How come the Order have never had a proper fight at full power?

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You don't have to edit your post. You didn't do anything wrong by asking, even if I responded snarkily.

While looking for the definition of "snarky"... :
"He was being very snarky with me. Yeah, snarky. Its a word, google it." -Dane Cook


I thought that having the order never able to be at full strength for a fight was a kind of running joke. Especially since Roy wanted for once to be fully prepared to fight for Girard's gate :x.