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[Pariah Devalis]

We felt like light swarming. One fire starter, oxide, spider, and... An ember I think? I cannot recall. Fun times.

[Euphoric1RW]

I came across this on google images, I'm sure you seen it before, thought it was funny, hope you can agree.

[_Comrade_]

Speaking of CNC , Im reading Heretic's Faith now

[Pariah Devalis]

>_>

The writers of the time period that book is in must have been higher than the Nova Cats themselves. One dedicated Nova Cat book, and it is about the least nova cat to ever nova cat the nova cats in a rank that simply does not exist in the current timeline.

I has a sad.

[Will9761]

If you are talking about the Dark Age Era books, then the authors really did mess up. All the novels gave us were: a dead clan, a traditionalist crusader clan turned crazy, ugly renditions of Classic Battlemechs, cookie cutter factions, and pointless battles. It is the equivalent of the Star Wars prequels.

[pbiggz]

Will9761, on 21 May 2014 - 12:02 AM, said:

If you are talking about the Dark Age Era books, then the authors really did mess up. All the novels gave us were: a dead clan, a traditionalist crusader clan turned crazy, ugly renditions of Classic Battlemechs, cookie cutter factions, and pointless battles. It is the equivalent of the Star Wars prequels.

Luckily for us, word on the street is the next block of battletech will take place around 3250, and if the writers are good at anything, its allowing old factions to be reborn, there is hope yet for clan novacat, just like there is hope for a true warden wolf to once again return, as whoever thought merging the wolves in exile with the ******* "wolf empire" should be thrown from an air lock! The crusader wolves were vlad ward's ego trip made reality, the warden wolves are the very legacy of kerensky!

Edited by pbiggz, 21 May 2014 - 08:13 AM.

[CyclonerM]

pbiggz, on 21 May 2014 - 08:13 AM, said:

The crusader wolves were vlad ward's ego trip made reality, the warden wolves are the very legacy of kerensky!

Seyla.

Time to get hurried to get to Dark Age before the next novels

Edited by CyclonerM, 21 May 2014 - 12:26 PM.

[Dakkaface]

Pariah Devalis, on 20 May 2014 - 06:14 PM, said:

>_>

The writers of the time period that book is in must have been higher than the Nova Cats themselves. One dedicated Nova Cat book, and it is about the least nova cat to ever nova cat the nova cats in a rank that simply does not exist in the current timeline.

I has a sad.

Yeah, I was pretty disappointed by that. I read the opening chapter and just scratched my head wondering if the main character was a transplant from the Jags or Falcons.

[_Comrade_]

pbiggz, on 21 May 2014 - 08:13 AM, said:

Luckily for us, word on the street is the next block of battletech will take place around 3250, and if the writers are good at anything, its allowing old factions to be reborn, there is hope yet for clan novacat, just like there is hope for a true warden wolf to once again return, as whoever thought merging the wolves in exile with the ******* "wolf empire" should be thrown from an air lock! The crusader wolves were vlad ward's ego trip made reality, the warden wolves are the very legacy of kerensky!

at least the dark age writers focused on other clans rather then just jade falcon and wolf. I am still waiting for a clan snow raven novel (my fav clan). Im thinking in the next novels the clans who fully integrated with the inner sphere are no longer clan and instead identify themselves as inner sphere, and this causes friction, rebellion among clan conservatives. I am thinking a new kerensky emerges to lead the clans to conquer the inner sphere from within.

[Pariah Devalis]

Honestly, I would have rather they had not focused on them if their entire intent was to deface everything they stood for up until that point.

I mean, they do not even offer a logical transition from one to another. Nova Cats having the Spirit Cats break off? OK. Kinda understandable. Clan Nova Cat as a whole continuing to hold the Draconis Combine with honor despite the DC's incessant snubbing of the Nova Cats, constant reduction in their allowed plots of land, and general abuse? All of which would have constituted a breach of honor on the DC's behalf? Followed by blindly DEFENDING a member of the true royal lineage who was instrumental in the Clan's continual degradation?

Good god! Who wrote this crap?

Edit:

I would like to believe in an alternative timeline the Clan would have not been totally complacent. They might have accepted initial reductions in their freedoms, but at a point the Clan would have, you know, acted like a Clan. The contract that was forged between them and the DC would have been voided as a function of the DC trying to rewrite what was agreed upon. A total shutdown of travel to and from the occupied planets would have been warranted, with a temporary isolation.

