Gael Cygni

Characters

Ollahm Cador Cleder, Grand Chronicler of the Ceilidh

Senior Officer: Anruth / Field Marshal Maelgwyn Ley

Prince Callum Gordon

Prince Gary McKenzie

Lady Thora Stewart, Colonel by rank and General by honour in the mech forces of Clan Stewart

Foreign Minister Sheila Brennen of the Connacht

Misc

Tartans!

W/4 LB80 SR8 SM16 SR4 SM20 B4 LP/4

Hooks

Aidan Cache

The Impiraght built many secret caches of weapons and supplies in its far-flung outposts during its two centuries of existence, particularly and notably during the reign of Aidan Stewart V (934-952 NE). The destruction of the old New Edinburgh military HQ in 980 NE saw most of the administrative records regarding their construction, location and inventory lost in a small nuclear fireball. While many have since been found and looted, other Aidan Caches are still believed to exist, hidden away in various remote locations.

Aidan Caches will have significant amounts of TL4 weapons (mostly battlemechs) and large stocks of stored ether.

Star Fleet (TL5)

Ceilidh

1 McKenna

1 Cú Roí

1 Tuatha Dé Danann

14 MacDuff (TL4)

16 Cavanagh

14 Niamah

6 Cian Lyr

8 Catobudua

55 Smervie More

20 Cumhal heavy Dropship

100 Fianna Attack Dropship

50 Dáire Dropship

50 Pech Cargo Dropship

20 Cet Conveyor

100 Fergus Transport

Starships

McKenna (Superbattleship)

+1 Naval PPCs

+1 Shields

+2 Armor

+1 Forcefield Drive

50pp/ea

Cú Roí (Superbattleship)

+1 Docking Collars (25 patrol ships)

+1 Naval PPCs

+2 Armor

+1 Forcefield Drive

50pp/ea

Tuatha Dé Danann (Superbattleship)

+1 Naval PPCs

+1 Shields

+1 Armor

+1 Hangar Bays (60 DP)

+1 Forcefield Drive

50pp/ea

MacDuff (Battleship)

+1 Hangars (25 fighters)

+1 Hangars (6 patrol ships)

+1 Forcefield Drive

-1 Slow

TL4, not Elite

16pp each

The oldest warship in the Impiraght's fleet, the MacDuffs were originally intended to be light cruisers (eventually ressurected in concept decades later as the Niamah class) but progressive redesigns and mission creep resulted in some of the largest warships of the era, capable of carrying a half-dozen dropships as well as a full squadron of fighters - making them, in essence, one-ship invasion forces. Giving many decades of service, by the fall of the Impiraght they were suffering from excessive malfunction rates and were mostly filling out second-line squadrons in Gael Cygni. Maintained solely at the caretaker level for the subsequent two decades, the return of the High King and the change in foreign policy has ignited a debate on if they should be reactivated for frontline service, maintained in mothballs or finally scrapped.

Cavanagh (Cruiser)

+1 Naval PPCs

+1 Armor

+1 Shields

+1 Forcefield Drive

25pp/2

The Cavanagh is a conventional heavy cruiser design intended for close support of Gael Cygnan fleets, designed and built in view of the general age and tactical obselescence of most of the former Impiraght fleet.

Modernized Niamah (Cruiser)

+1 AA Cluster Missiles

+1 Orbit to Surface Optical Laser

+1 Docking Collars (3 patrol ships)

+1 Armor

+1 EAM Ramdrive

30pp/2

One of the more common warships in the old Impiraght fleet and still present in significant numbers, the Niamah cruiser is an aging but still competent design. Dating from an era where fleet combat was all but unheard of and enemy aerospace assets were unlikely to be more than a handful of patrol ships or exoatmospheric fighters, these cruisers are as much armed transport as they are line warship; they have the ability to carry up to three light dropships but their single array of cluster missile pods does not give them appreciably more firepower than a destroyer. However, they are well-armored and furthermore carry a 4.7m high-energy optical laser in a ventral mount. This weapon is specifically made for orbit-to-surface fire and was used both during landing operations and in support of groundside troops. Modern refits over the past half-decade have greatly improved various pieces of equipment on these ships.

Cian Llyr (Cruiser)

+2 Multiple rapid firing guns

+2 EAM Ramdrive

+1 Sensors

-1 Armour

25pp/2

The Cian Llyr design dates back to the first Impiraght ships to "discover" the Sodomorra system. Designed as a fast scout, a small number of these warships still serve in the High King's fleet, all of which have been refitted over the years. The massive batteries of naval autocannons bristling from the Cian Llyr gave them decisive firepower superiority over most local opponents, but the combination of high speed requirement and physically heavy arsenal meant that armor tonnage needed to be sacrificed.

