Clan Blood Spirit: Get Off Our Lawn

[StCptMara]

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.

I really do think it says something about our players. I think all of us connected to the Blood Spirits in more than just a "Oh! Cool Clan under dogs!" way. I think there were a number of factors that make the connection of many Blood Spirit fans personal. I identified with them most for their being the ones who *WANTED* to get along with the other Clans, who genuinely tried to build bridges and reach out to others, and got smacked down for it. It kinda touches on a number of personal things for me. I saw myself in them.

And, I think that is the case for many Blood Spirit fans.

Though, a part of me also takes delight that the Blood Spirit threads have stayed more active, generally, than even the Big Two Clans of Wolf and Jade Falcon. Our fandom is the cockroaches of BattleTech: we will still be here after the nukes fall!

[Stormlion1]

I still believe there are Blood Spirit survivors out there. And there just biding there time till they get there revenge.

[StCptMara]

I still believe there are Blood Spirit survivors out there. And they're just biding their time till they get there revenge.

I think that is what we are all hoping. More secret locations, secret factories and gene facilities, that there was enough paranoia that we did not put all our eggs in one basket, as it were.


 

[Gaiiten]

I think that is what we are all hoping. More secret locations, secret factories and gene facilities, that there was enough paranoia that we did not put all our eggs in one basket, as it were.

Well, and then? Reviving of the Adder-Spirit conflict? Do you really want this?
Again this hateful conflict of two Home Clans, wasting their sparse resources in futiles battles?

I would rather have the Homeclans as a real serious adversery of the ilClan/3rd League. Capable to resist them, not only for a short conflict for giving Alaric and his Minions just another campaign ribbon.

I rather would like to have the original Spirits bloodlines revived by the Star Adders.
Both Clans very similar in their philosophy and ideology (both are utterly convinced that the Inner sphere could be defeated by all Clans united), both did suffered brutal attacks by other Clans in the past. But while the Adders prevailed, the Sprits went down the path of bitterness and isolation.

[tassa_kay]

The best revenge would be for the Star Adders to never show up in print again.

[Gaiiten]

The best revenge would be for the Star Adders to never show up in print again.

::)
Quite unforgiving you are, are not you?

[Minemech]

The Homeworld populations are in the middle of nowhere with a total population not worth talking about. The best revenge for the Spirits would be to make a deal with the Taurians and live happy lives among people.

[tassa_kay]

::)
Quite unforgiving you are, are not you?

There's nothing for me to "forgive", because I don't take fictional stuff personally, so go (t)roll your eyes somewhere else.

That said, I do think it's delicious irony that the Star Adders have basically become their most hated enemies: friendless and alone in an isolation of their own making, with the odds of them ever making an appearance again (outside of the upcoming Brush Wars: Absorption War book) pretty much nil. A fitting end for them.

[The Eagle]

I always figured that a fanatical faction in lore breeds fanatical fans of the faction -- and few other BT factions have as fanatical membership in the lore as the Blood Spirits.

[CJC070]

The Homeworld populations are in the middle of nowhere with a total population not worth talking about. The best revenge for the Spirits would be to make a deal with the Taurians and live happy lives among people.

If they haven’t already.  Their death always seemed to easy.  In my opinion death by orbital bombardment can’t destroy everything.

For the Homeworld Clans the longer we don’t hear from them the more I think they have blasted themselves to the Stone Age.

[Stormlion1]

Kind of figure if the Spirits had survived they went deep into the Periphery as far from the Homeworlds and settled down to rebuild. That or the Blood Avatar route. Maybe at best a pirate faction. As for the Star Adders by this point I'm betting they have either conquered the other remaining Homeworld Clans or broke up into factions.

[Tyler Jorgensson]

There is only one reason ‘Blood Avatar’ pissed me off and that’s because in 1,131 years (Published Date to In Game Date) they STILL have not cured Type One Diabetes (which I suffer from) and that is annoying lol

The story is what it is (sorta outta place in the BT universe) and definitely one of the lesser rated novels but that realization will always illogically anger me.

[tassa_kay]

"Blood Avatar" may be out of place, but it's a better-written novel than at least half of the novels in the line, and I enjoyed reading something different than the same tired old BattleTech tropes. A palate cleanser, if you will.

[Stormlion1]

"Blood Avatar" may be out of place, but it's a better-written novel than at least half of the novels in the line, and I enjoyed reading something different than the same tired old BattleTech tropes. A palate cleanser, if you will.

