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[Pariah Devalis]

Aff. It has its advantages, just like some second liners. I would kill for a Stalking Spider, however.

[Pariah Devalis]

Defecting implies I was not performing my duty as a Nova Cat under deep cover. The watch must get its information somewhere, quiaff?

[FireSlade]

Marack Drock, on 31 October 2013 - 01:09 PM, said:

Who else is defecting to the Clans the minute CW starts?

I have wanted to be part of Clan Wolf since day 1 when I started playing. I have just been waiting patiently to wear my clan colors with pride when PGI finally allows us to pick a faction.

[Stingray Productions]

mad dog all they way....just, not the MW4 design of it, i'd rather have this:


my superior desire is to be an innersphere merc unit commander decked out with clan tech.

[CyclonerM]

Pariah Devalis, on 31 October 2013 - 11:15 AM, said:

I agree. Loadout wise that mech is near perfect. I just tend to take a holistic view on a mech, incorporating loadout, placement, and physical design.

A shame, really, that it has that flaw in an otherwise perfect mech. However, it makes sense given it was crafted by Clan Wolf hands, quiaff?

It makes sense given it was not designed to be featured in a real time videogame, quiaff?

Pariah Devalis, on 31 October 2013 - 12:12 PM, said:

Clan lingo is fun but a little odd to learn.

Freebirt! Enough of this stravag talking! We are warriors, not surats and we shall fight to be a ristar and realize our interpretation of the Great Father's vision, quiaff? Warriors shall earn a Bloodname of a valuable Bloodheritage and serve their Clan after their death with their genetic legacy. I will get some lines in the Remembrance, my trothkin, this is my rede. I hope if i will fail you will forgive me if i perform i rite of Surkai You should accept it and abide by the surkairede, or you will be regarded as a dezgra chalcas, quiaff? And i do not mind if you are the best of your sibko, in my eyes you are only a trashborn and i shall show you that your superiority is only presumed, savashri! You are poweless, not better than a solhama, i will take you as my bondsman, your giftake as isorla and then cut your bondcord granting you hegira (assuming you have not performed a bondsref) following the Way of the Clans as laid down by our Founder Nicholas Kerensky. Seyla!

Challenges and epithets should not be taken as personal offenses but only as example of a colorful monologue full of Clan words , explicitely written to give a headache to every stravag Inner Sphere "warrior" who reads it.

Pariah Devalis, on 31 October 2013 - 01:12 PM, said:

Defecting implies I was not performing my duty as a Nova Cat under deep cover. The watch must get its information somewhere, quiaff?

I was given to understand that most of the Clans regarded spies as barely better than bandits from the dark caste

Too bad you Nova Cats do not have AFAIK an excuse from the lore for fighting in the Inner Sphere (We have Wolf's Dragoons, gne gne ).

Honor to my Nova Cat trothkin! And please stop use that stuff to have visions about the future, they are not good for your health

Edited by CyclonerM, 01 November 2013 - 01:08 PM.

[Alaskan Nobody]

CyclonerM, on 01 November 2013 - 01:06 PM, said:

Honor to my Nova Cat trothkin! And please stop use that stuff to have visions about the future, they are not good for your health

LM(rear/hiny/rump/behind)O



rest of the post was awesome as well

[Pariah Devalis]

CyclonerM, on 01 November 2013 - 01:06 PM, said:

It makes sense given it was not designed to be featured in a real time videogame, quiaff?

Freebirt! Enough of this stravag talking! We are warriors, not surats and we shall fight to be a ristar and realize our interpretation of the Great Father's vision, quiaff? Warriors shall earn a Bloodname of a valuable Bloodheritage and serve their Clan after their death with their genetic legacy. I will get some lines in the Remembrance, my trothkin, this is my rede. I hope if i will fail you will forgive me if i perform i rite of Surkai You should accept it and abide by the surkairede, or you will be regarded as a dezgra chalcas, quiaff? And i do not mind if you are the best of your sibko, in my eyes you are only a trashborn and i shall show you that your superiority is only presumed, savashri! You are poweless, not better than a solhama, i will take you as my bondsman, your giftake as isorla and then cut your bondcord granting you hegira (assuming you have not performed a bondsref) following the Way of the Clans as laid down by our Founder Nicholas Kerensky. Seyla!

