Editing Escorpión Imperio

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| crest = [[Image:Escorpión Imperio.png|Escorpion Imperio Logo|263px]]
| factionname = Escorpión Imperio
| timeperiod = [[3080]]–[[3141]]
| classification = [[Clan]]
| systems = 9<ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 250</ref>
| capital = [[Valencia]]<ref name=OPTHCp8>''Operational Turning Points: Hanseatic Crusade'', p. 8: The Escorpión Imperio, 3080–3140</ref><br />[[Granada]] (formerly);<ref name="tworp159">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 159</ref>
| rulertitle = [[Khan]]
| military = [[Imperio Militar del Escorpión]]
| secretservice = [[Watch#Clan Goliath Scorpion|Clan Goliath Scorpion Watch]]
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The '''Escorpión Imperio''' was formed in [[3080]] after [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]] was Abjured by the [[Grand Council]]. They left Clan Space and conquered the [[Deep Periphery]] states known as [[Nueva Castile]] and the [[Umayyad Caliphate]]. It would later become the [[Scorpion Empire]] after successfully conquering the [[Hanseatic League]] during the [[Hanseatic Crusade]].

==History==
During the [[Wars of Reaving]], [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]] managed to avoid much of the fighting that had bled other [[Clans]] dry, emerging as the second most powerful Clan after [[Clan Star Adder]]. They had also Absorbed the [[Eridani Light Horse]] after they were cut off from the [[Inner Sphere]] and the last remains of [[Clan Ice Hellion]] after their invasion of the [[Clan Jade Falcon Occupation Zone]] was defeated.

In the meanwhile the Scorpions had been exploring the [[Deep Periphery]], establishing outposts and supply points at [[Waypoint 531]], and raiding [[Nueva Castile]].

[[Clan Steel Viper]], the instigator of the Wars of Reaving, had already considered bringing the Scorpions before the [[Grand Council]], believing them tainted by the Hellions and by the [[Eridani Light Horse]]. The Scorpion Seekers also made contact with pirates and bandits when exploring the [[Periphery]], and their reconnaissance mission to [[Nueva Castile]] was carried out with un-Clanlike deception tactics. All of this, according to the Vipers, was enough to Reave the whole of Clan Goliath Scorpion, but the Viper Annihilation gave the Scorpions a brief respite.

While the Scorpions emerged from the Wars of Reaving as the second largest of the [[Home Clans|Homeworld Clans]], the Scorpions failed to translate this strength into a permanent position of power. Instead, their obsession with Star League relics led to their Abjurement from Clan Space altogether. In December [[3078]] the Scorpions defended [[Hector (system)|Hector]] against a [[Clan Cloud Cobra]] assault. During the fighting at the Bright Ledge genetic research station, one salvo from a Scorpion 'Mech blew the main bridge, dropping half of the 73rd Cobra Guards into the ravine; the Cobras declared the remaining Scorpions ''[[dezgra]]'' and crushed them. Upon claiming them ''[[isorla]]'', they discovered that the Scorpion scientists, without authorization from the Khans or the Clan Council, had been experimenting with integrating Eridani Light Horse genes in the Clan legacies. The matter was brought before the [[Grand Council]], and a [[Trial of Abjuration]] was immediately approved. Despite this, the Clans moved slowly to carry it out, and this allowed the Scorpions to evacuate much of their assets to Waypoint 531. The forces left behind fought a valiant delaying action but were ultimately defeated. In early [[3080]] the Scorpion survivors who had gathered at Waypoint 531 invaded and conquered Nueva Castile along with the Umayyad Caliphate.

