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[FireForEffect]

Geetings fellow Capellans,

I was just reading the various posts around here and it's clear many people have a strong association with House Liao and that got me thinking about where this loyalty came from.

I always liked the Raven in MW4, got hooked on it and gradually found myself reading more and more about it's origins. My folks are from Hong Kong so that just strengthened the bond. Over time I've graduated to a Catapult (hence my name) but have stayed loyal to the cause. I've tired of MW4 now but am now going back to Battletech roots with MW2 Mercs and get my TT fix through MegaMek.

So what got you started as a loyal Capellan citizen (or associated merc)?

F4E

Edited by FireForEffect, 06 January 2012 - 12:55 AM.

[Grayson Pryde]

Allways liked the Capellen confederation. Their most effective secret service, their nice and totaly sane rulers and the inglorious Mc Carrons Armored Cavalry....

Okay now i tell you what i realy like. Their freakin sneaky mechs, the totally awsome Catapult, the warrior houses and their hilariuos wedding reactions.

[metro]

lol...Grayson.!!! Warrior House Imarra! YO !


FFE.....here is the link to some good history. The direct link you will find halfway down the page you get some history on me.

for everyone else...you will have to go back to page 1 and start from the beginning.

http://mwomercs.com/...o/page__st__120

Edited by Metro, 05 January 2012 - 09:00 AM.

[Thorn Hallis]

Me always likes the underdog. And death commandos.

[Adridos]

I like helping the most overseen part of communities (everyone goes heavies, I take mediums.) and join them. And since Capellans are one of such communities, I chose to fight for them. I got rewarded with nice history and good people, never looked back.

[Bernardo Sinibaldi]

Out of Universe:

Spoiler

I started playing Battletech in my first year at highschool when I joined a club. One of the main guys there had a massive Davion force and so most games involved him taking on all comers. My first game was when I joined midway through a campaign - a combined Liao military and merc force raiding a Davion world. I inherited a battle damaged (one armed) Wasp, joined the Merc unit and managed to survive the first couple of engagements. A later battle involved city fighting and the Davion player brought along a shiny new, untested Urbanmech that I defeated single-handedly for my first kill. My in-game character (Bernardo) piloted the Urbanmech for the rest of the campaign (making a couple more kills).

I'm not ashamed to admit we were sorely beaten in that campaign and barely managed to escape the planet with our lives. Bernardo survived as did the bulk of the Liao force but all the other mercs fell on the way to the dropships. That's what happens when you overcommit your forces and get encircled. RIP "The Jumping Jacks" (lesson for today: don't go somewhere you can't run or fight your way out of). I'd forged a good bond with the Liao commander though and we agreed that my character would be "retained" and would fight alongside the unit again.

That continued for six years or so - primarily a series of Davion versus Liao campaigns with me in a scratch company of mercs based on who could make it to the sessions. Good times. We had very detailed, and strict, campaign rules (dead means dead) and only a few pilots from that first game were still alive when I left school. Bernardo was one though - still with the Urbie but sitting on a fortune thanks to salvage.

There's more (at university etc) but I think it was those early formative years that got me into the Liao camp in a big way. The fact that I remember all those early games in detail tells me something. Plus there's the entire "just win (baby)" attitude to combat that I like.

I had a brief dalliance online gaming but never got into MW4 in a big way so didn't get involved in any of the online clans like many here. But I'm here now and am looking forward to fighting alongside you all.

In Universe:

Spoiler

The money's good, I get discounts on ammo and spares and I've always had a thing for Capellan girls. Keep a steady supply of those going and you can have my sword-arm* as long as you need it.


* For "sword arm", please read AC/10. The other arm's got a small laser on it but frankly that's there to distract the opposition with a pretty light show if I run out of AC ammo.

Edited by Bernardo Sinibaldi, 05 January 2012 - 02:43 PM.

[Tifalia]

That House Liao has always stood apart from the other Houses always appealed to me and that my fiance if Chnese kind of seals the deal.

[Lio Lio]

to be honest...I assumed that Kurita (1st choice) and Davion ( 2nd) would be filled to the brim with asshats wanting to be on the cannonized "winning team". So a mix of wanting to be the underdog and trying to aviod the community where i think the "l33+" will congregate.

