both Morrowind and Battletech have five warring great houses, and a major plot line where a 6th house actually exists who're derived from a war hero who was betrayed and disgraced coming back with the aim of conquering the other 5 and taking what they feel is their rightful place.
coincidence?
unfortunately "give Dagoth Ur a battlemech" doesn't work as a joke because he actually had one
and in true battletech fashion it was also a million years old, he didn't have the proper tools for it, and it never worked
