(07-09-2014, 12:10 PM)Thyrzul Wrote: Whew, finally got through the entire thread...
Apart from this, I haven't really seen anyone bringing up the subject of Gallia highly being in need of resources. Many think that simply because Gallia started a Blitzkrieg with a massive force, they will last long, and many forget what was the real reason behind attacking Sirius.
Gallia needs resources and they need them now, meaning it is in their favor to gain as much as possible as quickly as possible in this war. With Taus and Leeds under their control they can expand economically and save their war machine from exhaustion, but that won't be enough on the long run. It is to be expected that once they dealt with Bretonia, Dublin is next.
However, while the extreme need for acquiring resources might be the real cause of the war, the public knowledge is that Gallia is having a revenge on Bretonia and Liberty. Simply because of this knowledge, neither the Mollys are to logically expect GRN turning on them and break their NAP after they are done with Bretonia, nor Bretonia are to logically expect Gallia wanting anything less than their capital crushed and the queen's head on a silver plate handed to them in exchange for a surrender. If I were a real patriot Bretonian, surrendering wouldn't even cross my mind.
In short, it's seemingly illogical to propose a surrender given the expectable terms from Gallic side, illogical to make a raid on Gamma when GRN is a higher threat (why not raid Taus?), and illogical to offer peace to Mollys after their siding with GRN. Of course that doesn't mean that the expected results/goals couldn't be achieved in other ways.
If Bretonia decides to reorganize their assets by taking forces from Dublin, Inverness, and such less significant places in order to join their forces with LN, C, CR, KE, etc on a strike on the Taus, that would mean BAF caring about one less enemy, give a raid opportunity for them in the Taus and lightened garrison in Dublin would give a conquer opportunity for Mollys.
If the Tau strike succeeds, so will the Mollys, Dublin is under Molly control, and the faction has reached their lore goal, but at the same time GRN forces are cut off from Gallia, and while the rest of the anti-GRN league finishes them off, Bretonia can return to her Dublin issue (again, this way no fighting with GRN). The only things that changed are the ownership of Dublin and that while Mollys aimed for reconquista, their goal now is to defend Dublin, the BAF-Molly hostilities stay in effect regardless.
Just2cents.
+1 one on everything however, a little comment.
Bretonia should lose focus on Leeds for now, as it should only be a Marchent Navy focus, represented by taking refugees/casualties out of Leeds, and supplying the resistance.
Having LN, KE, C, CR strike on Taus to weaken the supplies from there, BAF could also launch an attack on Edinburgh - which is a lowly protected system, now that the battleship is in Leeds. the main target would be Perth station that is the supplies cache for the Gallics in Leeds. Cutting the supply lines from both sides (Taus and Edinburgh) would weaken the gallic forces in Leeds, both in space and on planet. and by time.
