Decim
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Depends on the items really. Consumer goods, foodstuffs, and raw materials are definately a lot lower than the LC. However, in terms of heavy military industry? I'd be very surprised if the WCDC is more than 10-20% behind. Having a fully intact manufacturing and research base allows for a correspondingly large military industrial complex. Hell, the Sleipnir alone is essentially half a Leopard in cost. We have hundreds, if not thousands, of the things in only a few years with the biggest constraint on their production is how many are really needed. And as per your own comment, jumpship production is going to spike to 20 per month. 240 export models per year is easily 10-20 times the entire Inner Sphere's production.While the WCDC does not realize it yet, but they essentially have at least half the production capabilities of the Lyran Commonwealth within the Three Systems, if not more...
The jumpship production and dropship production alone separate us out from anyone else as in this period, not enough jumpships and dropships is the biggest hurdle in interstellar logistics. Particularly for the Great Houses who have lots of commitments tying down their units and supply lines.