Its the greatest travesty in BT lore, when most of us stopped reading the novels including myself. How could they get rid of the CSJ the villains of BT. It would be like Star Wars without the Sith or Star Trek without the Borg. It just wasn't right especially considering that CJF and CW were still recovering from the refusal war and were both not yet up to full strength. They would of been easy pickings compared to CSJ
But as for the invasion, pretty much the IS got together under the banner of the star league defense force went to Huntress and beat the Smoke Jaguar keshik, then they went to Starna Mechy to challege all the clans,...but Ghost Bear Khans got scared and deicided to suddenly switch sides and say they were wardens now and that operation bulldog was an operation against crusader clans only. Now here is where it gets to be BS...the Star league wins. IlKhan Lincoln Osis who is the leader of CSJ and also IlKhan challenges Victor Davion to a duel, Victor refuses but Lincoln attacks anyways and loses his head (literally) and Smoke Jag folds except for Galaxy Commander Brenden Corbett who made a last ditch effort (failed effort) to resist against the invasion and resurrect Smoke Jaguar. Clan Diamond Shark also wanted to help repeal the invasion but Clan Wolf's Vlad Ward challenged CDS Khan Ian Hawker to a trial of refusal mostly because a Smoke Jag and Diamond Shark alliance would hurt Clan wolf. Ian lost so wasn't able to do nothing about the invasion, Ian then feeling like a failure committed suicide...thus losing Smoke Jag's only other ally
So basically with that THE ENTIRE CLAN folds and gives up....the ENTIRE CLAN that is based soley on warrior ethos just gives up. See how it makes NO SENSE, what were the writers thinking??????????? And then after wards they become the Fildlies and help Davlin Stone repeal the Word of Blake Jihad...so they basically help the people who destroyed them.
Just bad story telling past the year 3060...i heard that topps is going to resurrect the franchise, make a new series of novels taking place after Dark Age and bring back some of the OLD FACTIONS. So maybe we haven't heard the last of CSJ
Also look at that nice slice of territory carved up by Hell's Horse. I am impressed
Edited by Grimwill, 13 June 2014 - 02:28 PM.