[OOC] Mechwarrior: New Age of the Mercenary

[Omega]

It is the year 3067, over 250 years ago the Star League fell and a state of near constant warfare began.
For over two centuries now humanity has waged near constant warfare upon itself.
The wars between the Great Houses has cost millions of lives, entire worlds were forgotten and technology forever lost.

Gone are those days of lost technology and instead a new age of advancement has begun.
37 years since the end of the Succession Wars and the resurgence of technology.
15 years since the end of the Clan invasion and a threat that had once unified the Inner Sphere is preparing to return once more.
1 year since the Allied Mercenary Command was formed due to fears of the growing power of the Word of Blake.
Mere months since the end of the Federated Commonwealth Civil War which brought low the greatest single power in the Inner Sphere since the Star League.

Throughout all this time some have stayed the same, despite losses of worlds and technology, despite apocalyptic wars, despite alien invaders cutting a bloody swathe across the realms of the Inner Sphere, and despite every attempt at peace the mercenary has been and always will be key on the battlefield so long as a lone battlemech still stands so will the mercenary.

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It is 3067, the Jihad is rising in the Inner Sphere, you are the commander of a mercenary group that you founded, forged, bought, or otherwise gained the head of. It is your job to lead the men and women under your command through the flames of war and into wealth.

The story will be guided using high paying and high priority missions though there will be plenty of side jobs if you need to cool your heels for a bit.
Standard maintenance costs will be about 5% of the unit's cost every month though things such as clan equipment especially without clan technicians, omnimechs, customized equipment, and experimental equipment will likely increase costs.
Supplies such as ammunition and replacement parts can generally be purchased from an employer though this is not always the case such as if you are operating in the periphery and they will not have everything such as more advanced or rare components and prices for everything will fluctuate.

Start with 25,000,000 C-bills.
You can purchase pretty much anything you want though if you have something like Word of Blake technology I expect you to have a good reason in your history for how you got it.

If you see anything I missed go ahead and tell me, I am human afterall. I am also open to advice an recommendations if anyone has ideas.

Personnel Wages

Monthly wages in C-bills
Battlemech/Aerospace Pilot: 3,500
Vehicle crewman: 2,000
Specialist/Battle Armor Infantry: 2,200
Regular Infantry: 1,500
Scout Infantry: 2,500
Technicians: 1,750
AsTechs: 1,250
Medic: 2,500
Doctor: 5,000
Administration: 1,750
C3 Crew: 2,000

Skill level Modifiers
Multiply monthly wages by the indicated values
Green: x0.75
Trained: x1.0
Regular: x1.5
Veteran: x2.0
Elite: x3.0

Special Ammunition Types

Autocannon ammunitions.
Standard 1.0x cost
Armor-Piercing 4.0x
Flechette 1.5x
Incendiary 2.0x
Precision 6.0x

If not listed assume 2.0x cost.

Current Contracts:

Contract 1:
Employer: State of Allavar

Pay: 6,000,000 per week wth 50% salvage. Salvage rights are employers first pick and will buy half of the remaining 50% at market value of the time.

Job Description: The Duchy of Penoy has launched an offensive against the soveregn planet Allavar. All mercenary units hired will engage in frontline combat with Penoy forces and will be held under contract until the ceassation of hostiities or both parties of the contract agree to end said contract
MRBC addendum: The State of Allavar is currently being supported by the Federated Suns with liquid assets being shifted to them in order to expand their military and purchase mercenaries.

There have been no previous contracts with Allavar and thus reliability is unknown.

Current combat assets include 1 regiment rated at regular fighting capability with C rated equipment. Composed primarily of older model frontline mechs with Federated Suns mechs are most noticeable such as the Jagermech and Centurion as well as older frontline tanks such as merkavas and manticores being present. Two more reserve regiments have been activated composed almost exclusively of unarmored infantry and second line tanks such as the hetzer and vedette model tanks. Approximatly three regiments of mercenaries have already been enlisted by Allavar.

Contract 2:
Employer: Duchy of Penoy

Pay: 4,500,000 per week wth 70% salvage. Salvage rights are employers first pick and all remaining is property of the employee.

Job Description: The Duchy of Penoy is absorbing the planet Allavar into it's growing realm and requires mercenary units prepared to engage in frontline combat on the planet Allavar. All mercenary units hired will engage in frontline combat with Penoy forces and will be held under contract until the official cessation of hostiities or both parties of the contract agree to end said contract .

MRBC addendum: The Duchy of Penoy is currently being supported by the Capellan Confederation with liquid assets being shifted to them in order to expand their military and purchase mercenaries.

There have been no previous contracts with Allavar and thus reliability is unknown.

Current combat assets include 2 regiments rated at regular fighting capability with C rated equipment. Composed primarily of older model frontline mechs with Capellan Confederation mechs as most noticeable such as the Koschei and Vindicator as well as older frontline tanks such as merkavas and manticores being present. . Approximatly two regiments of mercenaries have already been enlisted by Allavar.

