[Mecha Clans and Factions]
In 3278, a group of independent mecha pilots came together to work as a team under the name of “Merlino e Morgana”. Their goal, to participate in the Mecha Games and Tournaments with a child-like enthusiasm.
 |
| IPG crest by GJ |
The success of this mercenary group in tournaments is an option, not a goal. It is for this reason, the team leaders contacted pilots who were known to pilot mecha simply for the sheer joy it brought them. Therefore, their main recruitment was held in some of the most famous clubs and bars among the galaxy, like LaSalle’s, Plank, Inferno Bar or the Blue Bunny Resort.
For the Clan Wars XII in 3278, their first unit achieved a bronze medal in the 12th division, with a team organized in record time, considering the randomness of the pilots that had joined, this was a great success for their leader Stefano Zaccaria. After that event, many more clans were formed and disbanded but they all held the same belief of being rookie pilots with higher aspirations for better results.
During 3310, the faction renamed their group as “Independent Players Group (IPG), after a council meeting in which every team leader suggested a name in a democratically unbiased pool, where no one pilot had more prominence than the others, such is the fellowship and spirit they keep (The term "players" refers to their participation in the Mecha sportive Games and Tournaments, for which they formed the group).
They fiercely defend their independence as a mercenary family, in which every team leader is fully able to submit a motion or to decide how to pursue their battles, without a higher dependence or the need of internal agreements.
IPG team compositions.
They keep a simple rule: if any commanding pilot wanted to join their faction, they simply need to raise their banner as to show the IPG label in the registration form for the Mecha Games and Tournaments. During Faction Wars, the pilots are rearranged to regulate and optimize their skills and abilities in accordance to their level qualification as pilots.
For sentimental reasons, Captain Stefano Zaccaria chose the banner of his clans and factions using a vintage cartoon greenish bear or cat called “Mou Mou”. Maybe this is not the fiercest of banners and definitively won’t create panic in the enemy lines, but as Zaccaria could say “everyone is free to raise the flag they love”
(By Stefano Zaccaria - 961268)
