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[VinnySlick]

Azreal Cage, on 21 November 2011 - 01:19 PM, said:

Fantastic to see all the familiar names waiting in the wings.

25th MM in da house! Good to see ya Az!

[Karl Marlow]

Anyone here from 3056 MUX?

[ShoveI]

A solitary figure walks into a deserted unit facility in an out of the way house military base. His combat fatigues, frayed slightly on the edges, show battle reminders from days long past from many different worlds with a unit patch not easily remembered even from some of the old veterens that have been turning up lately.

As he goes through the unit rec room he notices several spots where the dust has been disturbed, signifying that someone has been there recently. Noting, with some agitation, that more than a few of visitors made their way to the unit bar he smiles to himself thinking, "Stupid noobs...like hell if I'm gonna leave the 'Bunny Beer' out for anyone to get to."

Making his way through a corridor lined with photos of a few younger looking images of himself with many different pilots in his unit. He smiles as he comes across a few special commission patches with the names "***** the 69th Dwarf" and "Repeat <<PSYCHO BUNNIEZ>>". He finally comes to the mechbay doors.

He walks past a few mechs that his unit was famous in using...a spider tucked away in the corner, on the right is an assassin bearing a few blast marks, a grasshopper looking to still need a few repairs to it's jump jets, mumbling under his breath about seeing Nehrul about some requisition forms for a whole lot of stuff. He finally comes to the back of the bay and finds a tarp covering a huge mass. Eagerly he pulls the tarp away from one of the few assault mechs allowed in his unit, his prized awesome, "Bessy".

"Hey there girl, ya miss me?" he whispers as he grabs a towel from a nearby tool bin. He gently wipes the dust off one of the legs to uncover a unit insignia with the name "Recon" emblazoned underneath.

"Once more into the fire, HUA!"

Edited by ShoveI, 06 January 2012 - 12:09 PM.

[ShoveI]

So, I'm one of the many that got their name snagged somehow when in the creation process on here. I opted to change the last letter from a lowercase l (el) to an uppercase i, which looks almost exactly the same, woot woot.

A brief history. I started out in the early days of AOL MPBT: Solaris with my brother, call sign Armani, and we both really liked it. We decided to form our own unit so we could recognize some of the ppl that we played with a little easier and opted for the name of Recon Rangers with aliases of RR and Recon throughout the years. We grew to almost company level and decided to become an almost all light/med unit, never letting our teamates drop in anything over 55 tons. We became a crack light/medium company that still had no house banner until one day we dropped against a DMD lance from FWLM. Outgunned and outtonned we still managed to pull off a victory and an invite into FWLM. The only trouble was that I had a whole company of ppl that I had to bring with me and they only brought in privates. After some negotiations with Ito (?) he gave me an Lt. title and let me bring my whole lance. Thus beginning our stay with FWLM.

I worked up the ranks to finally become a DXO of DMD on solaris before they went to pay2play and pretty much retired at that point and saw limited action on EA and 3025. I became a DCO while playing on Neveron after Nehrul left.

I've been lurking around for quite awhile on the message boards and on the facebook page, waiting like everyone else lol. From the looks of it this game may finally be our rallying cry to bring everyone back to the fold. I look forward to dropping with some of you again and most of you for the first time.

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Edited by ShoveI, 05 January 2012 - 11:04 PM.

[FWL Hadryon]

Wild Hog, on 02 November 2011 - 08:28 AM, said:

~S~ Nitehawk, members of House Marik


Good to see y'all coming around, I'm still hoping to see some of the old crowd from DeMoNz, and others.

Archon Wild Hog
1st Royal Guard
House Steiner

Holy crap, it's Hog!

Lyon here, bro!

Formerly head of the FWL in War!Online, and back with FWL again!

[Shade 03]

Looking for some of the older guys from A unit that was around from the late 90's through the early 2000's

Nomad 03 here

Played on: Netmech, kali, the zone...
Mechwarrior 2 - 4
Leauges: NBT is the one I remember the most. Solaris rings a bell....

[Reinhold]

Nomad 03 also played with Mechntosh (MNT), Hawk009, Blade, Dieno, Tarn, Ali, IA, me (Reinhold) and a ton of others

[Shade 03]

Reinhold, on 05 March 2012 - 10:22 PM, said:

Nomad 03 also played with Mechntosh (MNT), Hawk009, Blade, Dieno, Tarn, Ali, IA, me (Reinhold) and a ton of others

any idea where evul B is? what about Wlk? hah.... that guy might be dead.. he was old back on AOL. lesee..... DOA, ZOOM (aghh), Berlin CB, Lucifer, Goon, AK47, Mechbeth, Sharclaws, Marte, Sombra, 100 faces, Killdare.. oops he went to Steiner, Bogey (hehe cyberbogey), cog, DrInglis, etc... I think I have a roster on one of my old discs..........that, and the news feed from when we had that mech 3 league.

