Furniture, on 16 January 2013 - 07:31 AM, said:
I think he's asking which of the available mechs are Kurita themed in fluff, not which mechs we are all running in our hangers (hence why he was talking about stock mechs). Once again, even though some mechs are more common than others, most of these mechs can be found in every House's military in the fluff, with a few rare exceptions. Of the ones we have, there are a few that stand out as being much more common than others in Kurita forces in canon:
-Jenner, produced domestically in the Draconis Combine, and one of the most common Kurita lights, alonside the Panther in fluff.
-Spider, produced in FWL and Combine space, and one of the most common Kurita lights in fluff, especially favored by Kuritan special forces units.
-Hunchback, while common in all House militaries, it is particularly favored by House Liao and Kurita due to the all-or-nothing nature of its stock designs, and also as a dueling mech.
-Dragon, produced domestically in the Combine, and found almost exclusively in Kurita forces. One of the most common Kuritan designs period, and almost every canon Kuritan company has at least one.
-Catapult K2, while Catapults are common in all houses, the K2 is produced domestically in the Combine and is most common there.
All the others are common in all houses and would be plentiful in Kurita forces too, with a few exceptions:
-Raven, exclusively Liao.
-Cataphract, Liao design, also found in Davion forces after they captured one of the factories.
-Cicada, favored by House Marik.
-Commando, Steiner produced, though a few might find their way into Kurita forces as battlefield salvage.
This is pretty accurate, with a few corrections:
-Raven was exported in modest numbers to House Kurita to help pay bankrupt Liao bills. Liao and Kurita had an alliance in 3050
-Cicada, especially 2A/2B would not be out of place in a Kurita force. Again, Marik and Kurita had a weak alliance. Kurita liked the cicada enough to make an omni-mech version later, the Strider
-Basically all light mechs are permissible since that was the favourite Kurita weight class, though a commando would be stretching it given its close affinity with Kurita's mortal enemy House Steiner.
-Atlas would be the default Kurita assault mech at the moment, particularly the K version
-Jagermech when it comes out will be good to go for Kurita (as well as Liao, Davion and Steiner)
Personally I run all lights/mediums on this account to stay somewhat faction pure: founder's Jenner, Cicadas, Ravens, dabbled in Hunchbacks, and would like to get Spiders if only they weren't so vulnerable to OP streak missiles.
Edited by Rat of the Legion Vega, 18 January 2013 - 02:46 AM.
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