I've been working on a new version of the Jihad that would be (I think) more interesting than the canon Jihad and need some help on names and jazz.
General idea is that it didn't go as well for the Wobblies in their opening moves as they wished. Leaks got out and some of their attacks were foiled. The Dragoons survived the assault, some of the League fleet stayed loyal to the League and the skies over Atreus were filled with dying ships, and other jazz like that. However, they did manage to level the capitals on New Avalon and Tharkad.
Unable to do as much damage as they wished after some of their reversals though, they went a slightly different route. They sent HPGs to various systems and told them to abandon the Houses or die. Systems that didn't agree were fried, and that information was broadcast for all to see. Those that DID agree, were left to live in peace while the Wobblies went on to more important enemies.
In the Chaos March, the Ridzik brothers, long having been attempting to reform the Tikonov Free Republic and having a nice little pocket empire, by Chaos March standards, joined up with the Dragoons, Highlanders, and the Allied Mercenary Command to fight the Wobblies close to Terra while the Star League fought (or tried to fight) the Wobbly fleets.
Lots of damage all over.
By the time the Star League defeated the Wobblies and retook Terra, the Successor State militaries were in shambles and they didn't have enough power to force the worlds that had done as the Wobblies commanded to return to the fold. Which left the Inner Sphere and Periphery badly fractured, with nearly 30 major and minor factions to work with.
There are the five great Successor States, but each one is MUCH weaker than in the canon line. Here are the main States, along with the factions that have seperated from them.
Free Tikonov Republic - think a MUCH smaller version of the ROTS that includes Tikonov, the entire Chaos March, Lyons Thumb, the former FWL FedCom worlds, and a few more Lyran and Combine systems near Terra.
Draconis Combine
Nova Cats
Azami
Federated Suns
Robinson
New Syrtis
Filvet Coalition
Addicks-Ozawa Corporate Theatre
Capellan Confederation
Styke Commonality
Sarna Supremacy
St. Ives Compact
Free Worlds League - Resolution 288 and Addendum to Incorporation repealed. No Captain-General. Think the modern day UN. Can't do a blessed thing while its member states do whatever they want.
Marik-Stewart Commonwealth
Oriente Protectorate
Duchy of Andurien
Regulan Fiefs
Rim Commonality
Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey
Lyran Commonwealth
Tamar Pact - all 14 systems that are left of it.
Federation of Skye
Solaris
Clan Jade Falcon
Clan Hells Horses
Clan Wolf
Rasalhague Dominion
Raven Alliance
Taurian Concordat
Fronc Reachs/New Colony Region?
Magistry of Canopus
Marian Hegemony
Rim Collection
Rim Territories
Now...the general idea is that no factions are destroyed. Some are stronger. Mainly the Periphery realms that weren't hit as hard and no longer have to worry about Successor State adventurism. Some are weaker, like the Successor States.
the largest one is the FWL since nobody "officially" left it. Of course, the member states DID take the precaution of neutering the central government so it could NEVER take control of them again. The six major factions in the FWL make it the most factionalized former House left, and so while it is the largest, it is also generally considered the weakest.
The merchant kings of the Lyran Commonwealth rule the largest TRUE surviving Successor State, followed by Ricol's Draconis Combine, the Capellan Confederation, and last comes the militaristically powerful but economically poor Federated Suns.
Now, I've done a fair amount of research on where each faction is and what parts of the Inner Sphere they best control. But I've never been good with names. What would the Azami call their new nation? Ditto on Robinson and New Syrtis? Or what would a half dozen worlds in an economic alliance with Solaris be called? Or a company monopoly based around Addicks and Ozawa? Heck, what would the Nova Cats call themselves after a Combine official tried to get the Combine to put them on reservations and they fought back?
Who are known families or company CEOs who would be big on doing stuff like this? Is there anybody left of the Tamar Pact ruling family for instance? I'm just hoping to pick other people's minds, especially on their favorite factions...hehehe
Note that there is a lot of open space not controlled by any one faction. Lots of systems that don't listen to anyone. Either because they don't want to or because nobody wants to bother with them when they have more important fish to fry.
In the end, this is a factionalized Human Sphere, where every faction is still around, and some have been brought to the forefront. But no factions are actually DESTROYED. I hate destroying factions. I'm actually considering very strongly bringing the Clan Smoked Jaguar back in some way...maybe controlling some of the worlds the Combine no longer has the power to control in the old Jaguar Occupation Zone. That is just something I've thought of though and I'm not sure. It is just an idea...hehehe.
I'm just wondering what all you guys think, and what input you might have into peoples that could be behind the factions. Families that would be up for it.
I haven't decided on an exact time frame for a "stable" universal setup, but am thinking somewhere in the 3100 to 3120 time frame. At least 20 years (ala the 20 year update) since the end of the Wobblie Jihad so there is a new generation of warriors and jazz.