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Tell The World That We Tried (Battletech CYOA) (Complete)

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MageOhki said:
Hanse grinned. "The fact she has that shapely Champion, and is shapely herself, doesn't hurt, I'll admit." He shrugged. "What interested me more was the work she put towards even a temporary camp. That not only saved us some money, it saved time, as well, and Hoff benefited."
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Hanse, you remain a dirty old man.

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Ardan smiled. "Though I'll admit, when they saw though your ruse, having ... Moses, wasn't it? Guide you to a chair where Blackwings herself plopped in your lap and made sure you stayed by a pressure point, amused several of the Guard, as well as..."
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(Face down on the floor with her on his back, having escaped literal hogtying only by the grace of a well-timed cry of 'uncle'...)

MageOhki said:
"Intrigued? She was ambushed by twice her strength in 'Mechs, lead by Natasha Kerensky herself... And beat them. To the point the Black Widow ran."
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Asha: 'Beat' is altogether too strong a word, given the shape I was in.


MageOhki said:
"That's one, yes. Second, Get MIIO to send a team to Helm. Third? Place an open contract for her, period. Rates are at her discretion. Assuming that Katrina lets her go. Which she'd be a fool to, Blackwing is that rarest of rarest professional, and worth her weight alone in gold. Fourth, and last? MIIO is to find out at all costs - short of harm to Colonel Blacking and Captain Kerensky - what the hell happened in that face to face, and why Natasha is ... cautious and angry at Nutcracker." He grinned at the last. "It' s not like Natasha has nuts to crack, unlike me, which was used at a threat..."
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I do have plans for what Katrina will ultimately decide to be a suitable reward... But that's for the future.


MageOhki said:
Eh, it's around two years (I checked, since it's pretty clear it happened after the Combine wanting to celebrate the New Years with the Davions!) (She died in Jan/3014), so... *shrugs* Partly though, I suspect his reason, is ELH's CO, and the Davion on the scene reported good things, and willingness to do more than just 'look' after her unit, and likely the information about the 'temporary' camp the Blackwings set up, hit too. So, he'd be curious about this promising young colonel. And it's much easier to pretend to be a 'stock' Davion officer and get a better picture if the unit is what it seems to be, (same with the people) than be all "Hanse Davion, First Prince, Fox, and Trolllord." since (and most units and officers would be this way for mercs) if he did that, they'd be fawning and at the very least, putting their best foot forward. He wanted an unbiased view, is my view.
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You've actually hit on exactly the logic I figured he'd arrived at, except that the Blackwings weren't even on his radar until he reached them on the list of interviews he was doing. His real objective was to get that unbiased, first-hand view of the results of his plot to sucker in and destroy the 3rd Sword of Light - in this setting, the first time he'd attempted to, well, Pull A Hanse as First Prince.

Having an interview start with "You... wait, what? What? Where the fuck are your bodyguards?" was a bit of a record-scratch moment for him.

Drasis said:
I think it was Blackwing Military Systems and Solutions.
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Very close! Blackwing Military Solutions and Services
 
@Valles if it isn't too troublesome could you put together informational threadmark what BMSS has in their roster or a link to whatever you use to keep of Asha's Units?
 
Valles said:
Hanse, you remain a dirty old man.
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Hanse: "Hey! I'm not even middle aged yet!" Pause. Pause. "And what'd YOU do?"
(Face down on the floor with her on his back, having escaped literal hogtying only by the grace of a well-timed cry of 'uncle'...)
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And: hanse: "Back, Lap, shapely martial artist female who's hot on me. Yes, yes, I'm a pervert, we know this..."
Asha: 'Beat' is altogether too strong a word, given the shape I was in.
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1: Telephone effect, for one, and MIIO not being directly, 100% on site.
2: You held the field, broke the Nighthawks, and Natasha Kerensky retreated. You beat her. Doesn't mean you did not pay a price, just you won, she didn't. Number of people that can claim that they forced her from the field and caused her to fail her mission (at this point in 'time) you'd not need to remove your boots to count them. Number that started with roughly equal forces you might not even need to use your second hand.
Winning isn't cheap against Her.
I do have plans for what Katrina will ultimately decide to be a suitable reward... But that's for the future.
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Title, loot, Title, Loot, it's the Lyran way!
You've actually hit on exactly the logic I figured he'd arrived at, except that the Blackwings weren't even on his radar until he reached them on the list of interviews he was doing. His real objective was to get that unbiased, first-hand view of the results of his plot to sucker in and destroy the 3rd Sword of Light - in this setting, the first time he'd attempted to, well, Pull A Hanse as First Prince.
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Though when talking to his cousin (the divorced LtCol) and the ELH's Co on site, both would have very nice things to say about Asha. Very, very very nice.
Having an interview start with "You... wait, what? What? Where the fuck are your bodyguards?" was a bit of a record-scratch moment for him.
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"Dammit! I wore glasses!"
Very close! Blackwing Military Solutions and Services
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BMSS....
I think there's a joke in there...

