Thanks, Kitsune. I think it is always OK to disagree and say so, but one should still be civil and respectful. I am sorry you were disappointed with Heretic's Faith; maybe now you see why I'm not as much of a Kisho fan as a lot of people around here are. And I think you put into words exactly what I've been feeling all along but unable to express - the Spirit Cats are more like the Nova Cats that joined the 2nd Star League, NOT like those of the original Clan of Kerensky - and it was that second group, which HAD the courage to truly follow Kerensky's ideas and rejoin the Inner Sphere, that I was such a big fan of. Their end, such as it was, was simply the final act of a mistake that began when they were not allowed to join as EQUALS. With all the strength they had, especially their fleet, Kurita should have given them the Irece Prefecture and treated them as an EQUAL NATION - just like the did with the Free Rasalhague Speedbump Republic. I never COULD get why they didn't. Victor could (and, in my opinion, should) have forced such an option on Teddy the K. After all, he now had the full control of ComStar's (and, by default, the Star League's) military. After all the blood they spilled in Operation Bulldog, the Kuritas certainly wouldn't be in a position to argue. Furthermore, they should have given ALL the Clan Smoke Jaguar salvage to the only Star League Clan, who could properly maintain it and field it. Destroy TWO Fredasa corvettes just because the Kuritas didn't have the infrastructure? Uh, what about their "allies", the Nova Cats... who actually DEPLOYED said design? And don't tell me the Cats couldn't do it. If they could magically repair two of the ships they "lost" in the ToP for the Rasalhague, as WELL as repairing a Tatsumaki that was supposedly destroyed in Bulldog, they had the ability & know how. Even after the Jihad, they had enough troops (had they stayed together & not joined the Republic) to "force" the acceptance of them as a new state. Overall, I just think this whole thing was badly conceived, written, and executed. But now I've come full circle, so I'll stop. Thanks for sharing, as always.
Regards,
Kamose