Clan Blood Spirit: Get Off Our Lawn

[alex blood spirit]

did all clans train on Strana Mechty prior to Operation Klondke

[Mendrugo]

did all clans train on Strana Mechty prior to Operation Klondke

Yes.

[alex blood spirit]

During the Golden Century did the Spirit's make any improvements in clan weapons

[Reldn]

During the Golden Century did the Spirit's make any improvements in clan weapons

Per Era Digest: Golden Century, it looks like the Blood Spirits were the ones to update the AMS to Clan-spec in 2831.

[Stormlion1]

Per Era Digest: Golden Century, it looks like the Blood Spirits were the ones to update the AMS to Clan-spec in 2831.

I wonder if that means the Burrocks were big LRM users?

[Reldn]

I wonder if that means the Burrocks were big LRM users?

Maybe so. Possibly Clan Mongoose, even. Those two Clans were the ones that attacked the Blood Spirits the most during that time.

[The Eagle]

Given the Spirits' need to lean hard into durability, that actually kind of makes sense.  Functionally, it's just a computer-directed machine gun -- and machine guns had been built in some form or another for a millennia at that point -- that improves durability by shooting down missiles.  Simple in operation, simple to build, extends longevity of your 'Mechs.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Given the Spirits' need to lean hard into durability, that actually kind of makes sense.  Functionally, it's just a computer-directed machine gun -- and machine guns had been built in some form or another for a millennia at that point -- that improves durability by shooting down missiles.  Simple in operation, simple to build, extends longevity of your 'Mechs.

100% agree with this. Plus, the Spirits got a lot of mileage out of LRM-equipped units if their signature designs are anything to go by, so who better to know the value in reducing the effectiveness of missile weaponry.

I also think the Burrocks could have been big proponents of LRM racks. All the better to find some of the holes caused by their preferred big-bore weaponry, and in my eyes the Clan LRM system was a great equalizer for Burrock Warriors sent off to raid the Spirits. The ability to acquire a missile lock at a range equal to your enemy likely doesn't require that much skill whether you're Average Q. Polczyk from the Burrocks or the product of the most demanding sibko system in the Clans like a Spirit. I know it doesn't quite work that way in the game itself, but IU it should be a weapons system the Burrocks could use just as efficiently as their ultra-elite adversaries.

[Stormlion1]

Blood Spirits protecting the Blood Chapel game finished. Ten Blood Guard Keshik vs Thirteen Star Adder Mechs and a few points of Battle Armor. Started out strong with a first kill but got spread out and defeated in detail trying to be everywhere at once. Lots of cored out mechs and blown off limbs. Surprisingly enough no head shots. Real star was a Blood Kite that just wouldn't die. I mean seriously, it lost everything except two Large Lasers and it still scored a kill. Finally cored out but it took everything sent against it. Even helped bring down a Kodiak that charged it. My Dire Wolf did well as well with a lot of damage done out. My opponents had the numbers to keep me busy and then sent extra off to destroy the Blood Chapels, which they turned into a race to see who got the most destroyed by the end if the game. Ended with three surviving mechs, none of whom would survive another turn.

[Sjhernan3060]

Blood Spirits protecting the Blood Chapel game finished. Ten Blood Guard Keshik vs Thirteen Star Adder Mechs and a few points of Battle Armor. Started out strong with a first kill but got spread out and defeated in detail trying to be everywhere at once. Lots of cored out mechs and blown off limbs. Surprisingly enough no head shots. Real star was a Blood Kite that just wouldn't die. I mean seriously, it lost everything except two Large Lasers and it still scored a kill. Finally cored out but it took everything sent against it. Even helped bring down a Kodiak that charged it. My Dire Wolf did well as well with a lot of damage done out. My opponents had the numbers to keep me busy and then sent extra off to destroy the Blood Chapels, which they turned into a race to see who got the most destroyed by the end if the game. Ended with three surviving mechs, none of whom would survive another turn.

Thanks for this! Except for the drubbing they took in “ prince of havoc” do we have any other write ups or battle reports on the blood guard?

[StCptMara]

Blood Spirits protecting the Blood Chapel game finished. Ten Blood Guard Keshik vs Thirteen Star Adder Mechs and a few points of Battle Armor. Started out strong with a first kill but got spread out and defeated in detail trying to be everywhere at once. Lots of cored out mechs and blown off limbs. Surprisingly enough no head shots. Real star was a Blood Kite that just wouldn't die. I mean seriously, it lost everything except two Large Lasers and it still scored a kill. Finally cored out but it took everything sent against it. Even helped bring down a Kodiak that charged it. My Dire Wolf did well as well with a lot of damage done out. My opponents had the numbers to keep me busy and then sent extra off to destroy the Blood Chapels, which they turned into a race to see who got the most destroyed by the end if the game. Ended with three surviving mechs, none of whom would survive another turn.

