12th Vegan Rangers
| 12th Vegan Rangers | ||
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| Tag: | }12VR{ or {12VR} | |
| Affiliation: | Inner Sphere | |
| Game Servers: | Sxooter's 12thVR | |
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| Members: | 2 | |
| Leaders: | *AlfalphaCat - Unit founder
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| Timezone: | -8 to -4, +10 to +12 | |
The 12th Vegan Rangers, or 12VR as seen in-game for short, Is a MWLL mercenary unit formed by AlfalphaCat in early 2011 as a unit for new or casual players to experience organised play in MWLL. Though most players are situated in North America, a large proportion of members reside in Pacific countries such as Australia and New Zealand, and are open to recruitment of European players as well.
Description
Formed during the 1st Succession War, sometime prior to Summer 2829, by Lawrence Helmund Nelson, rightful Duke of Verde. Nelson was inspired by the book "Eleven Against the Stars" written by Loran, a Ranger in the Vega System. Loran was one of eleven Rangers, men who plied the long lonely routes between the two inhabited planets within the system. Nelson, on the run from enemies of his family, named himself the 12th Vegan Ranger. In this guise he started to build a mercenary unit to support his struggle to reclaim his birthright. Hence, the 12th Vegan Rangers were born.
The 12th Vegan Rangers live by four main codes of behaviour set out in Loran's book:
- A Ranger lives simply and honestly without delusions or manias
- A Ranger values loyalty, but does not follow others blindly
- A Ranger must serve people, and not corporations
- Above all, a Ranger must be free to follow his own destiny.
Thus, in the philosophy of the Rangers, A Ranger is free to attend or not attend any organised play if it does not fit their free time, nor will a Ranger be scrutinised for doing so. A Ranger is free to leave the Vegan Rangers if it no longer fits their views and wishes to move to another group more serious in temperament.
The Rangers are also notorious for causing critical core explosions when their 'mechs have been slain in battle. Whether this is a special booby trap device installed in the 'mechs engines or simply dodgy system maintenance is not known. What is known though is that this will often happen at the worst point in time in the worst possible place. For this reason, it is advised to stand at LEAST 100m from any Ranger BattleMech on the field.
Organisation
First, The 12th Vegan Rangers are Not Vegans as many think. The Rangers, as individuals, do eat meat and animal products, As forcing them to strictly eat vegetable and plant matter would be a defiance of the rangers code. The name comes from the story of the Rangers originating from the star system Vega above.
The 12th Vegan Rangers are widely considered to be one of the least organised, ragtag bunch of mercenaries to have been a part in MWLL. This is partially true. The Vegans mostly operate their battles out of a feeling of responsibility and the sheer keen of the combatants. No members in the Vegan Rangers are in a chain of command officially, though Administrators and notable liaisons and contributors are recognised as being higher than others. Some are also unofficially voted as lance captains of unofficial lances. In short, nothing in the Vegans is determined or permanent and is subject to change.
Players are organised into three regiments determined by geographic location:
- Gamma Regiment - named the "Deadly Dancers" (teehee!), this regiment encompasses North America, including the USA and Canada.
- Beta Regiment - named "Metal Mayhem", this regiment encompasses areas in the Asia Pacific. If you're from Australia, New Zealand, The Phillipines or an Indonesian Country, you belong here.
- Alpha Regiment - named the "Concrete Crushers", European players belong to this regiment.
