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JIHAD PLOT SUPPLEMENT

TO: Devlin Stone

FROM: David Lear

Date: 23 November 3079

It is hard to say whether the Clans are a threat or not at this point.

We lack a common border with them and they have plenty of nearby

targets like the Lyran Alliance, Draconis Combine or each other if they

get the urge to let of steam. But they are exhausted. They were ex-

hausted before they joined our march on Terra. Logically, they can’t be

expected to attempt any large-scale operations for some time, but that

has been said before too.

In the end, perhaps the biggest problem is not what they will do

to us, but what they will do to others. For better or worse, we brought

them into the Coalition and they are seen as our pets and our respon-

sibility. If the Falcons go of and tear a chunk out of the Alliance, the

Lyrans will see us as complicit.

It may be thirty years since the Clans were the bogeymen of night-

mares, but they still produce an emotional reaction out of all proportion

with their actual threat. If we can contain them, we will have removed one

of the great points of contention from the Inner Sphere. But if we can’t…

They are still annoyed with you over Terra. And no, it’s not because

they weren’t allowed to land. “This began as an Inner Sphere war, and

it must end as one.” Why did you have to say that? The Clans may not

see themselves as Spheroids, but thanks to our diplomacy they do see

themselves as citizens of the Sphere and they have spilt blood to prove

it. It could make things diicult. We invested a lot to invite them in, only

to tell them we only wanted them for their shiny toys. Unless we can

convince them otherwise, they are not going to be receptive to what

we have planned.

Anyway, the Clans aren’t talking to us much. We have had to make

heavy use of intelligence sources to put together this document and

the result lacks the detail I would have liked.

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

Field Report: Clans is a BattleTech supplement designed to provide players with information about the state of the various Clan

militaries (toumans) in the aftermath of the liberation of Terra during the Jihad (and before the eventual formation of the Republic

of the Sphere).

This irst section of this book— Clans Overview —is divided into two broad sections, a Strategic Update and the Goals of the

Clans . Strategic Update is a brief overview of the Clan militaries’ current conditions and perceived objectives, while Goals of the

Clans presents the political and suspected military benchmarks the various Clans in the Inner Sphere are likely to use in the future.

The next chapter, Logistical Status , covers the state of Academies and Command Centers throughout the Clan-held territories,

while Infrastructural Integrity will present an overview of the state of various Clan support assets in the wake of the Jihad.

The next chapter, Military Readiness , will present a speciic update on the status, oicers, and notable events of the various Clan

toumans, with an eye toward their likely future employment. Included are ratings for the experience and estimated combat

strengths of each Galaxy within the subject touman.

Finally, Irregular Forces covers the few cases where we see non-Clan forces serving alongside Clan allies (as in the case of both the

Ghost Bear Dominion and the Outworlds Alliance). As per their nature, none of the listed Clans make use of mercenaries in any capacity.

CREDITS

Project Development: Herbert A. Beas II

BattleTech Line Developer: Herbert A. Beas II

Assistant Line Developer: Ben H. Rome

Writing: Luke Robertson

Strategic Assistance: Øystein Tvedten

Production Staf

Cover Design: Ray Arrastia

Evolved Faction Logos Design: Jason Vargas

Map and Layout: Øystein Tvedten

Factchecking/Playtesting : Joel Bancroft-Connors, Roland M. Boshnack, Bill Derer, Joshua Franklin, William Gauthier, Keith

Hann, Johannes Heidler, Daniel Isberner, Mike Miller, Craig Reed, Andreas Rudolph, Chris Smith, Peter Smith, Øystein Tvedten,

Chris Wheeler, Patrick Wynne

Special Thanks : This product is dedicated to all BattleTech fans, past, present, and future.

Developer’s Note: For more information about the Clan toumans, or the state of warfare before and during the Jihad, check out Field

Manual: Warden Clans, Field Manual: Crusader Clans, Field Manual: Updates , any of the Jihad Hot Spots books, or Technical Readout: 3085 .

CLANS OVERVIEW

First emerging from the void in 3049, the Clans have been a constant source of

fear ever since. The passing years have removed much of their mystique, but the idea of

a culture of genetically enhanced warriors, literally bred for war, with a completely alien

society continues to unsettle many citizens of the Inner Sphere. Eight of Nicholas Kerensky’s

original twenty Clans now call the Inner Sphere home. Some are newly arrived; some have

been here for decades—but what has become increasingly clear of late is that all of these

invading Clans are now unable to return to their home worlds. How both the Clans and the

powers of the Inner Sphere will adapt to this new state of afairs is uncertain and will require

careful management.

