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The Best Of Enemies (A First Succession War Battletech AU) -- Chapter XIV “He who relies solely on warlike measures shall be exterminated; he who relies solely on peaceful measures shall perish.” -- Sun Tzu, 孫子兵法 (The Art of War) CCN Pearl of Celestial Wisdom, Sian, Capellan Confederation 16...

The Best Of Enemies (A First Succession War Battletech AU) -- Chapter XIII “All war presupposes human weakness and seeks to exploit it.” -- Carl von Clausewitz, Vom Kriege (On War) CCN Pride of Bulun (Ex-FWLN Juliano Marik), High Orbitals of Irian III, Irian System, Marik Commonwealth, Free...

The problem with trying to nuke Hesperus II from orbit (yes, it's been tried, most recently by the Mariks) is that the factories are buried under the Myoo Moutains. So you have thousands of tons of solid granite as a 'roof' keeping them safe and the only viable way to take them out is fight your...

Well to be fair, her strategic situation vis-a-vis attacking the DC is kind of sucktastic and she is taking it to the FWL, so that still helps them. Well yeah, I'd say this is a net positive for them because the FWL will figure out they got taken to the cleaners by her well before Irian gets...

The fabrication and programming specs on Irian Mech Ballistics' top tier fire control computers. Before they dropped a virus into their company intraweb to Stuxnet the backup databases and then blew the main server farm up. it's something the MASK and Sian U wanted to get their hands on. Not...

The Best Of Enemies (A First Succession War Battletech AU) -- Chapter XII “In difficult ground, press on; In encircled ground, devise stratagems; In death ground, fight.” -- Sun Tzu, 孫子兵法 (The Art of War) ’FWLS Duchess Sofia Cameron-Jones’, Kirin Spaceport, Kirin River, Irian III, Irian...

The Best Of Enemies (A First Succession War Battletech AU) -- Chapter XI “Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.” -- Sun Tzu, 孫子兵法 (The Art of War) ’FWLS Duchess Sofia Cameron-Jones’, Enroute to Irian III, Irian System, Marik...

Duchy of Regulus ships (yes, the FWL provinces had their own fleets back then). I suspect that they were called 'Pissed Off Ships' by the federal FWL Navy.

The Best Of Enemies (A First Succession War Battletech AU) -- Chapter X “All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must...

The Best Of Enemies (A First Succession War Battletech AU) -- Chapter IX “The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.” -- Sun Tzu, 孫子兵法 (The Art of War) ’FWLS Sofia Cameron-Jones‘, L1 Point for Irian VI, Irian System, Marik Commonwealth, Free Worlds...

The Best Of Enemies (A First Succession War Battletech AU) -- Chapter VIII “Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.” -- Sun Tzu, 孫子兵法 (The Art of War) CCS Míng...

The Best Of Enemies (A First Succession War Battletech AU) -- Chapter VII “War is merely the continuation of politics by other means” -- Carl von Clausewitz, Vom Kriege (On War) CCS Míng Liàng, Outbound to Zenith Point, Liao, Tikonov Commonality, Capellan Confederation 3 January 2798...

Feel free! Indeed they are, and a lot of fun to write. The Davion whelp is proving to be a Worthy Opponent to be crushed by the Dragon, as is the Liao girl. The triumph shall be more glorious thanks to the quality of the opposition! Yeah, victor's top oh, 5% or so, just not top 1%

Mutual decision to fight the bigger and more deadly threat, yes. I'd disagree with your decision to categorize Victor that way. The man did survive and win in some incredibly dangerous fighting. You don't do that as a scrub. And yes Ilsa's one of the great Liaos. She's got more genius than...

The Best Of Enemies (A First Succession War Battletech AU) -- Chapter VI “First lay plans which will ensure victory, and then lead your army to battle; if you will not begin with stratagem but rely on brute strength alone, victory will no longer be assured” -- Sun Tzu, 孫子兵法 (The Art of War)...

Okay, this is me not really being into BTech lore until relatively recently, but... I always thought that whole thing wasn't really a thing until the SWs made getting new Mechs so difficult/expensive.... Ok, this relates to the CapCon's social structure a bit. Basically you have two flavors of...

It's really good to have piqued your interest! I hope that you enjoy it and it meets your standards (I love your work, personally)!

The Best Of Enemies (A First Succession War Battletech AU) -- Chapter V “No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique.” -- Sun Tzu, 孫子兵法 (The Art of War) Winter Palace, Forbidden City, Liao, Tikonov...

The Best Of Enemies (A First Succession War Battletech AU) -- Chapter IV “If the mind is to emerge unscathed from this relentless struggle with the unforeseen, two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which...

Yeah, although the Steiners in the 1SW were a hot mess and a half. Yeah, but Kentares was just a little different than photos of ruined cities and footage of mushroom clouds..... Bingo!! First off this was genocide against helpless civilian targets with ZERO possible military value (minor...