Catubodua (Light Carrier)

+1 Sensors

+1 ECM

+1 Command

+1 EAM Ramdrive

25pp/2

Smervie More Destroyer (Small Warship)

+1 Missiles

+1 Armor

+1 Shields

+1 Forcefield Drive

25pp/5

Dropships

Cumhal Heavy Landing Dropship (Small Warship) http://www.sarna.net/wiki/images/f/f1/Lee_%28DropShip%29.jpg

+1 Ground Support Artillery

+1 PPCs

+1 Vehicle Bay (12,500 CP)

+1 Armor

+1 Forcefield Drive

-2 Short Ranged

20pp/5

Fianna Attack Dropship (Patrol Warship)

+1 PPCs

+1 Shields

+1 EAM Drive

+1 Forcefield Drive

+1 Fast

-2 Short Ranged

20pp/10

Dáire Landing Dropship (Patrol Warship)

+1 PPCs

+1 Vehicle [Battlearmor] Bay (5,000 CP)

+1 Armor

+1 Forcefield Drive

-2 Short Ranged

15pp/10

Pech Cargo Dropship (Patrol Warship)

+4 Cargo Bay (10,000 CP)

+1 Forcefield Drive

-2 Short Ranged

-1 Systems

-1 Weapon Range

10pp/10

Civilian Shipping

Cet Conveyor (Super Freighters)

+1 Docking Collars (10 patrol ships)

+1 EAM Ramdrive

-2 Cargo

5pp/2

Fergus Transport (Freighters)

+1 Armor

+1 Forcefield Drive

15pp/10

(25,000 CP)

Air Forces

Air Forces (TL5)

Ceilidh

10 Nicnevin'

325 Bodach

625 Dòideag-IV

Nicnevin Experimental Aerofighters (Superfighter) http://www.sarna.net/wiki/images/5/55/Firebird_asf.jpg

+1 Pulse Lasers

+1 Agility

+1 EAM Boosters

+1 Combat AI

25pp/25

Impressed by the success of Thetan Syreen, the Ceilidh commissioned a handful of similar fightercraft. Eschewing the usual Gael Gygnan philosophy of entirely internal carriage of ordnance, the Nicnevin has a variety of external equipment packs - or so the theory goes. Various technical problems have delayed the introduction of these and the consequent validation of the concept.

Bodach Heavy Aerofighters (Fighter) http://www.sarna.net/wiki/images/b/b6/Ostrogoth.JPG

+1 Gauss Rifles

+1 Ordnance

+1 Armor

+1 Shields

+1 EAM Boosters

-1 No Rails

25pp/25

A massive wedge of armor and weaponry, the Bodach is a heavy fighter in all senses of the word.

Dòideag-IV Aerofighters (Interceptor) http://www.sarna.net/wiki/images/c/ca/Morgenstern.jpg

+1 Cluster Missiles

+1 Shields

+1 EAM Boosters

-1 No Rails

15pp/25

The lightning-fast Dòideag-IV is the standard all-purpose aerofighter in Gael Cygni space. Many of them are remanufactured Dòideag-IIIs from the Impiraght period, while others are newly built in the past half-decade.

Air Forces (TL4)

Clan Gordon

400 Selkie'

350 Caoineag

45 Connla

20 Tangie

Clan MacKenzie

250 Selkie'

150 Caoineag

10 Tangie

Clan Stewart

375 Selkie'

325 Caoineag

15 Tangie

The Connacht

375 Selkie'

175 Caoineag

125 Aibell

15 Tangie

Designs

Selkie (Fighter)

+1 Missiles

+1 Agility

+1 Speed

-1 No Rails

12pp/25

The Selkie is a high-performance fighter and typical of the aircraft used by the various Clans to wrest air superiority from their enemies. Originally designed as a transatmospheric aerospace fighter, most of the extant examples have been downgraded with simpler, more cost-effective supercruising turbofans instead of fusion scramrockets.

Caoineag (Strike Fighter)

+1 ATG Ordnance

+1 Shields

+1 Armor

-1 No Rails

-1 Atmosphere Only

12pp/25

A heavily armored strike aircraft, extremely effective at attacking ground targets and equally popular with its flight crews thanks to its ability to absorb punishment and return home. Unfortunately the Caoineag has poor aerodynamic lift and requires a dense atmosphere to fly properly.

