It's expensive, I know, but the ,Combine]] isn't like it was when you were growing up. I'm making allies in key positions, winning them over with gifts and parties. My methods may seem alien to you, but I'm not a MechWarrior like you. I'm doing everything I can to keep House Nakano afloat, but that takes a lot more money than we've ever had. MARIKO: Mom… I don't want to fight you, but you keep interfering with my plans. It's easier if we cut out the mercenary middleman. PLAYER: You and Lady Mariko have a lot to discuss. SUMIRE: Actually, Lady Suiko, the Commander had this wild idea that maybe you and your daughter needed a chance to talk to each other. I thought you'd be hounding me for your money after our mission-although your job's not done. I'm surprised it took this long to hear from you again. While it's good for business, maybe we can help. PLAYER: That stubborn streak is why we're here. MARIKO: I know! If only she wasn't so damn stubborn! If she fires on our people, they're going to defend themselves. I… I just don't know how to reason with her anymore.ĭARIUS: With all due respect, your mother's safety isn't really something we can guarantee. I'm trying to save our house, not kill Mom. She's nearly seventy, and her BattleMech is centuries old. MARIKO: Just please, please try not to hurt my mother. I'll double whatever she offered you-just stop her from killing Luthendorff. I've stashed away some funds for an emergency, and this is it. Break your contract with my mom and work for me MARIKO: Look, I know you didn't sign up for our family drama-you're just looking for a payday. My family needs Luthendorff's money if House Nakano is going to survive. She's gathered her old war buddies to kill Luthendorff herself. When she realizes Luthendorff has survived, her Kuritan ideals will dictate that she settle our dispute directly, the only way she knows how-in a BattleMech. I'm sorry to meet you like this, but my mom has put me in an impossible situation. PLAYER: Lady Suiko did say her house was divided, didn't she? Well, their division means opportunity for us. Lady Mariko says Luthendorff survived the attack.Īnd now the heiress wants to hire us for a job. II THE PLAYER TAKES TO THE BATTLEFIELD WITH THEIR 'MECHS IN AN ATTEMPT TO KILL THE WAR CRIMINAL LUTHENDORFF AS REQUESTED BY LADY NAKANO, BUT ULTIMATELY SHE SURVIVES. But I know when to keep my mouth shut.ĭARIUS: Look, I could listen to this clever banter all day, but we've got work to do. YANG: The way Lady Suiko talks, you'd think honor was worth more than gold. PLAYER: Your rationale is as sound as any we get in this business. I won't kill my daughter, but she won't listen to me. Leave nothing but a smoldering ruin in her "honor."įARAH: Hold on. Intercept Luthendorff's convoy and eliminate her. Who is Mariko to rob our descendants of their birthright? I'll send over coordinates. An estate that has been passed from mother to daughter for generations! LADY SUIKO: Mariko will arrive shortly to throw one of her extravagant soirées and hand over the keys of our ancestral home to Luthendorff. PLAYER: How would you like us to proceed? Now those same insurgents serve as her personal army. She's more than just a socialite-she's a war profiteer who amassed a fortune selling military-grade weapons to insurgents, who then murdered innocent Kuritans during the Third Succession War. This animal has sunk her claws into my daughter and thus into my house. I should have enlisted her in the DCMS, but it's too late now. I blame myself for failing to reinforce this lesson. But she's so caught up in her pursuit of wealth that she's forgotten the words passed down from her great-grandmother: "Honor is the embodiment of an ideal. LADY SUIKO: If I wanted her dead, I'd do it myself. You're not going to ask us to murder your kid, right?īecause we get that a lot. Fortunately for you, even in my relative poverty, I can still afford mercenaries. This cannot be allowed-I'd rather see House Nakano fall than be dishonored by this creature. Mariko refuses to acknowledge that a known criminal will be using my ancestral home as a base for her nefarious operations. LADY SUIKO: Now, one of these miscreants wants to roost at our family estate on Yorii in exchange for a vast sum. Or about who the trouble is, more specifically. But now, our good name is threatened by outsiders who are sowing division.ĭARIUS: Please, Lady Suiko, tell us more about your troubles. We're a minor house, but we're highly regarded for our sense of honor-at least, in the Comibne. LADY SUIKO: Welcome to Mendham, Commander.
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