Calling inter-Clan cooperation shit is an insult to fecal matter. Following Tukayyid everyone demanded an explanation from Ulric as to why he didn't share any of the intel he had regarding the ComGuards. His reply was just was seven words: "None of you ever asked for any."
By the way we should make more lore for Reikland Troon's Starving Ranchers or the Tranny themed mercs if anyone has a good idea.
And to top it off the other Clans forced the Wolves to land a couple of days after them so they could basically show them how to deal with the phone company themselves. Too bad that the phone company was lead by a veteran military commander who studied the clans in detail.
There was nothing forced about it. The Wolves deliberately bid high, knowing just what a meatgrinder they were about to stick their dicks into, even ordering their Omnis converted to energy-heavy loadouts specifically for logistics reasons. Everyone else prided themselves on under-bidding the Wolves, and wound up playing themselves afterwards thanks to such low bids. They never forgave the Wolves in general and Ulric Kerensky specifically for letting themselves get hung by their own petards in such dramatic fashion, especially since everyone sent their absolute best formations down only to get hammered into scrap and corpses. There's a reason everyone got pissed as hell afterwards about what the Wolves and Ulric knew about the ComGuards, and its because the Wolves intentionally let them throw their best warriors at the ComGuards just to wear them down beforehand, and all the Wolves had to do was nothing.
Na. It was 25 Galaxies against all 144 ComGuards regiments, and with seven clans since that isn't a nice neat number, so bidding had to happen to determine who got to send what forces. Lowest bid landed soonest, and so the Crusaders who thought it would be an easy win for them bid low in an attempt to win the battle before the Wolves could even deploy. They "forced" the Wolves to land late and with a high bid, with the Wolves being strangely okay denied the honor of even landing on the same day, which frankly should have started setting off more alarm bells and red lights than some MG ammo cooking off, but alas...
I think the Star Adders are also very much SLDF like with their doctrine coming from Absalom Truscott (If i remember correctly the Adders were also very much in favor of sending the Dragoons to recon the IS and even offered material which was politely declined by the Wolves). Plus they have a very integrated lifestyle with their civilian castes via their adjutants even though they don't have to listen to their input. But then there is the other part of the Wolves that refused to use their conquered worlds as a supply for material by not building / refurbishing plants and instead relying on supplies from the Homeworlds. A move that nearly crippled them during the Jihad especially with the Blakies playing "nuke a wolf" on Tamar. And you can't put the blame entirely on the Crusaders as the Wolves had held the Republic worlds for a couple of years before the split
Yeah I tend to not really focus on the meta and just play with the shit I like. But learn how to torso twist, spread that damage around.
I never said the Wolves couldn't be arrogant as hell at times. They really did inherit that part of being a Kerensky. When you're top dog (wolf?) for so long, the highly unexpected (like say, the WoB tossing nukes around like it was the First Succession War) can really bite you on the ass. Should the Wolves have rebuilt and refurbished some local plants? Sure. But short of the unlimited nuclear warfare the WoB decided to wage for the sole purpose of knocking the Inner Sphere back down to Third Succession War levels of tech and industry (if not all the way back back to the Age of Terra) they probably had enough supplies in depot to buy time for reinforcements and resupply, and almost assuredly had plans to rebuild those facilities in case of total war.
Did they change the aiming system in the past 4 years or so? I could have sworn I was a better shot with AC/10s.
