Which RP campaign lance would you start with?

[Colt Ward]

MW5's career mode, aside from DLC, lets you pick a starting lance to ride in your Leopard along with which House you will start off in with a sort of favorable reputation.  Each starting selection is placed in a hot spot rather than starting off Galatea as if newly formed, consider it something like FM: Mercs (R) generic history pass through where you can roll for a few 'previous' contracts to back fill some history for your unit.

The FedSuns start on the Drac border near the OA.
Dracs start off on the Periphery edge with the Lyrans the nearest House.
Cappies are periphery near FS border, the gap between MoC & TC.
League start is in Andurien area.
Lyrans start near League border against periphery.

Which merc lance would you want to start off with if you were in a Alpha Strike or Total Warfare campaign?  Why? Would it matter if you used Chaos tracks or tried to track the details?

The start date is 3015, does "knowing" what will happen affect your choices of mechs?  IE, which get good Helm upgrades?

Edit- Updated for clarity

[Prospernia]

Which era?  Looks 3025. 

If I'm GM/running a game, Drac or FedSuns or maybe Lyrans.

If I'm playing, any will do.

[Colt Ward]

Not sure I put this poll here . . . game starts in 3015.

[glitterboy2098]

honestly of those? i'd probably take the Lyran lance. the griffin is a solid machine, the two commandos add a fair bit of firepower, and you still have a locust for some high speed scouting. the lyran start point being out near the periphery also promises lower stress missions to start with.

[DevianID]

From a HBS/MW5 POV here.

The steiner lance has a mech that i will use into end game, the Griffin S.  It has good weapons hardpoints, bit harsh on too much in RT arm, but a great design overall.  All the other lances will entirely be replaced as quickly as you salvage mechs, so by mission 4 you likely have an entirely different team.

From a classic POV, the Griffin is the 5/8/5 paragon 55 tonner, and the S rates only below the Wolverine M (and I am of the opinion that the Griffin S is better then the WolvM).  The locust is solid in classic, and for RPG campaigns with quirks it amd the commando are low profile which is awesome when starting out.

[Colt Ward]

Sorry, let me revise the OP for clarity . . . I am specifically NOT talking about MW5 or even HBS (guess they could have been Periphery w/ standard set up), but using their selection for a Alpha Strike or Total Warfare RP campaign.

[Prospernia]

Not sure I put this poll here . . . game starts in 3015.

Cool!  Lots of time for the players to build up XP for 3025 and the 4th Suc.

Consider using character-trees.