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[Mechwarrior4670152]

Not sure if this is exactly the right place to put this, but I am trying to get a list of what factions each of the hero mechs belongs to, and the names of the pilots driving them.

I tried digging through the announcements section for the lore tidbits, but my web browsers (both firefox and chrome) are not being very friendly in this endevor, and was hoping for some help from the other forum users

What mechs I am missing pilot/affiliation info on are as follows:
For this Inner Sphere
Osiris
Spider
Urbanmech (pretty sure this is supposed to be Bishop Steiner though)
Firestarter
Jenner
Cicada
Blackjack
Hunchback (I think I remember there being a lore tidbit for this one?)
Trebuchet
Uziel
Kintaro
Wolverine
Catapult (Butterbee) - just need some clarification on her affiliation- would she count as Davion?
Capatult (Jester)
Jagermech
Thunderbolt
Battlemaster (this one seems to be a normal variant given hero status?)
Banshee
Annihilator


For the Clans
Piranha (not expecting anything for this one yet)
Cougar
Arctic Wolf
Black Lanner (similar to the Piranha)
Linebacker
Nova Cat
Marauder IIC
Mad Cat MK2
Supernova

If anyone is missing info on hero mechs in their own lists, I can share the data I've got.
Several are not found on Sarna (like Boar's Head) but I have the TRO's they are mentioned in.

[Karl Streiger]

Incomplete unsorted unformated list
Most Heros are based on the 3025 TRO (the first)
Locust - Lori Calmar - Merc for Steiner
Commando Bono Duganmore - 22th Syke Range (Steiner)
Javelin - "Wildman" Bill Wilkes - 4th Deneb Light Cavalry (Davion)
Spider
FireStarter - Jenny Umbra - Hendrik of Oberon (Pirate)
Jenner
Panther - Minobu/Fuhito Tetsuhara - (Kurita) (Novel)
Assassin Dale Sandstrom - (Marik)
Cicada
Black Jack - Michael Ubodo Deneb Light Cavalyr (Davion)
Phoenix Hawk - Paul Masters - 1st Knights of the Inner Sphere (Marik) Novel
Phoenix Hawk - Shin Yodama - Kurita (Otomo later in Invasion) - Novel
Vindicator - Michael Jones - 14th St Ives Armored Cavalry (Liao)
Centurion - Justin Allard - Davion Novel
Hunchback -
Enforcer - Davion (Daniel Waylen maybe)
Trebuchet - PGI Pun
Griffin - Davion (I can say that Sparkiy 2.0 was involved in the fighting of New Avalon
Shadow Hawk - Grayson Charlyle - Merc (Steiner)
Wolverine - Should be Salome Ward - Kell Hounds (steiner)
Dragon ? Kurita
Dragon ? Kurita
Quickdraw - Ivy Upsalom Redjack Ryan (Pirate)
Rifleman - Gray Norton - Merc and Solaris Champion
JaegerMech
Catapult -
Catapult - ButterBee Jenny Templeton Chesterton Reserves (Liao)
Archer - Morgan Kell - Kell Hound (Steiner
Catapract - Liao
Grashopper - Tor Mirabor Free Rasalhague Republic
Warhammer - Natascha Kerensky (Wolf Dragoon)
Marauder - Bounty Hunter
Orion - Alexander Kerensky
Awesome - Danielle Peterson - Chisholm's Raiders Davion
Victor - Ardan Sortek - Davion
Zeus - Sealth 10 Skye Ranger (Steiner)
Stalker - Elliot St.Jamais (Wolf Dragoon)
BattleMaster
Cyclops - Ariana Winston (Eridani Light Horse Cavalry) Merc - PGI PUN
Mauler
HIghlander - Rhonda Snord Merc
Banshee El Guapo (Merc)
Atlas - Rodney van Kleven - 6th Syrtis Fusiliers - Davion
King Crab - PGI Pun

Edited by Karl Streiger, 14 November 2017 - 02:18 AM.

[CycKath]

Blackjack - Michael Ubodo - House Davion
Catapult (Butterbee) - Very much NOT Davion - Jenny Templeton of the Chesterton Reserves
Thunderbolt - Mary Tallman
Battlemaster - Unique variant for Star League Martial Olympiad

The rest...

