[RabidRat]

Originally Posted by Badhobz

da fuck is this shit? When I got my history papers (I didn't even attend my own convocation, you aint getting my 200 dollars for some bullshit ceremony) they just mailed it to me in a wrinkled envelope. not even couriered. hahahaha yeah 40k for that useless piece of paper.

Okay, how about this?

Originally Posted by RabidRat

The rings were made of scrap iron from Huntress Bridge, which collapsed under the weight of too many mechs, and squished 75 freebirth.

The ring is serrated, and you wear it on your punching hand. This is constant remembrance for what happened, a reminder of your responsibility to maximize harm.

You receive the ring in a char black state. Then as the decades go, the ring is meant to blacken ever blacker through the grit and sacrifice of hard battle. You can tell an experienced mechwarrior by the state of this ring.

When an mechwarrior dies, they return their ring. This marks the end of their obligation.