[CgMass]

Its been so so long since the GEnie.net days that I don't really remember the rank or squad, somewhere between Col to LtGen. I never got into the Solaris version after that.

Name from that day was Sandman under the leadership of BlackAdder at the end of the GEnie.net days before it was shutdown.

[AdamBaines]

CgMass, on 09 March 2012 - 07:33 AM, said:

Its been so so long since the GEnie.net days that I don't really remember the rank or squad, somewhere between Col to LtGen. I never got into the Solaris version after that.

Name from that day was Sandman under the leadership of BlackAdder at the end of the GEnie.net days before it was shutdown.

Hey Sandman. When were you active in House Marik? I was active from like 88 - 93/94. Was around when the other Nighthawk was House Leader. I remember BlackAdder. Those were the days. Im still recovering from the CC bills I think :-)

[ShoveI]

Hey IronEagle, if that was your handle on mpbt solaris i'm pretty sure i remember ya missin some ironman and icytone though. need to get some more of the old timers in here!

[Shade 03]

Heres an old letter I found on a disc in my closet.
It concerns a Marik group I was a member of a long time ago.. some of you may remember the names.

COPY PASTE>

I think it ran along the thread of the best pilots? But I turned it into more of an accounting of members of the FWL who have stood out in my memory.




<Clip>

A long time has passed, and many mechwarriors have had their moments in
the sun.
This post is an incomplete listing of the mechwarriors I saw who gave
opponents a good run for their money during the history of our group.

My memory isnt what it used to be, and If I leave anyone out, it really
wasnt intended.

First I want to take my hat off to the people who were assigned as my
wingers.

You guys had your hands full, not only with the enemy, but also with me always charging recklessly into the fray, or shooting the fission
plants and causing nuclear blasts to cut short a few of the online mech 2 games.

Goon
Dude, If I wanted anyone on my team with an autocannon backing me up it was Goon.
He used to tear opposing mechs apart while they were busy blowing limbs off my mech.
Goon was an excellent lag shooter and ruthless in combat.
We had a falling out at the beggining of Mech 3 that never really got
resolved. Clashing of personlalities I guess.

AK 47
AK was a kick *** winger and an absolute riot on the field.
We used to trade jokes while we were fighting. (not an easy feat when
you consider we had to type everything in Mech 2)
I remember a fight in Netmech dos where we were both heavily wounded
and down to our last mechs.
After trading jokes on how badly we were wounded. (we had time because the enemy had respawned and was coming to get us)
We made a bet as to who would die first. (heh we still managed to knock out one of the bad guys)[fights were 2 on 2 ]
I think I won the bet [I died first]

Sharclaws
What can I say about Shar?
Hes one of those wingers that you never had to worry about.
Shar was like the main character in a movie. Ya know, the one who wades through the enemy like they arent even there,
coming out the other side of the mix with barely a scratch. I had great times in mech 3 running support for this guy.


Netdemo
I only fought a few of our members via Netdemo
Wlkabout performed my trial during this era and I remember our Nova
battle like it was yesterday. It was from that fight that I learned the value of Group fire. I also remember fighting his hellbringer in a maddog. Yes Wlk I know... lock on and fire over obstacles instead of running in front of particle cannon fire

I think I may have fought J roamer during this time, but the fringes of my memory are a bit fuzzy. J was a character and a pretty good pilot. I dont know why, but he reminded me of Lieutenient Dan in Forest Gump.
(shrugs)

One other guy during this era deserves mention. His name was Joker. He was a good friend and a hell of a pilot. If I remember correctly, he was a Drak before coming to the FWL.

Netmech
Dos and Win 95
The list during this time was long and A lot of good pilots arent going to ge the kudos they deserve here.

Ali (aka Cheekay)
Topping my list for memorable pilots was Ali. Ali was a TALON, that is, one of the elite pilots of Marik. More then a few times I ate AC 20 rounds from this guy while he laughed and easily dodged my Particle fire. (You should have heard me curse. Good thing voice chat wasnt a reality yet)
He was always fun to fight against and a few times I rolled out of my
chair laughing during battles.

Evul B used to kick in a lot of teeth during the mech 2 days. He was a reliable pilot and more then a few times we traded missile fire
while practice dancing with stormcrows. Someone mentioned to me that Evul really stood out in mech 3, and I have to agree. With his laser mechs he would get into the 'zone' and hose enemies down. Fighting against him, was always an adventure and pushed me many times to my limit.

Highlander (aka Berlin CB)
This guy was a prodigy, and in my mind one of our best pilots. He
absorbed material like a sponge and visited upon you 10 fold what you hit him with. I remember him telling me that he couldnt find any more pilots who could give him a good fight. ( I thought this was funny
A week or so after this conversation he disappeared.

