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Also why didn't they sell the rights to make them to the Fed Suns during the jihad?

I'm surprised they didn't go the standard Clan Mech route instead of OmniMechs if I'm honest although they did add Clan weapons to a few Mechs.

Selling to the Suns would have brought them increased amount of capital as well and possibly access to other designs that could have had the Clan upgrade treatment

The Dragoons trying to maintain their independence is probably what limited Blackwell overall.  To expand further I bet the company would have needed outside help with the Dragoons starting a fight with the Blakists and then slowly returning to merc life (at the same time that was awfully clever) construction got replaced with preparations for war.

If anything I think the Dragoons were too quiet on Outreach.  I know they were devastated by their own Civil War conflict but I've always thought as soon as they had one or two Regiments back up to strength they should have been contracting out - at least keeping touch with what was happening in the Inner Sphere.

Their pre-occupation with the WoB/terrorists in the Chaos March ultimately screwed them and Blackwell if the Dragoons had stopped being so secretive and started sharing with ComStar and the SLDF what the WoB were up might have been caught on quicker

A little off topic... oops