The two clans captured the fewest worlds along their corridor during the fifth wave. Armed with this new information, the Inner Sphere would be ready for the Clan's return. - There Was A BattleTech Card Game, And It Was Great™ Your BattleTech News Roundup For October 2020, https://www.sarna.net/wiki/index.php?title=Technical_Readout:_Clan_Invasion&oldid=625219, Technical Readouts and Recognition Guides. [43][44], Though the Great Houses achieved great successes, world after world still fell before the might of the Clans, and it appeared there was no way to stop them. [16][20] In fact, many people on these conquered worlds had the temerity to keep resisting Clan occupation after the battle had been declared won. The unit left in 3004 and made its first return in 3009, bringing with it valuable intelligence of an Inner Sphere which had been ravaged by war but was slowly making a recovery. Beta and Charlie corridors were centered on the Rasalhague Republic - the newly-independent nation not only being the closest to the Clan homeworlds but also militarily weak and unlikely to receive aid from hostile neighbors - while the outer corridors secured the flanks by invading the Commonwealth and Combine respectively. 5 high-quality, fully assembled (unpainted) OmniMechs But, if the Com Guards won, the Clans would agree to a fifteen-year truce. These units offered to operate as the vanguard of the fleet, clearing the way through the Periphery of bandits and providing valuable intelligence to the invasion fleet, before stopping at the borders of the Inner Sphere and awaiting the main force to arrive. General BattleTech Discussion » Clan Invasion Kickstarter Discussion 9 ... character art has come so in the past 15 years. In the year 3050, the true heirs of the lost Star League thunder forth from the depths of the far Periphery and carve deep into the quarreling Successor States. Focht's further attempts to reform ComStar however led to the ComStar Schism and creation of the Word of Blake.[48]. Includes all applicable stretch goals, including a new piece of BattleTech fiction (digital format, delivered during the campaign) and your choice of available Clan Challenge Coins. The Clans ended the civil war and for the next two centuries developed into a highly ritualized, militaristic society. Entire Clans were eventually swayed to this philosophy, with Clans Jade Falcon and Smoke Jaguar coming to lead what quickly became a political bloc. By the time their fourth wave attacks ended in October, the Wolves had captured another sixteen planets. Unable to come to terms, the two took their argument to Parliament, where precious weeks were wasted in debate. This pledge rewards you with a new piece of BattleTech fiction (digital format, delivered during the campaign), a copy of the Clan Invasion box set, and your choice of available Clan Challenge Coins. While openly cooperating among themselves, the Great Houses did their best to hide their movements from ComStar and restrict the order's access to sensitive information. Resistance from the Combine was stiff, but the two Clans punched through their defenses and opened the way to the very heart of the realm: Luthien. [4][5], The thought of a reverse-invasion by the Inner Sphere was unthinkable and horrifying to the Clan Khans, and the vote to invade was passed by all but Clan Wolf. ComStar for its part also believed the Clans could help them in their purpose, and sent Precentor Anastasius Focht to conduct formal negotiations with the Clans. Fans had repeatedly requested such a boxed set in the past, but CGL had been uncertain wether or not it was a viable product. Includes all applicable stretch goals, including a new piece of BattleTech fiction (digital format, delivered during the campaign) and your choice of available Clan Challenge Coins. If you stick close to canon, I don’t know how you … First they planed to charge Ulric with responsibility for the ilKhan's death, a crime punishable by death. [7][8], With the big picture in place, a few final details were worked out between the command staffs of the four Invading Clans. Read more. On the First of May, 3052, the Com Guards and the Clans met in what would be twenty-one days of vicious fighting. In battle, the Clans' superior martial skills and technology were unparalleled, and even veteran units able to mount a resistance were swept aside with seemingly little effort. Did You Know? Eventually terms were finalized: ComStar would suppress all communications coming or going to worlds targeted by the Clans, and in certain instances pass along military