Clan Coyote
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| Clan Coyote | |
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| Faction Profile | |
| Time period: | 2807 – Present |
| Classification: | Clan |
| Controlled systems: | 10 (2 at 100%)[1] |
| Capital world: | Kirin[2]; used to be Tamaron |
| Ruler title: | Khan |
| Military: | Clan Coyote Touman |
| Secret Service: | Clan Coyote Watch |
Clan Coyote was forged by Khan Dana Kufahl, a member of the anti-Amaris resistance on Terra called "Spirit of the Coyotes." While training on Strana Mechty, the Kufahl witnessed a pack of Coyotes and Wolves working together to bring down their prey. Building on this vision, Khan Kufahl and the Coyotes worked closely with Clan Wolf, training with them and fraternizing with them, forging a close bond that was exemplified in the love affair between Dana Kufahl and Andrey Kerensky, a member of Clan Wolf and younger brother of Nicholas Kerensky. Clan Coyote liberated Babylon during Operation Klondike.
Contents
History
Operation Klondike
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Early Years
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Golden Century
Clan Coyote rose to prominence with its development and unveiling of the OmniMech in 2854. Developed by several teams of scientists led by Scientist Richard (Remer), the Omni was a 'Mech capable of being modified to fit its mission parameters. Outfitting their touman with OmniMechs, Clan Coyote won exclusive possession of five worlds, and at their height controlled all or part of twenty worlds in the Kerensky Cluster.
Other Clans challenged Clan Coyote for the OmniMech technology, keeping the Coyotes and Khan Gerek Tchernovkov busy defending their advantage for several years. When Clan Jade Falcon won the OmniMech in 2863 after many failed challenges, the Coyotes gave Clan Wolf data on the unit that won the OmniMech and allowed the Wolves to win the design specifications from the Falcons.
When Clan Wolf designed the Elemental armor and the Jade Falcons won it, the Wolves returned the favor and allowed the Coyotes information to best the Falcons for the Elemental.
However, when Kindraa Smythe-Jewell of Clan Fire Mandrill won the OmniMech using deceptive bidding tactics the Coyotes were outraged. When the Smythe-Jewels used a similar tactic in winning Elemental breeding protocols from Clan Hell's Horses a few years later, the Coyotes entered into an agreement with the Horses to punish the Smythe-Jewels. The Coyotes let the Horses use Coyote units in a contract bid that completely crushed the Kindraa and the Coyotes won half the genetic legacies of the Kindraa, the bondsmen, and their enclave on Foster and the friendship of the Horses.
Political Century
During the Political Century, eight Crusader Coyote Bloodname House leaders entered into a plot with Star Adder saKhan Carson Graves to wrest control of the Coyotes away from the Wardens. When the plot by the leaders of eight Coyote Bloodname houses was uncovered, the Coyotes Reaved (for all intents and purposes Annihilating) the Christofferson, Gruber, Kautz, Kielman, Masino, Rosanske, Smith, and Tangen Bloodnames in what became known as the Blood Scandal. The furious Coyotes demanded retribution from the Star Adders for the act of their rogue saKhan. The Star Adders sent Carson Grave to the Coyotes who executed him and destroyed his genetic legacy, but because the Adders did not destroy the Graves bloodline, the Coyotes maintained a grudge against the Star Adders.
A Cloud Cobra Khan, Tobias Khatib, assassinated a Coyote ilKhan and took his place. When it was discovered that the Khatib was behind it, he was executed and the Coyotes struck at the Cloud Cobras. The Coyotes dealt the Cobras heavy blows, but still lost territory on Brim and Homer. This has lead to a feud between the Coyotes and Cobras. The new alliance between the Star Adders and Cloud Cobras has only deepened the Coyote resentment.
Recently, the efforts of Khan Sullivan Koga to revitalize her Clan have come to fruition in the form of a re-organized military and the development of several new BattleMechs, the most notable, being the Savage Coyote OmniMech, which employs Advanced Tactical Missiles as its primary weaponry. However, the death of Khan Koga on Huntress and the ill-fated Coyote attack on the Babylon Diet have seriously hindered this Clan's efforts for a brighter future.
Also attributing to the Coyote's waning influence is the lack of mobility amongst their more heavily used 'Mechs. The Savage Coyote OmniMech and Canis second-line 'Mech are incredibly powerful, however both are slower than other 'Mechs of their weight class. This disadvantage has hurt the Coyotes to such a degree that they created an escort 'Mech, the Rabid Coyote, to run as higher speed support for these powerful but slow assets. This has caused much strife within Clan Coyote, due to the fact that 'Mechs playing support for one another is an alien concept in the Clan way of battle.
