The birth defect of the Free Rasalhague Republic

[Frabby]

Re-reading Heir to the Dragon for the umphteenth time for data mining I realized that the Draconis Combine had never actually sanctioned the formation of the FRR or recognized the breakaway state in a formally correct way.
Instead, Theodore Kurita forged his father's (the Coordinator's) electronic seal in the electronic documents, with Subhash Indrahar watching via spysoftware, and sent the Combine's recognition to ComStar after the Coordinator had stormed out declaring he wouldn't sign those documents.

Now this is all water under the bridge now, with the timeline advanced way over a century beyond that point. The FRR was subsequently defended against "Ronin" forces by the Draconis Combine, was largely conquered by the Ghost Bears, its remnant officially merged with the occupied territories to form the Ghost Bear Dominion. Presumably, peace treaties between the Ghost Bears and the Combine in the aftermath of either of their two wars also have something to say about who owns which planet.

Or maybe not. After all, if the original forgery of the Combine's approval can be proven, it might be grounds for the Combine to claim the former Rasalhague District worlds as still belonging to their realm.
(If you assume that the Combine needs a legal excuse to go to war in the first place, that is - after all they've maintained for centuries that all worlds are belong to them anyways.)

[VhenRa]

At the end of the day for Battletech. Possession is 9/10ths of the law.

[Minchandre]

Maybe they can add it to the list right after all of the worlds that the Bears conquered from the Combine proper

[Øystein]

Takashi couldn't renege on the recognititon of the FRR without a huge loss of face and honor, as it went out under his seal.
As such it is the same as if he signed it himself. Theodore most certainly must have confirmed it.

[glitterboy2098]

Once Theodore became Coordinator, i suspect that he arranged to have it be recognized on more legal grounds as well.

[Demon55]

Once Theodore became Coordinator, i suspect that he arranged to have it be recognized on more legal grounds as well.

Takashi likely could not take a blow to his pride.  Theodore seemed a lot more stable than his father and of course he would have supported his earlier actions.  The DC also needed the buffer zone against the LC from what I remember. 

Once it becomes the Ghost Bear Dominion reneging on the earlier documents is just asking to get attacked by the Ghost Bears, IMHO.

[Archangel]

It wasn't the first time orders were given under a Coordinator's name without his approval or knowledge nor was it likely the last.

[Tai Dai Cultist]

At the end of the day for Battletech. Possession is 9/10ths of the law.

To use another example of this, the reason there wasn't Kurita sitting on the throne at New Avalon after the War of Davion Succession had virtually nothing to do with the legal arguments relating to Mary Davion's abdication and virtually everything to do with the outcome of the actual shooting war.

[beachhead1985]

Legal niceties wouldn't stop most human populations from just *Deciding* that someone else's stuff belonged to them instead, if they got the notion in their head.

[ANS Kamas P81]

My only lament for the FRR is that it didn't have time to get super interesting before it was forced to Bear its fate.  Had it been independent earlier, or the Clans arrived later, who knows.  I suppose Theodore Kurita had the right idea, and was able to help use it as a massive quid-pro-quo when they got help from Comstar later in 3039.

At the end of the day for Battletech. Possession is 9/10ths of the law.

Then if the other 10% of lawfirms aren't possessed, what's their excuse?

[Sharpnel]

Then if the other 10% of lawfirms aren't possessed, what's their excuse?

They're ambulance chasers and environmental lawyers

[SCC]

They're ambulance chasers and environmental lawyers

Probably NIBMY environmental lawyers too boot