101011, on 01 September 2014 - 10:55 AM, said:
The point was that the not-named Clan attacked, without warning, the Snow Raven repository. I would not expect a Spheroid to know the severity of such a thing, but rest assured, the reaction was just. In addition, they were advocating against the Clans. They were a cancer which had to be removed, and so they were.
They were advocating against the ideas set forth by Nicholas the Abhorrent and were retaliating against the unjust allocation of resources that were historically theirs to a Clan that was aligned with his misguided, power-mad views.The cancer was Nicholas, and you allowed it to metastasize willingly.
And the attack was not without warning. The Not-Named-Clan was engaged in active hostilities and had driven the Snow Ravens back to their capital. How else do you finish off an enemy unwilling to surrender except by destroying his ability to rebuild and threaten you?
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First, the Clan Invasion as a whole was indeed a surprise attack, unless you are suggesting that you had prior knowledge? It is not enough for us to defeat you, but we have to defeat you in an artistic and wasteful manner as well? Why spend months planning and positioning when in the same amount of time we could have easily won? Again, you will gain no empathy from us for your sorry state of technology. We certainly had no part in the wars which reduced your capabilities to rubble.
The invasion was a surprise. The individual battles were not, at least not to the defenders. A surprise attack is not much of a surprise if you tell your enemy your displacement and then demand they fight with equal numbers.
101011, on 01 September 2014 - 11:30 AM, said:
Our cancer did not cause centuries of war and infighting. By your standards, it would be most efficient to the Clan cause to use orbital weaponry and simply obliterate all resistance below.
Could have fooled me, what with all those centuries of Trials of Possession, Refusal, Annihilation, so on and so forth. Everything you do revolves around killing one another. Proportionally, your violence is the same as ours, you just have less to do it with. And leaving the wealth of the Inner Sphere behind was your choice, you have no right to get back what you willingly left behind.
And yes, that would be more efficient. Much more efficient. Alternatively, you could just
leave when a world is not receptive to your rule. But no, you have to have your glory and prove your strength, you brute. Strength is nothing without compassion, and by barging in and slaughtering people to set your rule you show your lack of compassion.
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Last I checked, I was not being forced to invade the Sphere. Our Great Father was justified in all his actions, as was Nicholas Kerensky. Those who rose up were quelled, as they deserved. Wolverine sought to sow discord amongst the Clans, and was punished for doing so.
But you did, and you forgot why you did. Your Great Father wanted to reunite humanity and create a better life for us upon his return. All you bring is death and a way of life that breeds a state of perpetual war, glorifying combat to the extent that murder is the equivalent of a hand-shake.
That's no better than what we have now.
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There is no negotiating with the weak. You had your chance. Now it is our turn.
And you lost at Tukkayid. Game. Set. Match.
Weakling.
Your only honorable recourse now is self-destruction after such a statement. Die for your shame.