Some useful links:
Sarna: The Battletech Wiki
Megamek, a program with the stats for every unit in Battletech history

Sheet:

Unit
Name:
Symbol:
Specialization:
Combat Assets:
Non-Combat Personnel:
Current Account Balance:
Reserve Assets:

CO:
Name:
Age:
Appearance:
Background:

Equipment:

Name:
Model:
Class:
Speed:
Jump Jet distance:
Armament:
Misc: (Anything you feel applicable that would not fit into a different category)
Cost:
Crew Training:

Black Lances

Unit
Name: The Black Lances
Symbol: 2 crossed black lances over a silver star burst
Specialization: Urban combat/Light assault

Combat Assets:
1x Hammerhands Heavy Battlemech
12x Raiden Battlearmor Suits
2x Myrmidon Medium Tank
2x Behemoth Heavy Tank
4x Blizzard Hover Transport
1x Partisan Heavy Tank

Non-Combat Personnel:
1x Veteran Battlemech technician
2x Trained Battlemech astechs
3x Regular Battle Armor technicians
12x Trained Battle Armor astechs
10x Trained Tank AsTechs
5x Regular Tanks Technicians
2x Trained Medics

Current Account Balance: 1,086,382 C-Bills
Reserve Assets:
12x Small Lasers
12x Tsunami Heavy Gauss Rifle
8 tons caseless AC/10 ammo
10 tons AP AC/10 ammo

CO:
Name: Anton Trask
Age: 27
Appearance: Standing at around 5'10" with a slightly thick build Anton is not one to stand out from a crowd with those he usually spends his time. Amongst civilians he would be easily picked out though that has just as much to do with his demeanor and the way he carries himself with the easy swagger of a man controlling his own destiny and the general physique of a man who fights for his dinner. He has no problem with his general appearence and at times appears to try and cultivate it more figuring if he looks like a merc it is easier for him to market him and his crew fully as mercs who can be expected to act like mercs.

He has dark tanned skin a natural result of his lifestyle as well coating his rather muscular frame. He has the slightest hint of almond shape to his eyes indicating in his ancestory he likely had a pure blood Capellan in his roots but most of his features appear more to favor Slavic in nature with a solid edge to his jawline and generally firm squarish features. His eyes are a dark brown and set a bit wide in his head beneath his short cropped light brown hair. It is the natural cut of most mechwarriors allowing him to comfortably wear his helmet. Overall he is not the prettiest belle at the ball or the strongest punch in a fight but he gets the job done.

Background: Anton was born on Svantrata a world that is now of the Chaos March though at the time was one of many recently conquered by the Federated Suns. It , like many of it's neighbors was not particularly loyal to their conquerors and he grew up in a poorer district of the capitol city which was a hive of dissent and dissatisfaction with their new lords. Just as his nightmares were filled with stories Federated Suns soldiers and later Clan Warriors his childhood dreams were filled with becoming a mechwarrior and escaping from his planet to return one day as a great liberator or crushing the alien invaders. The Confederation was always looking for the able bodied within the Chaos March to serve their needs and being one of many dissatisfied young men he was easily recruited into one of their undergrounds with the promise of glory, wealth, and freedom.

It was during Operation Guerrero he cut his teeth on combat and learned much about himself and others. With almost countless other small bands they rose up when they received word from their glorious leaders to do so. They attacked the Federated Suns garrisons using everything at their disposal and took painful losses in doing so. He learned in those four months that he was not a fanatic as the others were but he did learn that he was capable and that battlemechs were not the end answer to everything on the battlefield. He helped teach that to a few Federated Suns soldiers as well, stringing out lines for rappelling down buildings or crossing between them to surprise a mech from any direction and land a satchel charge on the head was one of the most daring but successful tactics they learned for the armor on the heads of mechs was always weakest.

For four months they fought and died in the name of the Capellan Confederation. Eventually a small force of mercenaries showed up stating they were with the Capellan Confederation and worked with the rebel bands to finally push the remaining garrison forces off world. They eagerly awaited the representatives of the Capellan Confederation telling them of how they would be honored for their actions. There were countless rumors which abounded, word of them forming their own frontline unit having shown such skill, their loyalty resulting in the planet becoming a duchy or barony, that the Chancellor himself would visit every loyal world. No word came though, in time the mercenaries were preparing to leave, most of them having spent their pay and were ready to move on to the next contract. Anton was preparing to join them when his handler from the underground contacted him, he had been hand picked for his bravery and skill in battle to go to the Capellan Confederation and learn of warfare.

That proved it to him, the planet had been abandoned by the Confederation and he was prepared to turn down the offer and tell his handler to shove it, but he could not afford to squander such a chance. Soon enough he was off his homeworld and on his way to the Capellan Confederation. The dropship he took most of the way was the same as the one being utilized by the mercenaries who came to finish the fight at his homeworld and so got to know them rather well on the trip. He found he disliked the Capellans from the Confederation proper less and less as he encountered more and more of them. When he got to Sian he was quickly rushed into an indoctrination process about the glories of the Confederation but one look at a map told him all about the glories he needed to know.