Truth of the matter is, Katrina would be insane (and she's not) to let the Blackwings go. After Chapter 7 events, she's on Katrina's radar too...
 
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NHO, you forgot Aerospace. I repeat: Sawagasa is literally one of the top 10 fighter commanders in the galaxy. 4 of which (one replaced her) work for the OWA. She literally might be the best merc Fighter boss period. And she's got a clutch of OWA pilots, and is training to Flying NIGHTMARE status the rest.

That alone means "money money money"
 
After rereading the last chapter... Is Asha still paying her six new, Green, not even militia quality mechanised infantry regiments the reduced rates or the standard rates of merc infantry? I ask because I'm wondering whether she could even afford to pay them all and hire the necessary space force to loot Helm. On the other hand, I imagine that if she wants to keep her new infantry regiments then she needs to hit a place like Helm to afford paying them.

I'm worried about Marik sympathisers and plants in those regiments though, especially when targeting a Marik world and grabbing multiple regiments worth of LosTech Mechs, tanks, infantry gear and Nighthawk suits, let alone the engineering gear and the library core. Also nervous about the quality of the industrial mech pilots that have been hired on too.
 
Tolack: Let's just say this. I doubt most have any real loyalty TO Marik, what. So. Ever.
A few might have friendship/loyalty to their trainers, yes. But the FWL? After they're being exiled from their home? Ha. Ha. Ha.

AND they know (or should) that Asha basically laid it out. "You do this, I don't call massive bombing runs and arty strikes to kill most of you."
Asha gave them an honest, safe way out, at decent pay, for them, and a possibility of more, FWL pretty much was using them for catspaws.

You were saying about loyalty? (There IS some risk, yes. Not anywhere near as much as you think, though. But some)
 
MageOhki said:
Tolack: Let's just say this. I doubt most have any real loyalty TO Marik, what. So. Ever.
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And wouldn't the fact that anyone, anywhere, in the entire Human Sphere, had any significant loyalties to any member of the Marik family kinda... break canon worse than Operation Serpent did the Smoke Jaguars? [/exaggeration]
 
*choke* *laughs* I'd have to agree, but generally, when I say Marik, I mean the FWL, not so much the idiots who after Marion called themselves Capitan General.
And as scary as it is, some people held loyalty, that they did.
 
For my part, I'm a little surprised she had the cabin space and life support on the droppers for that many people. An infantry regiment starts at ~750 people and only gets bigger, and she has six of them now. That's another ~4500 people she needs life-support, rations, and deck space for.
 
Akritedes said:
For my part, I'm a little surprised she had the cabin space and life support on the droppers for that many people. An infantry regiment starts at ~750 people and only gets bigger, and she has six of them now. That's another ~4500 people she needs life-support, rations, and deck space for.
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The lift didn't need to be all at once.

That said, yes, she's basically doubled her personnel count at minimum, and she was light on infantry only in comparison to most planetary garrisons, who quite frankly need an infantry unit's ability to be everywhere more than most assault forces do, which can pick their point of entry and what they're aiming for.
 
Akritedes said:
For my part, I'm a little surprised she had the cabin space and life support on the droppers for that many people. An infantry regiment starts at ~750 people and only gets bigger, and she has six of them now. That's another ~4500 people she needs life-support, rations, and deck space for.
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Implicit in accepting them is that she's going to need to long-term lease at least one big people carrier, yeah. Including crews for the technicals, I figure it's about five thousand people. The most common passenger liner dropship in the Inner Sphere has 266 individual cabins, each allotted the same mass and presumably volume as a seven-person infantry squad cubicle; three of them would do the job, or similar spaces installed in the cargo bay of something like two Mules.

