you know ice , some of the things you and irose brought up got me to digging deeper into just who the original colonist were . it seem about 1/3rd were of French speaking , another 3rd were Spanish speaking , and the last 3rd were english speaking (american english) . much like colonial America was for such a long time . so i'm now beginning to understand the taurian mind set of a few centuries down the line . three distinct cultures that have to blend together , but never quite do .they learn to live , work and marry together out of necessity, but want to keep there own cultures . hate to say it but that's a large part of what keeps so much friction going here in the us .
I think irose may have a point about who settled illushin . most likely war refugees who spoke one form or another of Russian who got tired of nearly perpetual war in the inner sphere .
ice a little spoiler for you....taurus warworks Leclerc 25 mbt forthis time frame .