SCMR Chpt 73

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==Chapter 73 - Self Configuring Modular Robot==
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June, 3053, the Clan Invasion, paused for over a year, has renewed.
This time there are significant differences. Each of the remaining invading Clans has a unified supply structure overseen by officers drawn from the Golden Keshik-that is to say, warriors, of experience and somewhat advanced age for the Clans, who serve no single Clan, but instead the Grand Council and the ilKhan.
Neutral enforcers, one might hazard, whose sole job in this role, is to support the over-all strategy of ilKhan Ulric Kerensky.
The objective is codified by an ordnance approved by the Grand Council. 'The objective of Restoring the Star League, and enabling the return of the Clans to it, stands superior over the interests of any single Clan, Khan, or Warrior. Actions counter to the success of Operation: Revival will be treated and tried as treason against the Star League, the Clans as a whole, with the punishment of Annihilation for the guilty. This does not mean every defeat will be met with a trial for treason, but rather that any action taken, that stiffens enemy resistance, or fractures the Unity of the Clans in this endeavor, whether in the field, or in chambers, whether by action, inaction, active, or passive resistance, or the allowing of any feud to interfere with military operations will be treated as giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the Star League..."
It goes on for several pages like this, outlawing embargoes, defining mutiny, and providing a strict set of rules of engagement for resolving internal disputes that goes beyond the guidelines of Nicholas Kerensky's work.
In the end, what it amounts to, is a declaration of total war against the powers of the Inner Sphere, but it leaves an angle in there-for 'victory through diplomacy' and a requirement that no offensive be undertaken without sufficient logistical support.
It's revolutionary among the Clans, but old hat to anyone whom has studied the organizational doctrines underlying the SLDF.
The problem for the Inner Sphere, is that the Clans are no longer merely screaming and leaping. They have a strategy now, and the logistics to carry it out.
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