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Re: Mercenaries 2570
« Reply #15 on: September 28, 2013, 10:16:46 PM »
Well I did think of a possible Steiner merc group called the Freikorps based on the ancient middle ages. Also the Draconians would be the Kurita group whose infamy for harshness for the slightest reason makes them dreaded. Each would be about 2 BattleMech regiments but they just didn't grab me and fit the setting for some reason.
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Re: Mercenaries 2570
« Reply #16 on: September 29, 2013, 05:04:32 AM »
Steiner could be employing House Troop Regiments - Think units like Stealthy Tigers, Blackstone Highlanders, Storm's Metal Thunder etc as their merc contingent, all have ties to a specific world in the Commonwealth (the three above Tamar, Inarcs and Loxley), in the SD setting the central governement encourages the planetary rulers to raise a unit (regiment?) which the LCAF then contracts when needed at other
times they garrison their homeworlds.

Kurita, instead of 1 (or more) large commands, I could see having a number of small units (Company to Battalion sized) which they class as Ronin who sell there services to local lords or the DCMS when needed.
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Re: Mercenaries 2570
« Reply #17 on: September 29, 2013, 01:02:18 PM »
Quote from: Rainbow 6 on September 29, 2013, 05:04:32 AM
Kurita, instead of 1 (or more) large commands, I could see having a number of small units (Company to Battalion sized) which they class as Ronin who sell there services to local lords or the DCMS when needed.

A bit like the Arteson Dark Horse unit  ;)
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Re: Mercenaries 2570
« Reply #18 on: October 01, 2013, 08:29:38 AM »
Hmm, well House Troop Regiments could incorporated into the Friecorps idea but are we talking apples and oranges? Mercenaries are really going through their modern birth at this time so their incarnations could be wildly different.  It does bring up the issue of Noble Forces. Do u guys think there would be more or less of these units at this time? While Mech proliferation has yet occurred in significant numbers the power of local lords maybe greater now more then ever. There are no HPGs and communications are difficult across the vast realms of the InnerSphere Inner Sphere. What do u think?


[Edit: Sorry Tak, but the combo Inner Sphere irritates the crap out of me. It's TWO words  :D]
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Re: Mercenaries 2570
« Reply #19 on: October 01, 2013, 01:48:36 PM »
My personal feeling is that as Battlemech tech moves from primitive to standard we'll see regional and planetary lords acquiring and expanding their forces across the inner sphere (ok knightmare?) and periphery, the primitive designs will probably form the core of the early mercenary forces as well.
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Re: Mercenaries 2570
« Reply #20 on: October 01, 2013, 02:28:26 PM »
Quote from: Rainbow 6 on October 01, 2013, 01:48:36 PM
My personal feeling is that as Battlemech tech moves from primitive to standard we'll see regional and planetary lords acquiring and expanding their forces across the inner sphere (ok knightmare?) and periphery, the primitive designs will probably form the core of the early mercenary forces as well.

I do agree with that idea.
Inner Sphere forces will sell their old units for more advanced ones or put them into caches and when they realise that the tech jump is really big, sell them or forget about them.

Quote from: Takiro on October 01, 2013, 08:29:38 AM
InnerSphere

[Edit: Sorry Tak, but the combo Inner Sphere irritates the crap out of me. It's TWO words  :D]

He really is the WoB   ;D
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The Remembrance (Clan Ice Hellion) Passage 5, Verse 3, Lines 1 - 5

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Re: Mercenaries 2570
« Reply #21 on: October 01, 2013, 04:33:02 PM »
Sorry to be a SphereInner....umm....sinner....blessed be Knightmare most merciful spell checker. {This reminds of that scene from Murder by Death when Cow on wall corrects Peter Sellers}  :D

Before there is an interdiction back to the subject at hand. Would you already have a proliferation of primitive designs thought the Human (space) Sphere? The year of our publication will be 2600 so going by the list below;

Terran Hegemony - Mackie (2439)
Lyran Commonwealth - Mackie (2459)
Federated Suns - BattleAxe (2459)
Draconis Combine - Gladiator (2468)
Free Worlds League - Icarus (2470)
Capellan Confederation - Firebee (2472)
Taurian Concordat - Toro (2484)
Outworlds Alliance - Locust (2549)
Magistracy of Canopus - Wasp (2579)
Rim Worlds Republic - ??

