Only a handful of these bimodal LAMs were built before competitors perfected the standard LAM that survived into the Succession Wars. Their Shadow Hawk LAM was capable of conversion between BattleMech and aerospace fighter configurations. Peterson implemented sweeping changes and commissioned several manufacturers to create “a series of ’Mechs that could fly as well as function as light ground ’Mechs.” Allied AeroSpace, Inc. In 2680, First Lord Michael Cameron went against conventional wisdom and appointed a naval officer, Admiral David Peterson, as commander of the SLDF.
The Bimodal Land-Air BattleMech was the Terran Hegemony’s first attempt at ’Mech-to-fighter conversion. A preivew was on the blogs of classic battletech site a while back.
