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battletech - How could the no named clan win the trial of annihilation?


As it is stated in this question and its answer: Can a member of the not named clan ask for a trial of refusal to save his clan? the original trial of annihilation is still going on (as some of the original clan warriors managed to flee and were the so called minnesota (spelling?) tribe mentioned within the inner sphere.


As the original trial is still going on and they usually win it by eliminating the other side that was part of the bid (or later upgrades) the question is...is it possible somehow by the no named clan to win the trial of annihilation (during the 3050s as example) and if so what would they have to do to do so?




Answer



The original Trial is not still going on because even though some Wolverines survived and fled and may have descendants out there somewhere, the official Clan position is that nobody survived and any discrepancies in body counts and whatnot are down to "bad bookkeeping" (The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky, p13). So even though not all warriors were killed nor were all civilians accounted for, Clan Wolverine officially ceased to exist in 2823.


So, no, it is not possible for the Wolverines to win the Trial of Annihilation because they have already lost it.


One of the examples given in Warriors of Kerensky is a Clan Star that was annihilated and the result of that Annihilation cascaded down to anyone sharing their genes so that several hundred individuals ended up paying the price even though only 5 persons were subject to the Trial. This would be similar; the actual target of the Annihilation (i.e., Clan Wolverine) has been taken care of and the results of that successful Trial automatically apply to anyone sharing their genes. That doesn't mean, however, that the original Trial hasn't been settled and closed out.


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