No that even close to that much has changed, also you are missing the entire gods damned point of becoming the FC.
First of all it'll be decades at least before the the massive reforms, the gutting of the officer core, and a total reconstitution of forces. As an example the LC don't have fighter wings, there isn't even a fucking CAG for there ASF, they just throw their ASF in massive understrength wings without an over all command or strategy.
That is a very pessimistic view.
Yes, there are the "social generals" but I assume that at mid level we can find quite a few capable officers. Not to mention that this is where Katrina is focussing her reforms.
And for the ASFs, well Richthofen produced quite some results. Fortunately for Katrina because ASFs were her weak spot. Not to mention the reports from Julia.
So I´d say 10-20 years before we can see real improvements. Not perfection but real improvements.
And yes, 10-20 years are "decades" too but farther down you were speaking about "more than one generation".
Prussia was decisively defeated by Napoleon in the battles of Jena and Auerstedt 1806. Commanded by generals following army doctrines 50+ years old. From the times of Frederick the Great.
Less than 10 years later a "different" Prussian army was fighting at Waterloo.
And quite a lot of their junior and mid level officers had been officers before 1806. And Bluecher for example was a Lieutenant General in 1806.
And yes, decisively defeated didn´t happen to the LC here. Different situation.
I simply wanted to point out that even a decisively defeated army contained more than enough capable officers to create a totally different army with different doctrines in less than 10 years.
Nevermind the out put of one world will take decades by itself to rearm the entire LC with what little overall Royal tech it has. Nevermind the BEST people to help them expand and improve that NAIS. But for a handful of rare officers the LC officer core will have to be rebuilt from scratch. All the advanced tech in the world is useless when you military fights like idiots, and are mostly trained to fight like idiots.
Isn´t that the reason why information from the data core was given by Katrina to pretty much all reliable Lyran military manufacturing companies? So that the Lyran Commonwealth wouldn´t have to rely on "the output of one world".
LC officer core see above.
The first and most important reason the FC was made wasn't about war at all but because Katrina was trying to end it and only the Fox took her seriously. Both having lost loved one to this stupid war, even if indirectly for Katrina. It was Katrina that came up with the idea of the FC based on far more then who could kick ass best.
Uhh, the creation of the Federated Commonwealth pretty much made war unavoidable.
It was directly responsible for the Concord of Kapteyn I believe?
If you want to avoid war don´t create the conditions for an inner sphere wide war?
Don´t unify your enemies? Try to keep them separated?
(You notice I didn´t even mention Comstar here?)
So....
A non aggression pact makes sense. When was the last time the LC and FS fought against each other?
A trade agreement would work too. Exchange of manufacturing licenses might work too.
Scientific cooperation.
Pretty much everything that stays below an official military alliance.
TL;DR
The LC has to basically change the doctrine of every aspect of their military, ASF, tanks, mechs, and troops it's a fucking mess. That and rebuilding their officer core is something that should take more then one generation. At this point advanced tech is a temporary stop gap that will slowly be closed by reverse engineering and theft if nothing else. Becoming the FC will massively decrease the time a doctrinal change over will take with the help of an elite officer core. Officer exchanges, and so on and so forth.
If the LCAF were a total "f*cking mess" then the Draconis Combine would have conquered them by now. They held their own against the Free Worlds League. Katrina served with tanks, infantry and Mechs. That´s where she concentrated her reforms. Julia and Richthofen probably will be her guides for ASF reforms and operations.
I totally agree that reforms will take time. I disagree that improvements will take one generation or longer.
Officer exchanges can help unless one side resents it.
By that I mean that Katrina quite simply has to push her reforms through on
her own. You know Lyran reforms. Home made, not forced on them from the outside.
You try using foreign FS "elite" officers to force reforms and you will create resentment. It´s only human.
Also the LC don't have enough egg heads to understand and spread royal tech at anything but a crawl. The FS with it's NASI has everything already set up for top of the line R&D and has had it for years their not scrambling to put shit together.
Huh?
The Lyran Commonwealth is one of the most populous states of the inner sphere. The most wealthy state.
With the best economy. But somehow they have less "egg heads" than the FS?
Unlike the FS with their "golden five" planets?
Is education in the LC really that far behind the FS?
I sincerely doubt this.
The advantage of the FS is that they are more militarized. That makes creating a heavily protected and restricted research center like NAIS easier. Which also - without knowing - protects it more against Comstar sabotage and assassination.
Katrina has the Estates General to deal with. After all they helped her to unseat Allessandro Steiner.
What is restricting the First Prince in the Federated Suns? Not much.
The only thing that will change in the FC is that in canon some people in the LC thought the FS was looking down on their military. That is less likly to happen here.
You were saying:
- that rebuilding the LCAF officer core will take more than one generation
- that the LC has less egg heads than the FS so all research should be done by NAIS
- that changing the LCAF doctrines will take decades
Given all that why shouldn´t the FS look down on the LC military? You can´t have it both ways?
