Technical readout 2866 Rise of the Scavengers

DV-6T Dervish
History:
The Dervish was the last First Generation BattleMech
produced. Commissioned by the Lyran Commonwealth
in 2520, it was mass produced and sold to all of the
Great Houses. The initial version, the DV-1S, was
slower than the common -6M and lacked the two
medium lasers. It had a jump capacity of 90 meters.
Still, with its dual LRM-10s and matched SRM-2s, it
excelled as a quick fire support unit, and came to be
known as the “Poor Man’s Archer.”
The design saw extensive action during the Reunification
War and would prove to be surprisingly effective in
provide quick fire support to beleaguered troops. This
was due in large part to its jump capacity, a feature
lacking in other fire support ‘Mechs such as the
Crossbow, Archer, and Longbow.
This would lead the Star League to incorporate the
Dervish into its own forces. In 2610, thirteen years after
the end of the Reunification War, a now unified Star
League would commission the DV-6M for use among its
own line regiments.
Incorporating the latest advances in BattleMech
constructions and building upon its already well
established strengths, Star League engineers increased
both the top speed and jump capacity of the Dervish.
Now capable of speeds approaching 90 kph and with a
full 150 meter jump capacity, the upgraded Dervish was
a wholesale improvement. Engineers also added a pair
of medium lasers as secondary armaments for use in the
rare occasions when the Dervish’s ammunition bins
might run dry.
The updated DV-6M would go on to serve both in the
SLDF as well as in the private armies of all the
Successor Lords. In the early 2700’s, however, Davion
engineers working at Archernar BattleMechs, the main
producer of the Dervish, would give the design another
revamping, this time incorporating a state-of-the-art
Extralight fusion engine.
Using the weight savings from the XL engine, the DV-
6Md upgraded the two Federated 10-Shot missile
launchers to Federated 15-shot missile launchers. Also
added was an additional ton of ammunition for the LRMs
which were now protected with CASE. Two more heat
were installed, bringing the 6Md up to a full dozen heat
sinks.
The Davion Brigade of Guards, also known simply as the
Davion Guards, would make extensive use of the DV-
6Md during the time of Star League. In fact, the Guards,
along with the First Avalon Hussars, were the first forces
in the Federated Peacekeeping Forces, the precursor to
the Armed Forces Federated Suns, to receive
BattleMechs. In fact, when the Star League was formed,
the Davion Guards were the only unit the Federated
Suns who did not contribute forces to the Star League
Defense Force. And furthermore, when Council Edict
2650 was passed mandating a reduction in the size of
the House militaries, the Davion Guards were the only
unit in the AFFS which was not downsized.
This preferential treatment traces back to origins of the
Davion Brigade of Guards as the personal guard of the
Davion family, a responsibility reaching back all the way
to 2340 when Reynard Davion became President of the
Federated Suns. When Simon Davion became the first
person to hold the title of First Prince in 2418, the Davion
Guard was officially incorporated as the Royal Brigade
and entrusted with the First Prince’s safety along with
that of his family.
The Davion Guards were invariably the first unit to see
action in every major campaign, even before the
formation of the Star League, and afterwards often
recruited from among the finest officers in the SLDF.
They also received the finest equipment the Federated
Suns could make and in later years were the first units to
incorporate armor, infantry, artillery and aerospace
formations, marking the creation of the first Regimental
Combat Teams seen outside of the SLDF.
Capabilities:
Forced to revert back to the -6M model due to the loss of
the special lightweight materials used in the manufacture
of Extralight fusion engines, the engineers at Archernar
never forgot the success of their homegrown -6Md
variant.
When an enterprising young engineer noticed that a
lance of Thumper artillery vehicles attached to the
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Davion Guards still had their original Strand 220 fusion
engines, he proposed a radical idea: replacing the entire
engine.
He theorized that by using a Strand 220 engine to return
the speed of the Dervish back to that of the -1S, he could
free up enough space to upgrade the weapons back to
that of the -6Md. Intrigued by the possibility, Marshal
Timothy Woods, commander of the Fourth Davion
Guards, authorized the dismantling of the four Thumper
artillery vehicles and the promising engineer was given
his chance.
Ultimately, he succeeded even beyond his original plans.
The use of the Strand 220 ended up freeing up so much
weight, not only did he upgrade the Federated 10-shots
to 15-shots as well as adding the additional ton or armor,
but was also able to upgrade the two arm mounted SRM-
2s to SRM-4s. In his zest to increase the firepower, what
he forgot to do, however, was add the additional heat
sinks, leaving the DV-6T as it become known, with only
the integral ten heat sinks.
While initial testing has been promising, the revised
Dervish is prone to overheating, an especially dangerous
situation considering the ‘Mech carries four tons of
ammunition.
Variants: None.
Current Manufacturers:
Achernar BattleMechs
New Avalon – Federated Suns
Model Cost BV PV
DV-6M 4,813,267 1146 30
DV-6T 4,734,733 1157 ???
Alpha Strike Statistics
TP: BM SZ: 2 TMM: +1
MV: 8j” Role: Missile Boat
Damage S: 2 M: 2 L: 2
OV: 2
Armor: O O O O
Sructure: O O O O O
Special: IF2, LRM 1/2/2, SRM 1/1/-