For two years he lived at the academy and was at best a mediocre student overall. He was good in the sims when he got a chance and was in the upper portion of his class on strategies and tactics but was constantly berated for his military bearing, demeanor, and nearly ailed various other studies. He was chastised on more than one occasion for his uproarious carousing with various merenaries who came through such as McCarron's Armored.

He one day even got in a drunken bet with one mercenary on who was the better pilot with the mercenary putting up a mech as his wager Anton put up streaking through the campus at the academy. They proceeded to break into the sim rooms and had their duel with the mercenaries comrades egging on both sides. Antone ended up winning the duel in the sims and the next morning the mercenary honored his debt and ended up giving Anton his own very damaged Locust. With his own mech now but nothing else going for him then managed to convince him to join up with them, his signing bonus being a bottle of 15 year old whiskey they ended up finishing off before the jumpship even left system.

For a few years he traveled with them technically owning his own mech. After about four years he decided to head off on his own for awhile and see how things went. By that point he had gotten his hands on a well used Shadow Hawk and was taking decent solo jobs. His biggest payday came from escorting a historian who he passed off as a whackjob. The man claimed he knew where a Star League tertiary cache was but needed personnel for the expedition. The man's pay was not that good but Anton could not find much better work at the time as things seemed to have settled down as everyone prepared for the clan invasion and nobody wished to mess with the Federated Commonwealth.

The job paid off in spades and Anton went from having a solid mech and a solid bank account to having a brand new heavy mech factory fresh if a few centuries old and a fat bank account he immediately set about emptying it. Then the Federated Commonwealth Civil War kicked off in good measure and Clan jade Falcon proceeded to launch their offensive and everyone wanted any mercenary they could get their hands on. While there was a surplus of contracts there was far from a surplus of mechs though this did not bother him too much as he new battle armor and tanks were still a fearsome force when properly utilized.

Throughout the war he made some good calls and some bad ones but overall came out ahead. One of his best paydays was seizing a load of special autocannon ammunition types off a Federated Suns convoy. Then turn around and get a job from them capturing new suits of battle armor from the Draconis Combine and using the ammo he stole on his former employers. The irony of his life is always amusing to him and he makes a note to always let others know it is merely business, and ever since he left Capellan space business has been good.

Equipment

Name: Hammerhands
Model: HMH-3D
Class: Heavy Battlemech
Speed: 54 Km/H
Armament:
2x Autocannon/10s
- 3 tons AP ammo
- 1 ton caseless ammo
2x Medium Lasers
1x SRM-6
- 1 ton standard ammo
Misc: N/A
Cost: 6,207,250 C-bills/310,362 upkeep
Crew Level: Veteran

Name: Raiden
Model: Standard
Class: Medium Battlearmor
Speed: 10 Km/H
Jump Jet distance: 90 meters
Armament:
1x Modular Weapon Mount
Misc: N/A
Cost: 400,000 each/20,000 upkeep/4,800,000 total/240,000 upkeep total
Crew Level: Regular

Name: Myrmidon
Model: Standard
Class: Medium Tracked Vehicle
Speed: 86Km/H
Armament:
1x PPC
1x SRM-6
- 1 ton standard ammo
Misc: N/A
Cost: 1,393,467 each/ 69,673 upkeep/ 2,786,934 total/139,346 upkeep total
Crew Level: Regular

Name: Behemoth
Model: Armored
Class: Assault Tracked Combat Vehicle
Speed: 32 Km/H
Armament:
2x Autocannon/10s
- 1 ton AP ammunition
- 1 ton caseless ammunition
4x LRM-5
- 2 tons standard ammunition
2x SRM-6s
- 2 tons standard ammunition
Misc:
Cost: 3,028,667 each/151,433 upkeep/6,057,334 total/302,866 upkeep total
Crew Level: Veteran

Name: Blizzard
Model: Standard
Class: Hover Transport
Speed: 151 Km/H
Armament:
1x LRM 5
- 1 ton standard ammo
Misc: 6 tons of cargo space
Cost: 333,125 each/16,656 upkeep/1,332,500 total/66,625 upkeep total
Crew Training: Regular

Name: Partisan
Model: Standard
Class: Tracked Heavy Tank
Speed: 54 Km/H
Armament:
4x Autocannon/5s
- 2 tons standard ammunition
2x Machine Guns
- 1/2 tons standard ammunition
Misc:
Cost: 1,866,600 C-bills/93,330 upkeep
Crew Training: Veteran

[Fallen Muse]

Working on sheet.

