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and from the Atlas Section.

Cat’s Cradle

Cat’s Cradle  is a jointly administered world between Clan Nova Cat refugees and the Elysian Federation.  It has been a rough start for the Nova Cats, who are still living in cities made of prefab shelters.  Cat’s Cradle is a breadbasket world with long open plains and a mountain range on either side of its one massive landmass.  There is one manufacturing facility on Cat’s Cradle that produces Arbalest Battlemechs for both the Nova Cats and the EDF.  In order to get their population growing, the old distinction between trueborn and freeborn has been tossed away.  Also living on Cat’s cradle are Soldiers and staff of the 832nd detachment who survived the Annihilation on Irece.  They have been made members of the clan by Star Colonel Brent, the planetary governor.  To keep their skills sharp, the few Nova cat mechwarriors and the ex-832nd soldiers compete in weekly battlesims which are the planet’s biggest form of entertainment, broadcast on the local trivid stations.

Here's a little extra if you feel like its usable please feel free

The Watch Cluster

Formed during the Jihad the unit was at the height of that conflict five Trinaries in strength fighting the Blakists on several places including Mars in the Sol system.  At the end of that conflict the unit disappeared after refusing to join the Republic with the other Nova Cat Galaxies.

The unit resurfaced during the Second Combine/Dominion War fighting on the worlds of Avon and Irece.  During the Nova Cats forced movement into cultural reservations the unit remained "off the books" of the Nova Cat Touman following orders directly from the Khan in covert operations.

One duty the Watch Cluster was ordered to complete was to garrison a periphery planet within the Outworlds Wastes on the other side of the Combine from all other Nova Cats.  There they were charged with protecting a reserve Genetic Repository for the Nova Cats which included genetic copies of every Nova Cat bloodname although it lacked facilities to produce further warriors.

Although the unit is named as a Cluster it has dwindled in numbers since the end of the Jihad with only two Trinaries of forces.  They do however have full transport capabilities and nearly one hundred civilians who have maintained the Genetic Repository.  When they heard of the end of the Nova Cats in the Combine the warriors were angry however with the surviving Elysium Republic's forces they chose to travel to join their brethren and hopefully spur the rebirth of the Clan.

Arriving on the Cat's Cradle the Watch Cluster has taken control over an area in the Barcella Mountains where they are slowly building a new Genetic Repository.  The Nova Cats are however ten years or more away from being able to begin a genetics program.

Unit TO&E
Commander - Star Colonel Canin Rosse - Canin has been a voice of discontent against the Combine for years but one that had fallen on deaf ears until the Nova Cat's Rebellion against the Draconis Combine.  Because of his disagreements with the Combine he found himself reassigned to the Watch Cluster with no chance of further promotion.

First Binary
Command Star:- Star Colonel Canin Rosse
Nova Cat OmniMech, Shadow Cat II BattleMech, Shadow Cat OmniMech, Sphinx BattleMech, Huntsman OmniMech

Second Star:- Star Commander Paul West
10 Rabid Battle Armour (2 Points), 10 Thunderbolt Heavy Battle Armour (2 Points), 5 Void NC Battle Armour (1 Point)

Second Binary
Command Star:- Star Captain Robert
5 Wight Dezgra BattleMechs

Second Star:- Star Commander Kayla
4 SM1 Tank Destroyer (2 Points), 2 Cizin Hovertank (1 Point), 2 Sekhmet Assault Vehicle (1 Point), 2 SM1 Telos tank (1 Point)

if we incorporate that the TO&E would be gone...

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incorporate any of it you wish, the Watch Cluster is an idea I've been playing about with for more than a decade the development of the Wight Dezgra kinda spurred it on even more!!  It's there to use or ignore.