Clan Blood Spirit Enclave: Heroes of Our Time

[Stormlion1]

They dug up enough mechs to outfit the Dragoons a few decades earlier so there is a good possibility they tapped out all the caches outfitting them.

[Sjhernan3060]

Aren't all caches controlled by certain clans?

[Stormlion1]

If its in there territory its controlled by that Clan from what I understand. Problem was many of the caches were forgotten or lost after the Pentagon Civil War and even the Clans on occasion stumble across ones they didn't know about.

[Archangel]

They dug up enough mechs to outfit the Dragoons a few decades earlier so there is a good possibility they tapped out all the caches outfitting them.

As far as I am aware only Clan Wolf caches were used to equip the Dragoons (offers of assistance by other Clans were declined) and Vlad opened up their remaining caches to replace losses suffered during the Refusal War.

Do we think that all of the Spirits Brian Caches had by 3060 all been tapped out? I was wondering:

Yes.  Well to be precise any known Brian Caches would have been tapped out.  Any military equipment found in a newly discovered Brian Caches would have been immediately reactivated to replace combat losses.  After all they were constantly short of military equipment and sold off most of their fleet to the Snow Ravens to secretly create the additional forces they needed to have any chance in participating in the invasion of the Inner Sphere.

Could they have discovered additional Brian Caches after 3060?

Yes.  Highly unlikely but they may have discovered in their territory or their new (re)acquisitions.

[Sjhernan3060]

So they could have trialed for old caches the nova cats, bears and jags left behind? I imagine that could have been a way they could have bulked up their forces. In particular old SL or Klondike era aerofighters.... With the mech as king mindset I would think that as soon as a new flashy aerofighter came online the old stuff just got cached

[Sjhernan3060]

Question about the 3060 era blood guard keshik. Was that a pure battle mech cluster?

On camospecs in the post 3060 era it is shown to be a mixed unit. If any one has attempted the paint scheme I would like to see your efforts!
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[Stormlion1]

Question about the 3060 era blood guard keshik. Was that a pure battle mech cluster?

On camospecs in the post 3060 era it is shown to be a mixed unit. If any one has attempted the paint scheme I would like to see your efforts!
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I have a Trinary of the BloodGuard Keshik painted up. I will post it when I get a chance.

[Terminax]

Question about the 3060 era blood guard keshik. Was that a pure battle mech cluster?

On camospecs in the post 3060 era it is shown to be a mixed unit. If any one has attempted the paint scheme I would like to see your efforts!
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It follows the exact same pattern as everyone other Blood Spirit Cluster - 3 Mech Trinaries, 1 Elemental Trinary and 1 Vee Trinary.

[Archangel]

So they could have trialed for old caches the nova cats, bears and jags left behind? I imagine that could have been a way they could have bulked up their forces. In particular old SL or Klondike era aerofighters.... With the mech as king mindset I would think that as soon as a new flashy aerofighter came online the old stuff just got cached

They could have but it likely wouldn't have been worth it given that practically everybody was fighting over their territory.  What good is being able to claim a Trinary's worth of mothballed SL equipment if you lose a Trinary's worth of Clan-tech equipment plus some warriors?

A lot of the most brutal fighting was over Nova Cat territory (first to expel the abjured Clan then to lay claim to their territory).  The Ghost Bears had plenty of time to remove the most valuable equipment in their caches during their multi-year exodus to the IS and they gave their territory to two of the three Clans that the Blood Spirits were on relatively good terms with, the Snow Ravens and Diamond Sharks, and the Spriits would have been reluctant to attack either Clan.  Finally the Jaguars likely didn't have much remaining in their caches even before the Invasion (their lack of resources was a major reason why they pushed so hard for the invasion in the first place) and likely emptied most of the remaining machines in their effort to rebuild after Tukayyid. 

[Sjhernan3060]

Good points arcangel thanks! This is why in my time line I am having the spirits intervene in the jag annilation instead

[The Eagle]

It follows the exact same pattern as everyone other Blood Spirit Cluster - 3 Mech Trinaries, 1 Elemental Trinary and 1 Vee Trinary.

