Editing Clan Invasion (section)

=== Wave One: The Clans draw first blood ===
[[File:Refuse my Batchall.jpg|300px|left|thumb|A common refrain of Clan Commanders shortly after reaching the Inner Sphere]] 
Clans Wolf, Jade Falcon, Ghost Bear, and Smoke Jaguar entered the Inner Sphere for the first time in March of 3050, using ComStar's blackout as their cover. Each had their own invasion corridor moving in from the "north" (coreward) down "south" (rimward). At one end, Jade Falcon's Corridor pushed into [[Lyran_Commonwealth|Lyran]] space at the "east" (spinward), as did Wolf's. The Ghost Bears pushed into the [[Free Rasalhague Republic]], while the Smoke Jaguars pushed into the [[Draconis Combine]] on the "west" (anti-spinward).

With their attention focused against each other ever since the [[Succession Wars]] started 300 years ago, the sudden arrival of a massive force on a backwater frontier with token defenses was a nasty surprise for the invaded nations. The fact that these invaders had with them [[Clan Elemental|power armored shock troops]], [[LosTech]] BattleMechs and pilots who had been genetically enhanced and trained from childhood to be perfect warriors that could take on multiple 'Mechs and win and fleets of WarShips on top of that was such a shock that many thought they were fighting aliens. Dozens of worlds fell rapidly as the invaders went from system to system, wiping the floor with what amounted to frontier border patrols.

That's not to say that everything was smooth sailing for the Clans; they soon found out that the Inner Sphere did not play by their rules and did not fight fair. Frankly, they probably should have seen that coming. Lack of foresight aside, they did have an overwhelming advantage in terms of individual unit quality, but sometimes they faced nasty and costly surprises.

Among the most notable developments was on the planet Turtle Bay in the Draconis Combine. Clan Smoke Jaguar managed to capture Hohiro Kurita, the heir of House Kurita. They did not know this at the time and, when they did find out, he had already managed to sneak out with assistance of the locals. In retaliation, the jerks blew up the city of Edo, killing a million people. Even other Clanners considered this a dick move. As mentioned before, the Smoke Jaguars were assholes. Such assholes, in fact, that this particular incident resulted in every other Clan started bidding away WarShips to avoid association.

A similar incident took place on Trell I, where the Jade Falcons failed to capture the heir of the Federated Commonwealth, Victor Steiner-Davion, who managed to escape **despite attempting to stay and fight with his men.** Thankfully for the Trellans Jade Falcon did not hold a nuclear hissy fit.

Other shortcomings typically involved the Inner Sphere not understanding or just not caring about the Clans' martial code of honorable conduct, sometimes even straight up abusing it, which should have been an indication of things to come. This, along with perpetual rebellions, largely went ignored by Clan commanders.