Battletech Story Brainstorming

[PsihoKekec]

(Also, if someone has a nice, high res 3020-3025 map of the Draconis Combine,

I only know of maps of the IS as whole

https://www.deviantart.com/lazurez/art/3025-3rd-Successsion-War-Battletech-Fanart-893978771 hit the download button for full resolution version

TCS - Inner Sphere Cartography Society Archive maps by Øystein

 

[stephen the barbarian]

The number of Clans involved in the invasion.

while you said 9, i'm going to suggest 7 with clans Wolf, Jade Falcon, and Smoke Jaguars being given 2 grids to conquer while the Nova Cats and Ghost Bears each get one, and the Diamond Sharks and Steel Vipers have to share theirs.

Wolf gets 2B and 2C
Jade Falcon gets 2A and 3A
Smoke Jaguars get 3C and 1A
Ghost Bears get 3B
Nova Cats get 1C
and Diamond Sharks and Steel Vipers get 1B

 

[bullethead]

while you said 9, i'm going to suggest 7 with clans Wolf, Jade Falcon, and Smoke Jaguars being given 2 grids to conquer while the Nova Cats and Ghost Bears each get one, and the Diamond Sharks and Steel Vipers have to share theirs.

Wolf gets 2B and 2C
Jade Falcon gets 2A and 3A
Smoke Jaguars get 3C and 1A
Ghost Bears get 3B
Nova Cats get 1C
and Diamond Sharks and Steel Vipers get 1B

Why wouldn't the Star Adders get in on the action, since the plan is way more competent than the canonical Operation Revival?

Also, the logic of the selections escapes me, aside from the Jade Falcons. Having two contiguous blocks makes sense, even if 2A is less dense than 3A, and also spites the Wolves... but only in a situation where the Wolves weren't allowed to bid or bargain for 1B instead of 2C.

Plus there's actually more Crusader clans than I thought, which makes 1 Clan per grid section much more viable and entertaining:

Article:

• Clan Blood Spirit (Annihilated in 3084 by Clan Star Adder)
• Clan Burrock (Absorbed by Clan Star Adder in 3059)
• Clan Diamond Shark (became Warden after Tukayyid)
• Clan Fire Mandrill (fragmented and destroyed piecemeal during the Wars of Reaving)
• Clan Ghost Bear (declared themselves Wardens during the Great Refusal)
• Clan Hell's Horses (became pro-Warden after Khan Malavai Fletcher's death in 3065)
• Clan Ice Hellion (Absorbed by Clan Goliath Scorpion in 3072 after the failed Operation Ice Storm incursion)
• Clan Jade Falcon (abandoned 3151)
• Clan Nova Cat (became Warden after Tukayyid)
• Clan Smoke Jaguar (annihilated in 3060, re-formed, abandoned 3151)
• Clan Snow Raven (officially Warden, opportunistic supporter of Crusader policies)
• Clan Star Adder (became a Bastion in 3075 after the Wars of Reaving)
• Clan Wolf (following the Refusal War of 3057, abandoned 3151)

Source: https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Crusader_Clans#List_of_Crusader_Clans_from_c._3050_to_c._3067

 

[stephen the barbarian]

Why wouldn't the Star Adders get in on the action, since the plan is way more competent than the canonical Operation Revival?

because they lost the canonical bid. i chose the 6 that made it through the that process + clan wolf. i do not rule out the idea of reinforcements or even garrison troops being brought in later.

Also, the logic of the selections escapes me, aside from the Jade Falcons.

because i ranked the sectors based on prestige as much as military strategy.

wolves get the sector that contains the capital of the combine + a border that's unlikely to see an organized counter offensive.
Smoke Jaguars get the next 2 most important sectors, the tip farthest from the homeland + one that any reinforcement will need to travel through.
Jade Falcons hold the Rasalhague flanks
ghost bears hold the Smoke Jaguars other flank
sectors 1B and 1C are unlikely to see much fighting beyond the initial invasion-so they're the leftovers, but for the Feds likely have to take at least 1 other sector to threaten 1B.

 

[bullethead]

i chose the 6 that made it through the that process + clan wolf.

Why would the canon Revival trials process be used in a scenario where the strategy for taking on the Inner Sphere was totally different?

Also, LMAO at thinking the Smoked Jaguars wouldn't be more concerned with having 3B and 3C under their control and ensuring they could fuck with the Wolves, even with the free passage corridors.

 

[stephen the barbarian]

Why would the canon Revival trials process be used in a scenario where the strategy for taking on the Inner Sphere was totally different?

i was under the impression that it was the standard way that the clans do things.

Also, LMAO at thinking the Smoked Jaguars wouldn't be more concerned with having 3B and 3C under their control and ensuring they could fuck with the Wolves, even with the free passage corridors.

you could sell 1A to them as being the first clan to see combat.

 

[bullethead]

i was under the impression that it was the standard way that the clans do things.

The thing that was standard about the way the Clans selected who was involved in the invasion was the bidding and fighting each other to earn slots in the invasion.

The thing is that each trial basically has its rules and objectives made up specifically for that contest. So if you're doing a grid based Clan invasion with all the Crusaders, then you're likely designing the trial so that the top 9 win spots.

And that's assuming that you didn't do a process where Clans bid forces on a spot, and only actually fought trials of refusal if the other clans undercut them for a specific spot.

Clanners can be complicated sometimes.