Aibell (Strike Fighter) http://www.sarna.net/wiki/images/2/27/Transit-13g.png

+1 Centreline Cannon

+1 Antishipping Weapon

+1 Extended Range

-1 No Rails

-1 Atmosphere Only

8pp/10

Born from the unusual requirement to 'put an artillery cannon on a fighter', the Aibell has proved surprisingly successful in service - particularly in the Battle of Càrn Mòr Toul where a trio of Gordon dropships were shot down on final approach.

Cirein-cròin (Heavy Bomber)

+1 Bombs

+1 Armor

-1 No Rails

-1 Atmosphere Only

4pp/4

The Cirein-cròin is an unusual weapon for Gael Cygni - a strategic bomber. Built in secret by Clan Gordon, they were launched into combat during the Samhain Offensive and over the course of the subsequently seven months did as much damage to the Connacht's industrial base as the previous decade of bombing put together. Improved air defenses finally stemmed the tide and inflicted unacceptable attrition, but it was all too late. The survivors have spent most of the last two decades in hangars, only flown occasionally and with substantial escort.

Tangie Mech Transport (Heavy Airlift)

+2 Mech Bay

+1 Shields

16pp/10

1,200 CP (vehicles)

The venable Tangie has been in service in various forms for a century, evolving from a fairly run-of-the-mill transport aircraft to the ubiquitous military transport of all the clans of Gael Cygni.

Ground Forces

Ground Forces (TL5)

The Ceilidh has 100pp of miscellaneous spies, diplomats, etc.

Clan Gordon

60 Doom Breagan (20 are enhanced with a further +1 Adamantium, +1 Ambrium)

20 Idris Mawr

400 Trome Loch

600 Caradoc

300 Llacheu

300 Glen Durg

500 Enhanced Core Infantry

Clan MacKenzie

Clan Stewart

Connacht

Caernarfon

Doom Braegan Assault Mech (MGF)

+1 Legs

+1 Gauss Autocannons

+1 Armor

+1 Shields

+1 Combat AI

-1 Reduced Range

x1 Plasma Cannon (external)

30pp/10

The most powerful mass-produced contemporary AFV in the galaxy, the Doom Braegan - Doom Bringer - is aptly named. In addition to a fixed arsenal of heavy gauss autocannons, missile pods and autotargeting pulse lasers, most of them are also fitted with a heavy plasma cannon which can be ejected in case of battle damage or critical overheat. All of this is controlled by a single human pilot and a powerful onboard combat AI acting as 'crew'. A subset of the Doom Braegans have been further improved by the use of adamantium alloys and ambrium-enhanced power systems.

Idris Mawr Command Vehicle (MGF)

+1 Artillery Cannons

+1 Extended Range

+1 Communications

+1 Command Post

-1 Armor

20pp/10

A large tracked vehicle, the Idris Mawr is found at the back of any operation home to both the all-important planning staff and a brace of extended-range railguns. Their value means they are never found without guards and air defense units.

Trome Lochs Heavy Mech (VH Armor)

+1 Legs

+1 Gauss Autocannons

+1 Armor

+1 combat AI

25pp/50

Caradoc Medium Mech (Armor)

+1 Legs

+1 Mobility

+1 Pulse Lasers

+1 Armor

+1 combat AI

30pp/100

Llacheu Air Defense Mech (Armor)

+1 Legs

+1 Shotgauss

+1 Extended Range

+1 Anti-Air

+1 combat AI

-1 Armor

25pp/100

Glen Durg Support Mech (Armor)

+1 Legs

+2 ECM

+1 Sensors

+1 Comms

-1 Weapons Range

-1 Armor

20pp/100

Enhanced Core Infantry (Battlesuit)

+1 Rapid-Fire Guns

+1 Anti-Vehicle Weapons

+1 Armor

+1 Mobility

25pp/100

The main 'official' military of the Ceilidh is made up of a battalion of Core infantry, their battlearmor enhanced with the most sophisticated technology available.

Ground Forces (TL4)

