MercTech: Champion

History:
The second mech to be designed by Bergan Industries, producers of the legendary and extremely common Locust scout mech, the 60 ton Champion would be a flawed mech that would nonetheless remain popular within the SLDF military for a time. With a top speed of over 80 kilometers, the Champion was an extremely mobile mech for the time, able to quickly reposition itself to more advantageous terrain, but its poor armor and lackluster firepower would lead it to being replaced by newer, more advanced, and more lethal mechs over the centuries, relegating it to the militaries of the Great Houses.

With the destruction of the Champion's factory during the Amaris Civil War, the nations of the Inner Sphere would be forced to make do with the remaining examples, which had to be downgraded as the technologies for its advanced armor, autocannon, and missile fire control system were lost in the nuclear fire of the Succession Wars. While the Capellan Confederation and the Lyran Commonwealth would have the largest stock of the mech, Comstar would secretly possess a stockpile of original, SLDF-spec Champions for their Com Guard, and would upgrade them to their new Clanbuster variant in preparation for the battle of Tukayyid. Otherwise, a few other variants of the Champion would exist, including an SLDF Royals model and another Comstar variant introduced after the Clan Invasion.

CHP-2N:
Structure: Standard

Armor: Standard 8 tons

Engine: Standard 300

Top Speed: 81 kph

Gyro: Standard

Heat Sinks: 10 Single Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 1x AC-10 w/ 2t ammo, 1x SRM-6 w/ 1t ammo, 2x Medium Lasers, 2x Small Lasers

CHP-1N:
Structure: Standard

Armor: Ferro-Fibrous 8 tons

Engine: Standard 300

Top Speed: 81 kph

Gyro: Standard

Heat Sinks: 10 Single Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 1x LB 10-X w/ 2t ammo, 1x SRM-6 w/ Artemis-IV w/ 1t ammo, 2x Medium Lasers, 2x Small Lasers

CHP-1N2:
Structure: Standard

Armor: Ferro-Fibrous 8 tons

Engine: Standard 300

Top Speed: 81 kph

Gyro: Standard

Heat Sinks: 10 Double Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 1x LB 10-X w/ 2t ammo, 1x SRM-6 w/ Artemis-IV w/ 1t ammo, 2x Medium Lasers, 2x Small Lasers

CHP-1Nb:
Structure: Endo-Steel

Armor: Ferro-Fibrous 8 tons

Engine: Standard 300

Top Speed: 81 kph

Gyro: Standard

Heat Sinks: 10 Double Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 1x Gauss w/ 2t ammo, 1x ERPPC