Post by piñata on Feb 17, 2008 18:18:43 GMT -5
Okay, here's the background info. This is based on a fan fic I wrote, but never got around to posting anywhere about 10 years ago (when I was spending nearly every waking hour playing Mechwarrior 2 for Windows 95). It's been awhile, so I may have misspelled some planet names, "Clan words", etc.
The story: In 3051, the Clans decided they needed to adopt more Inner Sphere-like fighting styles if they were to be successful in their invasion. Clan Wolf was tapped to research "SpecOps" -- special covert operations -- and form a small unit to run such operations against the Inner Sphere's forces.
Star Captain "Psycho" Seth Radick, so named because of his habit of ramming enemy 'Mechs to increase the amount of damage he did, was tapped to command the unit... he was instructed to handpick nine others to serve with him from the dregs of Clan Wolf's military. Seth organized a ragtag group of washouts, screwups, troublemakers, converted technicians, cowards and freebirths and, somehow, turned them into an elite fighting force.
Though the experiment was successful, after the Clans were defeated at the Battle of Tukkayid it was decided that SpecOps Binary would be disbanded and its surviving members scattered to the four winds. Many of these were promoted and given their own commands.
Fast forward five years to 3057. Conflict -- a conflict that will eventually come to be known as The Refusal War -- is brewing between Clans Wolf and Jade Falcon. The Wolf Clan nervously decides to reinstate SpecOps Binary, and pulls Seth, his former XO and the other surviving members (not all who survived the Battle of Tukkayid have survived the intervening five years too) back together with instructions to form a new unit, this time selecting the best new Mechwarriors currently coming out of training to fill out the unit, but prioritizing them based on secondary skills (demolitions, communications, etc.).
I'll play Seth, a few canons and, when we reach that obvious plot twist, the leader of Clan Jade Falcon's SpecOps Binary; the rest of the characters will need to be contributed by you guys. Each member of SpecOps Binary should have useful skills besides just piloting a 'Mech... anti-aircraft combat, guerrilla warfare, recon and computer hacking are all examples from the fan fic. Other than that, character creation is up to you, though bloodnames should be rare within the unit itself, and you shouldn't take on multiples unless you're confident in your ability to devote enough time to them. Let me know if you're interested. I'll provide links to useful Mechwarrior sites (Wikis, etc.) for those who need more information.
The story: In 3051, the Clans decided they needed to adopt more Inner Sphere-like fighting styles if they were to be successful in their invasion. Clan Wolf was tapped to research "SpecOps" -- special covert operations -- and form a small unit to run such operations against the Inner Sphere's forces.
Star Captain "Psycho" Seth Radick, so named because of his habit of ramming enemy 'Mechs to increase the amount of damage he did, was tapped to command the unit... he was instructed to handpick nine others to serve with him from the dregs of Clan Wolf's military. Seth organized a ragtag group of washouts, screwups, troublemakers, converted technicians, cowards and freebirths and, somehow, turned them into an elite fighting force.
Though the experiment was successful, after the Clans were defeated at the Battle of Tukkayid it was decided that SpecOps Binary would be disbanded and its surviving members scattered to the four winds. Many of these were promoted and given their own commands.
Fast forward five years to 3057. Conflict -- a conflict that will eventually come to be known as The Refusal War -- is brewing between Clans Wolf and Jade Falcon. The Wolf Clan nervously decides to reinstate SpecOps Binary, and pulls Seth, his former XO and the other surviving members (not all who survived the Battle of Tukkayid have survived the intervening five years too) back together with instructions to form a new unit, this time selecting the best new Mechwarriors currently coming out of training to fill out the unit, but prioritizing them based on secondary skills (demolitions, communications, etc.).
I'll play Seth, a few canons and, when we reach that obvious plot twist, the leader of Clan Jade Falcon's SpecOps Binary; the rest of the characters will need to be contributed by you guys. Each member of SpecOps Binary should have useful skills besides just piloting a 'Mech... anti-aircraft combat, guerrilla warfare, recon and computer hacking are all examples from the fan fic. Other than that, character creation is up to you, though bloodnames should be rare within the unit itself, and you shouldn't take on multiples unless you're confident in your ability to devote enough time to them. Let me know if you're interested. I'll provide links to useful Mechwarrior sites (Wikis, etc.) for those who need more information.