BATTLETECH: The Valkyrie

Another day, another video. Today we’re going to talk about the vaunted VLK series of #Mechs, otherwise known as the #Valkyrie. A mech of the #InnerSphere, this mech has fought for the #AFFS since the #SuccessionWars. This indirect-fire machine has a long history, and let’s see what makes it tick. It’s a mixed story of good and bad. So let’s talk about it.
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[@Chris_Sizemore]

Valkyrie is actually fills a rather strange nitch in Battletech. Individually they don't really shine. When massed in a group with other Valkyrie, the strength of the design starts to shine. A lance of Valkyrie can focus fire on faster mechs while angling to avoid slower mechs. Peppering their biggest threat with LRM fire the light mech has to consider if it even wants to close with an entire lance of angry buzzing flies or if it wants to disengage and let the heavier boys suffer LMR fire instead. If an enemy commander orders other light mechs to engage the Valkyrie's massed LRM barrage will allow the lance to piece meal a mixed light lance sent to take care of it. The Valkyrie is a harasser. The medium laser is a last ditch defense. If it sticks to harassing and softening its enemies then the mech will get the most out of the mech. Let the other mechs land the finishing blow, the Valkyrie is there to set them up so others can knock them down.

[@meshuggahshirt]

It's really elegant that a Mech that gets better the more of them you have is turned out in batches of ~130/year by a lostech factory

[@CRAZYUNCLE117]

It seems like davion just falls in love with any light or medium that it can get its hands on. Though with the simplicity of this design I just think about the warhammer. "You don't need to be fancy, just hit them until they stop moving". The qt-2 turned this into a panther.

[@BigRed40TECH]

I think the Taurians really did a great service to this design, definitely.

[@gusty9053]

I was thinking the same "a ppc and SRM in a light brawler sounds a lot like the Panther" :))

[@jamesoliver2542]

Got to remember the factory on NEW Avalon was automated .. that they didn't know who it worked .. so producing this mech at 300 a yr .. you field it , not because you want to .. but have too ..

[@arbhall7572]

Lights&mediums are the cheapest, most versatile mechs available. They are my favorites.

[@sharlin648]

Team the Valkyrie up with the Commando and you've got a nasty little team, throw a Wolfhound in to that mix and you've got a trio of terrors. The new Jetfire...err...Valkyrie is a good looking 'Mech and its a capable machine on the table too. Great vid as always.

[@Athlon2736]

Compliment them all with a Holland and you've got a great unit of harassers

[@mattikuokkanen]

Since Lyran Commonwealth licenses Valkyrie for production, that makes a cheap addition to Lightning Company. Dervish would still been better.

[@arbhall7572]

@@Athlon2736 naaaaah. Add a mech to the Lance, make them all Hollanders&call them the Five Fingers of Death.

[@fatboy7609]

Still ugly if they run into Jenners or Fire Javelins though.

[@pikachufantastic]

This is a joke You guys are are wrong give then a gauss rifle welding/ac20 urbanmech as a dangerous mascot

[@NonApplicable1983]

Yes! Valkyrie, my beloved! It’s so good. One of the absolute best light ‘mechs, useful in nearly every context. The QD and QD1 variants really make it shine.

[@BigRed40TECH]

I dunno if I'd say useful in any context. Other light mechs are definitely a huge threat to these guys. They're good harassers though.

[@NonApplicable1983]

@@BigRed40TECH That’s fair. I guess it’d be more accurate to say that I can always find a place for it in nearly any lance I make.

[@kathilmechworks4895]

Playing Davion use this a lot. A bit slow for a scout, but its an awesome skirmisher. Loves to sit in the hills and harrass something from range. If you play the range game can see how Justin Allard held off a rifleman in it. Has its issues but what mech doesn't.

[@mattikuokkanen]

Can you tell what makes Valkyrie better than Dervish?

[@kathilmechworks4895]

@@mattikuokkanen considering if a valkyrie falls on its back it won't torch off its own ammo without being hit first. But honestly I don't mind the dervish as long as you can keep it from taking huge hits. I'm actually using a dervish right now in my campaign lance.