Caernarfon 270 pp

Clan Gordon 870 pp

Clan MacKenzie 1100 pp

Clan Stewart 1020 pp

Connacht 1100 pp

Clan Gordon

50 Beli Mawr

550 Rega Rionach

300 Rhirid

400 Morag

600 Madoc

600 Henwen

1,000 D'jealin

500 Core Infantry

10,000 Armored Infantry

1,000 Mobile Calliopes

3,500 Sylva 8x8

Clan MacKenzie

100 Beli Mawr

650 Rega Rionach

400 Rhirid

500 Morag

1,000 Madoc

600 Henwen

1,000 D'jealin

500 Core Infantry

10,000 Armored Infantry

800 Mobile Calliopes

4,000 Sylva 8x8

Clan Stewart

100 Beli Mawr

600 Rega Rionach

300 Rhirid

500 Morag

800 Madoc

600 Henwen

1,000 D'jealin

600 Core Infantry

10,000 Armored Infantry

800 Mobile Calliopes

4,000 Sylva 8x8

The Connacht

200 Rega Rionach

100 Rhirid

200 Morag

400 Madoc

1,200 Henwen

500 Triath

1,500 APCs

1,000 D'jealin

1,000 Core Infantry

100 Púca

10,000 Connacht Elites

80,000 Connacht Regulars

2,00 Mobile Calliopes

50 SAM Batteries

5,000 Sylva 8x8

Designs

Beli Mawr Assault Mech (MGF)

+1 Legs

+1 Large-Caliber Autocannons

+2 Armor

-1 Weapon Range

16pp/10

The largest and most massive of the old Impiraght mechs, the Beli Mawr is not fast but nearly unstoppable on the move. Unlike smaller mechs, the Beli Mawrs are not solo piloted but have a small crew of 3.

Rega Rionach Heavy Mech (VH Armor)

+1 Legs

+1 Large-Caliber Autocannons

+1 Armor

16pp/50

A hulking biped of armor and autocannons, the Rega Rionach is one of the most common mechs built and used on Gael Gyni and is at the forefront of all major operations conducted by the Clans.

Rhirid Fire Support Mech (VH Armor)

+1 Legs

+2 Missiles

+1 Extended Range

-1 Armor

16pp/50

The Rhirid is built on the same lower chassis as the Rega Rionach but strips away much of the armor and direct-fire armament to fit a large arsenal of tactical missile launchers.

Madoc Medium Mech (Armor)

+1 Legs

+1 Mobility

+1 Autocannons

+1 Armor

20pp/100

Designed as the fast 'cavalry' wing of Impiraght armored formations, the Madoc is the other iconic mech design alongside the Rega Rionach.

Morag Support Mech (Armor)

+1 Legs

+1 ECM

+1 Sensors

+1 Anti-Infantry Weapons

-1 Light Weapons

-1 Armor

12pp/100

The Morag is an all-purpose support mech, fitted with a spread of useful battlefield equipment.

Henwen Tank (Armor)

+1 Smoothbore Cannon

+1 Armor

+1 Urban Specialization

-1 Slow

12pp/100

Low-slung and well-armored, the Henwen is a vicious threat if stumbled across in the tight confines of a city. In more mobile battles they are normally reserved to guard the flanks of advance.

Triath Tank (Armor)

+1 Smoothbore Cannon

+1 APFSDS ammunition (anti-tank)

+1 Stealth

+1 Urban Specialization

-1 Slow

16pp/100

A heavily modified derivative of the Henwen, the Triath tank has various measures including emission baffling, mimetic camouflage and a silent electric drive to give it unparalled ability to stalk enemy armor - and a long-barrel cannon firing depleted uranium sabot to get the killing shot.

D’jealin Urban Scout Mech (Light Armor)

+1 Legs

+1 Sensors

+1 Coms

+1 ECM

-1 Armour

-1 Weapon Range

The standard scout of the clans, mass-produced in the thousands.

APC (Infantry Carrier)

+1 Mobility

An unexciting high-mobility APC. Unless you're driving one, in which case they're very exciting.

SAM Batteries (VH Artilery)

+1 Firepower

+1 Anti-Air

+2 Range

20pp/100

A handful of these heavyweight anti-air systems have been introduced by the Connacht in a response that came too late to protect their primary industrial centers from being bombed by Gordon fighters.

Mobile Calliopes (Artilery)

+1 Anti-Armor

+1 Anti-Air

12pp/100

These mobile railgun platforms can fire their small projectiles at exceedingly high velocities, making them deadly against both aircraft and AFVs.

Core Infantry (Battlesuit)

+1 Armor

+1 Mobility

12pp/100

Massing more than a ton each and straddling the line between power armor and mech, Core infantry are commonly deployed alongside or even hanging off of mechs.

Púca (SPF)

+1 Laser Carbines

+1 Demolitions (Melee)

+1 Mobility

+1 Stealth

20pp/50

Perpetually on the back foot, the best of the Connacht are often trained not in armored warfare, but stealth and sabotage.

Armored Infantry (Elite Infantry)

+1 Armor

+1 Gyrojet Rifles

12pp/1,000

The various Clan militaries (with the exception of the Connacht have long since moved away from large infantry formations, instead using relatively small numbers of highly-trained infantry for tasks that are unsuited for mechanized units.