Everyone must travel their own road.

Sombra
Sombra is another pilot that shone during mech 3 and made his mark
during mech 4. Sombra lumbering along in his Thanny was a welcome sight in any battle.
In one memorable fight, Sombras Thanny went over the hill after two
scats, and after killing them, came back with only an arm missing and some scattered damage.
I used to get an evil grin on my face when dropping with Som as my wing in Mech 3, because I knew the enemy was in for it.


Persistence and soul
Many of us are Marik at heart. Just from personal experience, I have received offers from other units to jump ship and sign up with them.
Sure it would have been different, and many of us need a break
sometimes, but there has just been something about this group of clowns that keeps me coming back.

A few of the pilots here have made Marik what it is, and impressed me
with their attitude and persistence in the persuit of excellence.
Deino
Blades
Motokai
Zoom (I even got a Club Z T shirt)
Zometta
Inglis
Don Esteban
Bumpo
Bludsport
Hawk009 (The real one)
Lucifer
Tarn
Tyr
DOA
IA
100 Faces

In addition not just pilots but leaders.

A few of the leadership deserve mention, not only for their ability to put up with a lot, but mostly for their organizational skills and
Tactical ability.

Wlk (early era)
Wlk created our group a loooong time ago. He always was cool and
collected.I always pictured him as a big dude with a square jaw and crew cut sitting in a dark office with a permanent scowl on his face.

Bogey (mech 2)
This guy stands out as an ideal. During his time in the sun, Bogey was a true leader. He was able to balance all the BS that came along and set us up for wave after wave of attack and defense. He molded Marik during the Mech2 era and Made our unit one to be
feared.

(I wasnt around during Mech 2 Mercs : (

Marte and EB (mech 3 & 4)
I cant say enough about Marte and EB. Marte's tactical and
organizational skills are no less then brilliant. In Mech 3 our battles with HD became the thing of legends, forcing HD to split into three factions just so they had the firepower to oppose Marik and its alliance with Clan Wolverine. EB ran our intelligence division, and diplomacy. I wouldnt have wanted his job

These two always kept me under control when I wanted to attack
everything in sight. I was like Khyron in Robotech (for those of you who are familiar) "attack attack attack".....I was the id, to their ego and superego.
Marte kept Marik alive against the entire might of the Draconis combine in Mech 4. Eventually the Draks quit because they couldnt
break us.
That was a good day.


Reinhold (Mech 4 mercs)
Pending heheheh
Reins doing a bang up job : ) From what Ive seen these days, running a house is more then just numbers. Its mainly diplomacy and alliances. <smiles> Hardcores like me would never survive in such an arena. Im too direct.


Current Pilots

Fox (aka monkey monkey)
Fox Is one of those pilots that you neve have to worry about in a lance. He knows what to do and when to do it. Sometimes hes a little reckless, especially when he sees red or gets the taste of blood in his mouth, but you cant blame him for that.

Cyberkut
This dude can shoot.
Dont give this guy long range weapons and expect to survive against him
I found an ancient letter on a disc covered in dust. It has an account of a few things from one of my old units. Some of you might find this interesting.

[Skyhawk SteelEagle]

Howdy all. Nice to see the Marik legacy didn't die out with the crappy corporation takeovers. I played '93 to '95 on GEnie. Other than Adam Baines, are there any MPBT EGA Marik Old Guard players around?

<S>
Gramps

[Sombrz]

Shade 03, on 06 March 2012 - 07:04 PM, said:

any idea where evul B is? what about Wlk? hah.... that guy might be dead.. he was old back on AOL. lesee..... DOA, ZOOM (aghh), Berlin CB, Lucifer, Goon, AK47, Mechbeth, Sharclaws, Marte, Sombra, 100 faces, Killdare.. oops he went to Steiner, Bogey (hehe cyberbogey), cog, DrInglis, etc... I think I have a roster on one of my old discs..........that, and the news feed from when we had that mech 3 league.

Nomad I'm alive!
Great to hear from you, that was a really good time.
I just registered here just to answer your post, I'll tell my brother 100faces about it
I've been in your country last month and i will probably return this month, we will try to keep in touch.

Sombra

[Sombrz]

Rein and mechbeth good to see you guys too !

Sombra

[FWL HM 100FACES]

I'm here too.

[Shade 03]

Sombra!!! Faces!!! wazzappp!!!!

Edited by Shade 03, 06 May 2012 - 09:29 PM.

[Moose13]

I am still hanging around getting ready to celebrate my fifty.

[Shade 03]

Happy B day Mooser...

My friends list grows .....

[Dread Machine]

Howdy! Just logged into MSN messenger after many years and was greeted by Sombra who pointed me here. Great to see so many old vets still in touch!