I've always assumed the same, but I will add that FM:CC states that the Cluster consists "entirely" of heavy and assault 'Mechs.  I can see that passage going either way: maybe its 'Mech complement is all big 'Mechs, or maybe every trinary is all big 'Mechs.

[Sjhernan3060]

Hmmm with the spirits always being so resource strapped do you think they would have sunk some much into one unit ( if it was all mech) what do you all think? I mean that is a BIG hammer...

As far as I know in Cannon however they never really got a chance to shine...

[Kit deSummersville]

Someone has to be the Pittsburgh Pirates of the story.

[Sjhernan3060]

In the Burrock absorption a number of Spirit Galaxies were destroyed and I believe several were disbanded. Does any one have any homebrew paint schemes for the Spirits they would like to share?

[alex blood spirit]

thought of the day;after the clan operation Klondike the  Krenesky brothers  decided to join the clans mainly clan Wolf.What if Andre survived and decided to join Clan Blood Spirit instead of Clan Wolf//??

[Kit deSummersville]

Andery? It be weird to hang out with the Wolves, fall in love with a Coyote and join the Spirits. But given his relationship with his brother I doubt there would be much of a change. They weren't exactly very tight.

[Stormlion1]

In a way I almost think the Spirits were originally meant to be the Kerensky Clan. They weren't named after a animal but a ideal, a ideal Nicholas wanted to perpetuate.

[Sjhernan3060]

Whoa that would have been a difference! Not be a hater but didn't nick set the spirits up to fail? I mean for a society based on might makes right the spirits orginal giving nature seemed to go against the grain

[Wolf72]

Yeah, the espirit de corps ends up going contrary to actual clan practice.  I think the Spirits should have been some sort of honor clan, accepting applicants from any clan and expected to protect certain sites, ideals, and other rituals.  Perhaps some sort of Clan Honor Police, or the expected role of that.  Sure, they'd end up with many of the same issues, but hopefully will have been more resilient.

[Sjhernan3060]

Due to the constant battles against the adders I would assume the sprits would have access to the corona battle armor? Is a good tactic to use them with lighter omnis which can taxi them to a good sniping spot?

[Sjhernan3060]

Well finished the landing struts literally hours before my flight leaves. I decided to paint them in gunmetal with the cables a dark grey that way there not the same color as the mostly metal hull. A decal was made and is ready of the Blood Spirit Logo that is almost perfect. Here is hoping when the time comes I can but it on straight, I never have much luck with decals. When I get home I plan to start painting the Hull of the Overlord IIc with a mix of steel paint with spots of silver and tin to break up the all steel hull. Still thinking of names to use though, Blood Eagle is in the lead, a buddy of mine suggested Blood Knight and Caliburn.

Did you finish this up would be curious to see it?

[Stormlion1]

Looks like that pic didn't survive the downtime the forums had.

[Kit deSummersville]

The Star Adders stole it.

[Stormlion1]

The Star Adders stole it.

Eh, it was slightly too big anyway and I couldn't figure out how to shrink it down anymore.

[Gaiiten]

The Star Adders stole it.

So you lost a Trial of Position then.

[Stormlion1]

So you lost a Trial of Position then.

The Forums lost a Trial of, wait Position? Possession. That's what they lost!

[Gaiiten]

Shall we declare a Trial of Refusal then?

 ;)

[Sjhernan3060]

Pre Burrock absorption when the spirits were deeply isolated how would a warrior gain enough renown to warranty a blood name? I they did something of course but I don't know what

[Jaim Magnus]

There were still limited trials against other Clans, especially the Burrocks. Would also have been raids by the bandit caste to fend off, or bandits to track down. So still opportunity to earn a name.

[Wolf72]

use your ilchi (is that the right term) to go visit a 'friendly' clan and jump in a couple of raids against their targets.