The Order of the Lion

[Zig]

Yes, in-game actions shape lore. However, the effect is not immediate. If every Corsair, including the factions, started RPing like they were a bunch of squabbling and disorganized pirates, then yes, the written lore in rumors and infocards would start to change. But that stuff doesn't happen immediately. The In-RP explanation would be that *some* Corsairs are disorganized, but there is a central organization represented by the NPCs.

Well, um, that's exactly what I see happening, isn't it? Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Corsair roleplay makes the Corsairs appear to be a bunch of squabbling and disorganized pirates. Sure seems that way.

Then you are sadly mistaken. There is no way that small a group can take out that big a group. Even if you were invincible and never got hit in battle, there would still be no way. It's like asking a modern special forces team with the appropriate knowledge and skills to take out the roman empire at the height of its power. The scale is simply too wide. You'd die of old age first. Scale down your goals.

It's a lofty goal, and we never assumed we're necessarily going to succeed at it. We plan to begin by chipping away at the Corsair Empire's outer defenses, then gradually work our way up, in collaboration with those Corsair players that have established quality roleplay. Our OORP relations to the official factions, which don't necessarily come under the above heading, obviously aren't the greatest right now. It remains to be seen how their stance towards us will develop. Wait and see, I suppose. However, is an assault against the Corsairs viable at this point and time? I still believe so, yes.

You are correct in that player actions do change lore. However, this happens gradually, and by Igiss decree. If he says that Corsairs fracture and splinter apart, then it happens, and is reflected in the infocards. Not before.

Well, Igiss isn't the most talkative guy. I doubt he's ever actually made a statement to that effect, so this is all idle speculation.

Hmm... citizens of a country attack your country, equipped with military hardware from that other country. And they say that they're only loosely affiliated. OK then, given those pre-conditions, what would the logical reprise be? Well, first, I would figure out where these groups are being supplied from. Then I would destroy their supply bases. Guess where the supplies are coming from? And besides, the Corsairs already don't like Bretonia. It doesn't take much to push them over the edge and into invasion and nuke mode.

If the Corsairs were to plan and actually manage launch a force sufficiently large to pose a threat to Bretonia, the Crusaders would A) harass this force all the way to New London and B) take advantage of most of the Corsair warfleet's absence to strike at Corsair homespace with even greater efficiency. Oh, and so would every other enemy the Corsair Empire has, of which there's a diverse assortment. Logical consequences.

If you want to stay hidden, don't have a bunch of patrols around your base, and make it look like a rock.

Yep, that's the plan.

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Luls:

Role-play is not the be all and end all.