The Scorpions took several decades to fully integrate the Castilians and Umayyad citizens, and more recently acquired ''feral'' Ice Hellions survivors, while also developing the Imperio's industrial bases. Despite some interference from Home Clans' agents, and raids of the nearby [[Hanseatic League]], they fully succeeded. However, the attacks from the League only worsened with time, as they felt threatened by the Empire. After a Hansa provocation, in [[3140]], the Empire declared a conquest war against the League. The [[Hanseatic Crusade]] was a devastating conflict, but despite some minor setbacks, the Scorpions eventually became victorious. The former Hansa was incorporated to the Imperio, which was renamed [[Scorpion Empire]], becoming the biggest Deep Periphery state beyond the Clan Homeworlds.<ref>''Operational Turning Points: Hanseatic Crusade'' p. 8-13</ref>

==Culture==
Modeled upon the [[Clan Ghost Bear|Ghost Bear]]-[[Free Rasalhague Republic|Rasalhague]] form of integration, the Scorpions soon began merging both Castilians and Umayyads into the [[Clans#Castes|Clan caste system]]. The Scorpions modified it somewhat from Clan norms, adding two new castes.

The majority of the Castilian population ended up in the laborer caste, a status the hardworking, diligent Castilians accepted after some minor disputes that were put down by the Scorpions. In contrast, few Castilians and Umayyads were assigned to the merchant caste, making it the smallest caste in the Imperio. A large number of Umayyads were accepted into the technician caste, while the scientist caste was swollen with a sizable number of Castilians. Only a very small intake of Castilian and Umayyad officers were accepted into the warrior caste.

The two new castes created by the Scorpions were the support and garrison (or "grunt") castes. The former included those dealing with supply, administration, emergency services, and such. The garrison caste became the new niche for most of the Castilian and Umayyad soldiers; consisting primarily of non–battle armored infantry and armored combat vehicle forces.<ref>''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', pp. 46–47</ref>

==Military==
{{main|Imperio Militar del Escorpión}}

==Industry==
The Scorpion's conquest of the Nueva Castile left them with a very primitive industrial base. Their efforts to upgrade it to Clan levels were slow to take hold, and by [[3086]], they only managed to produce two classes of BattleMechs, one light and one medium: the ''[[Reptar]]'' and the ''[[Araña]]'', respectively. Both were also very primitive, nearer to [[IndustrialMech]]s than BattleMechs.
Unsurprisingly, these 'Mechs appear to be reserved to the Nueva Castilian freeborn warriors of the new "garrison" caste, and only to second-line duties.<ref>''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 108</ref>

At least initially, The Scorpions' only source of Clantech available was the Imperio's single ''Hephaestus''-type ''[[Hughes (Space Station class)|Hughes]]''-class station, which was also their only orbital production facility. It took decades for the Empire's industry to attain Clan levels, sometime prior to 3108.<ref>''Operational Turning Points: Hanseatic Crusade'', p. 9</ref>

* [[Quixote Industries]]

== Bloodnames ==
{{Main|List of Bloodnames#Scorpion Empire (Clan Goliath Scorpion)}}

==Inter-Clan Relations==
Having been Abjured from Clan society, the Escorpión Imperio has no official relations with any other Clan. [[Clan Coyote]] raided [[Navarre]] in [[3088]], inserting a few [[Watch]] operatives who spread rumors of the Umayyads' alleged descent from [[Clan Wolverine]]; this resulted in a souring of relations between the Umayyads and former Scorpion warriors. By [[3095]], the Coyotes, [[Clan Cloud Cobra]], and [[Clan Stone Lion|Stone Lions]] also began passive intelligence operations within the Imperio.<ref>''The Wars of Reaving Supplemental'', p. 14</ref>

==Rulers==
*[[Khan]]: [[Colin Yeh]]<ref name="tworp159"/>
*[[saKhan]]: [[Connor Rood]]<ref name="tworp159"/>
*[[Loremaster]]: [[Sargon Ben-Shimon]]<ref name="tworp159"/>

==Era Specific Data==
[[Granada]]<br/>
[[Córdoba]]<br/>
[[Navarre]]<br/>
[[Valencia]]<br/>
[[Galicia]]<br/>
[[Aragon]]<br/>
[[Asturias]]<br/>
[[León]]<br/>
[[Castile]]<br/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3]]''
* ''[[Operational Turning Points: Hanseatic Crusade]]''
* ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''
* ''[[The Wars of Reaving Supplemental]]''


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