Butcherbird (Ion Sparrow) Prime

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Type: BattleMech
Tech: Clan
Mass: 20t
Role: Scout
Intro: 3147 Dark Age
Rules: Advanced
Cost: 3.98M C-bills
Move
Armor: 57 pts

Improved Heavy Medium Laser ×2AP Gauss Rifle ×2

Battle Value

885by skill

Point Value

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Butcherbird (Ion Sparrow)

PV30

TP: BMSZ: 1TMM: 0MV: 16"/20"j

ROLE: ScoutSKILL:

Damage

S (+0)

M (+2)

L (+4)

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Critical hits

ENGINE+1 Heat/Firing Weapons

FIRE CONTROL+2 To-Hit Each

MP½ MV Each

WEAPONS-1 Damage Each

Alpha Strike Stats

SkillPV544842363027242118

Availability by era

2 eras · 4 factions

Clan Jade Falcon

Gun	Pilot	Adj BV
G0	1	2,044
G1	2	1,788
G2	3	1,487
G3	4	1,168
G4	5	885
G5	6	761
G6	7	681
G7	8	602
G8	8	566

Piloting rides one point worse than Gunnery, capped at Piloting 8, the conventional pairing. Regular is Gunnery 4 / Piloting 5.

G\P	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
0	2,142	2,044	1,956	1,859	1,708	1,549	1,487	1,407	1,328
1	1,956	1,867	1,788	1,699	1,558	1,416	1,363	1,292	1,221
2	1,708	1,637	1,558	1,487	1,363	1,239	1,195	1,133	1,071
3	1,469	1,398	1,336	1,274	1,168	1,062	1,027	974	920
4	1,221	1,168	1,115	1,062	974	885	841	797	752
5	1,159	1,053	1,000	956	876	797	761	717	681
6	1,097	991	947	903	832	752	717	681	637
7	1,035	938	894	850	779	708	673	637	602
8	974	876	841	797	735	664	628	602	566

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Recognition notes

The Butcherbird (Ion Sparrow) Prime is a 20-ton scout that fights close in, cruising at 86 km/h and topping out near 130, with a jump range of 300 metres. Its left arm carries a pair of Improved Heavy Medium Lasers, and its right arm mounts two AP Gauss Rifles. A partial wing sits in each of the left and right torsos, and the machine rides on a 160 XL fusion engine with endo steel structure and ferro-fibrous armor. It is built by CJF Factory Zone 4 on Alyina.

Armor & loadout

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BUTCHERBIRD (ION SPARROW) PRIME

EnergyBallistic

Weapon / Equipment	Loc	Qty	Ammo
Bal	RA ×2	2	40 rds · 1 t in RT
Enr	LA ×2	2
mobilityPartial WingClan	RT · LT

Systems & manufacturers

a.k.a. Ion Sparrow

Chassis: CJF Factory Zone 4 JF 3B Light
Engine: CJF Factory Zone 4 JF 160 XL
Armor: CJF Factory Zone 4 Compound JF Ferro-Fibrous
Comms: CJF Factory Zone 4 JF Integrated
Targeting: CJF Factory Zone 4 Series JFVIII KITT
Jump Jets: Clan Standard Type A2
Built by: CJF Factory Zone 4 @ Alyina

Small Cockpit

160 XL (Clan) · Clan Endo Steel · Ferro-Fibrous armor · 10 Clan Double heat sinks (6 fixed) · 130 km/h · 240 m jump

Quirks

Butcherbird (Ion Sparrow) variants (5)

AScoutClanAdvancedCASE, JMPS1, OMNI, PRB, RCN314750121 BScoutClanAdvancedCASE, JMPS1, OMNI, SRM1/1314762624 CScoutClanAdvancedENE, JMPS1, OMNI314788935 DScoutClanAdvancedENE, JMPS1, OMNI31471,12130

PrimeScoutClanAdvancedCASE, JMPS1, OMNI314788530

All 5 Butcherbird (Ion Sparrow) variants