In the darkness of deep space they waited for their chance to attack the Successor States and resurrect the Star League.ĭespite their seemingly singular purpose of claiming control over Terra the Clans are subject to their own old rivalries, which complicate the invasion plans as the Clans are divided along two conflicting ideologies: the Crusaders and the Wardens. The Clans consider those born with genetic enhancements as 'Trueborn', and despise naturally-born 'Freebirth'. Genetic alteration and a descent into a warlike caste system soon transformed the former SLDF into the ferocious Clans.
Led by General Aleksandr Kerensky, the remnants of the Star League Defense Forces escaped the collapse of the Star League by fleeing to a series of remote worlds far from Inner Sphere.
