Department of War Operations Planning

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Department of War Operations Planning
Department of War Operations Planning

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"...we shall not trouble you with specious pretenses---either of how we have a right to our empire because we overthrew the Mede, or are now attacking you because of the wrong that you have done us---and make a long speech that would not be believed; and in return, we hope that you, instead of thinking to influence us by saying that you did not join the Lacedaemonians, although they are colonists, or that you have done us no wrong, will aim at what is feasible, ...since you know as well as we do the right, as the world goes, is only in question between equal power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."

"...Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they can. And it is not as if we were the first to make this law, or to act upon it when made; we found it existing before us, and will leave it to exist forever after us; all we do is to make use of it, knowing that you and everybody else having the same power as we have would do the same as we do. Thus, as far as the gods are concerned, we have no fear and no reason to fear that we shall be at a disadvantage. But...your notion about the Lacedaemonians, which leads you to believe that shame will make them help you, here we bless your simplicity but do not envy your folly. The Lacedaemonians...are most conspicuous in considering what is agreeable, honourable, and what is expediently just...Your strongest arguments depend upon hope and the future, and your actual resources are too scanty as compared to those arrayed against you, for you to come out victorious. You will therefore show great blindness of judgment unless, after allowing us to retire, you can find some counsel more prudent than this."

- Athenian diplomat, Melian Dialogue

A proposal for LSF teams to quickly fuel and hijack Bretonia's mothballed fleet of Invincible Dreadnoughts made the rounds in DOWOP. The opportunity as presented was a brilliant one, with which Liberty could use the combined capital might to project enough power to fuel imperialistic ambitions indefinitely. Every single corporate rep screamed bloody murder, and the plan should have been shelved then and there. However, the imminent war with Kusari, as well as Bretonia's weakened state after the Dublin debacle, meant it mysteriously remained on the table, a gleam in the eye of the theorists, ready to go if the worst reared its ugly head...

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DOWOP Industrial Predictions, full escalation

Projected Bretonian Industrial Strength:
5 Shipyards in total, of which 3 are not under Bretonia's direct control.
2 Shipyards | 1 Civilian, 1 Military
Scarborough Shipyard, Potrsmouth Shipyard
3 Rheinland Shipyards:
Alster Shipyard | The Ring | Schatten | Valhalla Shipyard
Expected material support from Rheinland: Alster and Oder likely producing additional Bretonian capital ships.

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Projected Liberty Industrial Strength:
6 Shipyards, 2 service facilities in total. 3 shipyards not under Liberty's control.
3 Shipyards | 1 Civilian, 2 Military
Baltimore Shipyard | Norfolk Shipyard | Juneau Shipyard
2 Supplemental Yards
Chesapeake Research Facility | Chadwick Station

Operations, Ongoing

None at this time.

Recommendations

Continuous aid to rebellious groups within Bretonia - The Republic of Dublin is projected to bleed Bretonia dry; BMM's Gold profits made up a major portion of Bretonia's economy.

Local Assets

Liberty has made few friends the last time we were visiting Bretonia.
The Gaians frown upon our contracting of Planetform for Planet California Minor and more recently Atka. They are unlikely to receive us kindly.
The Mollys have been burned by the Coalition and lost the support of their IMG friends via the loss of the Hood. They may be willing to provide limited assistance, so long as we respect their independence and slip them some supplies.
The Bounty Hunters Guild on Sheffield are likely to play both sides, though should Liberty decisively gain the upper hand in Manchester, they may be amenable to contracts to hunt remaining Bretonian assets in-system.

Groups of Interest

Groups of Interest
Republican Provisional Assembly - Agents report a critical shortage of industrial materials available to their facilities.
Independent Miners Guild - Likely to sit this one out.

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