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Great question!

During the Quicksilver Trials there were several entries that were let us which were a little unorthodox which have drawn some attention. Not to mention some unusual industrial activity as well as some other anomalies. Investigations have been launched by Clan Watch organizations in the aftermath of these suspicious entries and I have a feeling something may just come of that.

Love to hear what you guys think!

In the months after the Battle of Tukayyid, Clan Smoke Jaguar found themselves with a serious problem. Guerrilla raids and uprisings within their Inner Sphere occupation zone had left them stretched to the limit in resources. Smoke Jaguar scientists found that if something wasn't done soon, their Clan worlds would soon be stripped of the ores needed for BattleMech production.

Now that I've read up on them a little. My feeling is it would hinder it more than help. It could be further splintered than it already was. Some of the Clans it had a foothold in might be removed after failures of their designs while others might gather more strength.

From the past I found this. https://www.ourbattletech.com/forum/index.php?topic=3079.0

Gut instincts on levels of influence pre-Quicksilver

Name      Society Influence   Rationale
Blood Spirit      0   Little to no reason to infiltrate
Burrock      6   Canon references to Dark Caste
Cloud Cobra      2   Cloisters cause concerns influence over one or two of them possibly
Coyote         9   HQ only outsiders and untrusted not a part
Diamond Shark      4   Access to many worlds as traders and such makes them a ripe intermediary power
Fire Mandrill      1   Kindraa nothing but headaches
Ghost Bear      2   Family spirit just black sheeps
Goliath Scorpion   0   Little to no reason to infiltrate
Hell's Horses      4   Influence was stronger in past doubt as strong as influence as during Golden Age
Ice Hellion      6   Rash and quick decisions influence them to cut corners in regards to the scientists
Jade Falcon      7   Second strongest base politics rule this clan in to many ways
Nova Cat      3   Mysticism is antitechnology
Smoke Jaguar      0   Way to rigid probably killed off in past rebellion
Snow Raven      5   Machiavellian tendencies makes me think this is a potential hotspot
Star Adder      3   United is their motto very strong relations between castes not as free as some but recognized and appreciated
Steel Viper      0   Canon sources use them as their example of no influence
Wolf         4   An interesting one could be either way. Probably less but could well be more.
         * out of 10

I really think Smoke Jaguar was a much bigger player than you may think.

In my readings I even the Watchdog system was developed by the Jaguars in a few years even though they were bleeding resources for those 5 years they still came out with that along with protomechs and the Jaguar leader at the end being one.

Great post Bradshaw! I'd love to have what everyone else thinks about the infiltration of the Society in each Clan as of 3052.

In the middle of the thirtieth century the pressure that had been building since Operation Klondike finally erupted. A Trinary of Burrock warriors and over a thousand civilians deserted their Clan to join the Dark Caste. Ordered by the Grand Council to destroy these renegades, a joint Burrock-Cloud Cobra task force spent the next two years hunting them down. Upon the mission's conclusion, Burrock Khan Tabari Danforth declared the renegades to have been exterminated. It would be over a century before his lie was exposed.