Butcherbird (Ion Sparrow) A
- Type
- BattleMech
- Tech
- Clan
- Mass
- 20t
- Role
- Scout
- Intro
- 3147 Dark Age
- Rules
- Advanced
- Cost
- 3.79M C-bills
- Move
- Armor
- 57 pts
Machine Gun ×8Machine Gun Array ×2
Availability by era
2 eras · 4 factions
| Gun | Pilot | Adj BV |
|---|---|---|
| G0 | 1 | 1,157 |
| G1 | 2 | 1,012 |
| G2 | 3 | 842 |
| G3 | 4 | 661 |
| G4 | 5 | 501 |
| G5 | 6 | 431 |
| G6 | 7 | 386 |
| G7 | 8 | 341 |
| G8 | 8 | 321 |
Piloting rides one point worse than Gunnery, capped at Piloting 8, the conventional pairing. Regular is Gunnery 4 / Piloting 5.
Recognition notes
The Butcherbird (Ion Sparrow) A is a 20-ton scout that closes to point-blank range, cruising at 86 km/h and topping out near 130 with a 300-metre jump. Where the Prime configuration carries twin Improved Heavy Medium Lasers in the left arm and paired AP Gauss Rifles in the right, this configuration strips both arms down to machine-gun batteries: four Machine Guns and a Machine Gun Array fill the left arm, and the same combination fills the right. An active probe sits in the left torso alongside a partial wing, and a matching partial wing occupies the right torso. It runs on a 160 XL fusion engine with endo steel structure and ferro-fibrous armor, built by CJF Factory Zone 4 at its Alyina plant.
Armor & loadout
| Weapon / Equipment | Loc | Qty | Ammo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bal | RA ×4 · LA ×4 | 8 | 100 rds · 0.5 t in RT |
| Bal | RA · LA | 2 | |
| mobilityPartial WingClan | RT · LT | ||
| electronicsActive ProbepodClan | LT |