To be honest, I'm making the POD very early, in the Era of the Terran Alliance.
It's heavily implied that James McKenna knew about the Terran Alliance Civil War and let both sides grind the other down so that he could swoop in later and assume power. Suppose instead that just before he takes...
On the other hand, it does support he argument that those nations are not actually ruled in a 'neo-feudal' manner but rather Romantic Military Autocracy.
They sound like the Organic Drones I brainstormed for a hypothetical alliance of the Word of Blake and Society.
Here’s their description.
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The term 'organic drone' was both intended to dehumanize the whole process to make it more palatable and those involved consider it more accurate term...
[X] Sign the Military-Industrial Reform Act of 3041
A Military-Industrial Complex dominated by only a few mega-corporations will end up becoming overspecialized, and if that happens, as Ghost In The Shell Points out, you breed in weakness. It's slow death.
Also, It’s 3041 now?
If it turns out that some of the Rogues Noir are in collusion with some of the Bourbons, I think the evidence should allow for some interesting political impacts down the line.
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[X] Request assistance from Kilburrough
Something about the description of those diseases makes me think about...
What if the The Dark Age happened after the Jihad in as a final gesture of spite towards their enemies by the Word of Blake , the instigators of the Jihad, rather than during the Republic of the Sphere era in canon BattleTech and resulted in the destruction of 80% of HPG communications networks...
BTW, what would you call this new interstellar government composed of Endwar/Modern Earth and the Wolverines?
I’d go with the United Federation of Nations, because I’m a fan of the Templin Institute.
How about improving Dropship Collars so that they only mass a fourth of their original size while still being able to carry a Dropship? Or maybe speeding up the recharge process? Or having LF Batteries be integral to the Jump Drive instead of taking up an additional 1% mass?