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CycKath, on 14 November 2017 - 01:59 AM, said:

Catapult (Butterbee) - Very much NOT Davion

Yeah, I got that much, but since from what I could see that area is (currently) Davion controlled...
I wasn't sure how to label that one.

Partially because I am trying to put appropriate warhorns into what heros I have.

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Karl Streiger, on 14 November 2017 - 01:55 AM, said:

Incomplete unsorted unformated list Most Heros are based on the 3025 TRO (the first)

Yeah, I know that much, that is one of the only TROs I have a physical copy of

Karl Streiger, on 14 November 2017 - 01:55 AM, said:

Atlas - Rodney van Kleven

Partially because of this guy.
He is not mentioned on Sarna that I could find, but I enjoyed reading about him in the TRO.
I felt PGI did a good job in capturing the feel of the character with their Boar's Head (While giving us a Kodiak before that was an option at the same time)

Thanks for filling in some of what I was missing!

CycKath, on 14 November 2017 - 01:59 AM, said:

...Battlemaster - Unique variant for Star League Martial Olympiad...

That explains why it is listed on Sarna as simply a basic variant, without any real information other than loadout.

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Karl Streiger, on 14 November 2017 - 01:55 AM, said:

Lori Calmar - Merc for Steiner

Actually I just finished reading the Gray Death trilogy.
Lori started out as a Merc hired by Kurita, got double crossed, and became one of the founding members of the Gray Death Legion.

They spend the second book working for a world that doesn't want to be Steiner or Kurita, and the third working for (and against) Marik
Third book she moves up to Grayson's shadowhawk.

She actually comes from out in the periphery.

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Karl Streiger, on 14 November 2017 - 01:55 AM, said:

Vindicator - Michael Jones - 14th St Ives Armored Cavalry (Liao)

Reading about him on Sarna, it seems that like the Butterbee, he was not very loyal to the faction that technically controlled his world

Saint Ives Blues is listed there as being a shining example for the Saint Ives Compact, which, while it didn't last long, was technically it's own faction for a while. (sort of like the FRR, but didn't last as long)
Though it also lists it as being his fathers mech, so....

I have a Liao warhorn in him though, because the SIC was lead by Justin Allard's wife.... who was a Liao.

Karl Streiger, on 14 November 2017 - 01:55 AM, said:

Enforcer - Davion (Daniel Waylen maybe)

That is what PGI's page has it listed as

Karl Streiger, on 14 November 2017 - 01:55 AM, said:

Griffin - Davion (I can say that Sparkiy 2.0 was involved in the fighting of New Avalon

For some reason I was thinking Steiner

Karl Streiger, on 14 November 2017 - 01:55 AM, said:

Wolverine - Should be Salome Ward - Kell Hounds (steiner)

Should be?

Karl Streiger, on 14 November 2017 - 01:55 AM, said:

Catapult - ButterBee Jenny Templeton Chesterton Reserves (Liao)

The map that came with the BT starter set put her world a fair ways into Davion space, and Sarna kept talking about how it was conquered by Davion.

If it had started as Liao that would explain a fair bit (though it is a fair bit from that border on my map)

Karl Streiger, on 14 November 2017 - 01:55 AM, said:

Catapract - Liao

My research gave me Grigori Kovalenko, and labeled him as a mercenary (though on a crusade to hunt all Cataphracts not in Liao hands)

Karl Streiger, on 14 November 2017 - 01:55 AM, said:

Stalker - Elliot St.Jamais (Wolf Dragoon)

Sarna has his name written as J. Elliot Jamison

Karl Streiger, on 14 November 2017 - 01:55 AM, said:

King Crab - PGI Pun

Ivo Greenburg of Greenburg's Godzillas is technically canon.

Though there is a lot of PGI fun in there.
Sarna doesn't list of what mech he drove though, and I think I would have held off for the Annihilator myself, just for the extra pun fun

[Mechwarrior4670152]

Thanks guys, this helped a lot.

