Mars Rising - Marian Hegemony V: Barbari ite Domum!

[Martius]

Longbows- we got those in many different flavours. One of them with plenty of RLs- the RL Archer is a blast, too.

ELRM we ony got on our Landtrains though. Pity, I like them.

[Starfury]

Oh we're going RLs. OK then. Sorry I missed that part.

Then
Longbow H
Cyclops H
Goliath H
Charger 2A2
Marauder II H

All of those carry at least 4 RL 10s or more. The A2 I'd the weak link in the Century, but it's also cheap as dirt to replace in both BV and money.

[Weirdo]

My thoughts so far are the Longbow, Catapult, Archer, and two faster general purpose mechs as escorts, flankers, scouts,etc

[Martius]

One of the RL armed Firestarters perhaps?

And a Chimera? It has MRMs which are reloadable RLs in a way....

The WTH-1H and -2H are neat, too. But too slow I guess.

[Weirdo]

General purpose machines for the lighter ones, not rocket boats. Need to be able to cover the big ones after all they racks are dry. :)

[Starfury]

Gladiator 5s or 7s would work well as flank support
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[Martius]

A Phoenix Hawk and that heavy Armour Gladiator?

[Weirdo]

The surprise Penny Arcade force pack that showed up at PAX has a Marian Cyclops!

[Colt Ward]

Penny Arcade?

[Weirdo]

Yup. Apparently they've been streaming a Destiny campaign, and apparently that was popular enough that CGL made a forcepack for at least part of the player unit?

[Colt Ward]

Is that where the Black whatever with the Tbolt IIc came in?

[Weirdo]

The T-bolt IIC is going to be in the Aces box set, but otherwise yeah.

[Adacas]

Black Remanent maybe resistance Group in Ex Repúblic Space

[Weirdo]

They're not.

It's been explained, they're the player character merc unit for Penny Arcade's streaming campaign they've been playing for a while.

[Adacas]

They're not.

It's been explained, they're the player character merc unit for Penny Arcade's streaming campaign they've been playing for a while.
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Ah, Okey I thought the Unit was part of some group that appeared on the IlKlan Eyes Only Index. Sorry

[Adacas]

Happy Sol Invictus for all Marians and Friends

[ArkRoyalRavager]

Happy Sol Invictus fellow Marians!

[Martius]

Happy Sol Invictus! Let the next year be a good one!

[Saint]

Happy Sol Invictus! To you and yours!

May we see the Hegemony break out of its slump and get a win.

[Nerroth]

As per IlKhan's Eyes Only, it appears that the kind of social transformation seen in the "post-Marian" Lothian League might be in the cards. Albeit, from the opposite direction to the one implemented by the Lothians themselves.

Plus, to refer back to Empire Alone, there's still the looming prospect of a Canopian strike on Alphard to consider; might one of these series of events impact the other, in terms of which future direction the Hegemony finds itself travelling?

[Adacas]

As long as they are not changes that transform the faction into Vanilla, make it a lapdog of Canopus or the NeoFWL it would be something to study, either of the other two options would make a good number of Marians not like them at all and probably dedicate themselves to something else

The technological update of the Hegemony seemed to be going in the direction of a modernization, which from what you have stated and other things that I have read comes back with the idea, for my lack of imagination, of overthrowing the Marian way of life completely, we will see.

[Fire Scorpion IIC]

Marians and Canopians need each other

This adversary they have now is making them both exponentially more interesting than before (especially Canopians, they used to be Liao appendage and a meme, now they finally resemble a proper faction)

[Martius]

TBH I rather see the Hegemony go down in a blaze of glory than see it turned into another nice (perhaps a tiny bit naughty) vanilla faction. The BT universe in the current timeline lacks good villain-factions anyway.

[ArkRoyalRavager]

There are such villain-factions. Liao, Canopus, hardline Combine, Blakists, Homie Clans etc.

[Adacas]

TBH I rather see the Hegemony go down in a blaze of glory than see it turned into another nice (perhaps a tiny bit naughty) vanilla faction. The BT universe in the current timeline lacks good villain-factions anyway.

Personally, I prefer that The Hegemony receives the tech developments that it should have had a long time ago and that the authors had left aside for who knows what.
That a faction has tech development no matter what does not mean that it becomes more of the same, it simply evolves
You cannot be stuck forever in RL or Primitive because people like the Vintage style, but all factions should be Introtech because the game was originally like that, it is called evolution
I also do not want the faction to be the darling of a large faction, with good commercial relations or deals with companies like Starcorps would be fine, although it worries me how a certain commercial Clan or what is called like that completely ignores negotiating with us but not with neighbors of all kinds

[ArkRoyalRavager]

Yes. The Hegemony should evolve just like every other faction. If not for nonsensical developments since the end of the Jihad, it would have rivaled Canopus or the balkanized FWL by the time of the Dark Age. All the RL craze is history and should not be fixated upon. It's good that we have made great strides in technological level by now, but it should translate to concrete production models much like the origins of the 3060s RL variants being detailed in various TROs.

[Starfury]

If we're going by the latest RAT from Empire Aline, the Hegemony is at about a 60% Star Leauge or above upgrade level for their Mechs. The MUL reflects the fact that the Marians are essentially the third most powerful non Clan Periphery faction, especially if their primitive lines were upgraded by StarCorps and others.

MRMs reflect a natural movement from rocket launchers, so I would expect an MRM equipped 4/6 Centurion with an LB-10X and medium lasers to replace the current militiamech.  A new T-bolt line would fll the heavy mech gap currently in the MHAF's order of battle, since we have so many. Those and perhaps a new medium aerospace fighter would be a good extension of the existing lines along with upgrades to the primitive lines.  I'm also wondering if StarCorps gave the Marians Highlander plans to complement the Emperor.

[ArkRoyalRavager]

There needs to be more canon sources that elaborate on specific designs produced by the Hegemony. The MRM is a natural movement from RLs, but there has to be a diversity of weapons to counter enemies fielding increasingly common specialized armor.

[Adacas]

If we're going by the latest RAT from Empire Aline, the Hegemony is at about a 60% Star Leauge or above upgrade level for their Mechs. The MUL reflects the fact that the Marians are essentially the third most powerful non Clan Periphery faction, especially if their primitive lines were upgraded by StarCorps and others.

MRMs reflect a natural movement from rocket launchers, so I would expect an MRM equipped 4/6 Centurion with an LB-10X and medium lasers to replace the current militiamech.  A new T-bolt line would fll the heavy mech gap currently in the MHAF's order of battle, since we have so many. Those and perhaps a new medium aerospace fighter would be a good extension of the existing lines along with upgrades to the primitive lines.  I'm also wondering if StarCorps gave the Marians Highlander plans to complement the Emperor.

I was discussing the Highlander with a friend, so only Marians and Pirates continue using the 732b for the IlClan Era. It is possible that Starcorps gave that design when they upgraded the Emperor lines of the Hegemony.

[Starfury]

I was discussing the Highlander with a friend, so only Marians and Pirates continue using the 732b for the IlClan Era. It is possible that Starcorps gave that design when they upgraded the Emperor lines of the Hegemony.

Probably, or they bought a bunch of Highlanders since the 732 is available to them since the Early Republic. The 732b is a simple upgrade that the entire IS has access to along with the Marians, also available since the Early Republic era.  They also have the 740. Combine all three into along with a Longbow and an Emperor, and you have a nasty assault century.