Editing Clan Wolverine (section)

== Not Quite Dead ==
Of course, the story of the Wolverines did not end here. While their territory was conquered and most of their top troops were killed, much of their second line troops and a decent number of civies got away from the reach of their former fellows on what was basically a Third Exodus. But here things get hazy.
=== Minnesota Tribe ===
In 2825, some strange guys showed up and began raiding the worlds of the [[Draconis Combine]] with advanced WarShips, Aerospace Fighters and BattleMechs. They did not announce who they were, but they did have the insignia of the SLDF's 331st Royal BattleMech Division (Sarah McEvedy's dad's unit) depicting a map of Minnesota which got them the Inner Sphere designation of "Minnesota Tribe". These mysterious attacks drove Coordinator Jinjiro Kurita up the wall before disappearing but not before making him kick off the [[Succession Wars#Second Succession War|Second Succession War]]. These were remnants of Clan Wolverine<sup>1</sup>, though their exact aim is unknown. They came in, took resources and political prisoners and then left for parts unknown with unknown aims. Though this series of smash and grabs by strange outsiders one of the mysteries which got [[ComStar]]'s Explorer Corps was made to solve, ultimately leading to the [[Clan Invasion]]. Ironically enough, shortly before the Clan Invasion, the Explorer Corps discovered a BattleMech wreckage-enclosed shrine surrounding the graves of the last Wolverine Khans on Barbados (which has secretly been erased from Clan navigation charts by Nicholas as part of his coverup) that was being occasionally visited by Clan Wolverines’ descendants. While no descendants were encountered, the shrine did give hints to ComStar of the Clans' martial society, their ruthlessness in battle, and the Minnesota Tribe’s origins.

<small><sup>1</sup> ''This has been confirmed by the creators''</small>

=== Where are they now? ===
Exactly what happened to the survivors of Clan Wolverine after the Minnesota incident is unknown, both in universe and real life. Here are some speculations (both Watsonian and Doylist in perspective) on that front...
* They joined up with [[ComStar]] and became the core of the religious elements that would be the [[Word of Blake]] (basically a conspiracy theory with little merit, but this was the excuse used by the Great Houses to get the Clans to fight the Jihad).
* They became a 32nd Century warrior group called the Fidelis. (Wrong, they are the remnants of the Smoke Jaguars).
* They became the Umayyads in the Castillian cluster (this was a red herring from the Homworld Clan’s rumors that made the Goliath Scorpions get into a tizzy when they conquered the Castilian Cluster. This was later disproven when genetic tests and historical documents showed them to be pre-Clan SLDF holdouts who fled the Pentagon Worlds. Specifically from POW camps nowhere near Wolverine space after being imprisoned during  Operation KLONDIKE for refusing to assimilate with Clan culture). 
* They died out (technically possible but ''deeply'' unsatisfying from a narrative perspective and not likely given their access to Star League terraforming machinery and biotechnology alongside Clan exo-wombs).
* They survived, but fell apart into numerous small groups scattered about the periphery with little if anything remaining of the old identity (possible to some degree, but not likely on a grand scale as the risk of someone spilling the beans on their ancestry grows with the number of bean spillers).
* They settled somewhere in the Deep Periphery after the Minnesota Tribe stint and are laying low, either just trying to live quietly while being left alone or building up and plotting payback (most likely some flavor of this based on novels and short stories).

=== Notable 'Mechs ===
* '''''Bull Shark''''' - So far only seen in the 2018 vidyagaem. An Assault-sized brawler with long-ranged sieging capabilities thanks to its back-mounted [[BLAM|Thumper Artillery Cannon]]. It was found inside the Dobrev, an abandoned Wolverine JumpShip found in the Periphery. The Wolf's Dragoons (still in deep cover as Clan agents posing as Mercenaries) tried to destroy it, but whether they succeed or not depends on the player.
* '''''Mercury II''''' - A medium-sized successor to the ''Mercury'' recon 'Mech. While it lost nearly a third of the original's speed, it had the best of Star League-era tech, jump jets an extra ER Large Laser. At least one survived the Annihilation and is in the hands of Clan Coyote. Its design served as an inspiration for the first OmniMech, the ''Coyotl''.
* '''''Pulverizer''''' - An assault-sized command 'Mech. Mainly equipped with long-ranged weapons like an Enhanced ER PPC, LRM/10s and 2 Large Lasers. Unlike the other Wolverine designs, this one survived the Annihilation and Clan Snow Raven continued to build them. It was succeeded by the ''Kingfisher'' OmniMech.
* '''''Stag''''' - A redesigned ''Vulcan''. Instead of being anti-infantry, it was a cavalry/scout hybrid. It had quite a bite for its size and could run faster than the Vulcan thanks to its MASC. The ''Stag II'' variant had a prototype ER PPC for long-ranged combat and replaced the missiles with an extra laser for long-term combat.
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