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[Lukoi Banacek]

In hotly contested combat, Mechwarrior Martis finished his Trial of Position in a close match that went to the limit of a Battlemech's endurance!

His continuing efforts to sharpen his skills as a Mechwarrior will hold him in good stead as he reaches for Blooded Status in mere days.

Also, tonight saw a Grand Melee, involving 19-Blooded Warriors! Star Commanders Durant Carlyle and Reginulfr emerged as the newest Blood Officers within the Touman, successfully defeating multiple opponents each before the end of the Melee.

Each will add their venom and skills to our Touman, and their skill in battle shall be the whetstone that future Snakes hone their fangs upon to earn their status within the Clan!

With our 37th Trial of Position complete, we continue to seek resolute, committed pilots (whether casual, competitive or both) to add to our ranks as we prepare for community warfare.

Seyla!

[Lukoi Banacek]

Huzzah!

[Lukoi Banacek]

YOU...

missed practice tonight you sibko reject! Get your worthless, legless, Adder-ass into your mech and suit up!

[Pariah Devalis]

I am no Adder-ass, but several people have called me an utter ass. Huh. Wonder if it is related....

[Durant Carlyle]

Time to hear the Pew! and Whoosh! and Bang! of 'Mech combat.

We're on the Strana Mechty TS server! Come join us!

[Durant Carlyle]

Time to do the final checks on your 'Mechs and grab some last-minute shuteye, Adders! A little over eight hours to go before we drop onto Irian!

We are soon going to be doing Trials of Possession to see who can prove themselves worthy of leading the 173rd Hussar Cluster and its component Trinaries.

I earned the rank of Star Commander by defeating two foes in my Trial of Position, but Star Colonel Durant Carlyle sure has a nice ring to it, quiaff?

[Durant Carlyle]

We dropped on Irian as scheduled, but the 10th Skye Rangers' valiant defense brought our assault to a standstill. While we were eventually forced to retreat, we inflicted respectable losses on the defenders. Leaving the wrecks on the battlefields, we recovered our warriors, who will live to learn from their mistakes and become better warriors.

Next time we will not bid away so much of our force...

[Lukoi Banacek]

The 173rd Winged Viper Cluster traces its lineage over a millennium to the mid to late twentieth century, when forces plummeted from the sky on flimsy silk parachutes, with limited situational awareness of the battlefield and into extreme conditions. Known originally as "Sky Soldiers" and later becoming one of the first units integrated into the Terran Alliance of the twenty-second century, becoming the "Star Soldiers" during the initial Terran Exodus.

They remained a mobile, precision maneuver force through variations of their lineage all the way through the Terran Hegemony and the eventual establishment of the Star League and it's subsequent defense forces in the twenty-sixth century, becoming an expeditionary arm rarely used by the SLDF during the early years of uneasy peace.

Fighting against a small scale rebellion in the Periphery during the Amaris Coup 2767, the 173rd was not involved in the initial forrays against Amaris forces closer to Terra and remained on the edge of Terran space at the behest of Aleksander Kerensky as a backstop against potential Periphery involvement in the conflict. Not until mid 2784, when the six million under Kerensky in the great Exodus, finally swept up the 173rd, would they be reintegrated into the vestiges of the SLDF after so many years spent forward, protecting the now defunct Star League from Periphery threats during the Amaris Uprising.

Hobbled by losses rarely replaced along the Periphery after so many years of fighting, the 173rd was a hollow core unit of battle scarred and tested cadre, that Kerensky would utilize to rebuild a full size unit over the years, with an extensive and combat proven doctrine of swift-maneuver and precision fires.

Often confused with the 173rd Battlemech Division, this units late inclusion in the Exodus is often masked from history, with historians of the Inner Sphere long assuming the unit lost to combat actions and the fog of war along the Periphery.

Not until Nicholas Kerensky's formation of the Clans in the early twenty-ninth century would it reemerge to prominence, with newly formed Clan Star Adder vigorously bidding for the rights to the 173rd's lineage and eventually redesignating it the 173rd Winged Viper Cluster.

Competition for Star Commander Ranks within this historic unit begin Tuesday evening, after Trials of Position for deserving Snakes and Mechwarriors, 9pm EST.

Fangs Out!

Edited by Lukoi, 26 April 2014 - 09:06 AM.

[Exonilia]

My team and myself have been playing Mechwarrior for a while and we are looking to join a guild so that we can increase our tactics. Any chance that we can join the smoke adders?

[Durant Carlyle]

Send a PM to Lukoi, if you haven't already.

[Lukoi Banacek]

Exonilia we can absolutely consider your team for the Smoke Adders. In fact we have provisions for the absorbtion of a unit volunteering for the adders that would allow for your team to retain its integrity as its own star, binary etc within the unit depending on its size.

[J0anna]

If you are thinking of joining a group on the ground floor, a group steeped in clan history, a group setting up to jump into CW as soon as it's released, look no further. Find us on the Strana Mechty teamspeak server.

[Lukoi Banacek]

Only 24 hours until the Dropships disembark planet side for our Trials!

[Lukoi Banacek]

In hotly contested combat, Blooded Warrior Roundhammer won his Trial of Position against a strong opponent and Star Commander Martis defeated two warriors to leap ranks! Thus our 39th to 44th Trials of Position were completed!

Also, tonight saw a Combat Trials involving seven Blooded Warriors seeking to increase their standing within the Touman. Star Commanders Moenrg and Michael emerged as the victors in a devastating melee.

Each will add their ferocity and skills to our Touman, and their skill in battle shall send our enemies screaming in the night, running from fang and venom.

Seyla!

[Lukoi Banacek]

Sunday, 4 May, 8:30pm EST

Trials of Position

Star Commander Combat Trials

12-man practices

See what you're missing? Come see organized casual play and competitive play (yes they are definitely different things) with a good crew on the Clan Hub Teamspeak Server:

IP: 184.82.141.207

PW: StranaMechty

Even if we are not your cup of tea, you are bound to meet lonewolves and reps from other units in the public dropships.

[Lukoi Banacek]

Twenty-two pilots elected to fight tonight in some epic battles.

Trials of Position 45 and 46 were completed with both candidates representing themselves well.

Our Combat Trial to determine Star Commanders resulted in Star Commanders Eta0h, Android5000 and Roundhammer emerging from the fray. The latter two fought down to the last teens of viable Mech percentages before the battle was decided in the best match of the night.

Immediately following (thank the Founder for Private matches) we conducted multiple 10 on 10's and 11's on 11's with lonewolf friends even joining for some of the matches at the end.

[Grendel408]

Descendants of Kerensky... either be a Clan, or be a Mercenary. Pick one... please

[Lukoi Banacek]

Grendal....what is the point of this comment on our recruiting thread? We are a Clan unit and have not claimed anything else.

[Grendel408]

You guys have a recruitment thread on the Mercs and Clans... that's my point Lukoi

[Lukoi Banacek]

Grendel408, on 05 May 2014 - 07:48 AM, said:

You guys have a recruitment thread on the Mercs and Clans... that's my point Lukoi

You can blame that on the forums design here as we attempt to maximize our exposure. There are House and Clan units there as well.

Players see that forum and do not necessarily come here (and vice versa) usually because they do not understand where it is best to look.

Each House has a recruiting section by forum design and yet the Clans do not even have a general subsection let alone one per invader like the Houses do.

No moderator who has spoken to me has had an issue with us posting here and there.

Thanks for the bump Grendel408.