Here is the list as I have it right now:
LCT-PB - Lori Kalmar - Gray Death Legion
COM-TDK - Bono Duganmare - Steiner
JVN-HT - "Wildman" Bill Wilkes - Davion
OSR-SE - ?
SDR-A - ?
UM-K9 - Bishop Stiener (?) - Steiner (?)
FS9-E - Jenny Umbra - Pirate
JR7-O - ?
PNT-KK - Minobu Tetsuhara - Kurita
RVN-H - Odin Sugurd - FRR
WLF-GR - Phelan Kell - Kell Hounds
ASN-DD - Dale Sandstrom - Marik
CDA-X5 - ?
BJ-A - Michael Ubodo - Davion
HSN-7D2 - Jane Halperin - Pirate
PXH-KK - Shin Yodama - Kurita
PXH-R - Paul Masters - Marik
VND-SIB - Michael Jones - Saint Ives Compact
CN9-YLW - Justin Allard - Davion
CRB-FL - Judith Faber - ComStar
ENF-GH - Daniel Waylen - Davion
HBK-GI - ?
TBT-LDG - ?
UZL-BE - ?
BSW-HR - Valten Ryder - Mercenary
GRF-1E - Elle Bennet - Steiner
KTO-GB - ?
SHD-GD - Grayson Carlyle - Gray Death Legion
WVR-Q - ?
DRG-FA - Donald Takeda - Kurita
DRG-FL - Martin Takeda - Kurita
QKD-IV4 - "Ladykiller" Ivy Upsalom - Pirate
RFL-LK - Gray Norton - Solaris
CPLT-BB - Jenny Templeton - Liao
CPLT-J - ?
JM6-FB - ?
RHG-R - Anaya Kone - Solaris
TDR-TD - Mary Tallman - Davion
ARC-T - Morgan Kell - Kell Hounds - Bonus
CTF-IM - Grigori Kovalenko - Mercenary
GHR-MJ - Tor Miraborg - FRR
WHM-BW - Natasha Kerensky - Wolf's Dragoons - Bonus
BL-P-KNT - Ian McKinnon - Davion
MAD-BH2 - The Bounty Hunter - Mercenary
ON1-P - Aleksandr Kerensky - SLDF
TNS-HA - Felix Grimstead - Mercenary
AWS-PB - Danielle Peterson - Davion
VTR-DS - Ardan Sortek - Davion
ZEU-SK - Sealth - Steiner
BLR-1GHE - Star League?
STK-M - J. Elliot Jamison - Wolf's Dragoons
CP-S - Ariana Winston - Eridani Light Horse - Bonus
HGN-HM - Rhonda Snord - Snord's Irregulars
MAL-KO - Zachary Miles Hawkins - Steiner
BNC-LM - El Guapo - Mercenary
NSR-WP - Shelly Brubaker - Wolf's Dragoons
ANH-MB - ?
AS7-BH - Rodney Van Kleven - Davion
KGC-KJ - Ivo Greenburg - Greenburg'ss Godzillas


PIR-Cipher - ?
MLX-Ebon Dragon - Sumner Osis - Smoke Jaguar
ACH-Shard - Eva Hordwon - Ice Hellion
KFX-Purifier - Brett Andrews - Steel Viper
ADR-Cinder - Dirk Radick - Wolf
COU-Blood Adder - ? - Blood Adder ?
JRY-IIC-Fury - Zane Nova Cat - Nova Cat
ACW-Blood Kit - ?
VPR-Medusa - Dwillt Radick - Wolf
IFR-Rainbow Crow - Karl Devalis - Nova Cat
SHC-Mishipeshu - Lucian Carns - Nova Cat
HBK-IIC-Deathwish - [Star of Rage] - Smoke Jaguar
HMN-Pakhet - Calvin Deleportas - Nova Cat
NVA-Breaker - Mar Helmer - Jade Falcon
BKL-Bellonarius - ?
SCR-Lacerator - Barbara Sennet - Diamond Shark
MDD-Bandit - Russou Howell - Smoke Jaguar
EBJ-Espirit de Corps - Vesper Beckett - Cloud Cobra
HBR-Virago - Joanna Jade - Falcon
LBK-Redline - ?
NCT-Cobra Cat - ?
SMN-Pride - Aidan Pryde - Jade Falcon
NTG-Jade kit - Timur Malthus - Jade Falcon
ON1-IIC-Skoll - Jaela Ward - Wolf
TBR-Warrant - Vlad Ward - Wolf
GAR-Kin Wolf - Ulric Kerensky - Wolf
MAD-IIC-Scorch - ?
WHK-Nanuq - Hunter Tseng - Ghost Bear
HGN-IIC-Keeper - Hazel Star - Adder
MCII-Deathstrike - ?
SNV-Boiler - ?
EXE-Cherbi - Gorman Bekker - Ghost Bear
DWF-Ultraviolet - Jin Mehta - Smoke Jaguar
KDK-Spirit Bear - Laurie Tseng - Ghost Bear