As you can see all the major states of humanity have had the ability to construct BattleMechs for at least 21 years and in case of the Inner Sphere over a century before the start of the Reunification War. That gives you a lot of time to build up your Mech forces. Now at this time aren't lords of the Inner Sphere more powerful because of the lack of effect interstellar communications? Wouldn't they be the primary builders and shakers prior to the founding of the Star League and the Reunification War? House Military development had to have gotten a boost thanks to the League. So there could be a load of primitive tech Mechs out there.

Incidentally it helps the Friekorps story I think that they were a bunch of House Troops Regiments disbanded or disenfranchised by the Star League. Driven out of direct service to their Lords mercenary service could be a fun solution.

But back to topic Size of Noble and Mercenary Forces.....
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Re: Mercenaries 2570
« Reply #22 on: October 01, 2013, 05:31:33 PM »
Quote from: Takiro on October 01, 2013, 04:33:02 PM
Human (space) Sphere?

This is the "proper" or canonical way of describing all of human space in BattleTech. The Inner Sphere only refers to non-periphery nations. It's an easy way to distinguish between the Great Houses, the Periphery states and the whole collective lot.

My apologies for derailing your topic. Peace of Blake be with you always. 
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Re: Mercenaries 2570
« Reply #23 on: October 01, 2013, 07:52:13 PM »
No apologies necessary fellow Terran supremacist! ;)
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Re: Mercenaries 2570
« Reply #24 on: October 02, 2013, 02:31:10 PM »
Quote from: Knightmare on October 01, 2013, 05:31:33 PM
My apologies for derailing your topic. Peace of Blake be with you always.

Next time, he will want the Star League to bring light on us all.

Quote from: Takiro on October 01, 2013, 04:33:02 PM
Would you already have a proliferation of primitive designs thought the Human (space) Sphere? The year of our publication will be 2600 so going by the list below;

The starting year for 'Mech production is one thing but the different model development from that time to 2600 is another one and this is the one that interest us more.

The timeline in Era Digest Age of War could help us as it lists the introduction year of a lot of designs.

And the Rim Worlds Republic acquired the BattleMech in 2469
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"In turn they tested each Clan namesake
in trial against the Ice Hellion's mettle.
Each chased the Ice Hellion, hunting it down.
All failed to match the predator's speed and grace.
Khan Cage smiled and said, "And that is how we shall be."

The Remembrance (Clan Ice Hellion) Passage 5, Verse 3, Lines 1 - 5

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Re: Mercenaries 2570
« Reply #25 on: October 02, 2013, 04:43:47 PM »
Quote from: Ice Hellion on October 02, 2013, 02:31:10 PM
The timeline in Era Digest Age of War could help us as it lists the introduction year of a lot of designs.

And the Rim Worlds Republic acquired the BattleMech in 2469

Thanks Ice, I'll take a look at that. Do we know what the first RWR Mech was??
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Re: Mercenaries 2570
« Reply #26 on: October 02, 2013, 09:41:26 PM »
Quote from: Takiro on October 02, 2013, 04:43:47 PM
Quote from: Ice Hellion on October 02, 2013, 02:31:10 PM
The timeline in Era Digest Age of War could help us as it lists the introduction year of a lot of designs.

And the Rim Worlds Republic acquired the BattleMech in 2469

Thanks Ice, I'll take a look at that. Do we know what the first RWR Mech was??

At work, but I think it may be a primitive Phoenix.
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Re: Mercenaries 2570
« Reply #27 on: October 03, 2013, 02:37:37 PM »
Quote from: Rainbow 6 on October 02, 2013, 09:41:26 PM
Quote from: Takiro on October 02, 2013, 04:43:47 PM
Quote from: Ice Hellion on October 02, 2013, 02:31:10 PM
The timeline in Era Digest Age of War could help us as it lists the introduction year of a lot of designs.

And the Rim Worlds Republic acquired the BattleMech in 2469

Thanks Ice, I'll take a look at that. Do we know what the first RWR Mech was??

At work, but I think it may be a primitive Phoenix.

Primitive Phoenix = 2474
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"In turn they tested each Clan namesake
in trial against the Ice Hellion's mettle.
Each chased the Ice Hellion, hunting it down.
All failed to match the predator's speed and grace.
Khan Cage smiled and said, "And that is how we shall be."

The Remembrance (Clan Ice Hellion) Passage 5, Verse 3, Lines 1 - 5
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