[Eisenhorn]

Alright, heres the CS

CS

Unit
Name: Dawn Runners
Symbol: A rising sun on a green background, with a sabre crossed over the sun.
Specialization: Fast Attack/Recon
Combat Assets:
x1 Huntsman
x1 Stinger
x4 Harasser
x4 Warrior H7
x2 Musketeer Medium Tank

Non-Combat Personnel:
x1 Veteran Battlemech Technician
x2 Regular Battlemech AsTech
x2 Regular Tank Technician
x8 Trained Tank AsTech
x1 Regular Doctor
x2 Trained Medic

Current Account Balance: 2,354,707 C-bills
Reserve Assets:
Ammunition:
- RAC/5 - 12 Tons
- Streak SRM-2 - 4 Tons
- UAC/2 - 8 Tons
- LRM-10 - 5 Tons
- Streak SRM-6 - 5 Tons
- Machine Gun - 10 Tons
- Autocannon/2 - 20 Tons
- SRM-4 - 10 Tons

CO:
Name: Jurgen Andrazi
Age: 32
Appearance:

Background:
Born on a Federation Suns world, who's name the pilot never shares, or doesn't remember, at an early age Jurgen aspired to military service for the glory of the Federation. As soon as he was old enough, he enlisted as a pilot in the Federation military. Thanks to knowledge from a retired soldier from his home, he attended the War College of Goshen, graduating as a skilled officer for the Federation, but not one that stood out from his peers much. Having excelled at mech piloting, he was assigned as a junior officer to one of the Armored Cavalry units, fast moving Mech regiments that influenced his future thinking after no longer serving with the Federation. From this, he fought against raiders and pirates from all walks of life, and across any planet within the Federation, from ice worlds to jungle planets, having to adapt and overcome in all areas. He also took the fight to them, learning how to coordinate assaults and defenses with any and all resources at hand, from tanks and recon vehicles, to VTOL's loaded with battlearmor, to full Mech lances, a rare occurrence in many places. His term eventually came up, and he had to decide whether to go career, or move on.

Rather than continuing with another commission within the Federation, Jurgen branched off, surprisingly to those that did not know him too well, into mercenary work. Those that knew him realized he had been somewhat disenfranchised by some of the Federation's joint action work and limitation on equipment, willing to use any weapon, as long as it could keep up, to see the job done. He full well knew the flaws of light raiders, and their strengths, and took to filling niche roles in armies that needed them, while plotting out the difficulties of providing heavier, but still mobile, firepower. While his force was specialized in speed, Jurgen applied his practical experience from Federation service, and theoretical experience from the War Academy, making a deadly opponent both personally, and tactically. His early work, due to his initially limited funds from his career in the military service, meant he had to improvise. He didn't buy mechs, like a lot of mercenaries preferred, looking to the tanks and recon vehicles, retrofitting them with lasers and other long deployment friendly weapons, acting as a raider and scout for other, more main stream armies, for the right price of course.

Jurgen would learn to work with former enemies and fight former allies, working with an ex Jade Falcon commander on a number of occasions, and fighting the same one every now and again, and he wisely learned to evade the bite of her weapons as much as possible, his light armor and speed the only defense against a rather heavy hitting fist of Mech firepower. But he stung back as often as he took his lumps, so they would walk away even usually, and he respected the ex Clan mech commander, even if his experience with the Clans was negative as an ex Federation Officer. He would cross paths with all sorts, earning his name as an intelligent, fast moving and hard hitting Mercenary commander, with a knack for not using mechs to do the jobs that most people would bring Mechs to do, especially fighting hostile Mechs with hit and run tactics, going deep into enemy territory to raid supply caches before fleeing into the night. But that was only one facet of his job and career, and he planned on having a long one ahead of him, with his band of mercenaries, the Dawn Runners, intact and more powerful than ever before after each job.

Equipment

Name: Huntsman
Model: Standard
Class: Medium
Speed: 86 km/h
Jump Jet distance: 150m
Armament:
4x ER Medium Lasers
1x Ultra Autocannon/2
1x LRM-10 w/ Artemis IV FCS
1x Streak SRM-6
1x Flamer
1x TAG
2x Anti-Personnel Pods
1x Anti-Missile System
Misc: Personally piloted by Jurgen himself.
Cost: 12,634,375 C-bills

Name: Stinger
Model: STG-3R
Class: Light
Speed: 91.6 km/h
Jump Jet distance: 180m
Armament:
1x Medium Laser
2x Machine Guns
Misc: Seconded to Jurgen in his Huntsman more often than not, providing cover and support to the CO of the Dawn Runners. Used to be piloted by Jurgen himself, early in the Dawn Runner's time.
Cost: 1,615,440 C-bills
Crew Training: Veteran

Name: Harasser
Model: Medium Laser Variant
Class: Hover
Speed: 162 km/h
Jump Jet distance: N/a
Armament:
2x Medium Laser
Misc: N/a
Cost: 568,500 C-bills
Crew Training: Regular

Name: Warrior H7
Model: Standard
Class: VTOL
Speed: 162 km/h
Jump Jet distance: N/a
Armament:
1 x Autocannon/2
1 x SRM-4
Misc:
Cost: 548,250 C-bills
Crew Training: Regular

Name: Musketeer Hover Tank
Model: Standard
Class: Hover
Speed: 119 km/h
Jump Jet distance: N/a
Armament:
1x Rotary Autocannon/5
2x Streak SRM-2s
Misc: N/a
Cost: 1,846,667 C-bills
Crew Training: Regular

