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[Thorn Hallis]

Besides those two books I suggest to read both Capellean Solution novels ("Threads of Ambition" and "The Killing Fields"), plus "Double Blind" and "Binding Force".

[metro]

welcome to MW:O OGP

and welcome to the best house in the innersphere.

Read over the threads under House Liao, you will get to know a lot about the character of the people who pledge their services

to the Jade Throne in Sians Celestial City.


As for BT manuals concerning House Liao. Several of the manuals written over the last decade or two, contain snippets about all of the houses, so there are plenty to get your interests spiked.

2 of my favourites are the recent ones concerning the Jihad series...so give them a looksie.

[Youngblood]

Welcome to the fold, Citizen.

Any questions about unit organization and tactics? I might be able to pitch in a few tidbits of info on that front.

[Adridos]

OhGilPin, on 23 March 2012 - 12:17 PM, said:

Thanks, I will keep you in mind if I have any questions. Nice to see I am not a Servitor and have been granted Citizenship so easily

You are a mechwarrior. The elite of all elite in the most elite of the houses.

What more could you do to get your citizenship?


Nice to see a new mechwarrior standing alongside us. Welcome.

Edited by Adridos, 23 March 2012 - 12:28 PM.

[Exilyth]

OhGilPin, on 23 March 2012 - 02:33 AM, said:

So I just thought I would drop a post here and see what the community is like under this house, and find
out how many people will be fighting within the GMT (UK) time zone?

Welcome, fellow citizen.

I am sure our ways will cross sometime and fate will allow us to fight alongside each other, an event I look forward to in anticipation.
(OOC: I'm sitting at GMT +1, so that's quite likely to happen. )

[Dlardrageth]

Metro, on 23 March 2012 - 03:38 AM, said:

and welcome to the best house in the innersphere.

Stop trolling, Metro, or we might have to report you to a forum moderator! Sheesh, next you will claim that the CCAF actually generally puts up a fight instead of toppling over at the mere sight of FedRats.

[Name140704]

....
Just kidding

In all seriousness, welcome to the forum. It doesn't matter what house you play for as long as you enjoy yourself. The Capellan Solution books are very good. They deal with the St. Ives compact and tensions thereof.

Best of luck to you!

[Scanlon]

I hope to battle alongside you OhGilPin. For honour!

[Kyll Long]

NARCoMAN, on 24 March 2012 - 10:08 AM, said:

....
Just kidding

In all seriousness, welcome to the forum. It doesn't matter what house you play for as long as you enjoy yourself. The Capellan Solution books are very good. They deal with the St. Ives compact and tensions thereof.

Best of luck to you!

It should be pointed out it took three houses joined together to do that. Heck thats something we're proud of. How would your House survive an all out by 3 others?

[GI Journalist]

OhGilPin, on 23 March 2012 - 03:32 AM, said:

Hi, Thorn
Thanks for the novel suggestions I shall get on them as soon as I can.

Pretty much anything by Loren Coleman is worth a read by a Capellan fan. However, if you want to understand the situation at the time of MW:O, the Warrior Trilogy by Michael Stackpole is a must. (Spoilier: It doesn't end well for us.)

[Der Kommissar]

Kyll Long, on 27 March 2012 - 05:57 AM, said:

It should be pointed out it took three houses joined together to do that. Heck thats something we're proud of. How would your House survive an all out by 3 others?

Don't forget that the state was de facto led by a madwoman (Romano), legally ruled by a broken-down madman (Max), and riddled with traitors (Candace, Justian Xiang) as well as worthless incompetents (Pavel Ridzik) who were also often traitors.

[Thom Frankfurt]

Thorn Hallis, on 23 March 2012 - 03:19 AM, said:

Besides those two books I suggest to read both Capellean Solution novels ("Threads of Ambition" and "The Killing Fields"), plus "Double Blind" and "Binding Force".

Yeah, Aris Sung is a badass. There's another novel that has Sun Tzu as a POV character, but for the life of me I can't remember the name of it...

[Bruce Adders]

Greetings loyal Capellan citizens. I have been a mechwarrior of House Liao since 1987... I mean, 3025. In those days I piloted Locusts, Warhammers and other venerable mechs. After years of retirement, mercenary work and a brief but successful stint in the arenas of Solaris, I've enlisted once again within the Capellan military. The threat of the cursed Federated Commonwealth was too great to ignore. I only hope my experience and veteran's medals will give me a chance to join the Red Lancers.

Death to the enemies of House Liao!

[Adridos]

Welcome Bruce Adders.

Reports from the field indicate that in those years, Fed Suns got even dumbier, so you shouldn't have problems sending their mechs to mech heaven even without your older mechs, which "disappeared".

[Bruce Adders]

Thankyou Adridos.

I never had a problem with House Davion or House Steiner before - that is, never had a problem legging their mechs. The most balanced, I feel, and my favourite old mech was the Marauder. I loved that old girl. Admittedly the heat was an issue back before double heat sinks, but with those chicken legs of hers in a lake, it was PPC heaven.

[Exilyth]

Bruce Adders, on 31 March 2012 - 11:56 PM, said:

Greetings loyal Capellan citizens. I have been a mechwarrior of House Liao since 1987... I mean, 3025.

Welcome, citizen.

It is always enlightening to talk with older more experienced mechwarriors. They often know the one or other trick that you can't learn in the academy.

[Bruce Adders]

Good to hear from you Exilyth. One thing they can teach as much as they want at academies is twin PPCs to the enemy mech's head. I took a decade of pounding Davion mechs into the dust to be able to pull that move off more than once per tour of duty.

I'm waiting for an offer from McCarron's Armoured Cavalry, 1st Company. If I get the offer, and like it, I might forget about the Red Lancers.

[rollermint]

Greetings all,

I too have decided to fight for the CCAF. While at first I joined the FRR for its "underdog" lore status, I realised that isn't necessarily the case once the game launches. It seems this is everyone's "favourite" hated faction and I tend to gravitate towards such sides. And the player statistics on another thread made by another player seemed to confirm this.

So here I am, I hope to make friends with other CCAF pilots and wish us all the best

[Woodstock]

Hello.

As Woodstock was a Capellan world until the 4th succession war.

I will be playing an Ex Capellan citizen who grew up under the heel of a foreign invading government.

This will drive me to form my own Merc company that will in its own small way fight to further the interests of the Capellan confederation.

Merc company name (only an idea)

Jin Yao Guai (Metal Demons in Mandarin)

[Mechanus]

I've noticed that no one has bothered linking this:

http://bg.battletech...iverseGuide.pdf

Free and it gives a good introduction to the BT universe and its makeup. Should prove useful to new and veteran pilots alike.