On the upside, mercenary contract rates in the Inner Sphere are calculated relative to the number of people the unit has on its combat roster, so the decision should pay for itself in time. The part Asha won't like is that the combination of demonstrated skill at handling tricky situations with lots of potential security troops is going to make her people very attractive when it comes to garrisoning problem planets.

As for rosters... This one is only partly up to date, but it's what I have on hand. I'll come back and replace it with a final version after work.


Jumpships: Invader (Hasenpfeffer) (3 working collars), Merchant (Rockall) (2 working collars) (2) Merchant (Warren Zevon) (2 working collars)
Dropships: 3 Union (El-Ahrairah, Davos Seaworth, Montresor), 1 Triumph (Shipping Report, CO Moloch Singh), 1 Condor (Cruel Sea) (1), 1 Leopard (Norway's Greatest Son), 1 Buccaneer (Jungle Work)


Infantry (Hearts)
Jump Infantry, Easy Company (Major Moses Rosenkreutz)
-Easy Heart 1st Platoon
-Easy Heart 1 Alpha Regular (Jump Infantry Squad)
-Easy Heart 1 Beta Regular (Jump Infantry Squad)
-Easy Heart 1 Gamma Regular (Jump Infantry Squad)
-Easy Heart 2nd Platoon
-Easy Heart 2 Alpha Green (Jump Infantry Squad)
-Easy Heart 2 Beta Green (Jump Infantry Squad)
-Easy Heart 2 Gamma Green (Jump Infantry Squad)
-Easy Heart 3rd Platoon
-Easy Heart 3 Alpha Green (Jump Infantry Squad)
-Easy Heart 3 Beta (Jump Infantry Squad)
-Easy Heart 3 Gamma (Jump Infantry Squad)

Jump Infantry, Fox Company
-Fox Heart 1st Platoon
-Fox Heart 1 Alpha Veteran (Jump Infantry Squad)
-Fox Heart 1 Beta Regular (Jump Infantry Squad)
-Fox Heart 1 Gamma Regular (Jump Infantry Squad)
-Fox Heart 2nd Platoon
-Fox Heart 2 Alpha Green (Jump Infantry Squad)
-Fox Heart 2 Beta Green (Jump Infantry Squad)
-Fox Heart 2 Gamma Green (Jump Infantry Squad)
-Fox Heart 3rd Platoon
-Fox Heart 3 Alpha Regular (Jump Infantry Squad)
-Fox Heart 3 Beta Regular (Jump Infantry Squad)
-Fox Heart 3 Gamma Regular (Jump Infantry Squad)

Jump Infantry, George Company
-George Heart 1st Platoon
-George Heart 1 Alpha
-George Heart 1 Beta
-George Heart 1 Gamma
-George Heart 2nd Platoon
-George Heart 2 Alpha
-George Heart 2 Beta
-George Heart 2 Gamma

Armor (Diamonds)
Armor, Peter Company
-Peter Diamond Actual Major Lira Suzuki co. Regular (Goblin #1)
-Peter Diamond 2 Regular (Goblin #2)
-Peter Diamond 3 Regular (Goblin #3)
-Peter Diamond 4 Regular (Goblin #4)
-Peter Diamond 5 Regular (Goblin #5)
-Peter Diamond 6 Regular (Goblin #6)
-Peter Diamond 7 Regular (Goblin #7)
-Peter Diamond 8 Green (Goblin #8)
-Peter Diamond 9 Green (Goblin #9)
-Peter Diamond 10 Green (Goblin #10)
-Peter Diamond 11 Green (Goblin #11)
-Peter Diamond 12 Regular (Goblin #23)

Armor, Quebec Company
-Quebec Diamond Actual Veteran (Maxim "Fire-eater"*)
-Quebec Diamond 2 Green (Goblin #12)
-Quebec Diamond 3 Green (Goblin #13)
-Quebec Diamond 4 Green (Goblin #14)
-Quebec Diamond 5 Green (Goblin #15)
-Quebec Diamond 6 Green (Goblin #16)
-Quebec Diamond 7 Green (Goblin #17)
-Quebec Diamond 8 Green (Goblin #18)
-Quebec Diamond 9 Green (Goblin #19)
-Quebec Diamond 10 Green (Goblin #20)
-Quebec Diamond 11 Green (Goblin #21)
-Quebec Diamond 12 Green (Goblin #22)

