Not a Sea Fox, but a Grendel and a Nova Cat would be my two votes. The Grendel would pair well with the Tiburon I feel and give some quicker firepower that won't totally wilt if something with pulses/LBX/HAGs/etc looks at it, and the Nova Cat is still the Clan pocket assault 'Mech in my eyes, even if it does slow the Star down by a good deal (though the Hammerheads aren't really fast). Plus both are fairly fluffy Fox 'Mechs, and are available in plastic to boot.
Forgot about the Grendel even though I own four: that’s not a bad idea.
In the ilclan sourcebooks, Clan Sea Fox has been assuming more and more the duties & responsibilities of the former-Comstar. This confuses me.
Why would Clan Sea fox be interested in this and why would the inner sphere powers allow this?
For instance, the latest sourcebook intimates that Sea Fox is acting as the new neutral party ensuring mercenary contracts like Comstar used to. I don't understand why a mercenary trade that has enjoyed its freedom would put itself under the authority of a clan. I understand functionally why someone in universe needs to. I don't get why Sea Fox would or why anyone would go along with it. Color me confused.
Several reasons.
One) ComStar assets were at an all time low cheap price so they snatched up as many as they could. They MIGHT have the solution on how to fix them, and owning them all will make them a LOT of money and power in the Sphere.
Two) Mercenaries contracted thru them will not only get them a small piece of the contract but make them once again in a position of power. Think of Outreach except mobile and with Clan sense of honor intact for breaching of contract. Theirs a good POV in the new Mercenary Novella series (Riptides) and the snippet in a DD sidebar gives a lot of perspective.
Three) It’s not necessarily about the freedom and bondage aspect: Clan Sea Fox is acting as a negotiating agent on behalf of the mercs… as in their corner. The Mercs know how to get a hold of them and it’s not like they’ll run away with their money. Also if the client is in breach of the contract then the mercs know that Clan Sea Fox is in THEIR corner. For up and coming mercenaries this could be a life saver: not being company stored, or shafted of their rightful pay.
Clan Sea Fox is taking aspects of the Inner Sphere that the original Clans never wanted to concern themselves with and enriching themselves because of it. Imagine if they took control of Solaris and other sports worlds. Imagine them absorbing merchant fleets and working with the AML to provide mobile banks to everyone. Imagine them reintroducing the C-Bill that every faction could use again. That’s a LOT of powerful tools at their command.