So I'm new to this, so what exactly happened up to this point?
Allot has happened in this quest and i would advise you to read from the start.

But if you don't want to do that here are the cliff notes.
Warning heavy spoilers up ahead. Once again i recommend you actually read the thread it is way more fun:
At the start of the Quest we were transported to the battletech universe thanks to the Terraside at the end of killzone 3.
We arrived in the battletech periphery around the year 3010.
From there we begane to explore our new surrounding and making contact with planets that were near by.
We made contact with the major powers of the Periphery and maintained good relations with them.
We helped in several civil wars and began to integrate other planets into our nation.

Eventual we grew to a decent size which caused the Fedsuns to send a ambassador. Unfortunately or fortunately depending on how you look at it the guy they send was supposed to save Hans Davion in cannon. With him not being there Hans was killed resulting in no Federate Commonwealth in the future.

From there we started construction of a new FTL communications network to free ourselves from relying on comstar for communications.
The fouth succesion war started which resulting in a greater defeat for the Capellans resulting in them loosing almost all of there power and status. Before later splintering into three separate states. The Capellan Confederation the ones claiming to be the rightful successors of the original Capellan Confederation led by Tormano Liao, The Celestial Madate led by the insane Romano Liao (or so we thought we learned much later she is actually a figure head) and the last one doesn't really matter.
Eventually we established a defensive pact with the other major rim word periphery powers named the Outer Rim Defense Initiative or ORDI.

Later on the Capellans bargered there way in using a incomplete Helm core. Eventually we acquired a full core when we hired the Grey Death legion.

We helped one of our allies the Magistracy of Canopus take down a pirate/slaver nation.

Then we got a situation that tensions are rising in the Mandate and The Federate suns outback for different reason. In the Mandate because it was keeping people suppressed (something we didn't like so we stoked the flames of rebellion along side the Capellans). And the Outback tensions rose because our ally the Taurian Concordat was flourishing and the world of the Outback are massively underdeveloped. So they want to be developed but that wasn't happening because the Feds were more interested in building defenses at there northern border. So many of the Outback words who are former Taurians world wish to break away from the Feds and rejoin the Taurians to hopefully finally receive the development they so desperately want.

We held a vote to see if the Capellans could join as full members of ORDI. Eventually the vote was 3 yes and 1 abstained.

And that brings up to now where Civil War has broken out in the Mandate and ORDI is preparing a intervention. Along with making preparations for the inevitable war with the Federate suns.
 
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Allot has happened in this quest and i would advise you to read from the start.

But if you don't want to do that here the cliff notes.
Not to mention that the Helghan Republic has managed to save the Aurigan Coalition from being destroyed during their own civil war, and Myndo forming the Word of Blake a decade earlier than canon.
 
Not to mention that the Helghan Republic has managed to save the Aurigan Coalition from being destroyed during their own civil war, and Myndo forming the Word of Blake a decade earlier than canon.
Weirdly might be a good thing, since one it removes most of the crazy and exports it to the combine, and two leaves the main comnet to start acting like a company again. Mainly in "innovating" technology. Hell it wouldn't surprise me if they start pulling out their warship designs and PAL at some point before the Clan invasion in retaliation due to someone thinking Comstar's weak now.

Which is something of an upset i can get behind.
 
I imagine that the telephone company is conscious of the fact that their monopoly is being eroded by the proliferation of FTL technology so I'm kind of worried that they are going to commit some last ditch attempt to stay relevant.
 
I imagine that the telephone company is conscious of the fact that their monopoly is being eroded by the proliferation of FTL technology so I'm kind of worried that they are going to commit some last ditch attempt to stay relevant.
The worst they can do is active sabotage. Best they can do is just unleash the full power of an HGP network to SL levels, which it would utterly outstrip even our newly advanced Comnetwork in terms of brandwith, coverage and range, but would also crash the economy....Then again im surprise our com systems haven't done something similar. So it would just be another burger in terms fo worry, just a short term dive in value, before skyrocking in just as little time.

If nothing else, it will keep them relevant for longer. More so when you can run fewer HPGS compared to long, complicated, mantaince heavy com networks across space like a spider's web. So really it depends on if a nation wants more independence for convenience. And so long as Comstar keeps throttling the router, the Fedsun at least will be choosing WarpComs.
 
The worst they can do is active sabotage. Best they can do is just unleash the full power of an HGP network to SL levels, which it would utterly outstrip even our newly advanced Comnetwork in terms of brandwith, coverage and range, but would also crash the economy....Then again im surprise our com systems haven't done something similar. So it would just be another burger in terms fo worry, just a short term dive in value, before skyrocking in just as little time.
I thought that Com Guard had actual teeth? Like, I think they attempted to raid the NAIS during the 3rd Succession War, though, (now that I think about it) the craziest warhawks must have sided with Myndo... Either way, what I am really worried about is the telephone company (or the crazy telephone company) executing a series of black ops in an attempt to cripple the IS's tech level (I mean, it must be an old habit by now).