Connacht Elites (Elite Infantry)

+1 Aryn-5 Anti-Armour missiles

+1 Armor

+1 Urban Specialization

16pp/1,000

When you're hunting big game like a Gordon mech prowling through a ruined city, you need something bigger than a gyrojet rifle.

Connacht Infantry (Skilled Infantry)

+1 Gyrojet Rifles

+1 Aryn-5 Anti-Armour missiles

+1 Armor

16pp/10,000

The Connacht have limited available resources and maintain a large army of soldiers liberally equipped with anti-armor missiles, a daunting threat for any other clan trying to attack their lands.

Sylva 8x8 (Logistics Vehicles)

4pp/1,000

A completely normal truck, painted in various clan tartans.

Forts

Caernarfon 390 pp

1 Castle Roberts

10 Hadrian's Wall

80 Seawall

20 Missile Silos

200 Disappearing Guns

500 Security Turrets

Ceilidh 110 pp (TL5?)

Castle Robert (Citadel)

+1 PPC Batteries

+1 Anti-Air Weaponry

+2 Armor

56pp

The central fortress of Caernafon is the massive Castle Roberts, a hulking stepped pyramid bristling with surface to orbit PPCs, SAM silos, gauss rifle turrets and other defensive weapons, all protected under massive slabs of armor when not in use.

Hadrian's Wall (Super Wall)

+1 PPC Batteries

+1 Anti-Air Weaponry

+1 Armor

16pp

Named after the near-mythical Roman wall bordering Scotland on Old Earth, the wall bounding the peninsula between Caernafon and the mainland was originally intended to be the last-ditch defense for one of the two most important points on Gael Cygni - the other being the now-ruined former capital of New Edinburgh.

Seawall (Defensive Wall)

+2 Armor

+0 Searchlights

12pp/10

To ensure that no hypothetical attacker could simply sail up and take Caernafon from the sea, essentially the entire coast was covered with reinforced ceramacrete walls. These also had the convenient effect of eliminating wave erosion.

Missile Silos (Large Combat Bunker)

+1 Anti-Air Missiles

+1 Anti-Ship Missiles

+1 Extended Range

+1 Buried

20pp/10

In addition to the already formidable armament of Castle Roberts, several dozen missile silos dot the island, generally under ornamental pools. These are loaded with the lethal Gáe Bolg heavyweight SAM, equally capable of engaging aircraft and starships.

Disappearing Gun (Combat Bunker)

+1 Anti-Tank Gauss Rifle

+1 Armor

+1 Buried

16pp/100

A large number of pop-up gauss rifles are scattered around the peninsulas perimeter, concealed under armored coverings until a foolish attacker crests the horizon.

Security Turrets (Pillbox)

+1 Antipersonal Needler

+1 Buried

12pp/100

To protect against infiltrators and infantry assaults too small to be engaged by the heavy weapons suited to engaging warships and battlemechs, several hundred antipersonal needlers are scattered around the island in pop-up turrets. These days they are mostly unloaded to avoid any unfortunate civilian accidents - not that any have actually happened. Yet.

Unsorted

8 x Heavy Cruisers (Cruisers) 16 x Destroyers (Small Warships) 20 x Drop Ships (Freighters)

Ceildh Forces

20 x Morags Light Mechs (Advanced Armour;:+1 mobility/boosters,:+1 combat AI,:+1 sensors,:+2 ECM,:-1 light weapons,:-1 light armour; 500)
40 x Madoc (Advanced Armour;:+1 mobility/boosters,:+1 combat AI; 500)
40 x Trome Lochs Heavy Mechs (Advanced Armour;:+1 mobility/boosters,:+1 combat AI,:+3 multifunction weapons; 500)
10 x Doom Breagan Assault Mechs (Mobile Gun Fort;:+1 shields,:+1 combat AI,:+2 heavy weapons,:+1 comms;:+1 detachable plasma cannon; 500)

Elite Doom Breagans;:+ adamantium:+ ambrium

200 x Aerospace Fighters (Fighters)
20 x Mech Lifters (Heavy Transports)

Clan Stewart “Throne” Division

150 x Light Mechs (Advanced Armour)
300 x Heavy Mechs (Advanced Armour)
50 x Assault Mechs (Mobile Gun Forts)
200 Core Infantry (Super Infantry)
5,000 Armoured Infantry (Elite Infantry)
200 x Heavy Tanks (Armour)
200 x Mobile Howitzers (Artillery)
1,000 x Support Vehicles (Mobile Forces)
1,000 x Logistics Vehicles
50 x Support Fighters (Fighters)