Well, as I said, I am picking up the lore as I go right now, but the whole Mongol affair felt a betrayal of the spirit of the CJF for an old timer like me.... that being said, I'd rather not go the Comstar way tbh....
I thought the novel Children of Kerensky helped explain why Malvina was permitted to develop such violent tendencies which led her down her path.
https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/collections/battletech/products/battletech-children-of-kerenskyOn a side note, if you had to start picking up TRO and recogs, which ones would you start from?
My answer would be all of them, since I just enjoy that aspect of the universe so much. But for you it depends, do you just want info on the new Falcon units? If so, then check out Rec Guides 3 (Hierofalcon), 11 (Ion Sparrow aka "Butcherbird"), and 22 when it's release for the Jade Phoenix.
If you want Rec Guide updates to older Falcon favorites there's Rec Guides 1 (Hellbringer), 3 (Summoner), 11 (Kit Fox), 14 (Nova), 15 (Fire Falcon & Black Lanner), and 16 (Turkina).
If you want new units from the Jihad & Dark Age eras there's TRO3075 (Jupiter), TRO 3085 (Shadow Cat II, Flamberge, Onager), TRO 3145 (Eyrie, Gyrfalcon, Shrike), TRO 3150 (Hel aka Loki mk II, Grand Summoner aka Thor II, Jade Hawk).
And of course an assortment of BA, vehicles, & aero stuff in each of the TROs