[Fallen Muse]

Dark Talons

Unit
Name: Dark Talons
Symbol: a claw with three black Talons on a field of gray
Specialization: Front Line Combat/Light Scouting
Combat Assets:
1xWarhammer Heavy Battlemech
2xDragon Heavy Battlemech
1xHelios Heavy Battle Mech
2xGrenadier Assault Battle Armor
2xSalamander Battle Armor
2xRottweiler Battle Armor
Non-Combat Personnel:
1x Trained Medic
2X Veteran Battlemech Techs
2x trained Battlemech Astechs
2x Regular Battle Armor Techs
4x Trained Battle Armor Astechs
1x Regular Administration
Current Account Balance: 302,096
Reserve Assets:
1 ton SRM Inferno
2x Magshot Gauss Rifles

CO:
Name: Kashra “Of the Pryde Bloodline”
Age: 25
Appearance:
Background: Kashra is a trueborn of the Clan Jade Falcon, born of the Pryde bloodline. As such, she was placed into her Creche, first and foremost, having an unusual number of the young children wash out from around her, despite their shared origins from the Iron Wombs. One of the rare few not to lose all individuality, and still excel in her field of Mech commanding, she was assigned to her Sibko after her tenth birthday. Her Sibko also suffered an unusual number of casualties, brutal training coupled with accidents plaguing the group. The training ranged from hand to hand, with actual bones being broken on the loser, and occasionally victor, while training in Battlearmor was done with live, if underpowered, munitions that occasionally led to fatal accidents. Through all of this, Kashra shone as a leader and commander, especially once put into the trainer Mechs and put into a variety of scenarios and exercises, pushing further and further ahead of her peers. Of course, such training would end eventually, and that end was the Trails of Position.

Only four made it to the Trials of Position, and only Kashra and one other made it through the trails themselves, Kashra making the position of Ristar, while the other was quickly forgotten in the air cast by the success of Kashra. She was assigned as a Star Leader, of her own five mech star. Spending several successful years serving the Clan Jade Falcon, from raiding into the Federation space and fighting other clans, to defending their holdings against other raiders and counterattacks by the Federation's hired mercenaries for such things, and grew more experienced and increased in standing within the Clan, and seemed well on her way to a Trial of Bloodright, to earn her name within the Clan. But such things did not always work out, and this was indeed the case for Kashra.

Jade Falcon made raids during the Fedcom Civil war, which led to her Star's seperation from the rest of the Clan, and during a Trial of Possession, was captured and made a bondswoman by a mercenary band. As customary, she remained in service to the Merc commander who claimed her, while she did eventually earn the man's trust and start piloting Mechs again, rising up through another set of ranks and taking command of a Lance, once more, and seemed naturally destined to lead Mechs, wherever she went. But once more, everyone around her in the mercenary band got slaughtered, with only herself and a handful of loyal pilots escaping once again. She was free to return to her Clan, and she chose not to.

Taking the survivors as her own, the surviving Lance became the formation of her mercenary band, the Dark Talons, and started working free of her Clan, having gotten a taste for mercenary work during her time a bondswoman, and stuck with it, doing some small jobs to get a support system up for her Mechs, and began working to make a name for herself in the market of mercenary work. She would cross paths with all sorts, including former enemies who took similar paths into the Mercenary work, including an ex Federation officer who, despite being opposed to each other in former careers in life, did not hold animosity towards each other, having worked the same and opposite cause of enough jobs to be beyond such things, and continued raising her status as a mercenary Mech commander beyond this.

Equipment

Name: Warhammer
Model: WHM-6R
Class: Heavy
Speed: 64.8 KM/h
Jump Jet distance: N/A
Armament: 2x PPCs, 1x SRM-6, 2x Medium lasers, 2x Small Lasers, 2x Machine Guns
Misc: (Anything you feel applicable that would not fit into a different category)
Cost: 6,070,984/Upkeep 303,549
Crew Training: Kashra’s personal mech Veteran

Name: Helios
Model: HEL-3D
Class: Heavy
Speed: 64.8 KM/h
Jump Jet distance: 120 Meters
Armament: 2x SRM-6s, 1x Gauss Rifle, 2x ER Medium Lasers
Misc: (Anything you feel applicable that would not fit into a different category)
Cost: 5,735,000/Upkeep 286,750
Crew Training: Veteran

Name: Dragon
Model: DRG-1N
Class: Heavy
Speed: 86.4 KM/h
Jump Jet distance: NA
Armament: 1x LRM-10, 1x Autocannon/5, 2x Medium Lasers
Misc: (Anything you feel applicable that would not fit into a different category)
Cost: 5,036,800 Each/ Upkeep 251,840/ Total 10,073,600/Total Upkeep 503,680
Crew Training: Regular

Name: Grenadier
Model: Battle Armor
Class: Assault
Speed: 21 KM/h
Jump Jet distance: N/A
Armament: 1x SRM, 1x Magshot Gauss Rifle, 1x Small Laser
Misc: Stealth Armor
Cost: 606,310/ Upkeep 30,315/Total 1,212,620/Total upkeep 60,630
Crew Training: Regular

