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Revision as of 02:10, 5 May 2009

Clan military structure is built on a quinary, or base-five, system of grouping. The base unit is the Star, made of five "Points". A Point is usually one 'Mech, but could also be five Elementals or Protomechs, 2 tanks or Aerospace Fighters, or 25 standard infantry.

Clan military structure developed from the traditional Inner Sphere military structure, which is built on a quaternary (group of four) structure. The Inner Sphere equivalent of a Star is called a Lance.


Rank Unit Consists of Symbol
Warrior[1] or Point Commander Point 1 'Mech, 2 tanks or Aerospace fighters, 5 Protomechs
or Elementals, or 25 standard infantry
ClanPoint.jpg
Star Commander[2] Star 5 Points ClanStar.jpg
Nova 1 'Mech Star and 1 Elemental Star ClanNova.jpg
Star Captain[3] Binary 2 Stars ClanBinary.jpg
Supernova 2 Novas ClanSupernova.jpg
Mixed Binary 1 Star and 1 Nova File:ClanMixedBinary.jpg
Trinary 3 Stars ClanTrinary.jpg
Supernova Trinary 3 Novas ClanSupernovaTrinary.jpg
Mixed Trinary 2 Stars and 1 Nova or 1 Star and 2 Novas File:ClanMixedTrinaryA.jpg
Star Colonel Cluster 4-5 Binaries, Trinaries, Supernovas, or supernova Trinaries ClanCluster.jpg
Galaxy Commander Galaxy 3-5 Clusters ClanGalaxy.jpg
  1. The rank the warrior holds is used as their title unless they hold the lowest rank (for example, Star Commander Zane). If they are warriors, they have a title denoting their sub-caste. E.g. a warrior who pilots a vehicle will be called ‘crewman’, and aerospace pilot will be called ‘pilot’ and so-on (for example, MechWarrior Aidan). Since the lowest MechWarriors are Point commanders, they have the title of MechWarrior instead of Point commander even though they have a Point commander rank.
  2. In Clan Coyote and Clan Hell’s horses, commanders of a Nova have the rank Nova commander, which is one rank higher than Star commander.
  3. In Clan Coyote and Clan Hell’s horses, commanders of a Super nova have the rank Nova captain, which one rank higher than Star captain.