In turn they tested each Clan namesake In trial against the ice hellion's mettle. Each chased the ice hellion, hunting it down. All failed to match the predator's speed and grace. Khan Cage smiled and said, And that is how we shall be. The Ice Hellions were founded by Stephan Cage, a former battalion commander in the SLDF. His specialty was reconnaisance and he was quite adept at using light forces to defeat numerically larger forces. Khan Cage was so inspired by Nicholas Kerensky's fondness about the Ice Hellion that he quickly built his Clan around the same hunting technique: speed and manueverability. Though many called this a weakness, the newly born Ice Hellions would prove soon everyone wrong. The Pentagon campaign tested the Ice Hellions dearly. The early touman was extremely lightweight and Nicholas Kerensky originally relegated the Hellions to a recon and support role. Angered at being forced to wait, Khan Cage awaited the opportunity to prove his Clan's worth. Soon the Ice Hellions found themselves called to assist Clan Cloud Cobra with a rebel uprising in a recently captured city. Though outgunned and outmassed, the Ice Hellions speed and manueverability allowed them to wear down and defeat the rebels with minimal losses. In the next few years following the Pentagon campaign, the Hellions quickly set about proving that their unorthodox techniques were viable and combat tested. Hellion Trinaries and Clusters repeated fought and bested foes more than double their weight. While other Clans developed the current Clan battle tactics, the Hellions practiced flexibility and manueverability.