Dragonfly (Viper) Z
- Type
- BattleMech
- Tech
- Clan
- Mass
- 40t
- Role
- Striker
- Intro
- 3072 Jihad
- Rules
- Experimental
- Cost
- 13.67M C-bills
- Move
- Armor
- 134 pts
Improved Heavy Medium Laser ×3Improved ATM 3Laser AMSLight TAG
Technical Readout: TR:CI · Record Sheets: WoRS
Compare this unit
Availability by era
1 era · 2 factions
| Gun | Pilot | Adj BV |
|---|---|---|
| G0 | 1 | 3,909 |
| G1 | 2 | 3,418 |
| G2 | 3 | 2,843 |
| G3 | 4 | 2,233 |
| G4 | 5 | 1,692 |
| G5 | 6 | 1,455 |
| G6 | 7 | 1,303 |
| G7 | 8 | 1,151 |
| G8 | 8 | 1,083 |
Piloting rides one point worse than Gunnery, capped at Piloting 8, the conventional pairing. Regular is Gunnery 4 / Piloting 5.
Recognition notes
The Dragonfly (Viper) Z is a 40-ton striker that fights in close, sharing its 320 XL fusion engine and cruising speed of 86 km/h (topping out at 130) with the Prime configuration, plus a 240-metre jump. Where the Prime carries an SRM 4 and twin Medium Pulse Lasers in the arms, this configuration mounts an Improved Heavy Medium Laser and an Improved ATM 3 in the left arm and a pair of Improved Heavy Medium Lasers in the right arm. In place of the Prime's Anti-Missile System and twin Machine Guns, it fields a Laser AMS in the left torso and a Light TAG in the right torso, backed by a Nova combined electronic-warfare system in the center torso. It shares the low, hard-to-target silhouette of the base configuration, and is built by Kindraa Sainze Primary Production Facility at its Shadow line among other sites.
Armor & loadout
| Weapon / Equipment | Loc | Qty | Ammo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sup | RT | 1 | |
| Sup | LT | 1 | |
| Enr | RA ×2 · LA | 3 | |
| MslImproved ATM 3 | LA | 1 | 1 t ammo |
| electronicsNova CEWSpodClan | CT |