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[radmin13]

So, he Inner Sphere had their own designated names for the clan mechs. Did the clan have other names for the IS?

[Pariah Devalis]

Not that I know of. Clan pilots actually did their research and call mechs by their proper designations.


We are respectful like that.






Barbarians....

[cazidin]

Among the Clans there was a legend of the most feared Inner Sphere mech to ever grace the battlefield. Veterans who survived an encounter with it told tales of its nigh invulnerability, its deadly precision weapons and its blinding speed. While few did indeed survive to speak of their encounter, those that did called it... "The Deathbringer" or, as known to the Inner Sphere, the Urbanmech.

After many years of fighting the Inner Sphere they would be so fortunate as to acquire the plans and develop an Urbanmech IIC. A force to powerful to field on the frontlines, it stayed back to defend their home worlds against any potential threats.

Edited by cazidin, 27 April 2016 - 09:51 AM.

[Malcolm Vordermark]

A lot of the mech designs are so old that the Clans actually had them when the left the IS as the Star League.

During the invasion ComStar was originally helping the Clans by providing them with intelligence about the forces they would face. Since nearly all forms of communication had to go through ComStar they would have had good details on the number and designs of mechs for a lot of worlds.

Also, Wolf's Dragoons were sent by the Clans as spies. Funnily enough, they were sent with equipment that the Clans felt would be fairly common among Inner Sphere mercs, so as not to raise suspicion. It turns out they were far better equipped than average and did draw attention.

Edited by Rouken Vordermark, 27 April 2016 - 07:24 AM.

[Metus regem]

Pariah Devalis, on 27 April 2016 - 07:12 AM, said:

Not that I know of. Clan pilots actually did their research and call mechs by their proper designations.


We are respectful like that.






Barbarians....

Don't you furries mean you had spies researchers in the IS for fifty years before you came in the form of the Wolf's Dragoons?

[Narcissistic Martyr]

Pariah Devalis, on 27 April 2016 - 07:12 AM, said:

Not that I know of. Clan pilots actually did their research and call mechs by their proper designations.


We are respectful like that.






Barbarians....

More accurately Wolf's dragoons sent you the technical specs and names of the handful of new mechs the IS had designed.

[cazidin]

Narcissistic Martyr, on 27 April 2016 - 07:39 AM, said:

More accurately Wolf's dragoons sent you the technical specs and names of the handful of new mechs the IS had designed.

The true motive of the Clan invasion revealed! They were made aware of the Vindicator, how terrible it was, and thus they grew arrogant and assured of their superiority over the Inner Sphere.

Edited by cazidin, 27 April 2016 - 09:52 AM.

[mogs01gt]

radmin13, on 27 April 2016 - 07:11 AM, said:

So, he Inner Sphere had their own designated names for the clan mechs. Did the clan have other names for the IS?

Nope. The computers within Clan equipment had most of the mechs listed. Examples, such as the Wolfhound that came out during the invasion, was added into their computer systems at the time Kell's mech was captured. Clans would find it dishonorable to give mechs a "childish" name.

[Juodas Varnas]

mogs01gt, on 27 April 2016 - 07:49 AM, said:

Clans would find it dishonorable to give mechs a "childish" name.

Yeah, they prefer the "angsty teen" route of naming things.

[mogs01gt]

Juodas Varnas, on 27 April 2016 - 07:52 AM, said:

Yeah, they prefer the "angsty teen" route of naming things.

Let me rephrase. Clan warriors would not care about naming a mech, that would be beneath them. It would fall to the techs or science castes job.

[cazidin]

mogs01gt, on 27 April 2016 - 07:56 AM, said:

Let me rephrase. Clan warriors would not care about naming a mech, that would be beneath them. It would fall to the techs or science castes job.

I can't help but imagine that somewhere in the science cast is a Naming Officer, Lieutenant Junior Grade secretly plotting to give Clan Mechs the most ridiculous name she thought she could get away with in revenge for the way the Warrior Caste treated her and her fellow Techs and Scientists.

[mogs01gt]

cazidin, on 27 April 2016 - 08:03 AM, said:

I can't help but imagine that somewhere in the science cast is a Naming Officer, Lieutenant Junior Grade secretly plotting to give Clan Mechs the most ridiculous name she thought she could get away with in revenge for the way the Warrior Caste treated her and her fellow Techs and Scientists.

How do think we got the cute fox....

[rolly]

Juodas Varnas, on 27 April 2016 - 07:52 AM, said:

Yeah, they prefer the "angsty teen" route of naming things.

I suppose its better than "Hipster-ish" method of naming. We'd have omni's named "Meh" Apathy and Pabst Blue Ribbon. Though perhaps on a good note their support services would be so apathetic and piss poor that their mechs would fail faster in the field.

[cazidin]

rolly, on 27 April 2016 - 08:10 AM, said:

I suppose its better than "Hipster-ish" method of naming. We'd have omni's named "Meh" Apathy and Pabst Blue Ribbon. Though perhaps on a good note their support services would be so apathetic and piss poor that their mechs would fail faster in the field.

The Gargoyle would look better with a top hat or fedora.

[Narcissistic Martyr]

cazidin, on 27 April 2016 - 11:31 AM, said:

The Gargoyle would look better with a top hat or fedora.

Well it'd be damn near impossible to do anything to it and make it worse...

[Snowbluff]

Narcissistic Martyr, on 27 April 2016 - 12:37 PM, said:

Well it'd be damn near impossible to do anything to it and make it worse...

I mean, the designers... didn't understand simple concepts of "symmetry," "elegance," and "Not-making-an-overengined-trashcan-with-bad-hardpoints."

[Narcissistic Martyr]

Snowbluff, on 27 April 2016 - 12:45 PM, said:

I mean, the designers... didn't understand simple concepts of "symmetry," "elegance," and "Not-making-an-overengined-trashcan-with-bad-hardpoints."

I like to think they created Mr. Gargles just to spite whatever warrior said I like that timber thing but you should make a bigger one that's person shaped.

[Barantor]

I've always wanted the Inner Sphere mechs to read the enemy clan mechs on radar by their IS designation and Clanners vs Clanners read theirs as the clan designation.

Guess it's too complex for some people though...

[Mechteric]

Barantor, on 27 April 2016 - 01:10 PM, said:

I've always wanted the Inner Sphere mechs to read the enemy clan mechs on radar by their IS designation and Clanners vs Clanners read theirs as the clan designation.

Guess it's too complex for some people though...

yeah, it would have to be some kind of optional thing to ever happen

[cazidin]

Snowbluff, on 27 April 2016 - 12:45 PM, said:

I mean, the designers... didn't understand simple concepts of "symmetry," "elegance," and "Not-making-an-overengined-trashcan-with-bad-hardpoints."

I think it's... beautiful. Like a taller, more humanoid shaped Ice Ferret.

Edited by cazidin, 27 April 2016 - 01:56 PM.