[@primafacie5029]

You can play a vet Valk vs an elite rifleman on megamek with opponent as AI. Its a good fight.

[@primafacie5029]

@@kathilmechworks4895 The last campaign I played a few years back, my personal mech was the dervish. Worked well IF I stuck to skirmisher. High point on the campaign was when I threw inferno srms in it... my opponent was a marauder and alpha struck before I announced my ammo choices ;)

[@WolfHreda]

Don't you mean an Urbanmech? 😉

[@Eulemunin]

We used to pull the Heat sink for more ammo in 3025. Gave some more utility especially with alternate ammo.

[@joelaugustin6407]

My last game ended with a concession when my Valkyrie QD1 and the Griffin 3M it faced both run out of ammo and my last missile barrage crippled the Griffin's ERPPC. The Valkyrie was fresh while the Griffin had a destroyed hip from battling and defeating my other final mech, a King Crab 010. Neither of us wanted to play the rounds of my mech peppering the Griffin with an ERML while out of range. Both warriors earned nicknames that day.

[@longier3693]

I plugged away in my first Table top Mechwarrior campaign in a VLK until I captured a Hunchback, it was a reliable little mech that could pack a long ranged punch. it got me to Company commander.

[@canisblack]

Oh gosh, the "Shot First" written on its arm is just hilarious. :D

[@garettcastle2335]

One of my favorite light Mechs

[@blue95kun]

Ah the Valkyrie. This old timer never let me down whenever I get a chance to use her. Treat her right and she'll take you places you can never imagine. Just never try to make them duel with an Artemis equipped Archer.

[@BigRed40TECH]

I think the biggest weakness is enemy skirmishers tbh.

[@faithmcclosky4528]

I always had a soft spot for the Valkyrie, in spite of it being Davion made and macross inspired, both knocks against it in my book. Great review though, as always.

[@BigRed40TECH]

Thank you! :D

[@ewfisher89]

This mech was one of the first miniatures I ordered (Etsy shop). I always envisioned using these in a 2 lance unit, along with Marauders, Shadowhawks, and Warhammers. Have the Valkyries scout, and then once the heavier mechs get the enemy's attention move around and flank the enemy to pump LRM's into the enemy's backs. Also with their long range capabilities they could be used as an an enemy scout interdictor.

[@BigRed40TECH]

It's real weakness, is ironically, enemy scouts. You really don't want to try to interdict enemy recon forces with this guy. It can definitely end poorly.

[@ewfisher89]

@@BigRed40TECH I was thinking of its use in teams screening the main force, rather than a one-on-one fight.

[@BigRed40TECH]

@@ewfisher89 It's really hard to screen against lights. Engagements at long range + movement make those pot-shots almost impossible. Recon mechs really are the bane to the Valkyrie, it specializes more so in hitting heavier, slower mechs.

[@ewfisher89]

@@BigRed40TECH I've never played the tabletop game (live in middle of nowhere WV), so I was going off of theoretical ideas and modifications of how it can be done with real world units. Also memories of playing MechWarrior 3 and humiliating an Annihilator in a Shadow Cat might have influenced what I think is possible.

[@furikuri6585]

Beeing Valkyrie-chan and hearing about the Cutie-2, the mech your pilot oni-san says not to worry about 🤣... I guess it's nice for a light scout lance to have your own firesupport as Back-up

[@Thud-pq8rl]

I love this mech but I couldn't get it to work for me. There was a guy in our group who could used these cursed mechs like a damn surgeon. He was constantly cutting up my Red Shifts and Ravens.

[@observationsfromthebunker9639]

True review here, the Valk shines when it's working as part of a team. I've used a Valkyrie in a Fire Lance of 210-215 tons: Crusader, Archer, Dervish or Trebuchet, Valkyrie. The Valk replaced a Wasp that had previously been in that position. It was the spotter mech for the lance, sitting back at LRM range and giving indirect fire coordinates for the slower missile boats. If it was threatened it would run back to the others for support. If the recon lance called for fire support, the Valkyrie added its LRM 10 to the others' fire., and often got big hits finishing off what a heavier barrage had started. It worked enough to become a standard #4 slot filler in fire lances as my unit expanded in size.

[@ANIMOUS8]

The valkyrie is one of the few light mechs that I like. I think it's great in the role of a harasser or light fire support. Sitting in the back or second line and peppering the enemy with coordinated missile strikes. Like nearly every mech though it does need tweaking. You mentioned the 11th heat sink and I agree. Drop it for a 2nd medium laser. Move 1 each of the med lasers into the left and right torsos. Now it has adequate defense against a light mech getting past the front line and going for it. The other thing it needs to be tweaked is the trap that is the LRM 10. That weapon system is too heavy. Instead invest that 5 tons and 1 ton of ammo into 2 LRM 5's with 1 ton of ammo each. Now you have the same throw weight in missiles but effectively twice the ammo for the same tonnage. Put one launcher and ammo bin in each arm. Move 1 point of each leg armor to the arms and the mech is now ready to be the light fire support and harasser it was meant to be.

[@rakninja]

that's strange, i thought that on every non-laser weapons system, splitting a larger one into a smaller is less weight efficient, or slots efficient, or both. like in ballistics, 2 AC5s are 1 ton more than an AC10, and i know 2 LRM 10s weigh more than a LRM 20.

[@AliasDrakes]

When combat roles are taken into consideration, i really feel the Valkyrie holds up it's side of the bargain. Stand off and pepper the enemy, force them to keep their head down, sow the field with mines and fire. The Flamer variation was overlooked, but I feel it was a utility upgrade suitable for the role this mech takes on. Being able to set fires increases cover, screening the field for the larger mechs that should be filling out the lance. two heavies, a medium, and a Valkyrie make for a solid fire-support lance.

[@fakshen1973]

Don't stroll too far from your mediums and heavies and you can run back to them if enemy lights pop up.

[@Knightlyfrog]

I love these things in the battlemercs fan game. I refit them similar to that periphery build. But I use a large laser with short-range missiles. Very spammable win the game lets you use multiple Lance's I think I have like eight of them

[@stephenknizek2651]

The Valkyrie is my bae. Seriously. When given the option, I gobble up any Valkyrie I come across, even if it’s technically above sticker price, because it’ll pay back the investment.

[@lukedudley5030]

I'll say it again I've always had a big soft spot for the valkyrie :-) especially after it won a battle with the first shot of the game...lrm hit the enemy marauder and got a CT critical and took out the marauders AC/5 ammo....in one shot it killed my opponents most deadly mech...and we learnt to never have ammo in the CT no matter how low the odds people think are the ammo is vulnerable :-) great tough little mech that is a mainstay of my scout hunters :-)

[@Salesman9001]

The proper place to store ammo is in the head, the safest place on any 'mech. In the very unlikely scenario of head ammo exploding the remaining 'mech is OK for salvage, just install fresh cockpit (with ammo) and fresh meat :)

[@lukedudley5030]

@@Salesman9001 lol you're right but cockpits are quite expensive I like to store it in the arms personally :-) you dump it if damage gets too high and there's no instant critical hit on the to hit table for it :-)

[@lukedudley5030]

@LabRat Knatz that's true:-) the ammo is inert :-)

[@tenchraven]

1st and 2nd SW only, but if you can capture one the Capellan Firebee partnered with the Valkyrie is a great combo.

[@mathewkelly9968]

As a Capellan player that makes me laugh , I couldn't think of a use for a Valkyrie in my Capellan forces .

[@GliderBane]

The Valkyrie is the vanilla ice cream of light mechs. It is not bad, but there are so many other fun flavors of light mech to play. Unless forced to play, I always choose something else.

[@pandanolivefre3166]

Thanks for all your battletech vids 😉 In regards of 3025 era, I won't bet à lot of cash on a Phoenix Hawk against the Valkyrrie, even being 15 tons heavier. The mobility is nearly on par, armor's good enough during first shock and most of all, the PHX can turn red hot quicker and higher than the valkyrie, needing à harsh heat management. The valkyrie is a good mech to play when you are à beginner in the game 🤗

[@BigRed40TECH]

PXH will onyl turn red hot if it uses that LL too much. Easy to catch that VLK and kick him, as the PHX can jump further and run faster.

