Building a Unit - Clan Goliath Scorpion

Much like with the BU: 53rd SD, I was sitting at lunch and reading some BattleTech forums regarding the Imperio del Escorpion, or the Goliath Scorpions post-War of Reavings when they said "fuck all" and conquered the Nueva Castile worlds and formed a "new" interstellar power, ala the Rasalhague Dominion and Raven Alliance. Unlike those two, however, the Imperio is a lot like "old school Mad Max" BattleTech - with a lower technology level than even the Outworld's Alliance and a Clan battered by the WoR, the Imperio actually has a decent amount of flavor... And, you know, with there being a good chance the Ummayyid invaders of Nueva Castile probably being a portion of the surviving Wolverines (just saying... Blake Documents hints at it, yo), you can kind of squint and see a microcosm of the Inner Sphere or Clan Homeworlds in this one new faction.

Which, of course, meant I started looking at a "paper Cluster" whilst sitting here. First, I started with looking up the Goliath Scorpion Touman, and their paint schemes, and I really like Beta Galaxy, since I don't really have much tan/beige going on right now, and it looks like a fairly easy scheme to do. From there, I looked at what Clusters exist from Operation: Revival onto FM: 3085, because you know my units have to cover a wide range of time periods. I decided on the 3rd Scorpion Cuirassiers. Thanks to Sarna, I know that a Cuirassier Cluster for the Scorps is made up of a Command Trinary, two Assault Trinaries, and two Battle Trinaries. That is: Command - a Trinary with two 'Mech Stars, and a composite Star of two 'Mechs, two Elemental points, and an Aerospace point; Assault -  a Trinary with two Heavy/Assault 'Mech Stars and an Elemental Star; and Battle - a Trinary with one Light to Heavy 'Mech Star, one Elemental Star, and one Aerospace Star.

Because, as expressed previously, we don't generally use Aerospace, I modified the composite Star in the Command Trinary to be a point of ProtoMechs, then replaced the Aerospace Star in the first Battle Trinary with a ProtoMech Star, and the Aerospace Star in the second Battle Trinary with a second Light/Medium 'Mech Star, so it wouldn't just feel like another Assault Trinary.

When selecting 'Mechs for this, I went with the official Master Unit List for the Goliath Scorpions and Ice Hellions (since the Scorps absorb what's left of them after Operation: Ice Storm is an epic fail) but for starters, I went to the Iron Wind Metals website, looked up the "Imperio Escorpion Star Packs" and used them for my first Assault and Battle Stars. For my Command Trinary, I began with Connor Rood's Kit Fox (using W config, not sure what Rood actually piloted) and built around that. Then, I took one Star from an Assault and Battle Trinary to do Star League-issue 'Mechs, representing that this force is fielding what it can, not necessarily the top of the line stuff, but also so I would basically have an Operation: Klondike Binary if I were to need one. Since I won't actually be purchasing anything prior to 2018, I might still tweak it, but for the moment, it looks good to me. I might still, for instance, swap out a Star of Elementals for a Star of Salamanders or Undines. (?) indicates I haven't built in a "default configuration" for that 'Mech yet.

3rd Scorpion Cuirassiers

Command Trinary

Command Star
Uller/Kit Fox F - saKhan Connor Rood
Vulture/Mad Dog Prime
Vulture/Mad Dog Prime
Cauldron-born/Ebon Jaguar B
Cauldron-born/Ebon Jaguar B

Striker Star
Hellion C
Hellion C
Viper/Dragonfly E
Viper/Dragonfly E
Fenris/Ice Ferret E

Composite Star
Daishi/Dire Wolf C
Daishi/Dire Wolf C
Elemental Point
Elemental Point
Sprite ProtoMech x 5

1st Assault Trinary

Command Star
Gladiator/Executioner (?)
Masakari/Warhawk (?)
Blood Asp E
Daishi/Dire Wolf (?)
Kingfisher (?)

Support Star
Mad Cat/Timberwolf (?)
Hellfire
Night Gyr (?)
Galahad/Glass Spider
Naga

Elemental Star
Elemental Point
Elemental Point
Elemental Point
Elemental Point
Elemental Point

2nd Assault Trinary

Command Star
Loki/Hellbringer Prime/B
Galahad/Glass Spider
Rifleman IIC 3
Warhammer IIC 4
Behemoth/Stone Rhino 2

Support Star
KGC-000b King Crab
AS7-D-H2 Atlas II
STK-3Fb Stalker (Use Stalker II mini)
WHM-7A Warhammer
ARC-2Rb Archer

Elemental Star
Elemental Point
Elemental Point
Elemental Point
Elemental Point
Elemental Point

1st Battle Trinary

Command Star

Uller/Kit Fox (?)
Dasher/Fire Moth (?)
Dasher/Fire Moth (?)
Hankyu/Arctic Cheetah (?)

Hankyu/Arctic Cheetah (?)

Elemental Star
Elemental Point
Elemental Point
Elemental Point
Elemental Point
Elemental Point

ProtoMech Star
Roc ProtoMech x5
Satyr ProtoMech x 5
Triton ProtoMech x 5
Orc ProtoMech x5
Minotaur ProtoMech x5

2nd Battle Trinary

Command Star
Fenris/Ice Ferret (?)
Hellion (?)
Ryoken/Storm Crow (?)
Phantom (?)
Icestorm 2

Support Star
GRF-2N Griffin
CRB-27b Crab
Firefly C
SL-1G Sling
SL-1G Sling

Elemental Star
Elemental Point
Elemental Point
Elemental Point
Elemental Point
Elemental Point