Edit:
Adding links to sources
Edied Edit:
Links added to what sources I could find.

Edited by Wence the Wanderer, 21 November 2017 - 05:54 PM.

[CycKath]

You have the wrong Griffin Sparky - Sparky which we got was Steiner - Elle Bennet was in the 5th Dongeal Guards and was using it in the War of 3039.

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CycKath, on 14 November 2017 - 01:07 PM, said:

You have the wrong Griffin Sparky - Sparky which we got was Steiner - Elle Bennet was in the 5th Dongeal Guards and was using it in the War of 3039.

All I had to go on for that was Sarna, which lists her as driving the same machine we have on Smurfy and in game.

Sarna lists 2 Sparky
Sparky:
The personal ‘Mech of Elle Bennett of the 5th Donegal Guards, prior to the War of 3039 she had replaced the LRM launcher of her Griffin with five medium lasers, one mounted in each torso, one beside the PPC and two in Sparky's left arm. The additional weight saved goes towards an extra heat sink and an additional ton of armor. ^[2] BV (2.0) = 1,449

Which matches what we have in game



and Sparky 2.0
The personal ‘Mech of Leftenant Natasha Ergen of the 5th FedCom RCT, her stock Griffin had been refitted with Ferro-Fibrous armor and a Light Fusion Engine. Fourteen Double Heat sinks and a Targeting Computer allowed Ergen to obtain maximum effect from an all-energy weapons array consisting of an ER PPC, two standard Medium Lasers mounted one per side torso alongside three ER Medium Lasers, one mounted in each torso component. BV (2.0) = 1,862^[23]

Which does not
Can you give more information?

Edit:
Removed [Color] coding

Edited Edit:
Also, Sarna had lead me to believe it was a Steiner pilot, and forgot to ask the other guy similar to what I had asked you

Edited by Wence the Wanderer, 14 November 2017 - 02:04 PM.

[Mechwarrior4670152]

Also, for a fun fact on Grayson Carlyle, his middle name is based on one found in real life

Though it is apparently pronounced De-Ath, two syllables.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Awesome - Adam Steiner (although if the Axman is added, that would work too)
Summoner - Nicolai Malthus
Mad Dog - Kristen Redmond

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MeiSooHaityu, on 20 November 2017 - 04:57 AM, said:

Awesome - Adam Steiner (although if the Axman is added, that would work too)
Summoner - Nicolai Malthus
Mad Dog - Kristen Redmond

None of those match what information PGI has given on the mechs or pilots....

You can look at the info for the Summoner and Mad Dog on the store page, and those two even list their pilots.
Pretty Baby (the Awesome hero) was even listed in one of the TROs as using a mech by that name.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Wence the Wanderer, on 20 November 2017 - 12:35 PM, said:

None of those match what information PGI has given on the mechs or pilots....

You can look at the info for the Summoner and Mad Dog on the store page, and those two even list their pilots.
Pretty Baby (the Awesome hero) was even listed in one of the TROs as using a mech by that name.

I'm just joking around a bit, I probably should have made that clearer in the original post. Sorry for any confusion.

Those pilots are from the Cartoon series , and not from MWO.

[Mechwarrior4670152]

Further reading shows Sparky's pilot's unit being a Steiner Loyalist - not Davion

[Mechwarrior4670152]

Also, Mary Tallman's unit (and the Top Dog hero Thunderbolt) are very very unlikely to be Kurita Loyalist, due to their parent formation being part of the AFFS

[Mechwarrior4670152]

Just noticed that Kaiju (the King Crab hero) has Ebirah's name written on one leg.