Grendel (Mongrel) I

The Grendel (Mongrel) I is a 45-ton striker configuration that trades the Prime's laser-heavy battery for a mixed-tech loadout, cruising at 76 km/h and topping out at 119 with a 210-metre jump capability. Where the Prime carries twin ER medium lasers and an ER large laser in the arms, an ER small laser in the right arm, a Streak SRM 6 in the right torso, and an ER medium laser in the head, this configuration mounts a ProtoMech AC/4 in the right arm, a single ER Medium Laser in the left torso, and a Plasma Rifle in the right torso. The heat-sink count of 10 Clan double sinks is lower than the Prime's 12 double sinks, reflecting the trimmed weapons fit. It keeps the same 315 fusion engine, endo steel structure, ferro-fibrous armor, and rugged, field-serviceable frame, built on a Clan chassis with mixed Inner Sphere and Clan components. Arcadia BattleMech Plant CM-T15 produces the type at Arcadia, with additional manufacturing at other sites.