It's a fair mystery novel if nothing else.

[Shin_Fenris]

"Blood Avatar" may be out of place, but it's a better-written novel than at least half of the novels in the line, and I enjoyed reading something different than the same tired old BattleTech tropes. A palate cleanser, if you will.

"A palate cleanser" is the best way to describe it. I love my meat & potato 'Mech battles, but every now and then, throwing in a salad for a change of pace is pretty welcome.

But it's also one of the few in the DA line that I have two hard copies of (original and PoD) so I might be a little biased.

[Sjhernan3060]

"A palate cleanser" is the best way to describe it. I love my meat & potato 'Mech battles, but every now and then, throwing in a salad for a change of pace is pretty welcome.

But it's also one of the few in the DA line that I have two hard copies of (original and PoD) so I might be a little biased.

With the closeness that developed between the spirits and the mandrills was there ever any documented mixed sibkos made?

[alex blood spirit]

did the Blood Spirits do  a lot of exploring during the early part of their history for new planet to colonize

[Mendrugo]

did the Blood Spirits do  a lot of exploring during the early part of their history for new planet to colonize

They did, but every new colony kept getting clobbered by raids, due to the ongoing bullying by the Burrocks and other anti-Blood Spirit Clans, so they ended up with less territory than most.

[Wolf72]

mongeese were also in on the raiding ...

[Stormlion1]

The Blood Spirits seemed to be one of the Clans with a interest in exploration. Far more than most other Clans who seemed content to remain within there spheres of power.

[alex blood spirit]

did the Blood Spirit;s have much success with their naval forces during their history seyla

[Mendrugo]

did the Blood Spirit;s have much success with their naval forces during their history seyla

Nope.  Traded most of their fleet to the Snow Ravens for some magic beans.

[Sjhernan3060]

Nope.  Traded most of their fleet to the Snow Ravens for some magic beans.

I would respectfully disagree they should traded excess warships they could not maintain for a significant infusion of 2nd line mechs which allowed them to rebuild their depleted touman. Their small fleet fought well and held its own against much larger forces.

[Wolf72]

well, they rebuilt their touman then threw it against a wall.  CSA did have author-shield going strong though (well more like not written into the outline)

[tassa_kay]

The Spirits throwing so much of themselves into the Viper Annihilation was really silly to me. That's the time they should've sent a token force and sat back to lick their wounds and regroup. It was the only part of WoR that I thought was a little suspect.

[Stormlion1]

The Spirits throwing so much of themselves into the Viper Annihilation was really silly to me. That's the time they should've sent a token force and sat back to lick their wounds and regroup. It was the only part of WoR that I thought was a little suspect.

Agreed, the only reason I can even think of why they would have done as they did was the hope to gain assets from the Annihilation.

[The Eagle]

The Adders were really the leadership after the Vipers became the target.  Reading WoR, I really hoped that the Adder Khans would see the fervency and commitment of the Spirits in throwing themselves against the Vipers and say "You know what?  They are decent people, we will cut them slack."

But alas, thus was not to be.

[Gaiiten]

The Adders were really the leadership after the Vipers became the target.  Reading WoR, I really hoped that the Adder Khans would see the fervency and commitment of the Spirits in throwing themselves against the Vipers and say "You know what?  They are decent people, we will cut them slack."

But alas, thus was not to be.

IMHO if the Spirits have come back to the Grand Council and other Clans after the end of the WoR, there might have been a reconciliation. Maybe even the Star Adders might have been willing to cool down the blood feud. For some years there was no fighting between reported
But after the Spirits ran havoc after Coyotes and Stone lions won some possessions in their Haven system, they showed they would never return to the Clans.

[Stormlion1]

IMHO if the Spirits have come back to the Grand Council and other Clans after the end of the WoR, there might have been a reconciliation. Maybe even the Star Adders might have been willing to cool down the blood feud. For some years there was no fighting between reported
But after the Spirits ran havoc after Coyotes and Stone lions won some possessions in their Haven system, they showed they would never return to the Clans.

Biggest mistake was settling in the Haven System. They should have pushed farther put into the Periphery or pulled up stakes and headed for the Inner Sphere. They might have been able to make a deal with the Snow Ravens.

[CJC070]

Biggest mistake was settling in the Haven System. They should have pushed farther put into the Periphery or pulled up stakes and headed for the Inner Sphere. They might have been able to make a deal with the Snow Ravens.

That would have given the Snow Ravens a much needed boost in ground force as well as saving another Clan from destruction.