Political Century
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The Political Century was a period of time directly following the Golden Century. It was characterized by sharp increases of inter-Clan conflict and political maneuvering, and gave rise to the Great Debate.[1][2]
General Overview
After the murder of ilKhan Corian Tchernovkov was uncovered in 2947, resulting in the downfall and execution of her direct successor, ilKhan Tobias Khatib, few in the Clan Homeworlds felt any further need for an ilKhan to oversee Clan relations. All Clans felt more than capable of managing their own affairs.[2][3][4]
With the passing of a few decades, the modern Clan political landscape began to take shape as the Clans drifted further and further from one another philosophically. Initially, Clan Jade Falcon would bring to the fore a desire to return to the Inner Sphere to conquer it and restore the Star League, based on their interpretation of the words of the Great Kerenskys, including the Hidden Hope Doctrine of Aleksandr Kerensky's General Order 137, as well as the words of the Founder, Nicholas Kerensky. Other Clans of similar mindset began to back their vision, including Clan Smoke Jaguar. The fabled wealth and relative luxury of the Inner Sphere realms (compared to the harsh existence in the Kerensky Cluster and Pentagon Worlds) began to take on a mythic quality, especially in the downtrodden lower castes who began to foster ideas that the worlds of the Inner Sphere, especially those of the former Terran Hegemony, were akin to paradise, and that General Kerensky and his followers had been exiled against their will by the avarice and greed of the Great Houses, instead of choosing his path. Various Clan Loremasters encouraged these stories and perpetuated them in many cases. Hatred for the Spheroids that had begun to take root during the Golden Century bloomed into the attitudes that many Clansmen held prior to and during Operation Revival and beyond.[2][5][6][7]
The Great Debate
References
- ↑ Era Digest: Golden Century, p. 10 - Early Clan History: A Comparative Timeline, Cont.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Clans: Warrior of Kerensky, p. 16 - "Drive to War"
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 42 - "Righteous Vengeance"
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 119 - "Clan Snow Raven, Absolute Power (2825 - 2976)"
- ↑ Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 25 - "The Call to Invade"
- ↑ Wolf Clan Sourcebook, p. 24 - "Crusader's Call"
- ↑ Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 17 - "Call to the Crusaders"