[Zectorman]

Im in the same boat as Lio Lio. From the little knowledge of lore i know, Capellans have taken hit after hit from Davion and some strikes from Marik right under their noses. Now while i kinda wanted to be Kurita (What can i say, im a samurai freak) i saw that the Capellans were the underdog, but seeing them not giving up and even fighting back really impressed me. Pride is a sin, one that House Liao is full of, but it seems to be the only thing holding it together. I'm looking forward to giving House Liao something to be proud in, a fierce some Mechwarrior Force.

[metro]

Zectorman, on 12 January 2012 - 10:55 AM, said:

Im in the same boat as Lio Lio. From the little knowledge of lore i know, Capellans have taken hit after hit from Davion and some strikes from Marik right under their noses. Now while i kinda wanted to be Kurita (What can i say, im a samurai freak) i saw that the Capellans were the underdog, but seeing them not giving up and even fighting back really impressed me. Pride is a sin, one that House Liao is full of, but it seems to be the only thing holding it together. I'm looking forward to giving House Liao something to be proud in, a fierce some Mechwarrior Force.

And your fierce warrior skills, will be happily put to good use.

[Ralinos]

I always liked the style of House Liao, though their completely insane rulers turned me off to them. Lets see if your exploits match your pride!

加油!

[metro]

Ralinos, on 12 January 2012 - 02:23 PM, said:

I always liked the style of House Liao, though their completely insane rulers turned me off to them. Lets see if your exploits match your pride!

加油!

LOL...Welcome to MWO Ralinos!

[Jasin Lochnivar]

I guess I'm the odd one. I'm not a Capellan, per se. I'm a sucker for the St. Ives, so, in for a penny, in for a pound.

[Psychopath]

Hmm, I don't know for me Thing is, IRL, I am a communist. When it comes around to factions based on real life, I don't want to be seen as some right winged nutcase who thinks everyone must have white skin or needs to be rich to be called "human", so I chose House Liao I am still looking into the houses, and I will see what there is to see, but I think House Liao is the best for me. I just hope the ingame MW:O def colours wont look like *****, hahahaha!

@ Ralinos: Insane ? Insanity gave birth to creativity. I think you're quite dead wrong to assume insane leaders are bad things. Besides, we all need a bit of chaos in our lives! HAHAHAHAHAHA! And if you think HL's leaders are insane, I think House Davion and Steiner houses have been far worse.....

Edited by Psychopath, 13 January 2012 - 01:34 AM.

[metro]

Welcome aboard...and to MWO Psycho!

[Thorn Hallis]

Hey, there are only 2 cases of actual insanity in the list of the Chancellors. The rest was just more or less...uhm...unstable. ^v^

[Alaskan Viking]

Psychopath, on 13 January 2012 - 01:29 AM, said:

Hmm, I don't know for me Thing is, IRL, I am a communist. When it comes around to factions based on real life, I don't want to be seen as some right winged nutcase who thinks everyone must have white skin or needs to be rich to be called "human", so I chose House Liao I am still looking into the houses, and I will see what there is to see, but I think House Liao is the best for me. I just hope the ingame MW:O def colours wont look like *****, hahahaha!

@ Ralinos: Insane ? Insanity gave birth to creativity. I think you're quite dead wrong to assume insane leaders are bad things. Besides, we all need a bit of chaos in our lives! HAHAHAHAHAHA! And if you think HL's leaders are insane, I think House Davion and Steiner houses have been far worse.....

I'm far to the right of George W. Bush, and just left of Adulf Hitler, (which is pretty meaningless since left-right distinctions are essentially useless for describing political ideologies, unless you are talking about members of the French house during the revolution...) and I don't think that "everyone needs to be white or be rich to be called human". In fact I know a lot of right wing nutjobs and none of them think that way, why, anyone who believed that right wingers thought that way would have to be some kind of commi....never mind!

Edited by Alaskan Viking, 13 January 2012 - 05:07 AM.

[Adridos]

Alaskan...Viking.

No politics and no FRR vikings on our soil. Except for the ones who want to chat with Metro.

[Thorn Hallis]

Well, maybe in 2 to 3 years the FRR is simply known as the Rasalhague Communality.

[THE 3rdbreed]

I personally am a rabid fan of the Capellan Confederation. This came about from reading the sourcebooks. I mean every other nation decided to *try* and crush the Confederation. The sooner we can get back that which we had the better it is, and If I can be a part of it better still!