BattleTech faction

[PhoebeIV]

Brainstorming a list of possible units and whatnot for BattleTech factions. There would be 5 factions, possibly 6, or I could trim them down to just 3 depending on how different each of the 5 major Houses are in the BT universe, plus one more for Clans. A lot of the ideas for what each faction would have access to is from my reading of a few BattleTech novels and playing MW5:Mercs. Referencing the sarna.net wiki for more information/ideas :D

There are:

• House Steiner of the Lyran Commonwealth
• House Davion of the Federated Suns
• House Marik of The Free Worlds League
• House Liao of the Capellan Confederation
• House Kurita of the Draconis Combine
• The Clans are a remnant of the old Star League, and are vastly more advanced than the inner sphere houses

Structures:

• Union Class Dropship for MCV? No, but making a "landing pad" type building, for the Dropship to call in a lance of Mechs
• MCV should just be a normal structure like a Command Post. Perhaps can't be moved at the start of a match?
• Mech Bay structure for Mech-only repairs
• Maybe some form of seeding a resource, like a farm type building that can produce ore (or oil) in a 2x2 spot

Universal:

• Basic infantry: Foot Infantry armed with Auto-Rifles
• Anti-vehicle: Heavy Infantry armed with Inferno Launchers (melty melt rockets)
• Infantry suppression: Support Infantry armed with low-damage, long range machine guns.
• Engineer / Surveyor / Medic / Mechanic
• Gauss Rifle commando
• Give snipers to specific factions
• basically any vehicle and most infantry and buildings.
• Hovercraft vehicles and APCs

Vehicles:

• Maxim Hover APC
• Recon Bike
• Harasser hovercraft (light tank)
• Nike Anti-Air
• Demolisher super-heavy tank
• LRM Carrier

Mechs:

• Elite units, stronger than most normal units, limited to no more than 4 active at once unless special circumstances are met
• Heating system implemented! Mechs will generate heat and shut down / take damage if overheating
• Lights for infantry/light vehicle harrasment and scouting. Low health but can pack a punch if used correctly
• Mediums and Heavies basically med/heavy tanks with some AA capability
• Assaults for base siege / damage tanking?

House Kurita of the Draconis Combine

• The warriors of the DCMS live by the tenets of bushido, the code of the samurai, and are known as some of the fiercest and most fanatical warriors in the Inner Sphere. Unfortunately these traits have their drawbacks, such as a propensity for brutality and a rigid adherence to traditional ways of thinking.
• tends to often have infantry armed with laser rifles
• probably give infantry them close range weapons, as some are armed with katanas
• elite infantry squads would be DEST (Draconis Elite Strike Team) - employ this as a special production support power
• Paladin Defense System - a super-heavy artillery
• Sabaku Kaze - a fast hovercraft
• Neptune submarine
• Crow VTOL/helicopter

House Steiner of the Lyran Commonwealth

• to-do - perhaps a focus on very heavy firepower for the cost of maneuverability and money, of course. Economy boosted as lore suggests they are very rich.
• The Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces were for centuries known as the best-equipped military in the Inner Sphere, thanks to the economic power of the Lyran Commonwealth. Unfortunately it also had a reputation for being "top heavy" both in terms of its equipment and officer corps. The infamous Social Generals of the LCAF were as well-dressed as they were incompetent, bungling from one disaster to the next, much to the dismay of the enlisted ranks. Luckily for the Lyran state, even during the dark days of the Succession Wars, its economic might meant the LCAF had the best of everything else that money could buy, and where tactical finesse was not available sheer brute force could often win the day.
• How can 'incompetence' be implemented - inaccuracy modifiers? Random wandering every now and then?
• Atlas assault mech
• Elite Anti-Infantry unit

House Davion of the Federated Suns

• to-do - focus on being the most well-balanced and something idk.
• The Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS) is the military branch of the Federated Suns, the Successor State ruled for most of its history by House Davion. After a rough start, the AFFS would eventually become known as one of the most professional and competent military of the Inner Sphere and, even after the destruction of the Succession Wars, the largest.
• Professional/competent can be implemented via squad or "horde" boosting ala China faction

House Marik of The Free Worlds League

• to-do - employs terrorist tactics to create chaos amongst enemy ranks. I guess, basically the GLA of BattleTech??? Need to read into it more.
• Jump Laser Infantry

House Liao of the Capellan Confederation

• to-do - turtle faction?
• The Capellan Confederation Armed Forces (CCAF) is the military of the Capellan Confederation. It evolved from the Capellan Defense Force created by the first Capellan Chancellor Franco Liao. A professional and competent fighting force, the CCAF throughout most of its history has found itself on the defensive, forced to fight against nearly impossible odds whilst being hamstrung by its own government.
• Raven mech of course
• Jump Laser Infantry

Clans

• High tech but lacking in strategy, also lacks self preservation in lore. Unsure how to implement this. Perhaps across-the-board range debuff, but firepower and armour buff?
• Not sure if will implement Clans individually as factions, will need to read into the lore more but as far as I'm aware they would all have the same armies?

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Initial prep

• [ ] UI graphics, flags, etc
• [x] Setup faction definitions
• [ ] Placeholder buildings (decide what to use which already exists or create new structures for everything)
• [ ] Placeholder units
• [x] Basis for Mech units
• [x] Ripped sounds and Mechs from MechWarrior:Online
• [x] Abbreviate factions to:
• innersphere - btkurita, btmarik, btsteiner, btdavion, btliao, btmerc
• btclans

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Implementation ideas

• [x] Play around with ProductionParadrop, ProductionFromMapEdge or ProductionAirdrop for delivering a lance of mechs in a Union Class Dropship
• [ ] When using/creating new structure graphics, include faction logos

[MinesaeHiromu]

Raven Voxel: https://ppmforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=11246

[PhoebeIV]

I think for this I'm going to have to look toward the C&C Generals mod, The Capellan Solution for models for Mechs, and use a Blender script to convert into sprites.