WORD OF BLAKE AND THE CLANS

It is now widely believed that Word of Blake

always intended to attack the Clans. That their

entire Jihad was meant to be unleashed upon

the descendents of Kerensky rather than on the

collapsed Second Star League was one of the

great ironies conirmed over the last decade.

The irst time the Word struck directly

against a Clan (rather than a proxy, like the

Wolf’s Dragoons) was in 3069, when their

Dante’s Inferno agents successfully attacked

Clan Snow Raven’s Swift Wing Naval Star. The

next strike was the Scouring of Tamar, and the

attempt to do the same to Arc-Royal in 3070.

Omniss terrorists supported by Word of Blake

all but destroyed Farmindas in 3071, though by

this time the Ravens and the Outworld Alliance

were clearly involved in a conlict of their own

outside the wider Jihad. The Blakists would

successfully penetrate Arc-Royal’s defenses in

3072, and Clan Nova Cat would sufer damage

at Blake’s hands on Irece in 3073. Clan Ghost

Bear, as it happened, was only directly hit on

Radstadt in 3074, when their forces stumbled

on a Blakist operation there.

Beyond these widely publicized actions,

Clan Jade Falcon experienced a series of

uprisings across its Occupation Zone in

3072—uprising that ultimately spilled over

into its other Clan neighbors. Little is known

about the full extent of these events as

communications were already disrupted

by Clan Ice Hellion’s invasion. We do know,

however, that heavy ighting took place on

most of the worlds in the Occupation Zone.

With the exception of Radstadt, Word of Blake

proved notably incapable of exploiting the

active resistance groups within the Ghost

Bear Dominion. The only likely explanation

for this is the highly independent and

fragmented nature of the various Tyr cells in

the aftermath of the Bears’ annexation of the

Free Rasalhague Republic. Likely fearing the

possibility of once more “saving the Republic

just for another conqueror’s beneit”—as

many in the Dominion have come to see the

Rasalhague independence of the 3030s—

these rebel cells distrusted all who they did

not see as “their own”.

STRATEGIC UPDATE

It has become a cliché that the Clans are unpredictable enigmas. Incredibly, despite

numerous alliances, increased trade access to the Occupation Zones, and the Clans’

notoriously inefective intelligence and counterintelligence agencies, we still know very

little about what has been happening within the Occupation Zones and in the Homeworlds

over the last decade.

We think that we know about a Clan Ice Hellion war with Clans Jade Falcon and Hell’s

Horses, but we still do not know what caused it, or even if the Ice Hellions still exist as a Clan

today. Our Jade Falcon contacts have been happy to gloat about their victories but provide

little more perspective.

We are certain that something major has happened in the Clan Homeworlds, but what

that “something” is, is vague at best. Even had we not lost contact with the Star League

embassy on Huntress, intelligence intercepts have shown that Clans Jade Falcon and Wolf

were forced out at gunpoint. The events that led to Clan Snow Raven’s concentration in the

Outworlds Alliance are less clear, but point to a catastrophic confrontation with at least one

other Clan. While we cannot rule out a Periphery cache, at least ten known Clan WarShips

have not been sighted since 3070 suggesting combat as ierce as anything faced in the

Inner Sphere.

Clan Hell’s Horses is more interesting. Nearly everything that we have seen suggests

that they gave up their Homeworld holdings freely in a move mirroring that of Clan Ghost

Bear—only executed in greater haste. In hindsight, it is clear that Khan Cobb initiated a

major war against Clan Wolf, irst in the Homeworlds and then with a well-planned assault

on the Wolves’ Occupation Zone, at least partly to establish for his Clan a permanent holding

in the Inner Sphere—but then something went wrong. Clan Hell’s Horses should have had

complete logistical dominance over Clan Wolf with easy access to the Homeworlds, yet

even now they are little better of, suggesting their supply lines are also broken.

We can only assume Clan Diamond Shark is isolated as well, but if so, they certainly

aren’t telling us. With the notable exception of their logistical support in the Jihad, the

Sharks have concentrated on acquiring trading posts across the Inner Sphere. We do

know that half of their touman has not been seen in the Inner Sphere, but whether they

have been destroyed or are simply stationed in their Periphery holdings, we have no way

of knowing.

In contrast, the Ghost Bear Dominion’s status is relatively straightforward. They have

spent the last decade developing their industrial capacity through a lessening of restrictions,

absorbing the social changes caused by the inal annexation of the Free Rasalhague

Republic, and persecuting a very violent war against the Word of Blake. At present, all of

these objectives have proceeded more or less successfully, though concerns are now being

raised in council chambers about how this is changing the Clan.

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