Armor, Roger Company
-Roger Diamond Actual Regular (Puma #1)
-Roger Diamond 2 Green (Puma #2)
-Roger Diamond 3 Regular (Puma #3)
-Roger Diamond 4 Regular (Puma #4)
-Roger Diamond 5 (Puma #5)
-Roger Diamond 6 (Puma #6)
-Roger Diamond 7 (Puma #7)
-Roger Diamond 8 (Puma #8)
-Roger Diamond 9 (Puma #9)
-Roger Diamond 10 (Puma #10)
-Roger Diamond 11 (Puma #11)
-Roger Diamond 12 (Puma #12)

Armor, Sugar Company
-Sugar Diamond Actual Regular (Manticore #1)
-Sugar Diamond 2 (Manticore #2)
-Sugar Diamond 3 (Manticore #3)
-Sugar Diamond 4 (Manticore #4)
-Sugar Diamond 5 (Manticore #5)
-Sugar Diamond 6 (Manticore #6)
-Sugar Diamond 7 (Manticore #7)
-Sugar Diamond 8 (Manticore #8)
-Sugar Diamond 9 (Manticore #9)
-Sugar Diamond 10 (Manticore #10)
-Sugar Diamond 11 (Manticore #11)
-Sugar Diamond 12 (Manticore #12)

Armor, Tare Company
-Tare Diamond Actual Regular (Scorpion #1)
-Tare Diamond 2 (Scorpion #2)
-Tare Diamond 3 (Scorpion #3)
-Tare Diamond 4 (Scorpion #4)
-Tare Diamond 5 (Scorpion #5)
-Tare Diamond 6 (Scorpion #6)
-Tare Diamond 7 (Scorpion #7)
-Tare Diamond 8 (Scorpion #8)
-Tare Diamond 9 (Scorpion #9)
-Tare Diamond 10 (Scorpion #10)
-Tare Diamond 11 (Scorpion #11)
-Tare Diamond 12 (Scorpion #12)

Armor, Uncle Company


(Reserve: Goblins 23-28; Scorpions 23-28)

Mechwarriors (Clubs)
Command Lance
-Joker Actual Colonel Asha Blackwing Green ("Marauder No. 2")
-Joker 2 Sargeant Setsuka Carter Veteran (Atlas "Confection"$)
-Joker 3 Sargeant Malin Reyes Regular (Crusader "Deus Volt"*)
-Joker 4 Sargeant Sophitia Braun Elite (Centurion "Aspis"*)

Battlemech, Able Company
-Able Club Actual Major Ludovic Clair Veteran (Battlemaster #1)
-Able Club 2 Regular (Battlemaster #2)
-Able Club 3 Regular (Battlemaster #3)
-Able Club 4 Regular (Battlemaster #4)
-Able Club 5 Green (Battlemaster #5)
-Able Club 6 Regular (Battlemaster #6)
-Able Club 7 Sargeant Lisa Capet Regular (Battlemaster #7)
-Able Club 8 Regular (Battlemaster #8)
-Able Club 9 Regular (Marauder #1)
-Able Club 10 Green (Marauder #5)
-Able Club 11 Green (Marauder #3)
-Able Club 12 Green (Marauder #4)

Battlemech, Baker Company
-Baker Club Actual Lieutenant Keegan Ritter Regular (Thunderbolt "Crusher, Inc"*)
-Baker Club 2 Green (Marauder #16)
-Baker Club 3 Sargeant Roland Weiler Regular (Marauder #14)
-Baker Club 4 Green (Marauder #9)
-Baker Club 5 Regular (Centurion #1)
-Baker Club 6 Green (Centurion #2)
-Baker Club 7 Green (Centurion "Chopjob")
-Baker Club 8 Green (Centurion #4)
-Baker Club 9 (Centurion #5)
-Baker Club 10 Green (Centurion #6)
-Baker Club 11 (Centurion #13)
-Baker Club 12 Green (Centurion #8)

Battlemech, Charlie Company
-Charlie Club Actual Captain Mona Rockatansky Veteran (Marauder #10)
-Charlie Club 2 Green (Marauder #11)
-Charlie Club 3 Green (Marauder #12)
-Charlie Club 4 Green (Marauder #13)
-Charlie Club 5 Regular (Centurion #9)
-Charlie Club 6 Green (Centurion #10)
-Charlie Club 7 Green (Centurion #11)
-Charlie Club 8 Green (Centurion #12)
-Charlie Club 9 Sergeant Yertl Powalczyk Regular (Panther "Alleycat"*)
-Charlie Club 10 Green (Centurion #14)
-Charlie Club 11 Green (Centurion #15)
-Charlie Club 12 Green (Centurion #16)

