Couldn't get it out of my head all the way, so here's another map. Now, I am not a military-talking guy - and only barely a BattleTech-talking guy - so I don't know that this makes any actual sense as either a military or BT map. I do know that it looks okay as an aesthetic piece though, so here it is. Enjoy? --Uncle Fun Tyrant
Looking at it up close, there's one thing off on this map, possibly two - the possible is the Tenth Avalon Hussars, they may have already been transferred over to SLDF command. The other is the Bremond DMM; the March Militia doesn't exist yet, and won't for two centuries (they were established in 2754, after the War of Takiro's Fraud).
Looking at it up close, there's one thing off on this map, possibly two - the possible is the Tenth Avalon Hussars, they may have already been transferred over to SLDF command. The other is the Bremond DMM; the March Militia doesn't exist yet, and won't for two centuries (they were established in 2754, after the War of Takiro's Fraud).
That's a fair cop. Trying to use as-accurate-as-possible unit positions for the era but Sarna has sweet fuck all on who's where in the 2570s. Even the Reunification War book only picks things up like ten years into the conflict, which is aaaaargh.
That's a fair cop. Trying to use as-accurate-as-possible unit positions for the era but Sarna has sweet fuck all on who's where in the 2570s. Even the Reunification War book only picks things up like ten years into the conflict, which is aaaaargh.
I'll see what I can find, there's some information in FR AFFS 2765; notably, the Robinson Chevaliers regiment on Choudrant's too high-numbered. The Thirty-first Chevaliers were founded after the War of Takiro's Fraud, and the Twenty-fifth through Thirty-seventh otherwise founded between 2755 and 2765.
I'm surprised CA hasn't made a Total War Battlemech game
Is there a Medieval 2 mod that gives Battletech Mechs and the fictional infantry and tanks to the various nations?
England is the Federated Suns, France = Lyrian Commonwealth, Papal States = Comstar, Turks are Draconis Combine, HRE is the Free Worlds League and Russia is the Capellan Confederation
... my first reaction is to ask if it would have that "tactical battles are done directly" style that some 4x games go with?
Because a BattleTech computer game that actually let you go combined arms is very desirable, and the BT way of planet conquest seems like it would actually fit rather nicely with that sort of mechanic.
... my first reaction is to ask if it would have that "tactical battles are done directly" style that some 4x games go with?
Because a BattleTech computer game that actually let you go combined arms is very desirable, and the BT way of planet conquest seems like it would actually fit rather nicely with that sort of mechanic.
Tactical battles are an absolutely critical part of the 4x experience, yes. And BT provides such a convenient pre built skeleton for it, even if my inner N:tJI fan wants full 3d tactical space battles with all the very-not-2d "flank from below", "the enemy's gatebase is down" fun that allows.
On the other hand there might be a number of Fen that present themselves as Sparks, or social-focused Sparks that break off to form their own bizarre micro-culture that is suspiciously similar to what you might recognize as "Fen".
The Spark and Wave are the same thing expressing themselves diffirently due to differing social cues when it became active, bringing it to battletech will result in yet another expression.
Still won't leave me alone, but at least I managed to turn it into an interesting art challenge this time.
The challenge: can you, Mal-3, you shambling hack fraud, do something you've always wanted to try but never thought you were enough of an actual artist to do and make a proper, useful and interesting fictional solar system map?
The answer:
NGL, this came out way the hell better than I thought it was going to. It's not by any measure perfect - the planet shadows are all extremely wonky if you try to parse this as a 3D object but at the same time at least two planets would be completely invisible because the "camera" is pointed almost directly at their nightsides - but for a first swing from somebody who's at best a middling collage artist, this is pretty damn good.
Anyway, lore: The sidebar covers what the proto-Star League knows or thinks it knows about the Fen. This is partly the traditional imperialist "harrumph harrumph, our large colonizer brains are far too advanced to just ask the locals about what the hell is going on, we'll figure it out from first principles!" but it's also partly the truth of the matter is just so outlandish that it's hard to believe. Like Bitcoin, it can't be that stupid so you must be explaining it wrong! Also, one significant difference from the national map: the Untempered Schism is no longer a light years-long terrifying rift between the Inner Sphere and the Nevernever, it's now a much smaller hole in reality relegated to the Gernsback system alone which is... probably better? Maybe? We're not sure.
In any hypothetical conflict between the Fen and the Star League, I feel obliged to point out that this is not the Post-Succession Wars era of 'Kill The Meat, Save The Metal.'
If the Fen forget that, even if they win later, that misconception may lead to heavy casualties.
Also my btech terran hegemony quest is heading deep into non-canon now, with the rapid advancement of some sort of strange Hegemony/fedsuns/capcon/OWA treaty.
Also my btech terran hegemony quest is heading deep into non-canon now, with the rapid advancement of some sort of strange Hegemony/fedsuns/capcon/OWA treaty.
Also my btech terran hegemony quest is heading deep into non-canon now, with the rapid advancement of some sort of strange Hegemony/fedsuns/capcon/OWA treaty.
Because it's long, long before half the shit that actually happens between the great houses. It's 2460ish, there hasn't even been a davion civil war yet.
What started as a design challenge has become an Alternate Universe take on the development of the inner sphere. Join us as the Terran Hegemony learns the power of diplomacy, subtlety and massive violence!
Because it's long, long before half the shit that actually happens between the great houses. It's 2460ish, there hasn't even been a davion civil war yet.
What started as a design challenge has become an Alternate Universe take on the development of the inner sphere. Join us as the Terran Hegemony learns the power of diplomacy, subtlety and massive violence!
Lol. The description says that we're not here to fix the political crap going on between the Houses and yet with the latest update, that's exactly what we're doing.
And I don't mean it as an insult to you or the quest, but I just love how our department got so much mission creep that we're now helping dictate interstellar policy for the TH.
Rather amusing how it all started from just designing a better tank.
Lol. The description says that we're not here to fix the political crap going on between the Houses and yet with the latest update, that's exactly what we're doing.
And I don't mean it as an insult to you or the quest, but I just love how our department got so much mission creep that we're now helping dictate interstellar policy for the TH.
Rather amusing how it all started from just designing a better tank.
And if the Canopians had decided to make a serious fight of it, the Athenas would have mauled the shit out of any contemporary WarShips with those absurd missile batteries of theirs.
Wonderful ships! Shame we only had two of them. A third was being constructed but was captured in the Diamond Garter Yards when Ian Marik conquered the Capital. We also fought seriously. Took five years for a force outnumbering us roughly ten to one to fully conquer our territory. Also the fact that Adam Buquoy was a slippery bastard who kept Marion on the backfoot until Thurrock where the MAF Fleet got trapped and destroyed.
There's also the fact that the FWLM and MAF fought exceptionally honorably and went out of their way to minimize collateral damages and treated POWs very humanely. Then the whole bit with Melissa Humphreys actually rebuilding the MoC's infrastructure and bringing in universal suffrage so Men could hold office above the planetary level.
(Floral Centrella is the one who instituted Men being able to become local administrators and judiciaries as well as Officer Ranks.)
I'm a Canopian player and we actually benefited greatly from the Star League. Until about 2740 when BSLA protections were removed and the exploitation kicked off into overdrive.
