(04-27-2016, 12:53 PM)Jeremy Hunter Wrote: What confuses me is why isn't Gallia sending a fleet into Kusari to crush the Exiles and then hit Liberty through Kepler and Galileo. It has the raw numbers for such a move...but hey, there's probably reasons I don't see.
Honestly, the numbers we operate with are kind of weird. I somehow miss reason to construct such huge number of capital ships which take so much resources to build and maintain. I always took it the way storyline devs just needed "mighty enemy" for lore so some insanely huge numbers were thrown in.
Anyway, even if we will operate with it - deployment such far from home systems is logistically very compliated. Just look at engines - Gallia use completely different engines from Sirians, so if you need repair it, parts must be shipped all the way from Gallia. And this applies to all repair parts, lot of amunition (I doubt you can buy amunition used by GRN in Kusari). Then there are also dead and wounded soldiers which have to be shipped back home, you need shipyards for major repairs of damaged capital ships etc.
In general waging a war is very constly in term of money and resources, especially over long distances. And insufficient resources are the reason for war, so Gallia actually can´t afford to waste them willy nilly.
Also, Kusari would be definitely against such thing, because it would lead to blocked border with Liberty for trading, thus damaged economy. Sure, Gallia can try to force them...but it may end in another war or uprising and you are back at the beginning, fighting yet another war you actually don´t want to fight. And what is important, situation is way different than it was during first Kusari vs. Gallia war. Before, it was just Kusari versus Gallia, now it would be Gallia vs Kusari and Bretonia and Liberty. Not to mention, Kusari theoretically can now ask their Rheinland friends for help, what wasn´t possible before due to Lib-Rhein war. I don´t think that Gallia wants (and is capable) to fight all out war in a "we vs. whole Sirius" style.
InRP, Dab told me that the Gallic Royalty depleted most of Gallia's natural resources to make this fleet. They need to invade because they have nothing left. When I led GRN the numbers were about 2000 capitals, including gunboats, in total. That was the last bit of numbers I know Gallia had, but IDK if anyone changed that at any point. 500 battleships seem like a workable number - send 100 and their escorts and Kusari falls - again.
InRP, Kusari's fleet was also mostly destroyed, leaving Kusari with only a handful of battleships in actuality. Even if you factor in the Yamaguchi and Nagasaki, plus the Satsuma and Escorts, that's not enough to stand against a ten battleship + escort fleet, nor is the inRP Blood Dragon fleet any way able to go toe to toe with Gallia. Gallia could open a new front now, but yes. Parts and supplies will remain one of the major problems...a problem that can be rectified if Gallia supported it's puppet state, and started using Kusari's infrastructure to manufacture new parts for their fleet. This would help keep a supply line open for Gallia, though both of these supply lines do go through the Taus or Orkney/Edin. It's a way Gallia can keep in the fight without pulling a Napoleon at this rate, especially with their recent push into Magellan and reducing the useable routes between Bretonia and Liberty to solely Cortez, a tactic can can fail if Gallia takes San Diego and pushes to the Cortez gate in California.
Finally...Gallia should have gone for Rheinland. Siding and offering financial and infrastructure aid through trade...all Gallia would have to do is move in and secure a route from Leeds to the Omegas. Taking Cambridge would open yet another supply line for the GRN and encircle Bretonia and Liberty, forcing Liberty to worry about surprise attacks from all sides. But with the Liberty-Rheinland Peace Accords, this venue of roleplay is unallowable, sadly.
I would like to see Liberty and Bretonia fall, each government in hiding as remnants of the military commence guerilla warfare against Gallia in an attempt to whittle down their foe and reclaim their home. But that is probably just me.
