In Spring 2025, a friend introduced me to the tabletop game Battletech and its PC game companion, MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries. And while I love both games, I becamse immersed in the universe and my mind began to run with ideas for fiction as well as my own contributions to World Building.
My first attempt at this is featured below: the creation of a Mech. I had some specific things I wanted to use in mind. I used a tool called MegaMek to help verify the particulars to create the actual, legal Mechs for the Tabletop game. And then I relied on sources I had available to ensure I got Battletech world reference right.
I’ve created links below to the history of this new Mech, called an ORCA, its three variants. I’ve also created a bit of a “handbook” from the fictional company that created the Mech, Cetacean Industries. I was able able to create the STL files so you can print them if you like them, as well as links to PDF sheets and the MLF files for use in Flechs or back to MegaMek.
If you read it, you don’t have to offer feedback, but I’d love to hear it! if you play with or print them as 3D Mechs, I’d love photos. Enjoy!
ORCA-LRMx STORMPOD
MTF (Flechs) | PDF | STL |
STL Variant