information to them, in exchange for the Clans not meddling in ComStar affairs and allowing it to administrate worlds conquered by them. Followers 0. Clan Wolf was denied the chance to operate on the flanks of the attack, a historical honor in Clan warfare, and straddled with fighting a weak opponent against whom little glory could be won in defeating. The first and second wars were particularly brutal; indiscriminate use of nuclear weapons and other WMDs led to massive losses of life, destruction of vital infrastructure and the ruining of entire worlds. When none came, they decided against attempting a counter-attack and began the long process of rebuilding their shattered armies. [38] This included efforts to copy the Clans' vaunted battle armor, with early designs like the Infiltrator and Sloth giving way to the Inner Sphere Standard. The Diamond Sharks and Nova Cat were also defeated, though the Nova Cats took solace in the fact they inflicted more casualties on the Com Guards than any other Clan. [4][5], The proverbial straw came in September 3048 when Outbound Light, a ComStar exploration ship, appeared suddenly over the Smoke Jaguar homeworld of Huntress. [16][17], Though victorious in their conquests, the Clans were also experiencing difficulties of their own. ComStar's apparent non-involvement in resisting the Clans also made the Great Houses even more suspicious about the secretive order. Using lessons learned from the previous waves, the seven invading Clans made their preparations and departed back for the Inner Sphere by July.[34][35][36][37]. When the plan was presented to the Grand Council, it was accepted enthusiastically with only minor variations; indeed many Crusaders thought the plan overkill. Great deals on Battletech Clan. [26] In the Battle of Wolcott, the attacking Smoke Jaguars fell for Theodore Kurita's deceptions and were outmaneuvered by the elite Genyosha regiments. Instead, Kerensky and the bulk of the SLDF left the Inner Sphere to settle on a group of distant worlds and live in exile. [7][8], Determining which of the seventeen Clans would participate in the invasion was the next question, with one important exception. [1][2], Many others however believed it was not Kerensky's intention to return to the Inner Sphere but remain apart, developing separately and returning only in the event the Inner Sphere was threatened from external sources. Incluye: Free Short Story (digital format, delivered during the campaign) Clan Challenge Coin Clan Invasion Box Set Mostrar menos [1][2], In 3000, Ghost Bear Khan Nadia Winson introduced a vote to invade in the Grand Council. Many hoped Aleksandr Kerensky, Commanding General of the SLDF, would take the throne, but the war-weary general refused. Albertorius. At first sweeping all before them with their advanced technologies, the Clans met defeat at the Battle of Tukayyid and were stymied by a 15-year truce. First new Battletech novel in 13 years. Taking advantage of the wave of popular sentiment, Leo Showers succeeded in getting himself elected ilKhan, warlord of all the Clans, and set about planning the invasion of the Inner Sphere. Building on this victory, the leaders of the Great Houses agreed to meet in October 3058 and formally announce the creation of the Second Star League, voting to elect Chancellor Sun-Tzu Liao as its new First Lord. This page was last edited on 1 December 2020, at 20:33. [7][8] The process for who would assume the other three invasion corridors would take place over two full days of bidding - each Clan submitting the number of forces it planned to commit, with the goal of using the least resources necessary to achieve the objective and thereby maximize efficiency - broken up into three stages to allow the participates to study each others' wagers and modify their bids. As the war began to wind down however, these reports became more infrequent in time, until 3019 when they altogether stopped. Mr. Grey. Combat trials were then held among the six finalists, with the Falcons, Jaguars and Bears earning the right to participate in the invasion while the Steel Vipers earned a place as the reserve Clan. Wolf Khan Ulric Kerensky demanded a Trial of Refusal, and though the odds were four-to-one the Third Battle Cluster nearly succeeded, but sheer numbers and the Council's will prevailed. Command a Trinary of fifteen front-line OmniMechs. Clan Invasion in five waves (click for larger graphic), Your BattleTech News Roundup For November 2020. Ancient Venerable Black Templar Dreadnought ... Subject: BattleTech: Clan invasion Kickstarter live.