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[Jack Gammel]

Marian Hegemony. Their government might be schizophrenic (I don't know how else to describe an interstellar government trying to rebuild the Roman Empire), but its gotta be fun introducing yourself as a centurion. And if you're stuck in the Periphery, you might as well have some fun.

I suppose the Outworlds Alliance would be ok too, but I'm sure it would be more boring.

[Demi-Precentor Konev]

Nueva Castille. I dig the stripes.

Also Hanseatic League. I used to play the Hansa in EU3 a lot.

[Kooroush Azartash]

The Taurians might be a bit xenophobic, but sarna.net says they boasted a better economy, a superb education system, and finer artistic achievements than even some of the Great Houses. That's pretty cool.

[Sofiya Deschain]

Magistracy of Canopus for me.

[Hayden]

Stone Profit, on 17 January 2012 - 08:17 PM, said:

My bad I always forget them. Added them if you want to change your vote.

Naw, I've always been an Outworlds backer, but Canopus is a pretty big deal and the poll just didn't feel right without.

[Thorn Hallis]

Outworld Alliance for me, as I'm more at home in a fightercraft then a mech.

[DFDelta]

Outworld Alliance for the same reason I like Clan Snow Raven.

I love their heavy reliance on fighters. "Why should I bother with ground forces if I can blow up any attacking enemy before he even gets close to my planets"
They are so awesome pilots that the other periphery nations hire their pilots as trainers on their academies, and even some great houses do that. And they beat up some clan snow raven pilots in a space battle. Considering the huge difference in tech between a periphery nation and the clans that is like shooting down a F-16 while flying a Spitfire.

[Argon3]

Man I am just a bit out of touch
Last time I did Mechwarrior stuff was the Wizkids game
Is the Republic still arouds?

[Stone Profit]

Argon3, on 18 January 2012 - 11:11 AM, said:

Man I am just a bit out of touch
Last time I did Mechwarrior stuff was the Wizkids game
Is the Republic still arouds?

Well, that depends on what you mean by The Republic. Free Rasalhague Republic? Republic of the Sphere? or Rim Worlds Republic? lol The FRR is still around, but something tells me theyre gonna have a bad year. The RotS hasnt occured yet, about 35 years too early for that. RWR has been dead for like 300 years.

Hope that helped

[VEDRFOLNIR]

Always liked the Taurians... their ability to fight the might of the SLDF for 20 years(!) was always awe-inspiring to me.

Xenophobia aside, the Concordat's aim to improve the lot of its' citizenry was also very cool.

[AC]

OA all the way. They build Aerospace fighters for DC. They might have the lowest litteracy of all the periphery nations, but at one point they were well educated with a high level of technology. The long road program is trying to bring them back to that golden era, and who doesn't like a comback story?!??! I also liked the OA Bombadier. A arrow 4 artillary mech with a large number of Rocket Launcher 20's as backup weaons. Plus it can really MOVE for a heavy mech, where as most artillary mechs/tanks are quite slow.

Taurian Concordat is fun too. Highly educated they have a large number of universities and public libraries. They also come up with their own mech designs and weapons. (Well the rocket launcher isn't all that special, but it is a new weapon.) And who doesn't like running up to an enemy and unloading 100 missiles in their face.

[GrimJim]

Oberon Confederation.

Feared/Courted by two Houses. Unwittingly produced Pirate king after Pirate king. First to toe-to-toe with the clans. Always a good plot device for the novels.

Would have loved to see their alliances work out making them the new northside Capellan Confederation.

Edited by GrimJim, 18 January 2012 - 01:36 PM.

[TRK]

TC all the way, thier emblem looks cool

[BarHaid]

Magestry of Canopus. They've got all the babes.

[macmerritt]

For Rome! Hail Caeser!

Marian Hegemony, is one of my favorite realms. Despite one despot, Sean, the other rulers of the Hegemony did nothing but improve the Marian realm from a handful of backwater worlds into a major Periphery power in just over a hundred years. Marius O'Reilly shifted the economy from a pirate kingom supported economy, colonized several new worlds, and founded the Collegium Bellorum Imperium (Imperial War Colllege), which became the second finest periphey academy behind only the Canopian Institute of War.

Unfortunatley Sean O'Reilly, Marius son, turned the Hegemony from a Republic into more of a dictatorship. He expanded the Marian Armed forces from one legion into three and eventually invaded and conquered the Lothian League. Luckily Sean's reign was short lived as his son, Julius gained support from both the military and civilian bases and after conquering the Illyrian Palatinate returned home to depose his father. Since then Julius has returned alot of the rights his father removed and is slowly shifting the Hegemony back to the Republic style that both his grandfather Marius and the founder Johann, hope the Hegemony could be.


For such a small nation it has come along way in a short time. Over the course of 20 years(3048-3067) its military increased from one legion to six, roughly 8 conventional battlemech regiments. Like a fellow Hegemony supported stated, its gotta be cool as heck to climb out of a mech and be refered to as Centurion.

Edited by MacMerritt, 18 January 2012 - 01:50 PM.

[Rustic Dude]

Nueva Castille just because being Spain-by-proxy (Medieval Reconquista Spain IN SPAAACE, what's not to like), although I always found the Marian Hegemony fun. They even conquer the Illyrians, what is next, some Dacian Dominion?

[Fiachdubh]

The Periphery Nations ,IMO, are more interesting and colourfull than the Major Houses.
Would be happy with any one of several choices but OA has allways edged it for me and I like their unique preferance for aerospace over landbound mechs. Their merging with my favourite clan ties things up nicely for me later on too. Marian Hegemony also deserves a mention but then so do several of the other periphery states as well.

[Ghost]

Taurian Concordat. Dig those guys a whole bunch. Not to mention they seem to be one of the only factions out there that even still consider expanding...

[Lima Zulu]

Magistracy of Canopus. I like sound of word "Hedonistic". Sounds like those guys (and girls) really know, how to spend time. Also Magistracy is (or will be at least) CC ally. I like the way Chancellor "allied" Magextrix

[Solis Obscuri]

Tortuga Dominions, of course!

The Magistracy is a runner-up.