Name: Salamander
Model: Battle Armor
Class: Medium
Speed: 10.8 KM/H
Jump Jet distance: N/A
Armament: 2x Flamers, 1x SRM-1
Misc: Flame Resistant
Cost: 475,000/Upkeep 23,750/ Total 950,000/ Total upkeep 46,500
Crew Training: Regular

Name: Rottweiler
Model: Battle Armor
Class: Medium
Speed: 54 KM/h
Jump Jet distance: N/A
Armament: 1x Small Laser, 1x Firedrake Support Needler
Misc: Stealth Armor, Extra Carrying capacity 5 Kilograms
Cost: 306,850/ Upkeep 15,342/ Total 613,700/ Upkeep Total 30,486
Crew Training: Regular

[Omega]

Looks good, Desert Zephyr said they would be joining us in like a day so I will finish my own sheet, write up the full job list and we should be ready for the IC shortly.

[Desert Zephyr]

Sorry for the delay. If it's still open, here is the C.S.

Unit
Name: Ferric Lyre
Symbol: A black harp wrapped in flames.
Specialization: Caravan Raiding or Protection, Scouting in Force

Combat Assets:

2xCondor Heavy Tank (4xER Medium Lasers)
4xGoblin Medium Tank (2xLRM 10)
1xHunchback HBK-4GR-UK (2xMed Laser,1xAC/20)
1xBlack Jack BJ-3 (2xPPC, 4xMed Laser)
1xTrebuchet TBT-5N (2xLRM 15, 4xMed Laser)
1xCenturion CN9-D (Modified)
2xSaladin Assault Hover Tank [Clan Cargo] (1xCase, 16.5 Tons of Cargo)
4xFlatbed Truck [Armored] (4 tons Cargo)

Non-Combat Personnel:

1 Elite Mech Technician, 3 Veteran Mech technician, 4 Trained Mech Technicians, 8 Trained Mech Astechs
4 Veteran Tank Techs, 8 Regular Tank Techs, 2 Trained Tank Techs, 2 Green Tank Techs, 8 Trained Tank Astechs, 2 Green Tank AsTechs
1 Veteran Doctor, 2 Veteran Medics and 1 Regular Administration Personnel

Current Account Balance:2,101,600 C-Bills

Reserve Assets:

1xCASE
4xLRM 10
2xER Medium Laser
25 Tons of LRM std. ammo
2 Tons of AC/20 std. ammo
2 Tons of AC/20 precision ammo
2 Tons of AC/10 std ammo

CO
Name: Douglas Kempfer
Age:28
Appearance

Background:

Douglas was born to Karen Gothren, a bastard of with a Davion noble who didn’t claim him. While his actual paternity isn’t known, apparently the noble was wealthy, and refused any aid to the woman he impregnated. Karen has enough pride not to state any names, but the subject is bitterly resented, and acrimonious. When Douglas was five, Karen remarried to Jason Kempfer, a mid-rank mech pilot. A veteran fighter with excellent training sense, Jason trained both his men, and his young boy for five years. When Jason’s unit was disgraced during the initial assault of the clan war, despite Jason’s individual valor, the whole unit was dishonorably discharged. Bitter, but mostly still loyal, Jason relocated his family using the last of his C-bills and favors to relocate to Solaris.

While Jason fought in more than a few matches in the arenas of Solaris, he quickly transitioned to a position as an assistant stable master. Acquiring the position came at a bitter sweet cost for both Douglas and Jason, as Karen died in childbirth while delivering him a baby brother. Cary was the delight of both men, and they spoiled him. Douglas began hanging around the stable after school, learning to be both a technician and a pilot from the men and women at the stable. While not all the employees of the stable appreciated the serious and earnest young man, the owners appreciated the willingness to learn, work hard, and most importantly, work for free.

Douglas also began competing in the low ranked arenas with a nigh-deep sixed hunchback. He matched up well with an up and comer Stephan Delano, another Davion ex-pat that was only a few years older than he. While Stephan would eventually garner the attention and money needed to make a run for becoming a champion, heavily inspired by Kai Allard-Liao and the Yen-Lo Wang, piloting a centurion. The start of the FedCom civil war through a wrench in the whole works, splitting up families and loyalties. Douglas felt a strong heart ache when his younger brother sided with the Steiners, instead of the Davions like he and his father. Bitter city fighting led to the death of their father, and the mutual annihilation of the two faction heads spelled the beginning of the end for the Davion faction on Solaris. Utilizing some strategy, Douglas managed to bribe a Kuritan mercenary captain to transport both his Victor assault mech, and Stephan’s heavily modified centurion off-planet.

Both Douglas and Stephan served under the Kuritan captain of the Demon Hounds mercenary company to serve with Clan Wolf-in-exile to hold off the initial clan push. Douglas gained a few more contacts, and swapped in some new clan tech salvage for both their mechs, and even acquired a few more extra chassis to allow Douglas to start his own mercenary company. While the name shifted around a bit in the beginning, the name Ferric Lyre was inspired by a rather brilliant stand-off with one of the last desperate clan assaults with the help of an iron refinery in the town of Lyre.