[@rakninja]

it's really funny when you consider that the pheonix hawk and the valkyrie are the exact same model of macross valkyrie, the VF-1S.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Great video as always!!

[@BigRed40TECH]

Thanks again!

[@JordonVirtue]

Comment rescinded. Sound is fine!

[@OptimusJedi]

Who doesn’t love Skull Leader from Robotech? Not to mention this is a premiere Mech for the good guys of Battletech 😁

[@BigRed40TECH]

Booo Macross, booooooo

[@sardaukerlegion]

A real "LostMech", encountered in some early novels but never seen in any MechWarrior game.

[@heirofaniu]

Not officially no, but with the Extended Commander's Edition mod to HBA Battletech you can get one.

[@BoisegangGaming]

I'm surprised that the Valkyrie didn't have a variant that added a light autocannon because Davion gonna Davion.

[@BigRed40TECH]

Needed an AC2 for maximum fail. lol

[@rmcdudmk212]

Yeah I always wondered why we never saw an official variant with an AC-2 or a light ac 2 or 5. Davion loves their high caliber solutions to war. 👍

[@DIEGhostfish]

QD2. 2 Light AC2s. Light AC's are pretty decent at least compared to base

[@andrewmiddleton3487]

@@DIEGhostfish Love light ACs. They feel like what low-caliber ACs *should have* weighed from the beginning.

[@DIEGhostfish]

@@andrewmiddleton3487 Yeah, the range loss seems a bit unneeded.

[@mr6johnclark]

I'd drop the LRMS and go with MRMS for medium range and Light PPCS. and have them working in groups of SIX with a Raven running recon and ECM.

[@depth386]

In the BEX mod for Battletech (HBS) I found the Valkyrie had a strong melee stat so I downgraded the medium laser to a small laser. I also found after the early game it would just be too fragile so I ended up removing the jump jets, removing the heatsink, swapping the LRM10 to an LRM15, and giving it 3 tons of ammo. It’s job was to stay behind cover without too much attention to evading attacks by mobility. This way it had 24 shots which rarely ran out and it could be a punchbot as a last resort

[@coreytaylor3633]

I JUST started a bex campaign and JUST did this last night!

[@mattikuokkanen]

Since Federated Suns also makes Dervish with twice the firepower, it would have been better to see either 'Mech in production somewhere else. As both 'Mechs are made in Federated Suns, it seems that Valkyrie's role is to make Federated Suns 'Mech force bigger for cheaper.

[@BigRed40TECH]

Sometimes quantity is a quality all its own.

[@mattikuokkanen]

@@BigRed40TECH Then you realize it takes more ’Ships to carry all those ’Mechs. Unless you cram them into a Mule-class DropShip as a cargo.

[@tarron3237]

You can clearly tell apart long time Bettletech fans and mechlab warriors here in the comments ^^ For 30t the Valkyrie is a great mech with decent armor on top. Yes, it is not a min-max design. But that makes it an interesting and lore-friendly mech imho.

[@BigRed40TECH]

I'm not saying it's an awful mech, it's just a flawed one. It's really got a giant problem when it's under threat from other light mechs. Flawed designs are apart of battletech. Hell, they're apart of real life. I like most mechs, including the Valkyrie.

[@tarron3237]

@@BigRed40TECH It is by no means a lone wolf, if that's what you mean ;-) But the Valk is great as part of a lance. Just like it should be

[@arbhall7572]

Another fave of mine&one of the few times I break doctrine&employ ammo using weapons. Best bang for your buck out of the Inner Sphere LRMs, as ammo efficiency just drops right off.

[@roguerifter9724]

I usually remove the extra heat sink from the QA for a second ton of ammo when using them.

[@kylebarrie2887]

Useful and common I do like it and it does fit a light support role which is rare but one can help but wonder if just getting a Whitworth is the better option.