Challenges and epithets should not be taken as personal offenses but only as example of a colorful monologue full of Clan words , explicitely written to give a headache to every stravag Inner Sphere "warrior" who reads it.



I was given to understand that most of the Clans regarded spies as barely better than bandits from the dark caste

Too bad you Nova Cats do not have AFAIK an excuse from the lore for fighting in the Inner Sphere (We have Wolf's Dragoons, gne gne ).

Honor to my Nova Cat trothkin! And please stop use that stuff to have visions about the future, they are not good for your health

Actually, you Wolves provide the excuse. Some of us were allowed by to observe and participate in very limited actions by your Khan, IIRC. Not sure if it was because as far as the other Clans go, pre-invasion Nova Cats were not one of the more nucking futz Crusader clans out there (being slightly crusader pre-invasion, full on warden afterwards), was because we somehow managed to not **** off the Wolves at any real juncture, or because we let them partake of the peyote. Either way, I claim top bunk!

Edit: Alternate excuses may or may not include unsupervised playtime with Dadga feline kittens. Mind the venomous spines.


"While not a major part of the initial invasion, elements of the Nova Cat Keshik were allowed to aid Clan Wolf in their invasion of the Periphery world of Drask's Den. Khans Leroux and Carns celebrated the victory, ignoring further warnings from their Oathmaster, The rest of the periphery fell just as quickly as Drask's Den and contact was soon established with ComStar.
Due to their limited role in the invasion, Clan Nova Cat was chosen to be the escort to ComStar ambassador Precentor Martial Anastasius Focht, transporting him to the Clan flagship Dire Wolf via the True Vision. Oathmaster Biccon Winters, seeing Focht as a threat, attacked the Precentor Martial, and only conceded when she lost a Trial of Refusal to SaKhan Lucian Carns. The Clans would go on to ally with ComStar in a limited role."

Edited by Pariah Devalis, 01 November 2013 - 01:44 PM.

[CyclonerM]

Pariah Devalis, on 01 November 2013 - 01:33 PM, said:

Edit: Alternate excuses may or may not include unsupervised playtime with Dadga feline kittens. Mind the venomous spines.

You are not talking of Nova Kittens quineg?

Pariah Devalis, on 01 November 2013 - 01:33 PM, said:

"While not a major part of the initial invasion, elements of the Nova Cat Keshik were allowed to aid Clan Wolf in their invasion of the Periphery world of Drask's Den. Khans Leroux and Carns celebrated the victory, ignoring further warnings from their Oathmaster, The rest of the periphery fell just as quickly as Drask's Den and contact was soon established with ComStar.
Due to their limited role in the invasion, Clan Nova Cat was chosen to be the escort to ComStar ambassador Precentor Martial Anastasius Focht, transporting him to the Clan flagship Dire Wolf via the True Vision. Oathmaster Biccon Winters, seeing Focht as a threat, attacked the Precentor Martial, and only conceded when she lost a Trial of Refusal to SaKhan Lucian Carns. The Clans would go on to ally with ComStar in a limited role."

I missed these facts.. And i thought i knew everything i had to know about the invasion!

Besides, i really honor you for choosing to represent a minor less famous Clan

[Pariah Devalis]

CyclonerM, on 01 November 2013 - 01:54 PM, said:

You are not talking of Nova Kittens quineg?

Aff, I suppose. How do you think we pacified worlds? Senseless violence? That would be madness, quiaff? Our scientist caste long discovered the ultimate weapon comes in infant feline form. It possesses the power to turn even the most well trained, hard spirited Elemental into a weak at the knees Sibko recruit.


