Rheinland and Liberty

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To those who say "Xenos" I say Bundschuh, Red Hessians (yes, really), to some extent Unioners... that's everybody. Fancy that. Liberty will have a hell of a time pushing farther into Rheinland than Planet Hamburg. However, if that's all they want, I think they'll be able to keep it. Rheinland's home field advantages after that point are far more pronounced than Liberties, after all most Liberty criminals hate Liberty whereas most Rheinland criminals will die for Rheinland; still, neither side has a good chance of actually conquering the other. The most likely result is that one side will get a little bit into the other's border system, then be unable to progress any further; both Texas and Hamburg have rather significant asteroid fields, after all, and New Berlin is layered in them.

My prediction: Liberty will outman/attrition the Rheinland Military out of the Bering/Hudson systems and progress no further than Planet Hamburg. At that point, the RM have only two entries to defend, in addition to the RH unlawfuls being able to make a solid go for LN supply lines.


EDIT about the mining: Both Liberty and Rheinland are horribly mined out. Sigma-13 is almost out of oxygen deposits and scrap metal, all the asteroid fields in Rheinland proper are barren from extensive mining and Dresden is starting to run low as well. However, the asteroid fields in Liberty aren't doing so well either, with (if vanilla is to be believed) no fields remaining commercially viable for long term production. Silver isn't exactly the most helpful element for warships, either. What Liberty *does* have in terms of raw materials is Pittsburgh and the scrap fields, an advantage not to be overlooked; although the Junkers will no doubt waylay any move on their business. I would actually give that point to Rheinland because of the mining operations in Omegas 3, 7, and 11, to which Liberty has nothing comparable.

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