[@TheStraycat74]

my 3050 full Clan Tech Rebuild version VLK-3A, 5/8/5 1.5t endo steel, 2.25t XL+DHS, 5t cockpit/gyro, 5.5t clanner Fero-Fiberous, 2.5t jumpjets, 13.25tons of pod space. PRIME config: 2 LRM-10's r/lt, 2t lrm ammo, 2 ERML ra, 3clan MG's la with 0.5t ammo (100), 2 extra DHS, 2 clan flamers LA. ALT-A: LPL ra, 2 MPL LA, 2 DHS, 2 flamer LA, 0.25 tons of cargo ALT-B 4 STREAK SRM-4's with 4 tons of ammor/lt, 3 MG's la 0.5t ammo (100)

[@observationsfromthebunker9639]

Nice! The missile boat configuration would work nicely for my old unit role.

[@TheStraycat74]

@@observationsfromthebunker9639 please feel free to use! Just give credit/blame if you get asked about it XD

[@adfury]

Not one of my favorites to play, but I liked the idea of it. I have a love hate thing with missiles. Ammo is either to low, or too liable to cascade damage in the event of a crit. Esp on something under heavy.

[@BigRed40TECH]

I prefer LRMs on heavier mechs tbh.

[@benlaskowski357]

So this, the Stinger, Locust and Wasp. . . No probs.

[@dwwolf4636]

3x MML 3, ditch the ML for ammo. half ton to CASE or invest in armor. Or half ton ammo if you do fractional ammo.

[@primafacie5029]

One of my favorites

[@Dracobyte]

Let's goooo!!!! More missile boats please.

[@matthewjay660]

My 1st fight was in a Valkyrie.

[@jacksonbowns1087]

Why are you looking at me like that? No, I don't have a problem, I have a perfectly valid reason for fielding a lance consisting of a Wasp, a Valkyrie, a Phoenix Hawk, and a Crusader, that I call "Skull Squadron". They, uh, compliment each other's abilities and design profiles! I also field a heavy lance consisting of a Warhammer, a Marauder, a Rifleman, and a Longbow! I like old, proven tech, okay! Stop judging me!

[@BigRed40TECH]

*Judging intensifies*

[@hitokiriizo]

Put a slightly faster engine and endosteel on the Turian version and you've got yourself a good scout/harasser mech if teamed up with a competent pilot and maybe slap a small laser on the other arm for a little extra oomph.

[@WolfHreda]

While I'd rather take a Vindicator pretty much any day, I do like the Valkyrie.

[@Lieutenant_Dude]

Rather than dropping a medium laser is it, I’d almost want it to have 2 small lasers instead. The LRM10 is nice for fire support, but replacing it with an srm6 would also make it a decent striker.

[@Chris_Sizemore]

Against other light mechs you need the range on the medium laser. Other faster mechs can force their way into the minimum range of the LRMs and play on the outer range of the small lasers. Even if you can fire the small lasers, range penalties will make your odds of hitting bad. On the other hand, with the medium laser there will be a sweet spot where you can use the LRM launcher in short range, and take a while shot with the medium laser. Though to be honest its probably better at that range for the Valkyrie to close and give the laser a better chance to hit and conserve LRM ammo.

[@ChaosTicket]

I like the Valkyrie because its one of the Unseen. Its a lesser known Macross model, unlike the more popular Crusader, Stinger, and Wasp. Its overall not quite good enough for a Light Mech because its slow speed. In its speed bracket there are similar designs like the Griffin or even Quickdraw that do the same thing, but with superior firepower and armor. Compared to other slow light mechs like the Panther or Urbanmech its pretty good, but weak in close combat. Overall its an example of the difficult balance between range, firepower, speed, and jump jets. The only variant or upgrade I know of that address the speed deficiency is the VLK-QDD model.

[@rakninja]

maybe lesser known in battletech. the VF-1S was one of the most popular valkyrie/ veritech models, often released in toy form. it's also jetfire/ skyfire from the original transformers lineup. with all of harmony gold's legal losses in the last 20 years, jetfire has actually one again gone back to the VF-1S design, after like 30 years of being "legally distinct" versions of that fictional aircraft.

[@ChaosTicket]

@@rakninja I dont know what you mean. Macross is banned in North America because of Harmony Gold.

