Look at the unit experience/quality rankings in FM3145. Simply put, the IS training/unit effectiveness got better over time, while the clans stagnated or deteriorated.
Unit ratings don’t have the granular detail necessary to make claims about the efficacy of a faction’s training programs. Even if the units are the same size (and they’re not), one unit could have 51 out of 100 mechwarriors with G2/P3 skills and another could have 100 out of 100 mechwarriors with G0/P0 skills, and both units could be rated “Elite”.
And again, training and individual skills aren’t all that would go into a unit rating, anyway. The likely reason why the RotS has some better unit ratings in FM: 3145 is because the bulk of their units have been sitting behind the Wall for years and decades, while the Clanners have been steadily fighting their way to Terra and elsewhere for years and decades. To the extent there is a difference in the unit ratings between the RotS and Clanners in FM: 3145, it’s almost certainly more about attrition than training.
The only thing we know for sure about the efficacy of training programs in the BT universe is that the Clan system produces lower G/P skills on average than the Spheroid systems. That’s it. And even that may be due to factors that have nothing to do with training quality, like the Clanners’ eugenics program or the high failure rate in some Clans.
So what makes you think the ilClan era ends with a happy, successful ilClan?
I don’t. The ilClan Era will end when the ilClan falls, which by definition won’t be “happy” or “successful” for the ilClan. But between now and then, the ilClan will be on the rise for part or parts of this era. That’s just the obvious plot arc for a period called the “ilClan Era”.
Dead republic is what it is, I just wish it would have been done with any sense of dignity and not ax grinding.
I agree. The transition between Dark Age and ilClan was handled poorly. It robbed other factions of victories that should have been more hard won.
There’s no consistent in universe logic that puts the wolves way ahead in just five years.
Sure there is. The rapid reveal of the ComGuards after the Fourth Succession War. The even more rapid Blakist buildup prior to the Jihad. The sheer population figures for Terra and Mars. The dozens of military production lines in the canon that have been built on Terra and Mars. Etc.
That doesn’t mean the authors will take the ilClan down similar paths or have them utilize those resources. But there would be no big break with the continuity of the BT universe if they did.
You suggested a massive, contrived increase
You are ignoring them...
That’s fan fiction on your end...
I find the last bit amusing coming from someone who decided to take an iconic wolf name for their handle...
The “Report to Mod” buttons don’t seem to be working anymore, so I’m asking you politely a second time to stop the repeated personal attacks. They’re likely Rule #1 and Rule #3 violations if and when mods can get reports again. Please play the ball, not the player.
Thank you.