When the clans left the took a lot of IS crap with them. They also when they conquered planets took huge caches of IS mechs. These mechs were given to lower class mechwarriors called Bondsmen through rites of trial. As the clans forces pushed forward these bonds men and 2C versions were left as garrison forces on certain worlds. Later on in the war as the IS was attacking Smoke Jaguar one of the huge reasons for the success was most of the Clan forces pulled out of the area let the Bondsmen take the brunt of the attack wave. You see this in Mechwarrior 3, MechCommander.
So this is a huge step forward into creating more diversity for Clan players one biggest issues of community warfare was "oh I am seeing 8 Mad cats in every drop wave!". Answer of course is to give a Clan player a bigger menu of options.
The pack is Corbon Zackery approved! It going to be a great challenge for the development team simply because not much material on these mechs also very few pictures. It will add so much more diversity to Clan drops.
Just to give you some info.
Jenner IIC
The
Jenner was first fielded in September
2784, the same year the Exodus fleet that would eventually become the
Clans left the
Inner Sphere in November. How exactly they acquired this design in that short timeframe is not known, but what is known is that the Clan version fields Clan weaponry, so it is known as the
Jenner IIC. This second-line
BattleMech is still a fast light that is now capable of delivering plenty of short-range missiles. To achieve this, it uses an
XL Engine,
Endo Steel structure, and
mounts only three and a half tons of Ferro-Fibrous armor. It also carries enough
jump jets to leap up to 210 meters at a time. This results in an expensive garrison 'Mech, but one that is still in production nonetheless.
Hunchback IIC
The
Hunchback IIC is a
Clan-tech refit of the venerable
Hunchback. Its
meager six tons of armor, coupled with paltry ammunition and lack of long-range weapons, led Inner Sphere observers to conclude that this 'Mech was a last-ditch effort for failed warriors to die with glory. (This is why Daron is so interested in the mech!) In truth, the assignment of a
Hunchback IIC was essentially a death sentence. Warriors given this machine were not expected to survive their next battle. However, despite the attrition rates expected for pilots of this
BattleMech, the number of
Hunchback IICs within all Clans has remained more or less constant, a surprisingly high 3% of the entire
touman of each Clan.
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After the actions of a star of
Smoke Jaguar Warden MechWarriors, however, this 'Mech has become popular with
Clan Jade Falcon sibbies during their first
Trial of Position as it often allows them one quick kill, though the practice is often derided by older Clanners. Perhaps the only bright spot in this design is the inclusion of
jump jets that allow it to more easily traverse difficult terrain so that it can bring its mammoth guns into play.
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Orion IIC
Since it was the
BattleMech that
Aleksandr Kerensky piloted, the
Orion has always held a special place in the mystique of the
Clans. Even as new technologies were developed during the
Golden Century, only
Clan Wolf dared to think of upgrading this most sacred of 'Mechs. Not a radical reworking of the design, as some Clan upgrades are, the
Orion IIC replaces much of the innards and weapons of the original, while preserving its mass and aesthetics. This IIC upgrade utilizes an
Endo Steel chassis and twelve tons of
Ferro-Fibrous armor, while also making use of twelve
double heat sinks. Clan Wolf has jealously guarded this design, refusing all offers for it.
Some curves will need to be added to knock out the Fat Bottom girls love handles.
Highlander IIC
One of the most popular
Star League BattleMechs, many a
Highlander accompanied
General Aleksandr Kerensky into exile. Some were mothballed, but many found their way into the
toumans of the
Clans. As technology advanced, the weapons systems were upgraded until the design known as the
Highlander IIC finally emerged. Though no new
Highlanders have been produced in over a century, several hundred are still in scattered use throughout the
touman of every Clan.
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With the use of newer, lighter weapons, the damage potential of the
Highlander has roughly doubled. The
IIC also contains enough ammunition that it rarely needs to conserve any during Trials. Clan scientists were forced to rearrange the placement of some weapons within the 'Mech to allow it proper ammo feeds, but the design is largely unchanged. It carries the maximum amount of
Ferro-Fibrous armor that can be crammed on the frame, fourteen and a half tons. As with the original, the
IIC carries enough
jump jets to move up to ninety meters at a time, allowing
MechWarriors to execute the "
Highlander Burial".
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Um the arm will need some love!
A lot of you critics are saying oh great they are so desperate for money they are recycling material. Well yes FASA at this time was desperate for money and they were recycling material. The fact is these IIC mechs are a huge part of the Clan invasion they need to be in the game to give it more of a feel of realism and cannon.
Edited by Corbon Zackery, 25 June 2015 - 08:18 PM.
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Mcgral18, on 25 June 2015 - 07:49 PM, said:
