Those who dislike the idea of ilClan Wolf are bound to grasp at straws and crow that the victory will not last. But what a massive waste of plot that would be. What a contradiction to what has been foreshadowed that would be. They can gnash and wail all they want, I am unconvinced that the plot does not lead to the establishment of a third league under Clan Wolf.
It's not a waste of plot, it's consistency, every faction that has ever held Terra has fallen, Terra is a Faction killer in BattleTech it always has been, that's it's point, the tragedy of any faction that holds it, and it's always been at the hands of an "ally", Terran Alliance to Terran Hegemony, Terran Hegemony to Amaris Empire, then SLDF to Comstar (at least as an idea), Comstar to Wob, Wob to Republic (since Stone either was/thinks he was/likes messing with Alric a WoB plant) and then Republic to Wolves, that's also what's been foreshadowed, Wolves will die and the third league as well in time, it could be considered clasping at straws to think that they will survive, no one can be king of the hill for ever, they slip up and fall, maybe with a little help from those looking up at the hill and wondering how nice it must be up there and how much they'd like to be the one at the top, it's nature, will the third starleague turn around and absorb the wolves and ilKarn? will it be someone else, and who will kill off the third league? homeworld clans? WoBbies part II, pantsless boogaloo?.