Itching for more action, Douglas and Stephan developed a few rookie mech pilots in extra chassis to form a lance specializing the defense of hard fought points in the mountains and cities. The extra weight and fire power of the Victor were key to success. The end of the clan push left Douglas free to pursue his own personal vendetta, siding with Victor Steiner-Davion’s forces to push through Victor’s treacherous sister’s forces gaining revenge for his father’s death. A few heavy assaults into the middle actually caused Douglas to meet up with his brother for a final time. Cary was fatally wounded in an initial assault, foolishly manning an infantry hard point against a few light mechs with flamers. He survived long enough to say goodbye to his brother, which soured the whole campaign for him. Still the money was undeniable, and Douglas proved to be an adroit tactician, often out-maneuvering similar units. Stephan’s skill also continued to climb, becoming an elite mech pilot through harsh interpersonal fights, personally downing more than fifteen mechs in freelance duels and even more in the melee of large scale combat.

The end of the FedCom Civil war lead to difficult times for Douglas’s company. He never did manage to save enough to build a force that would support its own dropship. The last few years have been difficult, with his last campaign ending in a rather costly failure. Choosing the losing side of Steiner-Kuritan conflict, Douglas lost his prized victor extracting a patrol of tanks from a pair of medium mech lances. Tanking most of the damage while the rest of his command dealt with uppity Dracs, a few lucky shots cored the hip actuators, and Douglas had to eject. During the confusion, he lost another merc pilot and his heavy mech. Another stroke of bad fortune left Douglas’s company holding the line of a salient while a cowardly Steiner unit broke and ran, which eliminated the time for a proper salvage operation. Luckily, he was at least able to commandeer a damaged hunchback from a surrended Drac pilot, and also made it to the extraction point with the surviving tank company.

Looking to rebuild, the medium lance company wasn’t suitable for the previous heavy combat fighting that was anchored around the Victor, but at least Douglas has a veteran tank XO and Stephan’s skill are usually worth a weight class on their own.

Equipment

Name: Centurion
Model:CN9-D Base
Class: Medium Mech
Speed:64.8 kph
Jump Jet distance: N/A
Armament: (1xUAC/10, 2xER Medium Lasers, 1xLRM 10 w/Artemis; 2xtons of AC/10, 2xtons LRM, std 200 rating engine)
Misc: Piloted by Stephan Delano, once a contender for the Solaris Championship before the FedCom Civil War, dislikes the extra damage possibility of an XL engine.
Cost: 4094500
Crew Training: Elite

Name: Hunchback
Model: HBK-4G
Class: Medium Mech
Speed: 64.8 kph
Jump Jet Distance: N/A
Armament: 1x AC/20, 2x Medium Lasers
Misc: Either piloted by Douglas or their new rookie Garth
Cost:3,467,875
Crew Training: Commander or Green

Name: Black Jack
Model: BJ-3
Class: Medium Mech
Speed:64.8kph
Jump Jet Distance: 120m
Armament: 2xPPC, 4xMed Laser
Misc: Sports four painted mech and seven painted tank emblems, representing kills
Cost: 3,592,375
Crew Training: Veteran

Name: Trebuchet
Model: TBT-5N
Class: Medium Mech
Speed:86.4 kph
Jump Jet Distance:N/A
Armament:2xLRM 15, 4x Medium Laser
Misc:
Cost: 4,293,500
Crew Training: Regular

Name: Condor Heavy Hover Tank (x2)
Model: Liao on Megamek
Class: Medium Tank
Speed: 129 kph
Armament: 4xER Medium lasers
Misc: Douglas sacrificed his last mech to save the crews of another merc tank unit that was in trouble. Feeling grateful, they joined his company, as their CO died, and the XO now commands the rest under Douglas.
Cost: 1,268,000 (x2)
Crew Training: Veteran

Name: Goblin Medium Tank (x4)
Model: LRM 10
Class: Medium Tracked Tank
Speed: 86.4 kph
Armament: Machine Gun, 2xLRM 10
Misc: The new part of the tank crew, and easy runs are used to season the green crew members
Cost: 848,975 (x4)
Crew: Trained

Name: Saladin Assault Hover Tank (x2)
Model: Clan Cargo
Class: Medium Hover Tank
Speed: 129 kph
Armament: 17 tons cargo
Misc: The caravan runs can seriously run through ammo, so one or both tanks are full up for reloads. Sometimes crewed by the greenies for experience.
Cost: 384,625
Crew: Green/Trained

Name: Flatbed Truck
Model: Armored Truck
Class: Light wheeled Tank
Speed: 86.4 kph
Armament: 4 tons Cargo
Misc: Douglas picked these up for extra transport, either salvage, ammo or personnel
Cost:47250
Crew: Green/Trained (if used in combat)

[Omega]

I am without a doubt still accepting and was about to send you a PM.