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This is what the Blood Kite does. It is the best example of a Clan Zombie 'Mech. It even has the sinks to still be able to fire those ER Larges and only overheat by movement. It is actually why I have a mixed opinion of the Blood Kite 2, which has more punch...but doesn't keep fighting until you kill it.

This is also why I really don't like the Crossbow and Battle Cobra in the Blood Spirit Touman...because they are knocked out of the fight quickly because arms go quick in BattleTech.

[Sjhernan3060]

(Bolded for emphasis)

This is what the Blood Kite does. It is the best example of a Clan Zombie 'Mech. It even has the sinks to still be able to fire those ER Larges and only overheat by movement. It is actually why I have a mixed opinion of the Blood Kite 2, which has more punch...but doesn't keep fighting until you kill it.

This is also why I really don't like the Crossbow and Battle Cobra in the Blood Spirit Touman...because they are knocked out of the fight quickly because arms go quick in BattleTech.

And yet the model is so fugly! Any chance we could get a plastic someday? I mean that’s pretty off the common Mech list

[Kerfuffin(925)]

And yet the model is so fugly! Any chance we could get a plastic someday? I mean that’s pretty off the common Mech list

There’s always a chance. I would say it’s next to none. It’s never been used by any IS based clan, even back when we were All in the home worlds. Best hope would be some tomfoolery like what got the Blood Asp back into production. Maybe the Scorps, they had the most exposure to it

[Wolf72]

I have a metal mini of the Blood Kite, I always thought it was kinda cool. Only the head & ER LL coming out of it make me think otherwise.

staring at it now, and it really is odd-looking, but still one of favorite designs.

[The Eagle]

I have two or three.  I love their fugliness.

[Sjhernan3060]

I have a metal mini of the Blood Kite, I always thought it was kinda cool. Only the head & ER LL coming out of it make me think otherwise.

staring at it now, and it really is odd-looking, but still one of favorite designs.

I mean it truly looks like a machine designed only for killing! Perhaps a fan funding to get a new sculpt?

[Stormlion1]

I mean it truly looks like a machine designed only for killing! Perhaps a fan funding to get a new sculpt?

Ask Speck. I've gotten warships sculpted that way.

[alex blood spirit]

how much activity was there between the Spirits and Wolverines before the trial of anhiliation ie technology and commerce

[Stormlion1]

how much activity was there between the Spirits and Wolverines before the trial of anhiliation ie technology and commerce

It was the early days of the Clans but the Spirits were among the few allies the Wolverines had and the Blood Spirits paid for there sympathy. The Burrocks would target them for it.

[The Eagle]

Not just the Burrocks, but Nicky himself chastised them and that was a big emotional blow to the Spirits as a whole and to Colleen Schmidt in particular.

[tassa_kay]

A small but important thing to keep in mind as well: the Wolverines' uncensored symbol (as part of a mosaic depicting all the Clans' symbols) was on display in Blood Spirit Hall on York, the only place it still existed in Clan space.

[Tyler Jorgensson]

A small but important thing to keep in mind as well: the Wolverines' uncensored symbol (as part of a mosaic depicting all the Clans' symbols) was on display in Blood Spirit Hall on York, the only place it still existed in Clan space.

ORLY? Where is this detail I’ve missed?

[tassa_kay]

ORLY? Where is this detail I’ve missed?

The BattleCorps story "Tears of Blood", chapter 1, by Randall Bills.

[Tyler Jorgensson]

The BattleCorps story "Tears of Blood", chapter 1, by Randall Bills.

Damn why is all the good stuff from BattleCorps lol.

[Angrii]

Because we can't have nice things.

[Wolf72]

Mongoose also decided to raid CBS, not so much of an issue once CSJ took them out.

[Stormlion1]

The BattleCorps story "Tears of Blood", chapter 1, by Randall Bills.

Damn, I hope I have that one saved on my old laptop.

[Shin_Fenris]

I love that I can go years without even glancing at the boards, let alone logging into them, and can be almost assured that there's an active & ongoing Blood Spirit thread still. Y'all are an absolute credit to the fandom.

[tassa_kay]

Isn't it amazing that one of the smallest (and now deadest) Clans, one that's spent the entirety of their publication history trying NOT to get involved with everyone else's nonsense, has such an active thread?  ;D

[Tyler Jorgensson]

They have an odd place in the fandom. Yes they might have been ‘Annihilated’ but they never were really the bad guys. They were always on the bottom of the Clans in terms of power rankings but they have elite pilots and fairly decent machines. They got hit with the beat stick a few too many times but even then put up a hell of a fight: they always hd the big bully of the Star Adders picking on them. And despite being the initial clan of inter-Clan unity they devolved into one of the more anti-social clans, only to try and change that and get beaten down before it got anywhere. And despite being founded by a descendant of the Black Watch (who espoused all the same ideals for her Clan), they got shoved to the side rather than given a position of a similar nature (thanks to Nicky Ks ‘perfect ideal of the feuding Clans’).

Just my two cents: I like them and their tech.