RE: The sanction of the Hess/Bret Combined Forces BattleGroup

[Trogdor]

@ryoken, Agmen,

So what if Bret allied with the Hessians?

Rheinland isn't in a position to do anything right now. They are facing a losing war vs Liberty and crumbling from within due to the current economic crisis and lack of insurance from IC's withdrawal.

Bretonia is supporting IC and decided to ally with Hessians because 1) they're close by, 2) they hate the corsairs, 3) unlike many of the other examples given of corsairs bhg order etc allying, the hessians and bretonia are NOT ENEMIES DUE TO PRIOR EVENTS. Also 4) IC supports the Hessians.

The hessians are unlawful IN THEIR OWN HOUSE. For a comparison, look at the Junkers. Semi-lawful most places, but treated as unlawful in kusari and gallia. The hessians may be a pirate group, but they are preying on rheinland house shipping in an effort to cause political change. And being in the dire straits that Bretonia is currently facing, I can totally see them taking any help they can get to solve any local problems, especially one that is ALSO A PROBLEM FOR RHEINLAND. It's not like Bretonia allied with Hessians to attack Rheinland bases or shipping..


I still think the sairs should get a new base though, one that is in corsair space in a location of their choosing, in exchange for the rules being changed on them after the base was built and work was put in. This may also soothe any possible metagamey aftermath that may spring from the desire for revenge for what happened.

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