Aaron DeChavilier, on 22 October 2012 - 11:36 AM, said:
Uhm the clans were and are not united.
The whole point of the invasion and conquest of Terra is to unite Clans under ilClan (the Clan that actually takes Terra). Therefore, if Terra is taken, then Clans are united from that point on.
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You also missed the point with my example, which I guess I should have made it clearer. If a Great House at the apex of its military might, which dwarfs a clans combined might, could not take Terra and conquer the Inner Sphere; then the Clans never had a chance.
I didn't miss it - you are just incorrect. A given House at the apex of its military might had to fight 4 (FOUR) other Houses at the apex of their military might, so chances of any single House conquering IS were slim to none.
As soon as CLans become united, their chances of accomplishing this feat increase dramatically. Mostly due to the fact that at this point in time IS is still divided and is nowhere close to re-forming Star League.
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Another critical question: by your thinking, the Word of Blake, 25 years later wouldn't have needed to use NBC attacks or bombardments to bring the Great Houses in line no? They could have just used their Seraph omnimechs and elite infantry right?
Who knows what a bunch of religious fanatics needed or didn't need? For all we know they only needed a few prayers.
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You do remember that the SLDF controlled the IS because the Great Houses played ball and contributed forces and diplomacy to it right?
SLDF = Star League Defense Force. It's an army, not a government - it never controlled anything, let alone all of IS.
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That once the Great Houses pulled their support from the first Star League, it collapsed, gee I wonder why.
Star League collapsed because of
Amaris coup, it's not like everybody just decided to "pull their support" out of the blue sky.
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Why would they mind? I dunno maybe has something to do with people like being in the nations they're in. Case in point, a Kuritan citizen may not agree with all the policies of the Coordinator, but he will take up arms to defend his planet if the Davions come a knocking!
I take it that you have some sources to back you up on the idea that DC civilians tend to engage in guerrilla warfare on a regular basis when their worlds are taken by Davions?
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From the book Dagger Point. During the Sun Tzu's attempt to reclaim the St. Ives Compact, Victor Davion dispatches the Eridani Light Horse to garrison the planet Milo, a planet only 2 jumps from the Capellan capitol. Upon garrisoning, the Eridani are beset by angry mobs of protesters and a hostile population who don't like having a foreign garrison force on their world. According to you, that book is wrong, and the population would have not cared either way.
I'll counter that with example from Roar Of Honor, where locals on Toffen didn't mind Ghost Bear invasion at all. Given that CapCon folks are kind of known to be a bit on a fanatical side, I think Milo situation is not the norm for the rest of the IS.