On the economics issue the answer is easy, our currency is fiat (based on the trust that the people have on the government's stability) while the C-bill is telephone call standard (the value of the currency is directly linked to the value of ComStar's services) meaning that by making their services cheaper they are also devalueing the currency (and some other factors).​
 
I thought that Com Guard had actual teeth? Like, I think they attempted to raid the NAIS during the 3rd Succession War, though, (now that I think about it) the craziest warhawks must have sided with Myndo... Either way, what I am really worried about is the telephone company (or the crazy telephone company) executing a series of black ops in an attempt to cripple the IS's tech level (I mean, it must be an old habit by now).
As for Com Guard having teeth, at the very least we do have a core of genuine war Veterans who have seem active combat of many different kinds....even if it's only exclusive to one army in all reality. Everyone else in our force might as well be as green as the entire Com guard is. With training and equipment that's fairly comparable.

Although if you pit say the first army against 12 of the Comguard's (which equal roughly one of our armies i recall.), im betting on our 1st Army winning out, even if it'll be a blood bath. As if we're being honest, we have yet to really fight a foe that are really ready for a fight 100%, They have been either smaller then us, less equipped then us, or just got utterly wrecked by a much more massive war before we came in.

But again, at least we have a core of experienced fighters, Com guard at best has mercs and some soldiers they scooped up from prisoner trades.

Edit: Side note, i keeping forget how advanced Holograms get in BattleTech it's almost insane. Also nice Avalion warship for the scale of that Space station/shipyard.
 
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Com actively attacking us will not be good for them since even if they win they will likely be quite bloodied and the piranhas and vultures in the inner sphere will smell it which would not be good for them, also Black ops can only be so effective without surprise and we literally going to war so everyone is going to be on the look out for suspicious people.
 
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Com actively attacking us will not be good for them since even if they win they will likely be quite bloodied and the piranhas and vultures in the inner sphere will smell it which would not be good for them, also Black ops can only be so effective without surprise and we literally going to war so everyone is going to be on the look out for suspicious people.
Hence why they wouldn't, the only reason they deployed everything except the Terran forces against the clans was due to having no other choice in stopping them. Not when the Great Houses while working under one banner where still at each others throats. The only reason, only reason they would ever have to fight us, is if we directly attack them first.
 
Hence why they wouldn't, the only reason they deployed everything except the Terran forces against the clans was due to having no other choice in stopping them. Not when the Great Houses while working under one banner where still at each others throats. The only reason, only reason they would ever have to fight us, is if we directly attack them first.

In other words, threatening Terra itself, which isnt surprising considering it's the lynchpin to many a political ambition for Inner Sphere, Clans and Comstar. It's like Political Disneyland. :V
 
In other words, threatening Terra itself, which isnt surprising considering it's the lynchpin to many a political ambition for Inner Sphere, Clans and Comstar. It's like Political Disneyland. :V
It's also one of the more central area's of the Sphere, holding that area means you can then exert control over the entire sphere. Hence why the Entire Fedcom couldn't world unless they control 30lys of space around terra to both connect their nations, but also exert control.
 
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Also it's to be noted that it's been officiality 20 years since hanse's death, the old characters have children of their own now.... Perhaps they could try again at a Fedcom. Or i guess the federated league considering those two are closer friends? And as noted before a while ago, they can just eat the Tikonov and St. Ives area's to connect their territories. No doubt would happen after the whole insanity in the outback however, no good for PR or stability.

But if the Houses roll well on diplomacy, we could still have a super power appear in the Sphere before the game ends weirdly. Although that would be highly dangerous for the Capellan states stuck in the middle....Even with us backing them up. Just some insane thoughts you know.
 
Also it's to be noted that it's been officiality 20 years since hanse's death, the old characters have children of their own now.... Perhaps they could try again at a Fedcom. Or i guess the federated league considering those two are closer friends? And as noted before a while ago, they can just eat the Tikonov and St. Ives area's to connect their territories. No doubt would happen after the whole insanity in the outback however, no good for PR or stability.

But if the Houses roll well on diplomacy, we could still have a super power appear in the Sphere before the game ends weirdly. Although that would be highly dangerous for the Capellan states stuck in the middle....Even with us backing them up. Just some insane thoughts you know.
If a Fed-League did appear the Lyrians and Combine would most likely approach us(ORDI) or just the confederation in order to ensure their own survival. The threat of FedCom created the Concord of Kapteyn in cannon this would be little different at least until the clans show up.
 
If a Fed-League did appear the Lyrians and Combine would most likely approach us(ORDI) or just the confederation in order to ensure their own survival. The threat of FedCom created the Concord of Kapteyn in cannon this would be little different at least until the clans show up.
Not to mention that the approaching Clan Invasion might be different than in canon, especially in the date of their sightings and where they'll be hitting first.
 
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