User:Dark Jaguar

Started playing Battletech as a student in 1989. The Lostech Era of the Third Succession War is probably still my favourite period in BT history. Enjoyed the Clan Invasion period, though less so the storyline which became terribly contrived as time went on.

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Out of all the Great Houses I have a soft spot for the Free Worlds League

By far my favourite Clan was Clan Smoke Jaguar. It was just a shame that they were always so badly written about both in Source Books and Novels. Nothing consistent was ever put together and in the end they were used simply as (a rather poor) plot device. The limiting nature of Clan warfare through Trials that kept casualties to a minimum and often meant collateral damage was unheard of appealed to me, and I could never see how this was often portrayed as a bad thing in the literature.

When MechWarrior: Dark Age first came out I played Bannson's Raiders but with the story progression I am very keen to see how the Fidelis evolve