from the
Star League in what would become known as the New
Vandenberg Uprising and SLDF forces were sent to fight
in the Periphery once again.
Blue Shot Weapons was struggling with its own issues
as well. The FireScan with IndirecTrack targeting and
tracking system was proving to be a nightmare.
Commonly used on SRM and LRM carriers, Blue Shot
was having serious trouble adapting it to work with the
direct energy weapons carried by the Starslayer. It would
take Blue Shot seven years before they would be able to
reach full production, and even then the FireScan still
suffers from glitches. By that time the Amaris Civil War
was well underway and General Kerensky was just
launching the Hegemony Campaign aimed at retaking
Terra and removing the Usurper from the throne.
Finally in full production, the SLDF, desperate for war
material, was even more eagerly awaiting complete and
regular shipments of the Starslayer to in order to help
rebuild its forces at they drove towards Terra. However,
Archon Robert Steiner II’s distrust of General Kerensky’s
long term plans led him to interfere with Blue Shot’s
delivery schedule causing shipping delays to continue. It
wasn’t until 2781, after the liberation of Terra and the
subsequent stripping of Kerensky’s title as Protector, that
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the SLDF finally received the Starslayer. Three years
later the SLDF, and Kerensky, would disappear forever.
Consequently, the Starslayer is regarded as a Lyran
design, as the LCAF is the only force to have ever
received the ‘Mech in significant numbers.
Capabilities:
The Starslayer weathered the slow decline in technology
much better than most BattleMechs. This was largely
due to the fact it did not carry any of the advanced SLDF
weapon systems. It was, however, built on an endosteel
chassis but using a traditional fusion engine.
The -2H is constructed using a standard chassis. To
make up for increased weight of the structure, both
medium lasers and the rear mounted small laser have
been removed. In addition, three tons of armor have
also been removed, substituted with 4/Star Slab, and
three additional heat sinks have been added to help
better manage the heat generated by the heavy lasers.
The troublesome FireScan with IndirecTrack has been
replaced by the popular and capable Tek Tru-Trak,
complementing the BattleCom communications system it
already installed.
Variants: None
Current Manufacturers:
Blue Shot Weapons
Loxley – Lyran Commonwealth
Model Cost BV PV
STY-2H 4,331,750 1096 ???
Alpha Strike Statistics
TP: BM SZ: 2 TMM: +2
MV: 10j” Role: Skirmisher
Damage S: 3 M: 3 L: 0
OV: 0
Armor: O O O O
Sructure: O O O O
Special: SRM 1/1