The Earthwerks Corperation undertook a design contest for House Davion when it was found that the factory producing the Valkyrie was slowly breaking down. The requirements was that it must be at least as fast as the Valkyrie and with ten LRM tubes. The jump jets were listed as optional equipment. The answer was the Killer Bee. As fast as the Stingers and Wasps it will be placed in units with. Instead of a single LRM 10 two Holly LRM 5s are carried in addition to the Martell medium laser. Both weapon systems were chosen for their reliability as well as their widespread use. The jump jets were left off of the design in order to maximize armor protection. There is a variant (the 3S) that reduces the armor by one ton and removes a LRM 5 in order to provide full jump capacity.
Mass: 20 Tons| Mass | |
| Internal Structure: | 2 |
| Engine: 120 GM | 4 |
| Walking MP's: | 6 |
| Running MP's: | 9 |
| Jumping MP's: | 0 |
| Heatsinks: 10 | 0 |
| Gyro: | 2 |
| Cockpit: | 3 |
| Armor Factor: 48 | 3 |
| Loc. | Internal Structure | Armor Value |
| Head: | 3 | 4 |
| Center Torso | 6 | 8/2 |
| Rt./Lt. Torso | 5 | 6/2 |
| Rt./Lt. Arm | 3 | 4 |
| Rt./Lt. Leg | 4 | 5 |
| Type | Loc. | Crit. | Mass |
| Medium Laser | CT | 1 | 1 |
| LRM5 | RT | 1 | 2 |
| LRM5 | LT | 1 | 2 |
| Ammo (LRM) | CT | 1 | 1 |