Bear Ribs
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Been going through the older BT novels, I just read Heir of the Dragon and I've come to a startling conclusion.
The Nekakami are the most powerful and capable fighters in all of Battletech. Forget DEST, ignore the Death Commandoes, no it's not any of the Clan Trueborn. The Nekakami can smoke them all.
When Hirohito tries to assassinate Theodore Kurita and his wife and children, one of Theodore's supporters dispatches a single Nekakami to kill Hirohito in retaliation. Five things in this incident point to how BS Nekakami are:
Beyond that, the Coordinator wasn't the only one the Nekakami did this to. At some point, the Archon did something to irritate the Nekakami so they sent one to Tharkad who waltzed through all of her security, guardian Griffons and all, and plopped an Origami cat on her throne as a warning not to mess with the Nekakami.
The Nekakami are obscenely good. Why does anybody bother with 'mechs again?
The Nekakami are the most powerful and capable fighters in all of Battletech. Forget DEST, ignore the Death Commandoes, no it's not any of the Clan Trueborn. The Nekakami can smoke them all.
When Hirohito tries to assassinate Theodore Kurita and his wife and children, one of Theodore's supporters dispatches a single Nekakami to kill Hirohito in retaliation. Five things in this incident point to how BS Nekakami are:
- Hirohito was the freakin' coordinator. If his security wasn't the best in the entire Inner Sphere, it would at least be in the top five or so. Nothing short of Hilton Head should be harder to get into than the Coordinator's personal chambers.
- Despite 1 above, they only felt one Nekakami was required for the job, and they were right.
- Theodore rushed to stop the Nekakami. He didn't consider alerting base security, routing some troops, none of that. He was firmly convinced that if he personally didn't talk the Nekakami down, Hirohito was a corpse. He was right.
- The Nekakami reached Hirohito via air duct only a few moments after Theodore did. Given the timing, the Nekakami couldn't have had more than half an hour's head start since she wasn't sent until the DropShip crash nearly killed Theodore. That being the case, the Nekakami Ocean's 11'd her way through the Forbidden Palace's security and bypassed every defense nearly as quickly as Theodore could rush through with full authorization.
- The Nekakami, again, arrived via air duct, indicating she wasn't a palace maid or some other internal agent poisoning his tea, she literally just danced through all the Coordinator's defenses.
Beyond that, the Coordinator wasn't the only one the Nekakami did this to. At some point, the Archon did something to irritate the Nekakami so they sent one to Tharkad who waltzed through all of her security, guardian Griffons and all, and plopped an Origami cat on her throne as a warning not to mess with the Nekakami.
The Nekakami are obscenely good. Why does anybody bother with 'mechs again?