Yeah, it's in the "no man's land" between the Concordat and the Outworlds Alliance, but I think the important thing is that unless the Clan Homeworlds have been relocated, the Clan Invasion shouldn't affect it at all.
who cares about the clans that might or might not show up , a bigger issue for the FedSuns will be the Combine cause if they see the Fedrats getting their ass handed to them they might decide to invade the Draconis march preferring to do it now rather than after its new defenses are complete , while also getting a convenient way to get rid of the more traditionally minded samurai who are raising a stink about any reforms
So ? , I am not seeing the down sides here ,we are are the periphery we celebrate the Inner sphere getting shafted as a matter of course , we are are on the opposite side of were the clans are going to hit and the clans don't have the population ,industry nor the manpower to take and hold the Inner sphere even if they crush the armies of the great houses in every single battle
the clans can't actually hold the inner sphere though and without Com* levels of polt armor they wouldn't be able to absorb the Lyrans and the Dracs even if they crushed them militarily , they don't have the numbers nor the logistics to support an occupation and their culture is too alien to assimilate them , at worst they will inflict immense devastation before lossing large chunks of their conquest to more internal issues than they have troops to suppress
considering the Combine that would honestly be an improvement in government for your average Drac peasant
barley any change from the combine socially then , but I am pretty sure the clans treat their none warrior castes better than the Combine treats its peasants in general terms, for one thing they aren't expected or required to fight and don't need to fear conscription which is much better than what they can expect in the combine
Crap I forgot about that detail, also I don't think this will be just a inner sphere problem since there no fedcom and the fact that the only people who did stop the clan invasion are split.
Ey! Welcome back. Hope RL isn't treating you too badly.
You've got a new look, I see. I love the whole 'We shall drown them in blood and fire and steel!' chic you've got going!
That doesn't matter though because none of the leaders of Helgan know that the Clans exist.
it'd be difficult, but it could be done. It's a lot easier as a quick in and out operation to snatch a guy and drop some bombs from orbit than it would be to invade.
And the navy is our scalpel. I see, I see.
Come to think of it, I do recall reading something bout feds as initially democratic then Davions usurped the original leadership or something.