Greenjulius, on 14 January 2015 - 04:47 PM, said:
It looks like they are going in reverse order from the previous sale. Anyone know if the Cicada-3M was associated with any of the houses?
Almost 100% of "M" variants are lore-properly associated with the Marik House.
This is because Marik BattleMechs maintain exceptionally high levels of technology throughout the succession wars (largely due to minimal participation and political red tape/bickering among themselves and inaction). That and most of Marik's forces tend to be tanks with the occasional exceptionally advanced (for the Inner Sphere) company of BattleMechs.
(You'll notice every M variant typically features an XL engine, DHS, and other upgrades).
Side note: Marik does sell its Battlemechs to other factions (especially during the Clan Invasion). From what I understand (though I haven't followed Marik in the 3050 era yet; still in the 2800s), Marik doesn't even participate at all in the Clan Invasion for several years.