Battletech - Flag of the Star League by PachPachis on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

So, Battletech. Fun times, but you start to notice all the major factions are only ever identified by their seals or emblems. Mercenary companies and even planets usually have a canon flag design, and I found it hard to believe that none of the big players did. Indeed, after some searching, I did find many depictions of Successor State and other flags in canon artwork. However, these are usually about the size of a thumbnail, so I decided to put my modest skills to work and make at least somewhat useable renditions of them.

The first is the flag of the Second Star League, and, it may be presumed, the First. This design was taken from the front cover artwork of "Battletech Field Manual: ComStar."

For those who don't know, the Star League *was* the Roman Empire in space, a lost golden age of high technology and culture, and which everyone and their uncle claims to be the One Rightful Successor of. The Second Star League is more like a loose alliance of Our Heroes founded to resist the Clan Invasion, which is to say the Space Mongols.

This particular design is a modified "Cameron Star," named after the ruling House Cameron of the First Star League. Legend says the design came about when the first ruler of the League was soliciting ideas for a symbol and found his niece, a toddler, trying (and failing) to draw a symmetrical star.