ClanSmokeJaguars
We Have Risen Again For Vengance
Our homeworld taken…
Our Khan killed…
Our might crushed…
Our hunger for vengeance
whetted…
We are Clan Smoke Jaguar,
and we will have our Vengeance!!!
After
the death of ilKhan
Lincoln Osis, on Strana Mechty, in the final battle of the Inner Sphere
invasion of our space, our clan was decimated.
Most thought us anniallated. The
few remaining mechwarriors were scattered across what was once the
mighty Smoke
Jaguar invasion corridor. Many conceded
defeat, but some desired revenge.
Revenge against the Inner Sphere, as well as those clans which stood
idly by as the
full strength of the sham of a "Star League" decimated this great
clan. We are gathered one by one, and together we rebuild our
might!
ClanSmokeJaguars
Background
A magnificent beast, the smoke jaguar. It is ferocity unbound, tenacity without limit. Once it locks its powerful jaws around the throat of its prey, it never lets go. The greatest of warriors might be shamed by comparing himself to such fierce courage...
My Clans might learn much from this beast. Like us, it came from Nature, but has been improved by human hands. And now the great cat born on Terra thrives on a world so many light-years away from the planet of its birth that the human mind shudders to contemplate it...as we must. As we will...
The smoke jaguar fights like a true warrior. No deceit, no subterfuge - a single, brutal assault, both open and deadly. A powerful spring from above, a slash of its huge claws across its victim's throat, and its prey lies dead before it. So should all of us fight our enemies - openly, but with overwhelming force. Thus we may win true glory by defeating the foe in honorable combat. Truly, this great cat is a finer warrior than any human being I have ever seen on the field of battle...!
-- From Birth of a New Society: The Collected Writings of Nicholas Kerensky, Strana Mechty Press, 3025