Battlemech, Dog Company
-Dog Club Actual Captain Mei Rin Ho Veteran (Phoenix Hawk)
-Dog Club 2 Regular (Chameleon "Ilia"*)
-Dog Club 3 Regular (Firestarter "Dirty Boy"*)
-Dog Club 4 Regular (Wasp #1 "Buzz Bomb")
-Dog Club 5 Green (Stinger #2)
-Dog Club 6 Regular (Hermes II)
-Dog Club 7 Green (Wasp #2 "Gnat of the Obnoxious")
-Dog Club 8 Regular (Stinger #4)
-Dog Club 9 Regular (Spider "Boris"*)
-Dog Club 10 Regular (Spider)
-Dog Club 11 Regular (Locust "Lootbegger"*)
-Dog Club 12 Green (Stinger #1)

(Reserve: (Marauder #15)(Marauder #8)(Stinger #3))

Aero (Spades)
Item Squadron
-Item Spade 1 Major Io Sasagawa Elite (Lightning*)
-Item Spade 2 Regular (Corsair #6)
-Item Spade 3 Lieutenant Morana Ivanec Veteran (Shilone*)
-Item Spade 4 Regular (Corsair #4)
-Item Spade 5 Regular (Corsair #12)
-Item Spade 6 Green (Corsair #15)

Jig Squadron
-Jig Spade 1 Lieutenant Tamman Cruz Elite (Lightning*)
-Jig Spade 2 Regular (Corsair #7)
-Jig Spade 3 Regular (Corsair #8)
-Jig Spade 4 Regular (Corsair #9)
-Jig Spade 5 Regular (Corsair #10)
-Jig Spade 6 Regular (Corsair #11)

Knight Squadron
-Knight Spade 1 Lieutenant George Waldron Elite (Centurion Interceptor)
-Knight Spade 2 Veteran (Sparrowhawk Interceptor)
-Knight Spade 3 Regular (Sabre Interceptor*)
-Knight Spade 4 Regular (Sabre Interceptor*)

Love Squadron
-Love Spade 1 Lieutenant Ryoga Dailey Veteran (Eagle*)
-Love Spade 2 Callisto Sasagawa Green (Corsair #3)
-Love Spade 3 Regular (Corsair #13)
-Love Spade 4 Roland Steinbrecher Green (Corsair #2)
-Love Spade 5 Regular (Corsair #1)
-Love Spade 6 Green (Corsair #14)

Mike Squadron
-Mike Spade 1 Lieutenant Sabirah Zuhur Hanania Veteran (Corsair #5)
-Mike Spade 2 Green (Corsair #16)
-Mike Spade 3 Regular (Corsair #17)
-Mike Spade 4 Green (Corsair #18)
-Mike Spade 5 (Corsair #19)
-Mike Spade 6 (Corsair #20)



Mobile Headquarters (King)
-Head Tactical Deputy

Artillery Section (Dealer)
-Nan 1 CO Captain Lona Alevito Green Long Tom Battery (6 tubes)
-Nan 2 Green Sniper Battery (6 tubes)
-Nan 3 Green Sniper Battery (6 tubes)
 
If $ = "Owned by pilot, but lien on it", if *= "Pilot owned" I bet.

And I thought Asha owned Fortresses, not Unions?

Simplest solution for Asha is to buy a Mule, or two, convert it to a passenger carrier (also gives her the lift for dependents), and add yet another Merchant to her fleet... *runs*

Yeah, that'd be about 500 million Cbills book rule.
(Offhand, not counting Terra, IIRC, the entire Inner sphere is making 20 to 25 jumpships a year, using the FASA guides.)
 
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On the upside, mercenary contract rates in the Inner Sphere are calculated relative to the number of people the unit has on its combat roster, so the decision should pay for itself in time. The part Asha won't like is that the combination of demonstrated skill at handling tricky situations with lots of potential security troops is going to make her people very attractive when it comes to garrisoning problem planets.
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Said problem planets being on the borders in most cases, and recent conquests. Or places where foreign powers are deliberately agitating the locals.

You know, the interesting places that get written about.
 
Ain't that the truth. Upside: Higher Pay. Downside: More havoc.

... I rather lower pay, it's hard to collect checks when, oh, you know, dead...
 
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