Kdogg788, on 13 March 2013 - 05:05 AM, said:
Sounds pretty cool guys. I'm sure no one will mind that it's the reverse of a canon unit, especially a relatively obscure one. The final step would be to revise your Kurita TS tags to reflect the new name. Not totally sure, but I think they still label you as "DCMS".
Btw, love those sigs. That's some serious Photoshopping skills you have there. The differing colored eyes in the cats are a nice touch!
Yeah, I didn't get the new tag set up on TS or post on the HK.org forums yet because I'd caught word about the name error, and didn't want to set it up until I knew I was using the correct name.
Pariah Devalis, on 13 March 2013 - 05:17 AM, said:
As it is a joint force, technically the Galaxy this is based off of is a Nova Cat force that has an established cross-trained Kurita asset making up half of the Galaxy. However, since it is half, and since in the time frame of Lambda Galaxy the Nova Cats are beholden to the Draconis Combine as their landlord, it makes it very much a 50/50 Galaxy. On paper, it is Nova Cat owned. In reality, it is more like a jointly owned and operated task force. It makes it a bit of an oddball unit to classify.
I've been using Basic Red or Pc Gamer red for the 2nd Regiment.
Since it Lambda Galaxy doesn't exist yet, and the situation is rather different in this timeline, we are only loosely based on the same idea. Technically our unit is considered Mercenaries, largely because when Faction warfare comes in I think it will be the only way to have a mixed unit, but also because doing so grants both the Combine and the Nova Cat's access to tools they would otherwise lack in this time-frame.
On the Draconis Combine side of things, there is the "Death to Mercenaries" Edict which means House Kurita employ NO mercenary companies at this time. Thus we are out of touch with the goings on within the Mercenary community. Also we lack the politically expedient tool of a group who can fight battles on our behalf without the actions of the unit being considered sponsored or endorsed by the Combine, should house Kurita need to distance itself from certain events that are in it's best interest. it wouldn't hurt to have an officially unaffiliated 'merc' unit attack say... House Davion's interests while House Liao foots the bill, only to have a detailed report of the action and troop dispositions 'mysteriously' appear on a commanders desk somewhere in the Combine a week later. Rather than rely on mercs, (whom can not be trusted), the Dragon has seen fit to send forth loyal Samurai to act in the guise of Soldiers of Fortune.
Since the Clans can't openly operate in the IS at this time the notion was that it would function somewhat like a Nova Cat's version of the Wolf's Dragoons, i.e a cover story to give them free reign to operate in the IS without blowing their cover. Technically I'm not sure at this point that the rank and file of the Kurita half of the unit would be aware that the Nova Cat's are a Clan. Instead they would be given the impression they were mercenaries from the periphery, albeit ones who were selected for actually holding themselves to as high as standard of honor as could be expected from Gaijin, there to provide legitimacy to the units claim that they are no longer House Warriors. Likewise, the rank and file Clansmen are unlikely to have been informed the Draconis Combine 'expatriates' are Samurai who still have active ties to House Kurita and be under the same impression, that the House warriors are their cover as an IS Merc unit.
The officers and experienced personal of course will have a much better notion as to the truth of the situation, that it is indeed a joint unit of both Clan Nova Cat and the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery.
Thank you for all your hard work and photoshopping Pariah.
Edited by Kreisel, 13 March 2013 - 06:51 PM.
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