The Bloodied Spring Leaves: A Mech RP

A prequel of sorts to my Scenario, Reborn as a Mech Noble, and like it, inspired by Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (and Urdr-Hunt), Battletech, plus a dash of Code Geass and Dune. Here was how things were meant to go: A group of mercenaries, Spring Company, their leader, The Star, and their chief Mech Pilot, The Ace, allied with the Martian colonial activist called The Lily to negotiate with Earth for Mars' independence, and fought Task Force: Vigil, the now-corrupt protectors of Human Space, as they tried to block the way. They won, Earth gave Mars more rights, and all seemed well. Then Ioannes of House Plethon, a tragic hero prone to pride and hubris, recruited Spring Company to help him conduct a coup against Four of the Five Families that ran Task Force: Vigil, only for him and them to be cut down by their greatest foe, Lucius of House Ignis. As an insult to their memory, Lucius abolished the Five Families and implemented the very same meritocratic reforms Ioannes had wanted. But all this has not happened yet - Right now, you are The Lily's best friend, a social media influencer/wannabe reporter who plans to cover her first trip to Earth. In the future, you will record the rise and fall of Spring Company and the aftermath of so much bloodshed, but today, you can make a different decision and accidentally affect the end... or make it worse. (AIN and AN belong to effortlyss and Haunteddiamond.) (Updated triggers.)