For the record, this being the plot thread to start the RP may have been a bit extreme.  We as players had very little time to establish any kind of cohesion in our characters or the way we interact.  We're essentially done one scene and all hell is breaking loose.<br/><br/>Also as a group of merc who just recently (within months) were hired on to a company only to watch the commander get killed with very little effort by a group of battle armored men our characters have never seen before is probably a bit extreme for the opening scene.  I know Wargtass wanted to open the scenario with the Clans, but I have to agree.  A bunch of mechwarriors watch their commander's mech get torn down in seconds this way does not instill a lot of gung ho run in and save the day type heroics.  Yes we've never seen Elementals before or know how to kill them, but that kind of power can even make seasoned warriors think twice about running into the frey.<br/><br/>just my .02