[@rakninja]

@@ChaosTicket that actually got sorted out last year. and regardless of not getting actual macross, we did get robotech, and thus we did get toys, and some of the model kits. i personally owned a figure of max sterling's VF. but yea, G1 jetfire's toy was the actual takatoku VF-1S toy, used under license with his own unique deco. as of 2008, hasbro's been using a design that is very close to his G1 incarnation, with the jet being officially an F-14, which is itself the jet the valkyrie was based on. still, less the squared off nosecone unique to jetfire himself, and the white, red, and black deco, he looks like a VF-1S at first glance, in vehicle mode.

[@connorriggs1518]

It’s an interesting little mech but I feel that other mechs can do it job better

[@BigRed40TECH]

It's got a bunch of things it does okay, but I think it's most glaring issue is it's inability to deal with enemy light mechs tbh.

[@michaelmorford3932]

Light Lance of 3 Valkrie with 1 Raven, highly efficient mobile standoff lance!

[@kevobot9342]

Definitely the mech i would choose if I had to chose between this the stinger or the wasp

[@user-cp4ku4gs7q]

Ty

[@thecuriousanthropologist]

My Valkyries keep overperforming in my Alpha Strike games. Maybe it's because they're the one Mech I can use properly, keeping them at a distance to snipe at opponents while larger machines close in to attract some attention.

[@frankb3347]

The basic QA is such an inefficient build. You can get the exact same firepower and armor with basically a free speed/jump upgrade. Just drop the redundant extra heat sink and split the LRM 10 into 2 LRM 5s. With that 2 tons savings you can bump it's move up to a 6/9/6.

[@BigRed40TECH]

No custom mechs here friend! :P

[@frankb3347]

@@BigRed40TECH I'm just pointing out why it's sub-optimal for what it is.

[@Chris_Sizemore]

Considering the weight range, I'd rather make the Valkyrie better at combat than avoiding combat. Add a second medium laser and a second ton of LRM ammo instead. In universe, this is a lot easier modification to perform as well. Does it make it the best mech for its weight? No. But it makes the mech more of what it already is.

[@DIEGhostfish]

@@Chris_Sizemore Yeah, engine swaps are a total bitch.

[@frankb3347]

@@Chris_Sizemore I dunno. 12 vollies seems like enough LRM ammo for most situations. If I were putting in a second medium laser I'd keep the extra heat sink at that point.

[@rmcdudmk212]

Lo have I use the Valkyrie's LRM racks to send many a Capellan to Valhalla!

[@juanvaldez1347]

Is it just me, or does a targeting computer on a mech with a single laser, and it’s primary armament being an LRM 15, seem like a poor use of resources?

[@jonbezeau3124]

The Dervish is just two Valkyries in a trenchcoat.

[@michaelmills8205]

I have never really been impressed by the Valkyrie. It can't match the speed of other lights, and doesn't have the throw weight to match other fire support units. It's better than the hornet, but in some ways, I'd rather use the Thorn as a long range striker in a recon lance and the Whitworth as the fire support component in most of my medium lances. Something I've toyed around with is replacing one of the SRM-6s on a Javelin with a NARC and pairing with one or more valkyries. It's a fairly mobile group and it's a fairly low cost way of upgrading the 3025 mechs.

[@solidshot7849]

You had me sold at 30t with an lrm 10

[@OptimusWombat]

Not only was the original art design for this 'mech "inspired" by Macross, they even ripped off the name!

[@BigRed40TECH]

Ah FASA. lol

[@ndr2q]

Correction: FASA licensed the design, which is not the same thing as “ripped off.” Essentially they bought a non-exclusive license/permission to use the art. (Which created a legal mess when Harmony Gold later claimed to own an exclusive license over the same art.). Harmony Gold’s claim over the “unseen” mechs was settled in 2018 during the Harmony Gold vs. PGI lawsuit and dismissed with prejudice. TL;DR: The design wasn’t stolen, it was licensed, and the same is true for the rest of the “unseen.” None of the unseen art was stolen.

[@OptimusWombat]

@@ndr2q I stand corrected, sir.

[@verysilentmouse]

Taurian version is not export its salvaged frames

[@BigRed40TECH]

Thanks for the correction.

[@coreytaylor3633]

"Valkyrie" wow they weren't even beating around the Big West bush there were they? 😂

[@eurocrusader1724]

I'll take the Commando anyday..

