![]() ![]() OSP-36 Developed in 3139, the OSP-36 was the first production Advanced Point Defense System–equipped BattleMech introduced by the Republic Armed Forces.This version upgraded the OSP-15's 'Mech's standard medium lasers to ER medium lasers. OSP-25 This was the original, revived version of the Osprey that the Word of Blake used prior to the OSP-26 in 3074.OSP-15E Functionally identical to Word of Blake's OSP-25 version, the OSP-15E was built by Holis Incorporated for the CCAF using one of its Catapult production lines on Corey.OSP-15 The original SLDF model created in 2738, the OSP-15 mounted the same M-7 Gauss rifle as the modern models, but had an LRM-10, three medium lasers and no other special equipment.To make up for the Osprey's low ground speed, four Anderson Propulsion 25 jump jets were mounted, split between its torso and legs. Clad in 11 tons of standard armor and equipped with 10 double heat sinks, the design also employed a Beagle active probe to weed out hidden units in urban environments. To allow the Osprey to carry such a heavy weapons loadout for its size, the 'Mech was built using a weight-saving endo steel chassis and a DAV 220 XL extralight engine. Two tons of ammunition for the Gauss rifle and the MML-7 were carried in CASE-protected ammo bays in the Osprey's torso, allowing the missile system to flexibly use both LRM and SRM missiles and giving the design some but limited independence from supply lines. The small laser and a Beagle active probe were designed to fit into mountings identical to the medium lasers, thus giving the impression the 'Mech mounts two medium lasers in each of its stubby arms. At closer ranges the 'Mech carried a pair of Diverse Optics ER medium lasers and a single ER small laser. The modern Osprey's main ranged weapon was its dorsally mounted M-7 Gauss rifle supported by Holly MML-7 rack underneath. Impressed by the durability and effectiveness of the design during the brutal fighting to take Achernar and Terra, both the Republic of the Sphere and the Capellan Confederation placed a priority on restarting production for their own armed forces after the Jihad. Rendered virtually extinct during the Succession Wars, the Word of Blake commissioned Skobel MechWorks to revive the design to bolster its own militia forces, resulting in massive production runs at Skobel and later Achernar BattleMechs during the Jihad. ![]() Originally a rare and little-known urban combat 'Mech from the Star League era, the Osprey reached new levels of prominence thanks to the Jihad.ĭesigned by Hollis Incorporated to fulfill a Star League Defense Force contract for a mobile, medium-weight fire support unit, when Blue Shot Weapons' Lynx design won the bid the Osprey was relegated to a limited contract for the SLDF's Royal units in an urban defense role. ![]()
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