Clan Jade Falcon

Clan Jade Falcon is a Clan in Battletech. Routinely in the role of Second Banana to Clan Wolf.

History

Clan Jade Falcon was created in 2807 and was put under the command of one Elizabeth Hazen. Giving her a Clan was something of a no-brainer as she'd served in the Royal Black Watch Regiment (House Cameron's elite personal guard), spent fourteen years fighting Ameris on Terra and had served Alexander Kerensky unwaveringly until his death trying to maintain order through Exodus and the Exodus Civil War. She had the skills, track record, loyalty and respect of the SLDF, as well as being a major Hard-Ass who was 110% done dealing with bullshit from those who could not just play nice. During Operation KLONDIKE, the Jade Falcons invaded the planet Eden.

In the aftermath of the Exodus Civil War, some of her followers were upset that Nicholas Kerensky decided to make Clan Wolf his Clan instead of Jade Falcon and were causing trouble. Hazen's responds was direct, execute all the officers involved and reassigned the survivors to remote outposts around the Kerensky cluster. As mentioned, she was a hard-ass.

Clan Jade Falcon was one of the four clans who invaded the inner sphere in Operation Revival, attacking the Lyran Commonwealth.

Culture

Clan Jade Falcon could be said to be the most Clanlike Clan to ever Clan. They are traditionalists and try to stick as closely to Nicky's vision as they can. They are militarized, honor obsessed and when presented with a issue tend to respond with "what would The Founder say about this?". Warriors are preeminent, especially Trueborn Warriors (Freeborns wear silver Rank Insignia while Trueborn wear gold) and there is little tolerance for dissent. That said, unlike some assholes the Jade Falcons know that a strong set of Civilian Castes is good for the Clan as a whole. Standards of living on Jade Falcon worlds are higher than normal and in particular the Merchant Caste of Jade Falcon has produced some fearsome bankers.

Even so, they have adapted somewhat since relocating to the Inner Sphere. Facing down foes who not only refuse to play by the official Clan handbook of honorable conduct but treat it with mocking contempt and ruling over billions of non-Clanners sort of requires it.

Clan Jade Falcon was one of the Pillars of the Crusader Faction.

Jade Falcon's most defining trait is their LONG-running feud with Clan Wolf. Jade Falcon see themselves as the truest clan to Kerensky's original vision and resent the Wolves for inheriting his Bloodname when they don't live up to his ideals; and the Wolves response being basically "pffft, whatever" makes them even angrier.

Military

The Jade Falcons adhere, as they do in all things, to the teachings of Nicolas Kerensky in warfare; both with a mind set of how a war is won is just as important as simply winning it. As they always adhere to the rules of zellbrigen at all times (unless their commander says they can break it), though their preference in warfare tended to go for the ways of Nathaculor - either trying to cut the enemy off from any command or comms structure early, or ram their Stars straight into the largest concentration of enemy troops. After the Battle of Tukayyid, they ditched most of those habits against non-Clan foes, who began to make hard counter strategies against them. They do practice in combined-arms warfare preferably with Omnimechs as the centerpiece of their armies with Omnifighters and Elementals supporting them on the flanks.

Notable Mechs

• Summoner - Inner Sphere name "Thor". The mech is the Clan's most favored mech which they developed after gaining Omnimech technology. An unusually balanced design that has decent armor and speed, plus jump jets... for a price. It can tear up armor from long range with its Clan ER PPC, and LRM-15. At medium range it would finish its target off with its LB 10-X Autocannon. But "the price" is zero weapons redundancy, in a world where most clan mechs in its weight class bring weapons in pairs. It was named the Thor by Victor Steiner-Davion as its weapons makes the flashes and noises of thunder and lightning.
• Hellbringer - Inner Sphere name "Loki". The Summoners cousin which trades off armor for more weapons. It possess weapons that allow it to take on any enemy at all ranges. Its main weapons are a pair of Clan ER PPC's for arms. Its torso is crammed with three ER Medium Lasers, double Machine Guns, and Streak SRM-6 and an Anti-missile System on its shoulders. It got called the Loki due to the maddening weapons loadout it had on its first sighting.
• Eyrie. A 35 ton Light Mech produced by the Falcons during the Dark Age, and one of several bird-motif mechs they would make in this age. Designed to parallel the Cougar, even having the same speed and heat sinks, it changes up the guns for dual ATM-3'S and ER Medium Lasers and a quartet of micro pulse Lasers. It also incorporates the Partial Wing system, increasing its jump distance and heat dissipation, as well as talons in the feet to power up its kicks and Death from Above maneuvers.

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