[@BigRed40TECH]

Opposite roles, but yea, I'd prefer a COM too if I'm taking a light mech.

[@ian5395]

when you drop AC2, I'm hoping for mention of daddy Bane boat

[@BigRed40TECH]

That's more a clan-mech, rather than covering baseline Inner Sphere tech. The Bane will be getting its own video, or will be mentioned when I cover clan-tech.

[@ian5395]

@@BigRed40TECH so much aggressive long range sandpaper dispensing. I'm really looking forward to seeing one shred an airstrike in the latest Roguetech patch.

[@AccessAccess]

A lot of the early battletech designs were simply experiments gone wrong that happened to survive into the later succession war era. LRMs are not really appropriate for a light mech, if they wanted a light fire support mech, a PPC or Large LASER would be a better use of tonnage.

[@joshuamidgette4846]

The Valkyrie would be great with a decent size MML launcher.

[@BigRed40TECH]

There are 2 variants that try to get MML's, but I dunno if they have the volume of ammuniton to make it worthwhile.

[@joshuamidgette4846]

@@BigRed40TECH Get rid of some of the jumpjets to mount a ton of srm ammo.

[@BigRed40TECH]

@@joshuamidgette4846 Without those jump jets, this guy could be in very serious trouble.

[@OptimusWombat]

In the description box, you misspelled #Valkyrie, you swapped the "r" and the "y".

[@BigRed40TECH]

Thanks.

[@DIEGhostfish]

5:04 not entirely sure the MPL's a better choice than an ER here. Extra damage and accuracy's nice but the loss of range.

[@BigRed40TECH]

In 3049, there were no IS ERML.

[@DIEGhostfish]

@@BigRed40TECH Ahhhh.

[@buffewo6386]

Not in the IS. Other than those being made for Wolf's Dragoons on Outreach...

[@rylian21]

YUCK! I absolutely despise this mech almost as much as the Victor.

[@tuomastall5836]

Do you remember love?

[@BigRed40TECH]

???

[@tuomastall5836]

@@BigRed40TECH kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZTOi5aMe7GIaJY The Valkyrie was modelled originally after "VF-1S Valkyrie" from original Macross.

[@BigRed40TECH]

@@tuomastall5836 ... and? Macross is pretty bad tbh. I'm not typically getting into the legal battle these designs had because its not really relevant to their in-lore condition, or how they play or are used in battle.

[@tuomastall5836]

@@BigRed40TECH I was making reference to the iconic song used in the climax of Macross series/movie, because the Valkyrie BM (and Wasp, Stinger, Phoenix Hawk and Crusader) were originally inspired by this classic anime's Variable Fighters (toys). My comment was merely making cheeky nod to the origins on BT and unfortunate legal battles. And better watch your tongue, mister or you will get the pineapple salad.

[@observationsfromthebunker9639]

One of the first "real" anime shows I got on VHS was the Harmony Gold-produced Aussie dub of DYRL. Good times. Fortunately for the Inner Sphere the Clans never developed 7-meter tall soldiers! 😃

[@mathewkelly9968]

Ironically the only good version of this mech is a Lyran post fed com civil war version sporting MML9s , finally giving it some close range punch while only losing 1 LRM missile at range . The Taurian version is decent too except for the XL engine or is it a light engine I forget , light engines are slightly better than XLs

[@rakninja]

isnt the name "valkyrie" a little on the nose as a name?

[@observationsfromthebunker9639]

it was a tribute-giving name back in the day before Harmony Gold got their pantsu in a bunch.

[@sim.frischh9781]

The QT-2 has a LIGHT PPC, not a snub-nose PPC, that´s NOT a good short range weapon. It just switches the long range weapon for an energy one and the short range weapon for a missile based. Don´t get me wrong, it´s still quite an impressive machine, but by no means a brawler.

[@BigRed40TECH]

I didn't say it had a snub-nose.

[@sim.frischh9781]

@@BigRed40TECH The point is that the light PPC is not a good choice for short range. Worse even, it has a minimum range. Only ER PPC and snubnose are free of that.

[@davinperry5648]

Prefer the Javelin

[@BigRed40TECH]

Very different roles tbh.