Clan Goliath Scorpion

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Clan Goliath Scorpion
Faction Profile
Time period:	2807 – Present
Classification:	Clan
Controlled systems:	2?
Capital world:	Roche?
Ruler title:	Khan
Military:	Clan Goliath Scorpion Touman
Secret Service:	Clan Goliath Scorpion Watch

Clan Goliath Scorpion was one of the original twenty Clans founded by Nicholas Kerensky, named after the Goliath Scorpions found on Babylon. Staunch Wardens, the Goliath Scorpions value precision over brute force, while believing strongly in visions and quests. They take Necrosia, a drug based on the venom of the Goliath Scorpion, to aid in these visions. This Clan believes in looking to the past in order to rebuild the Star League, piece by piece. The Goliath Scorpions famously provided Clan Wolf the deep-sea diving Exoskeletons which would serve as the progenitors for modern Battle Armor.

History

Founding

The Scorpions' first khan was Cyrus Elam, a former member of the SLDF Corps of Engineers. Under his instruction, the fledgling Clan developed flexible combat tactics and fielded combined-arms forces.

Operation Klondike

The Scorpions were assigned to retake the world of Dagda. The cluster made the first landing on Dagda, and faced off against the McMillan Collective, the best-equipped and best-led faction on the planet. The crux of the fighting was at Firebase Delta, a functional Space Defense System facility. While the Scorpions took the facility, it cost them nearly a quarter of their strength.

After crushing some smaller factions on the Riva continent, the Scorpions faced The Chosen, a doomsday cult who thought to ride out the war in an upland mining facility-turned-monastery. After grinding the Chosen's military to pieces, the Scorpions laid a siege against the monastery itself. When the time came to storm the structure, many of the inhabitants committed suicide rather than be taken by the clans.

The Scorpions moved on to the Tenno continent, where they faced the Drakkars. Khan Elam intimidated the Drakkar into surrendering by threatening to subject their headquarters to orbital bombardment. The Drakkar leader was later adopted into the Scorpions' technician caste.

The Scorpions' heavy losses ruled them out from participating in the final battles of the Dagda campaign.

Rebuilding

In the days following the pacification of the Pentagon worlds, a patrol from Clan Ice Hellion discovered General Ethan Moreau, sunburned and scared, atop a jagged obsidian rock in the Spiked Heart Desert on Babylon. While apparently suffering from the stings of a goliath scorpion, Moreau demanded he be given an audience to the Nicholas Kerensky, referring to his old friend as ilKhan. That someone not of the Clans would refer to Kerensky by this word has been attributed to the visionary power of the goliath scorpion's venom, though the truth of the incident is muddled by Goliath Scorpion mythology. In any case, the Ice Hellions brought Moreau before Kerensky and the general, through parched lips, begged forgiveness from his friend for rejecting to join him on the Second Exodus. Kerensky accepted, and began the tradition of surkai among Clan members seeking forgiveness.

Citing the likelihood of infirmity from his wounds, the Ice Hellions refused to take in the veteran MechWarrior and last survivor of the Gunslinger Program. Khan Elam therefore won the petition to take on Moreau as a trainer for recruits lost in the Pentagon wars, though like others who refused the Second Exodus his genes were denied a place in the Clans' eugenics program. Moreau also became Goliath Scorpion's first Loremaster, writing down the lessons he learned learned into their portion of The Remembrance. Moreau would not succumb to his wounds, instead dying in battle assisting Clan Wolf in its Trial of Annihilation against Clan Widowmaker.

Jihad

At some point in 3068, Clan Goliath Scorpion took part of the 71st Light Horse Regiment of the Eridani Light Horse Brigade as bondsmen. How many Horsemen became bondsmen, and their ultimate fate, is unknown.

Culture

Clan Goliath Scorpion culture is devoted almost entirely to rebuilding the shattered Star League. This obsession with searching the past to unlock the future is fulfilled through the use of necrosia and the Seeker tradition.

Necrosia

The use of goliath scorpion venom first began during the early years of the Golden Century, when candidates wishing to enter the Warrior Caste subjected themselves to a goliath scorpion's sting as proof of their physical and mental toughness. The result of these tests however left the Clan dangerously weak as far too many applicants died from the neurotoxin, while survivors reported intensely psychoactive dream-states, purportedly showing them glimpses of the future.

Wishing to cut down on the fatality rate while retaining its mystical properties, Goliath Scorpion scientists created necrosia, an indigestible, luminous-green cocktail made from the venom. This complex mix of proteins and enzymes reduces the levels of histamine and alkaloids naturally present in the venom, while the hue is a result of the electrical milking process inadvertently capturing the florescent chemicals contained within the animal's tail. When consumed in controlled quantities necrosia is safe to drink and induces the same type of hallucinogenic visions as the natural venom, though whether these visions are actual glimpses of the future is a matter of disagreement between the Clan's Warrior and Scientist castes.

Military

Main article: Clan Goliath Scorpion Touman

Many Clansmen believe, if not for their visions and quests, they would be an extremely powerful force to be reckoned with. Their unique organizational scheme within their touman (even more detailed than the Jade Falcons) and knowledge of the old Star League Defense Force strategy and tactics would make them a well-oiled engine of destruction. It was their Heartvenom Cluster (Cateran cluster formation with Command Trinary, two Specialist Trinary, Battle Trinary, and Striker Trinary) that trained Wolf's Dragoons before they left for the Inner Sphere and made them an elite unit capable of handling any operation.

Goliath Scorpion was also the first clan to begin development of Battle Armor, with early designs based on underwater mining suits. Clan Wolf then perfected these early designs, which led to the production of the Elemental, the prominent Battle Armor for the Clans.

See also Clan Goliath Scorpion Touman.

Allies and enemies

They are fiercely devoted to Clan Wolf.

Rulers

Khans

• Cyrus Elam, 2807 - 2834
• Shandra Dinour, ???? - ????
• Nikolai Djerassi, ???? - 3049
• Ariel Suvorov, 3049 - Current?,

saKhans

• Jenna Scott, 2807 - ????
• Ren Posavatz, ???? - 3049
• Nelson Elam, 3049 - Current?

Era Specific Data

3061

Affiliation: Warden
Capital: Roche
Population (Clan space): 67.238.000 (3060)
Population growth rate: 2.4 percent (84/60)
Self-Sufficiency Index: 91 percent

Leaders
Khan: Ariel Suvovrov
saKhan: Nelson Flam
Loremaster: Kyrie Ben-Shimon
Scientist-General: Germon (Wilkinson)
Merchant Factor: Palos
Master Technician: Noam
Senior Laborer: Suu

Military
Clusters: 24
WarShips: 17

Clan Space Worlds
Dagda (29 percent)
Huntress (18 percent)
Marshall (36 percent)
Roche (83 percent)
Strana Mechty (7 percent)
Tokasha (23 percent)

Bibliography

• Blake Ascending
• Field Manual: Warden Clans
• Field Manual: Updates
• Historical: Operation Klondike
• Jihad Hot Spots: 3070

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