Unless they were dog people.... Or allergic.


Edit: Damn. Now I cannot get the following image out of my head....

"We are of Clan Nova Cat. With what forces do you defend this planet? We bid... a cardboard box full of kittens.... Or death. We could bid death, but we strongly urge you to look at the kittens....."

Edited by Pariah Devalis, 01 November 2013 - 02:00 PM.

[Alaskan Nobody]

Pariah Devalis, on 01 November 2013 - 01:58 PM, said:

"We are of Clan Nova Cat. With what forces do you defend this planet? We bid... a cardboard box full of kittens.... Or death. We could bid death, but we strongly urge you to look at the kittens....."

DAGNABBIT!

How are we supposed to underbid a box of kittens! Let alone a cardboard box!
well....I guess it beats you bidding death... really rather not fight him yet

[CyclonerM]

Pariah Devalis, on 01 November 2013 - 01:58 PM, said:

"We are of Clan Nova Cat. With what forces do you defend this planet? We bid... a cardboard box full of kittens.... Or death. We could bid death, but we strongly urge you to look at the kittens....."

"We are of Clan Hell's Horses. With what forces do you defend this planet? We bid a pair of beautiful ponies and we urge you to welcome them in peace with many flowers and colored stripes. Friendship is magic™, quiaff?"

Edited by CyclonerM, 01 November 2013 - 02:29 PM.

[Strum Wealh]

Shar Wolf, on 01 November 2013 - 02:16 PM, said:

DAGNABBIT!

How are we supposed to underbid a box of kittens! Let alone a cardboard box!
well....I guess it beats you bidding death... really rather not fight him yet

Well, you could bid a cardboard box of baby actual-Surats...

"The surat is a small bat-like creature native to the clan world of Glory. Its body and face resemble that of a primate, as does its long gripping tail with which it can easily attach itself to objects. Surats are mostly friendly creatures and feed on fruits, insects and whatever they can find; lower-caste Clansmen sometimes keep them as pets. However, their overwhelming cuteness combined with their appetite for and ability to open human food storage cases has turned their name into an epithet throughout Clan space."

Baby monkey-bats vs spiny kittens... cute-off, go!

[CyclonerM]

Strum Wealh, on 01 November 2013 - 02:37 PM, said:

Well, you could bid a cardboard box of baby actual-Surats...

High on the right. You do not find them cute, quineg?

[Strum Wealh]

CyclonerM, on 01 November 2013 - 02:41 PM, said:

High on the right. You do not find them cute, quineg?

The text I quoted is originally from Classic BattleTech Companion, so it is (or, at least, was) the official description.

Also, the pictured specimen would appear to be fully grown.
As such, it would have to be compared to a fully-grown Nova Cat - in which case, it could be considered in the eyes of some to be cuter (in the same way that Capuchin monkeys trained for performance can be considered cute)?


Finally... maybe Clanners just have somewhat strange notions of what constitutes "overwhelming cuteness"?

Edited by Strum Wealh, 01 November 2013 - 02:58 PM.

[Sharp Spikes]

Hmm, I thought that upper-right thingie is a Blood Spirit when I saw it...

[Pariah Devalis]

Interesting. Never saw that picture. Odd rendition of the Dadga.


Formally the only image I ever saw of it.

[CyclonerM]

Strum Wealh, on 01 November 2013 - 02:54 PM, said:

Finally... maybe Clanners just have somewhat strange notions of what constitutes "overwhelming cuteness"?

Honestly i find strange that Clanners might even understand the concept of "cuteness"

[CoffiNail]

That surat is quite cute.

[CyclonerM]

CoffiNail, on 01 November 2013 - 03:34 PM, said:

That surat is quite cute.

Just like a ghost bear.

[CoffiNail]

CyclonerM, on 01 November 2013 - 03:43 PM, said:

Just like a ghost bear.

Neg, they are deadly... as you do not know they are there until it is too late.