The idea of seeking help if deemed necessary from, say, Wolf Dragoons, Kell Hounds, Ghost Bear Dominion, or other ex-clan groups to whom, up until the Alshain Avenger incident, they were at least respected if not thought of favorably would have been floated. Diplomacy being such a core aspect of the original writers' books, would play heavily, what with missions sent to either demand change or request diplomatic assistance from, say, House Davion to whom would have no doubt jumped to help annex the Nova Cats from Draconis space. Alternatively, Clan Nova Cat would have aggressively cut itself off from the DC, with a stated ultimatum, in which case the Davions probably would have jumped in anyways because historically they like any chance to stick it to the Snakes.

It all could have been written so much better. So much more logically. So much more to character. >_<

The end results by 3150 might have been the same, but god damn. They would have gone down with the dignity the Clan deserved.

Edited by Pariah Devalis, 21 May 2014 - 02:25 PM.

[_Comrade_]

Imagine your in a campfire with a Clan Goliath scorpion mechwarrior, A Clan Nova Cat mechwarrior and a Clan Coyote mechwarrior. You know something will be "passed around" and you will have trippy visions...and then some ghost bear warrior comes along and wants to share his mead with yea. Good times

[Pariah Devalis]

Grimwill, on 24 May 2014 - 11:23 PM, said:

Imagine your in a campfire with a Clan Goliath scorpion mechwarrior, A Clan Nova Cat mechwarrior and a Clan Coyote mechwarrior. You know something will be "passed around" and you will have trippy visions...and then some ghost bear warrior comes along and wants to share his mead with yea. Good times

No one, not anyone, hosts a BBQ like a Nova Cat BBQ.

[Pariah Devalis]

Hell of a necro post, but this seemed as correct a place to plop this as anywhere else. I created this monster, I will raise it from the dead.

A bit of news: Clan Nova Cat is shutting down its TS in a month. We are moving to Discord: https://discord.gg/zruN9H6

And, yes, "we" do still exist. In extremely limited capacity. Only around a Star's worth of us still active. Most of our actions are in CW scouting or puglandia drops, nowadays.

Edited by Pariah Devalis, 19 January 2017 - 08:43 PM.

[MattNovaCat]

For we shall stand on the soil of Luna
And gaze down at Humanity's Cradle
We will be ilClan and the universe
will tremble at our mighty *meow*.


Addition to the Nova Cat Remembrance (Praetorian)


We will endure

Edited by MattNovaCat, 25 January 2017 - 08:08 PM.

[Pariah Devalis]

Apparently some people have been showing interest in CNCI as of late. For visibility, I am bumping this with the discord channel. I would not say the Nova Cats are disbanded... but I wouldn't say we are active, either. More like... hibernating.

Anywho, discord: https://discord.gg/zruN9H6

[Naglinator]

MattNovaCat, on 25 January 2017 - 07:49 PM, said:

For we shall stand on the soil of Luna
And gaze down at Humanity's Cradle
We will be ilClan and the universe
will tremble at our mighty *meow*.


Addition to the Nova Cat Remembrance (Praetorian)


We will endure

That actually is pretty nice. But.... Nova Cat ilClan.... lol yeah right. FWL has a better chance...

[SneekiBreeki]

Apparently Clan Wolf might become the IlClan. :Y

Also, remember what the combine did to the Nova Cats...

[LastKhan]

Pariah Devalis, on 18 June 2017 - 07:47 AM, said:

Apparently some people have been showing interest in CNCI as of late. For visibility, I am bumping this with the discord channel. I would not say the Nova Cats are disbanded... but I wouldn't say we are active, either. More like... hibernating.

Anywho, discord: https://discord.gg/zruN9H6

We may be scattered to the four winds but i do check in from time to time. With pgi going down a path completely different from when they started with more staleness and questionable methods, its hard to get back into the game.

Who knows, maybe the civil war will breathe new life back into the game. Seems very unlikely to me but we'll see.

Edited by LastKhan, 18 June 2017 - 08:05 AM.

[Pariah Devalis]

TimberWolf87, on 18 June 2017 - 07:56 AM, said:

Apparently Clan Wolf might become the IlClan. :Y

Also, remember what the combine did to the Nova Cats...

Alternate time line, and the Nova Cats ended up getting reborn in the protectorate in the end.

Never trust a Snake, though.

[SneekiBreeki]

Pariah Devalis, on 18 June 2017 - 09:15 AM, said:

Never trust a Snake, though.

Especially when it goes after your very own "trouser snake"...