

They rapidly developed a visually different and powerful "new" 'Mech that was immediately put into production on Tokasha while still using the Stone Rhino name. įollowing the fall of the Smoke Jaguars, Clan Goliath Scorpion's need for new machines to defend their captured Jaguar holdings led them to revisit the Matars original design specs.

Because of these low production numbers, most Stone Rhinos in existence are ancient machines with long and storied histories of their combat actions and their quirks in the hangar. Mainly seen in the Smoke Jaguars touman, scattered examples of the Stone Rhino do appear in other Clans even though it was produced in somewhat limited numbers. The resulting 'Mech was christened the Stone Rhino in honor of the nearly indestructible beast native to Eden.

ĭeveloped during the Golden Century as somewhat of a passion project, the Scientist Caste of Clan Smoke Jaguar sought to prove the superiority of the Clans by turning the flawed Matar into a successful design to achieve what the Inner Sphere could not. It was apparently derived from the Matar, which was also known as "Amaris' Folly". The Inner Sphere named the 'Mech Behemoth. The Stone Rhino was one of the most remarkable surprises sprung upon the Inner Sphere by the invading Clans.
