Brian Cache home of the 331st and the Not-Named-Clan

[wolfcannon]

hmm not able to get the book.

[Mendrugo]

hmm not able to get the book.

It’s a Kickstarter reward.  There was an initial glitch in distribution, with it only going out to people who had closed their pledge manager after a certain date.  I got mine by reopening then closing my manager.  Not sure that’s still possible.

[wolfcannon]

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[Drewbacca]

Question for the Wolverines. If the Wolverines had survived, would they have adopted protomechs?

[RifleMech]

Maybe for amputees.

[ErikModi]

Question for the Wolverines. If the Wolverines had survived, would they have adopted protomechs?

That's. . . actually part of what prompted my question about ProtoMechs (but mostly it was exactly what I asked. . . what was the source behind the "ProtoMech Fever" at the start of the Wars of Reaving?)

After reading Betrayal of Ideals, a fanfic bubble expanded in my head and I had to pop it.  Repeatedly.  (See "Best Served Cold" in Fanfic).  In the end, I think the Wolverines. . . or my take on the Wolverines. . . wouldn't be interested in ProtoMechs, largely because they just don't have anyone to pilot them.  They don't have a breeding program so no phenotypes, they don't have rigorous warrior testing and washouts so desperate to be warriors they'll take a second chance as a ProtoMech pilot, and they don't have a gap in their force structure that ProtoMechs would fill better.  At least, the way I look at it.

If people are interested, I can share more on my take on what Clan Wolverine evolved into, why, and how, as well as the 'Mech designs I've been making for them through MegaMek.

[Intermittent_Coherence]

The use of frankenmechs might have simply been camouflage. Frankenmech users are usually considered just a few steps higher than being dispossessed. Nobody would pay much attention to a pair of warriors riding such. Certainly much less attention to morons riding into battle on either signature Wolverine mechs or completely unknown designs.

Plus it would be a bit of tradition. After all, a Shadowhawk/Griffin frankenmech was good enough for Franklin Hallis back in the day.

[RifleMech]

Yes, a FrankenMech is just up from being dispossessed but I don't think nobody would pay attention to them. Depending on the FrankenMech, they'd be pretty distracting. Just like a signature or unknown design. They could also be heavily armed even if they're a mishmash of Mechs. So they'd be discounted at peril.


Going back to Protomechs, I don't think the Wolverines would use them. If they did, I think it'd be limited to amputees or they'd have more conventional controls.