Operation Revival
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Jihad
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Wars of Reaving
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Military
Traditionally the Coyotes had one of the largest toumans of all the Clans and, as the developers of the OmniMech, fielded overwhelming numbers of these 'Mechs, even in second-line units. Preferences for heavy and assault-class machines gave Coyote units tremendous firepower at the cost of maneuverability, while the Clan's Khans maintained a "hands on" approach to command even at the Galaxy level. During major operations the saKhan personally led the units involved while the Khan observed and directed from a centralized command post; however for smaller engagements the Khans allowed subordinates to command as they saw fit, offering only advice and strategic support. Each Galaxy Commander was expected to lead these operations much as the Khans directed larger ones.[3]
Events leading up to and after Operation Revival however saw the Coyotes take heavy loses, loses which would force a change in their attitude to freeborn warriors. Previously freeborns were almost unheard-of in line units, as the Clan was more than capable of replenishing loses with trueborn warriors and attitudes towards them bordered on contempt. With increases in both combat losses and sibko training-camp drop-outs, the Khans took the unprecedented move of ending the ban on freeborns serving in line units. The resulting uproar finally subsided when the freeborns proved adequate in battle and replenished the Coyote's depleted touman to capacity by 3061, though many truborns still looked down on them.[3] By 3067 the touman had increased in strength, though it still paled in comparison to its height before the Invasion, and while still favoring heavy and assault machines efforts at diversity had seen the use more units of smaller and lighter size. However, even with the creation of superior conventional BattleMech designs like the Rabid Coyote, many warriors still refuse to give up their OmniMechs.[4]
Allies and enemies
The Coyotes were staunch allies of the Wolves until the Refusal War when the traditional Coyote-Wolf ties were weakened by the removal of the Warden Wolves to the Inner Sphere and the ascension of the Crusaders in the reborn Wolf Clan. They also maintain close relations with the Diamond Sharks and Ghost Bears, despite the latter's relocation to the Inner Sphere, and while differing in their political views the Coyotes still maintain respect and honor for the Hell's Horses, which the Horses return.[3]
The Fire Mandrill still harbor a grudge over the destruction of Kindraa Smythe-Jewel which is echoed by the Blood Spirits, friends of the late Kindraa.
The Jade Falcons and Smoke Jaguars were always enemies of the Coyotes, but the Coyotes maintain most of their anger for the Star Adders and Cloud Cobras.
Rulers
Khans
- Dana Kufahl, 2807 - 2822[5][6]
- Kesar Jerricho, 2822 - 2845[7]
- Gerek Tchernovkov, 2845 - 28?? [8]
- Manfred Hollifield, 28?? - 28??[9]
- Kevin McTighe, 28?? - ????[10]
- Corian Tchernovkov, ???? - 2920[11][12]
- Judas Levien, 29?? - 2949[13][14]
- James Kielman, 2949 - 29??[15][16]
- Tatiana Steele, 29?? - ????[17]
- Terrence Kufahl, ???? - ????[18]
- Robin Steele, 30?? - 30??[19]
- Sullivan Koga, 3052 - 3067[20][21]
- Silas Kufahl, 3067 - ????[22]
- Elliot McKibben, ???? - 3074[23]
- Leo Koga, ???? - current (3085)[24]
saKhans
- Kesar Jerricho, 2807 - ????[25]
- Gerek Tchernovkov, ???? - ????[26]
- Katarina Steele, 28?? - ????[27]
- James Kielman, ???? - 2949[28][29]
- Gunnar Koga, 2976 - ????[30]
- Pazi Tchernovkov, ???? - 3056[31]
- Silas Kufahl, 3056 - 3067[32][21]
- Raven Clearwater, 3067 - 3074[33][34]
- Laura McTighe, ???? - current (3085)[35]
Loremasters
- Gerek Tchernovkov, 28?? - 2822[36]
- Silas Kufahl, 3053 - 3056[37]
- Clarissa Jerricho, 3056 - ????[38]
- Carl Heller, ???? - current (3085)[39]
Homeworlds
The Coyote's control six worlds. Their capital is Tamaron.
- Babylon (27 percent[citation needed], 100% in 3072[citation needed])
- Delios (36 percent)
- Foster (40 percent)
- Londerholm (32 percent)
- Hoard (39 percent)
- New Kent (19 percent)
- Tamaron (100 percent)
Era Specific Data
Coyote Demographics
Affiliation: Warden
Clan Space Worlds:
Babylon (27 percent)
Delios (36 percent)
Foster (40 percent)
Londerholm (32 percent)
Hoard (39 percent)
New Kent (19 percent)
Tamaron (100 percent)
Capital: Tamaron
Population (Clan Space): 73,360,000 (3060)
Population growth rate: 1.9 percent (60/41)
Self-Sufficiency Index: 91 percent
Leaders:
Khan: Sullivan Koga
saKhan: Silas Kufahl
Loremaster: Clarissa Jerricho
Scientist-Gneral: Ricarda (Remer)
Merchant Factor: Kavindra
Master Technician: Onyda
Senior Laborer: Hillard
Military:
Clusters: 35
WarShips: 12
References
- ↑ The Wars of Reaving, p. 249
- ↑ The Wars of Reaving, p. 163
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 ''Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 44-45
- ↑ Field Manual: Update, p. 56
- ↑ Historical: Operation Klondike, p. 62
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans p. 40
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 40
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 42
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 42
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 54 - Nu Galaxy, formed final years of 29th century
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 42
- ↑ Era Digest: Golden Century, p. 10 - timeline
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 42 killed by saKhan Levien
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 119 - for date of Khatib downfall
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 42
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 119
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 42
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 52 - Directly preceded Robin Steel
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 43
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 48
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Wars of Reaving, p. 25 - S. Koga dies, R. Clearwater ascends to saKhan
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 56
- ↑ The Wars of Reaving, p. 185
- ↑ The Wars of Reaving, p. 163
- ↑ Historical: Operation Klondike, p. 62
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 40
- ↑ Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 55 Manfred Hollifield's saKhan
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 42 - Judas Levien's saKhan, killed Levien in Trial of Grievance 20 months after start of Cobra conflict
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clan, p. 119 - Khatib downfall mid-way through 2947
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 42
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 48
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 48
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 56
- ↑ The Wars of Reaving, p. 185
- ↑ The Wars of Reaving, p. 163
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 39
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 48
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 48
- ↑ The Wars of Reaving, p. 163
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