compiled overview of the 85
ton Shogun 'Mech, from various
BattleTech novels and game sourcebooks:
Produced by
Mitchell Vehicles on
Graham IV shortly before
the fall of the Star League, the
Shogun was the heaviest
'Mech ever to carry
jump jets until the
Marauder II was modified to jump. It was intended for fighting in cities and close terrain, where it can traverse buildings, rubble, and other obstacles more quickly than other
'Mechs. The
Shogun is also capable of delivering the devastating, if dangerous,
Death from Above attack. It has performed well in combat, often landing unexpectedly amid enemy
'Mechs,
damaging them and departing.
The
Shogun is most always armed with a
Coventry Starfire LRM-15 Missle Rack mounted in both arms
in a configeration very simular to the LRM launcher of the Zeus. The LRMs are backed by the ever reliable
Magna Hellstar PPC. A pair of
Thunderstroke SRM-6 Missle Racks
stradle the cockpit.
Appearing frequently only in
Zeta Battalion of the mercenary unit
Wolf's Dragoons, the
Shogun is uncommon in the other Dragoon regiments and almost unknown in the armies of the
Successor States. Zeta Battalion's fearless fighting style cost them quite a few
Shoguns in the decades prior to the
Fourth Succession War. The heavy losses suffered by the Dragoons in the shootout on
Misery almost made the
Shogun an extinct
'Mech. Because security is so tight on
Outreach, the home base of
Wolf's Dragoons,
ComStar has been unable to formulate reliable estimates of the number of surviving
Shoguns. Unless the Dragoons have a source of new
'Mechs, however, the number cannot be very high.
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