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[Ph30nix]

Just wondering. I think i remember in some lore somewhere (might be a shoehornded piece of crap from a game that isnt cannon) that there were IS pilots who were accepted into the clans but while they could be part of a specific clan there were also ones who were part of a group that was allied with the clans but wasnt apart of any specific one.

[Sephlock]

Ph30nix, on 04 June 2014 - 02:25 PM, said:

but while they could be part of a specific clan there were also ones who were part of a group that was allied with the clans but wasnt apart of any specific one.

Since when?

[Scratx]

Unless you mean the Dark Caste, which actually shouldn't have much in the way of mechs and stuff like that, I can't for the life of me come up with whomever you mean.

Especially since Clans despise mercenaries. To be generous about it.


Edit : And by the way, the Dark Caste doesn't really fulfill some of the criteria you threw at us, either. They're basically the rejects of clan society.

Edited by Scratx, 04 June 2014 - 02:29 PM.

[Bishop Steiner]

What you are thinking is called the "Dark" or "Bandit" Caste. And you basically are an outcast hunger by the clans.

[Ph30nix]

oh okay, i do remember in MW4 mercs your char could join a clan or ally with it by the trials. But i thought there was also something i saw once about a differnt non specific clan affiliated clanner.

I really should read the books......

Is it true that after the word of blake crap and civil war supposedly everything is back into a "dark age" and all the mechs look like pieced together pieces of crap that belong more in hawken then a mechwarrior game?

[Jin Ma]

needs moar pirates

[Creovex]

@OP

No. A merc is a merc and Clans DON'T fancy them. Now if CW and REAL salvage ever made it into game then you could run a Merc using all Clan tech... but you have to earn it the hard way.

[Hellcat420]

Ph30nix, on 04 June 2014 - 02:25 PM, said:

Just wondering. I think i remember in some lore somewhere (might be a shoehornded piece of crap from a game that isnt cannon) that there were IS pilots who were accepted into the clans but while they could be part of a specific clan there were also ones who were part of a group that was allied with the clans but wasnt apart of any specific one.

the best you can hope for is to become a garbage man, freebirth.

[Ph30nix]

Hellcat420, on 04 June 2014 - 03:08 PM, said:

the best you can hope for is to become a garbage man, freebirth.

werent you a freebirth till like 2 days ago?

[verybad]

If you're not a member of a Clan and they know about you, you're either somebody to be conquered and brought into the Clans (usually as a member of the working caste) or to be killed if you're Dark Caste (ie Criminal)

Especially in the early years of the invasion, they don't ally with non clan members. EVER.

They make the early Soviet Union look like a nice place to visit in comparison. They're Communist and they're Fascis (If that's possible, they do a good run at it.)

Serious.y, if you're Lone Wolf, you are not clan. Period. As for Mercenaries. They were technically supposed to execute them if they were captured. The Smoke Jaguars did in fact. The idea of using a merc for a clan member was not only illegal, but obscenely morally disgusting

Edited by verybad, 04 June 2014 - 03:29 PM.

[Hellcat420]

Ph30nix, on 04 June 2014 - 03:19 PM, said:

werent you a freebirth till like 2 days ago?

nope, we didnt cease to exist just because you freebirth scum forgot about us.

Edited by Hellcat420, 04 June 2014 - 03:41 PM.

[verybad]

Hellcat420, on 04 June 2014 - 03:37 PM, said:

nope, we didnt cease to exist just because you freebirth scum forgot about us.

So you're disavowing your familly? Mom would be PO'd I bet.

[Hellcat420]

verybad, on 04 June 2014 - 03:45 PM, said:

So you're disavowing your familly? Mom would be PO'd I bet.

my parents are a test tube and an iron womb.

[Jin Ma]

do the clans have lone wolves ? If so they should certainly remake the lone wolf icon. right now its an iconic Innersphere mech

[GreyGriffin]

You don't take part in a military action on behalf of the Clans unless you're part of the Touman. Clans do not hire mercenaries, and they do not tolerate freelancers. And besides, the Dark Caste are contained in the Kerensky Cluster and the Pentagon Worlds. It's literally a yearlong trip by jumpship to get from the outer edges of the Inner Sphere to Clan Space.

Edit: The route is also a closely guarded secret known only to a very select few. Most of the jumpship crews only knew certain legs of the journey and were actually cycled onto and off of ships to prevent any one Clansman from being able to divulge the entire Exodus Road if he were captured.

Edited by GreyGriffin, 04 June 2014 - 06:35 PM.

[verybad]

Jin Ma, on 04 June 2014 - 03:51 PM, said:

do the clans have lone wolves ? If so they should certainly remake the lone wolf icon. right now its an iconic Innersphere mech

No they don't. The clan owns the mech, not the individual for starters. The "Dark Caste" may own mechs, they're deserters and pirates. Typically freebirth, and certainly not considered clan.

[wanderer]

Ph30nix, on 04 June 2014 - 02:25 PM, said:

Just wondering. I think i remember in some lore somewhere (might be a shoehornded piece of crap from a game that isnt cannon) that there were IS pilots who were accepted into the clans but while they could be part of a specific clan there were also ones who were part of a group that was allied with the clans but wasnt apart of any specific one.

Incorrect. There were bondsmen- who were captured Inner Sphere pilots that end up being adopted into a Clan at some level. And that wasn't even always warriors- there were plenty of IS warriors that washed out at their Trial of Position and never end up being more than a tech again, or even a lower caste.

[Lily from animove]

Hellcat420, on 04 June 2014 - 03:08 PM, said:

the best you can hope for is to become a garbage man, freebirth.

Well, so their job is to take them self out?

[Joseph Mallan]

Jin Ma, on 04 June 2014 - 03:51 PM, said:

do the clans have lone wolves ? If so they should certainly remake the lone wolf icon. right now its an iconic Innersphere mech

The word you could use is RiStar. As Clans obsess on individual merit, Lone Wolf mentality is expected of Clan warriors.

wanderer, on 04 June 2014 - 10:49 PM, said:

Incorrect. There were bondsmen- who were captured Inner Sphere pilots that end up being adopted into a Clan at some level. And that wasn't even always warriors- there were plenty of IS warriors that washed out at their Trial of Position and never end up being more than a tech again, or even a lower caste.

And one became the leader of the Mary-Sue Clan. Then again Phelan Kell was true born.

[Bishop Steiner]

Ph30nix, on 04 June 2014 - 03:19 PM, said:

werent you a freebirth till like 2 days ago?

what, you think he suddenly became trashborn just because he has a silly Emerald Parrot logo now?