It took me a second to realize the oddities I saw in your forces. One problem with megamek is it includes non-canon, apocryphal, and customized units as well. So if something is mentioned once incorrectly in a book such as a non-canon loadout for a mech due to a lack of fact checking the people of megamek will give it an off designation and include it or if some guy swapped some parts for whatever reason it will be listed there with a slight alteration to the designation as well. For example -UK and -TF units are made by mechfactory or techfactory respectively and are non-canon

For your Hunchback it is basically a 4G with some extra parts like a C3 Slave system you are not using anyway so just change it to a HBK-4G and you even save some cash that way.

Your Centurion is a model from the MechComannder series that is rather apocryphal but as you state your character was on Solaris so it was not uncommon to customize their mechs. The problem is your mech uses an endo-steel chassis which is not something you can just swap in, the D series uses endo-steel but it also uses an XL engine so if you want we can work on you utilizing a customized mech but keep in mind customized mechs mean those mechs will have increased upkeep costs.

You appear to have paid extra for a few units as well, units come fully loaded and you do not have to pay signing fees for pilots at the start if that is where you got some of your cost from.

The Condor goes 129 KPH same for the Saladin

[Desert Zephyr]

Thanks, I will adjust the speeds now. On that note, I feel like the speeds for most of those medium mechs are a little low, as it seems more like a heavy mech speed. Might be too much MWO for that though. The Condors and the Centurion have some extra tacked on them for the increased weapon loadout, where I just added the difference in cost between the base and the upgrade to the cost, i.e. Sarna's difference between a medium laser and ER medium laser got tacked on to the cost.

If I don't need to do that, please let me know, I'ld love to save that cash. I am also fine with having one heavily customized mech in the Centurion. LRM 5s are close enough in weight to switch out for a Streak and some armor so that was the other thought for the customization. I really wanted to play with a IIC for customization, but they were too expensive, and I got lazy with the load outs. I didn't know the TF and UK designation bit, but I am aware that it wasn't a standard loadout and let the Solaris history allow me to have one fun thing to play with. I am also fine with the increased upkeep, which is also why an elite mech tech is on the non-combat roster. I will switch the hunchback designation, as it's both cheaper and I missed the C3 addition. I thought it was extra armor.

[Omega]

Well, for your BJ-3 you have 3,952,375 listed but on my megamek I see 3,592,375 listed as it's cost.

For your Trebuchet TBT-5N you have 4,373,500 listed but agan my megamek shows 4,293,500

With those clan weapon additions keep in mind replacing weapons with clan weapons mean jury-rigging them on for extra upkeep and you will not exactly find it easy to replace losses. To think of it in modern terms imagine taking an Abrams and replacing it's gun with a Russian gun. Even if they are the same caliber almost nothing will line up right to try and keep the systems together so you are going to be doing things like drilling new holes to keep the gun in the turret and shaving down places on the turret to make it all work.

The Centurion we can go with it being a CN9-D variant you tore the XL engine out of

[Desert Zephyr]

The BJ-3 was a typo, it was right in my spreadsheet. I also fixed the Trebuchet cost, as I was contemplating adding other stuff to it, and never undid the extra costs. The only issue with that CN9-D variant is close to 10 mil in C-bills in megamek. I am now on the fence for the clan weapons, and now want some clan mechs to use that better tech. Other than the Centurion, is anything else an issue?

[Omega]

THe CN9-D costs come from the XL engine added, if you have skunkworks it is a program that lets you customize mechs or you could base it off the CN9-A series which lacks endosteel so you will have slightly reduced firepower.

I do not believe I saw any other issues.

[Desert Zephyr]

I downloaded Skunkwerks and went ahead to build a CN9-D variant. I switched out the XL 300 for a Std 200 engine and added the UAC instead of the AC/10. I will save grabbing clan gear once I can buy a few clan mechs. Other than that, I haven't changed anything, so I will start my opening post soon. On another note, how exactly are we going to game this all out?

[Omega]

What do you mean how we will game this out? If you are talking about combat just RP it out as you would a normal RP.

Desert Zephyr which contract do you plan to pick up?

[Omega]

Posted again, I feel like it really dragged on so i ended up rushing it and it looked a lot longer in Microsoft Word plus I wanted us to reach the beginning of combat posts for you guys so I am not really happy with it but it advances things at least.

[Desert Zephyr]

I am thinking Davion. My character already has sympathies there, and the straight pay is higher. I do need to do a coin flip for which area I shall be in though.

[Omega]

Once you decide which faction I can tell you how your employer would utilise you

[Desert Zephyr]

I'll go Davion then.

[Omega]

You would be placed in one of the 2 secondary regiments of mercs. Basically you would be behind the lines and respond to the strongest enemy pushes by rushing to the area to reinforce.

[Desert Zephyr]

I will have my post up today or tomorrow. Sorry for the delay.

[Omega]

It is fine.

My schedule is changed as well so I should be capable of daily posts soon though I doubt we will post that often.