Since Bill has been so generous sharing his Dirtside designs for the good of the order, I wanted to share some, as well.
These stats are for a force of EM4 plastic mechs that I bought for a song a few years ago. I wanted to go through the exercise of making a completely walker-based combat team, and since I had 35+ of these mechs in my hobby room, I used them as the basis.
TO&E:
The heavy walker company team is comprised of three armor platoons, three infantry platoons, three combat engineer sections, one fire support section, and a headquarters section. Each armor platoon features three K-53 Demon walkers, which work in tandem with infantry platoons featuring two K-90 Minion transport walkers, which each carry either four standard or two powered-armor infantry squads, depending on mission demands; this allows the walker platoons to put a respectable number of infantrymen on the ground. Rounding out the infantry platoon is a K-2 Hades walker, armed with a top-of-the-line area defense system.
Three armored engineer sections support the line platoons, each consisting of a Demon combat walker and a K-33 Orcus engineer walker, carrying both engineering and recovery equipment. The K-33 Orcus also carries a single Sapper dismount squad for combat-engineering tasks that cannot be handled by a twelve-meter tall machine. Typically, the engineer sections will be assigned to a specific line platoon, and will maneuver with that element throughout the battle unless directed by the company commander to perform another task.
The headquarters section consists of a pair of K-13 Scythe command walkers, one of which carries a C3 package and the other of which carries a counter-battery radar system. A quartet of K-14 Imp artillery walkers, each with a medium-weight autoloading howitzer system with an extra-large load of munitions, including smoke rounds and artillery-deployable DMR mines, provide indirect fire support to whichever maneuver platoon calls for them.
Vehicle Designs:
K-53 "Demon" Combat Walker:
K-90 "Minion" Infantry Transport Walker:
K-14 "Imp" Artillery Walker:
K-2 "Hades" Defense Walker:
K-33 "Orcus" Engineer Walker:
K-13 "Scythe" Command and Control Walker:
K-13b "Scythe" Counterbattery Radar Walker:
Overall, these designs tend to be very expensive -- the engineer walker is 700+ points! -- and I doubt that the expense would be worth the Signature penalty that walkers receive in DS2. Still, it was a fun exercise, and a fun force to build and paint. Hopefully I'll get them onto the table someday soon!
Thanks,
jav98
