Hells Horses
We are Clan Hells Horses, from the fires of Eden we come
We follow with our lives the wisdom of John Fletcher.
His wisdom rides on our saddles
He challenges us to the high mighty mech.
Destruction is our justice
Dismissed by our foes, we annihilate them in full fledged force
Galloping Crusaders through space, not the flames of hell shall stop us
the simple minded mammals which rot in the arctic shall not slow us down.
a graveyard of blood will be the price of those who block the stampede.
Description
The Hell's Horses has from its inception adopted a philosophy that elevates the warrior above the 'Mech and opposes the 'Mech bias that pervades most military thinking by emphasizing combined-arms tactics with infantry and conventional vehicles. During Operation Klondike and the liberation of Eden, the Hell's Horses used their 'Mechs as bait to draw out the rebels so they could be smashed by infantry and other vehicles.
Their peculiar philosophy led most of the other Clans to dismiss them. The Hell's Horses tended to keep to themselves until the development of the Elemental infantry armor by Clan Wolf. Eager to obtain the Elemental armor, the Hell's Horses entered a series of trials with Clan Wolf where the armor was put up against the infantry breeding protocols that the Hell's Horses had developed. These gigantic warriors would be known as 'Elementals'.
The Hell's Horses won one of the three trials and so obtained the Elemental armor. Other Clans challenged the Hell's Horses for the breeding rights, among them Clan Fire Mandrill. Kindraa Smythe-Jewel of the Fire Mandrills used deceptive bidding tactics to give the impression of a much smaller force and won the trial. The Horses demanded a Trial of Annihilation but were denied. As the Hell's Horses prepared to move against the Fire Mandrills, Clan Coyote stepped in. They too had been cheated by Kindraa Smyth-Jewel in their bid for the OmniMech a few years prior.
Seeing the wisdom in joining together, the Hell's Horses arranged for a contract bid to include the Coyotes in the Hell's Horses trial against the Kindraa. The combined Hell's Horses-Coyote task force descended on the Smythe-Jewel enclave on Foster and challenged them to a Trial that saw the death of the Kindraa Smythe-Jewel. Half the genetic legacies and most of the battle salvage was taken by the Horses and the Coyotes took the enclave, the bondsmen, and the rest of the legacies and the two Clans parted as friends. This action won the Hell's Horses respect from their fellow Clansmen.