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=== History === | === History === | ||
=== House Steiner === | === House Steiner === | ||
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The Lyran Commonwealth fucking loves Germany. House Steiner loves Germany so much they decided that Space Germany needed to be as German as humanly fucking possible; the state language is German, the nobility is set up like Imperial Germany's, the army's entire nomenclature comes from German, and at every available opportunity, the classical German society is attempted to be followed. | |||
Sounds impossible? It mostly is! As opposed to the platonic ideal of everybody in the Commonwealth being a native German displaced from earth, the reality is that the Commonwealth takes and has taken people from all ethnic backgrounds to be part of their iron fisted grasp. While you'd think they'd be at each other's throats, the Lyran's take a different approach; giving the subtle hint to all that it was the descendants of Germany that managed to lift them up from the chaos of the Star League, and bring them to the prosperity they live in now, as well as a dedicated language that they can use for trade, politics, and for leisure, uniting them all under one banner. As a result, discrimination based on race or background is basically unheard of, and now Classism reigns as the supreme form of Prejudice, and that is quite a potent form of societal control within their borders. For you see, the Lyran Commonwealth is the single richest overall state in the entire Inner Sphere, boasting moneyed nobles out the ass and even the average commoner boasts a quality of life far and away better than that of the rest of the Inner Sphere thanks to the generous amounts of money being thrown around. Due to the sort of lassaiz-faire way in which the Steiners dictate on how member worlds govern themselves, many have a deep independent streak to the point that some consider themselves members of their homeworld first, and a Lyran second, which doesn't always end well for everybody. | |||
=== Military === | === Military === | ||
The Lyran Commonwealth is all about living large and swinging their big, turgid moneydick around; and their warfare is no different. Their most basic and common battle tactic is to swarm the field with enormous Assault or Heavy-class Mechs and simply pound a target into dust with the combined fire of their massive death machines, to the point that any mech under 50 tons is described by commanders as "obnoxious" at best and "Useless" at worst. So obsessed with their big stompy boys that the Lyran Commonwealth parks a pair of fucking [[Shadow Hawk]]s in the throne room to guard the Archon. Each Mech regiment is supported by three regiments of armor, artillery, and infantry in what is known as a Combat team, with the Mech unit's commander being in charge of everything else. While the Mechs are quite important, it is their Armor divisions that have often found themselves winning the day, since they can shit tanks out with regularity, and their commanders noted how useful they were in that they did not have to be fucking enormous mechs in order to accomplish their mission, and often found themselves doing the kind of tactical gruntwork that the Mechs were not. | The Lyran Commonwealth is all about living large and swinging their big, turgid moneydick around; and their warfare is no different. Their most basic and common battle tactic is to swarm the field with enormous Assault or Heavy-class Mechs and simply pound a target into dust with the combined fire of their massive death machines, to the point that any mech under 50 tons is described by commanders as "obnoxious" at best and "Useless" at worst. So obsessed with their big stompy boys that the Lyran Commonwealth parks a pair of fucking [[Shadow Hawk]]s in the throne room to guard the Archon. Each Mech regiment is supported by three regiments of armor, artillery, and infantry in what is known as a Combat team, with the Mech unit's commander being in charge of everything else. While the Mechs are quite important, it is their Armor divisions that have often found themselves winning the day, since they can shit tanks out with regularity, and their commanders noted how useful they were in that they did not have to be fucking enormous mechs in order to accomplish their mission, and often found themselves doing the kind of tactical gruntwork that the Mechs were not. |
Revision as of 07:24, 26 July 2021
The Lyran Commonwealth is one of the five successor states of the Inner Sphere ruled by House Steiner. It is typically influenced by Imperial Germany.
History
House Steiner
Society
The Lyran Commonwealth fucking loves Germany. House Steiner loves Germany so much they decided that Space Germany needed to be as German as humanly fucking possible; the state language is German, the nobility is set up like Imperial Germany's, the army's entire nomenclature comes from German, and at every available opportunity, the classical German society is attempted to be followed.
Sounds impossible? It mostly is! As opposed to the platonic ideal of everybody in the Commonwealth being a native German displaced from earth, the reality is that the Commonwealth takes and has taken people from all ethnic backgrounds to be part of their iron fisted grasp. While you'd think they'd be at each other's throats, the Lyran's take a different approach; giving the subtle hint to all that it was the descendants of Germany that managed to lift them up from the chaos of the Star League, and bring them to the prosperity they live in now, as well as a dedicated language that they can use for trade, politics, and for leisure, uniting them all under one banner. As a result, discrimination based on race or background is basically unheard of, and now Classism reigns as the supreme form of Prejudice, and that is quite a potent form of societal control within their borders. For you see, the Lyran Commonwealth is the single richest overall state in the entire Inner Sphere, boasting moneyed nobles out the ass and even the average commoner boasts a quality of life far and away better than that of the rest of the Inner Sphere thanks to the generous amounts of money being thrown around. Due to the sort of lassaiz-faire way in which the Steiners dictate on how member worlds govern themselves, many have a deep independent streak to the point that some consider themselves members of their homeworld first, and a Lyran second, which doesn't always end well for everybody.
Military
The Lyran Commonwealth is all about living large and swinging their big, turgid moneydick around; and their warfare is no different. Their most basic and common battle tactic is to swarm the field with enormous Assault or Heavy-class Mechs and simply pound a target into dust with the combined fire of their massive death machines, to the point that any mech under 50 tons is described by commanders as "obnoxious" at best and "Useless" at worst. So obsessed with their big stompy boys that the Lyran Commonwealth parks a pair of fucking Shadow Hawks in the throne room to guard the Archon. Each Mech regiment is supported by three regiments of armor, artillery, and infantry in what is known as a Combat team, with the Mech unit's commander being in charge of everything else. While the Mechs are quite important, it is their Armor divisions that have often found themselves winning the day, since they can shit tanks out with regularity, and their commanders noted how useful they were in that they did not have to be fucking enormous mechs in order to accomplish their mission, and often found themselves doing the kind of tactical gruntwork that the Mechs were not.
The biggest disadvantage of the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces is that it has a very bad habit of giving high ranks and promotions to noticeably undeserving people simply because they are wealthy, from prominent noble houses, or well connected politically rather than actual qualification. While this may not be a uniquely Lyran problem (you can straight up buy your way into the officer corps in Canopus), it is definitely at it's most pronounced in Lyran Sapce. Some officers are more concerned with keeping up appearances than ever leading effectively, and so it is often that the Lyran Commonwealth gets completely overran because they simply do not have the tactical know-how to adequately counter certain strategies, especially if they happen to come from Light mech lances.
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Successor States: | Capellan Confederation • Draconis Combine • Federated Suns • Free Worlds League • Lyran Commonwealth | |
Inner Sphere: | Free Rasalhague Republic • ComStar • Solaris VII | |
Periphery and Beyond: | Magistracy of Canopus • Taurian Concordat • Outworlds Alliance • The Clans (Clan Wolf •Clan Jade Falcon • Clan Diamond Shark • Clan Smoke Jaguar ) | |
Historic: | Star League • Word of Blake • Clan Wolverine • Republic of the Sphere |