guys how get Cleric...i tried that path..he shows up..jam MSF ships and tell me to scam...but if i try to move away..my MS blows...

uhm no, in my game her cannon prof. is locked out and she already has points spent in Laser proficiency

I got Cleric by going the Triad route, betraying Triad for Inoco, and than the Inoco line bugged out for me and I got placed on the Alex path which gets you Cleric.

At Alex route is possible twice get Nataly (ace pilot/gunner).
1. way if you decide to kill Emperor, he will replace Cleric.
2. way if you leave Sam to Alex at INOCO route afrer mission in XT24

At Triada route, will Alice leave before last mission and will be replaced by Blade (ace pilot/pilot if choose bad answer in mission before.

I keep reading that the InoCo path is supposedly bugged - is it because after Dickens tells you that you have some free time, and then never gets back to you, and then you get a message from Alex?

Coincidently Alex's path is the last of the storyline paths I'm playing, so I didn't notice any problem earlier on the NESF or MSF paths.

You can very quickly remove this bug in first mission, Read this

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=13797

Sorry Hal2003 that link only takes me to the forum front page?

Edit: Thanks, found it via search as well, heh.