Add that destroyed nation to a big list of their nations that got destroyed without them getting too peeved over it
Their beloved leader died of old age as far as Terrans are aware
Falcons showed up on their own as far as Terrans are aware
Republic ideals went down the moment wall went up, probably way earlier depending on how pedantic you want to go
Now with shooting part being over it's time for Terran population to go back to their default lemming setting under which they functioned throughout their existence post-Amaris War
Any other behavior would be massive OOC moment for Terrans and an epic Deus ex Machina from writers
As for Wolves killing civilians welcome to warfare plus these are the same civilians who were perfectly fine with those nice Wobbles running the show while planets far and wide were being exterminated by that same ComStar sect so I doubt they have any right to complain about some long overdue karmic retribution (and one that went pretty damn easy on them all things considered)
Planet switched flags as is tradition in Battletech, time to move on as is tradition in Battletech
Everyone forgets Terran resistance to Amaris was significant.
Big list? Comstar was an outgrowth of the Hegemony and WoB an outgrowth of Comstar. The only really mess cities up level violent takeovers of Terra were Amaris (who was a brutal dictator who faced massive resistance during his reign), Stone (who immediately did what he could to improve life on Terra for civilians), and now Alaric. Wolves have been nothing but brutal, savage rulers in the sphere. There’s going to be huge culture shock for the first time in centuries, with justified comparisons to Amaris. I don’t see the caste system and immediate, massive drop in quality of life and life expectancy going over well. Yes, if clans rule as clans, those will come.
There were rumors in ilclan already about stone being murdered. There are security feeds, coroners reports. Can Wolves keep it under wraps? Maaaybe. But they’ll never shut down the belief that Alaric either murdered stone or had him murdered. Given Alaric has never shown any real skill towards managing his public image as he’s never had to, CGL can take this plot line either way.
There’s between zero, and also zero chance, that every person aware that the Falcons were invited stays silent. That secret will get out and spread.
I’ll need you to cite anything, literally anything, demonstrating RotS ideals disappeared when the wall went up. Otherwise, just no.
There’s civilians dying, like the massive mess up that was Cairo during the jihad. Then there’s intentionally targeting civilians specifically to send a message to other civilians. Alaric had civilians murdered as an act of state sponsored terrorism and made it clear that the planet knew that. Wildly different than collateral, accidental deaths.
Terrans have every reason to hate the wolves, and none to like them.
Normally I would say that planetary resistance is a joke in battletech, but Shattered Fortress gave us civilian resistances that disabled RCT sized forces on far smaller planets. Obviously, that was in favor of the wolves because it was Shattered Fortress, but the precedent stands. Given the tiny, tiny tiny number of wolves on Terra relative to the population, an actual organized resistance could cripple the touman of CGL so chose.
Do I actually think Terran resistance will matter? No. I think there will be some half assed lines in ilKEO and then Terra falls in line because Wolves badly, badly need massive plot armor to succeed for a while.
But a Terran resistance isn’t out of character given the closest Terran experience to Alaric is Amaris. Is Amaris an extreme example? So far yes, but it’s also our only reasonable Terran experience to compare to
