[quote name='Sovereign' date='Sep 3 2010, 02:09 AM' post='1135379']
I fail to see how not fighting wars keeps you from stockpiling warships. Rather the opposite, actually, if you fight for too long you run out of them. In vanilla, Rheinland had an absurdly huge fleet when the 80-Years War started, and they were under the impression they would never need to fight a war.Gallia knew ahead of time, you think it would be more reasonable for them to just put it off and hope no one finds them?/quote]
Quote:Nope, wrong answer.
A nation doesn't do a massive bulid up of the military, when they are at peace. Rather the opposite.
The fact that Rhienland had a large fleet at the start of the 80 year war is because they were surrounded by potential enemies. But Gallia was isolated and no one else was aware of their existence.
I would agree to you up to a certain point, yes most nations don't stockpile when in peace, a waste of money. But in otherwords this is mobilization...a preemptive manufacturing spree before a unavoidable war. Gallia was intentionally left behind, you don't think that they wouldn't hold a grudge to everyone else because they wanted them to disappear?
[quote name='Sovereign' date='Sep 3 2010, 02:09 AM' post='1135379']
They've fought a pair of civil wars, have vastly more ships, and everyone else is badly battered from the Nomad War and more recent conflicts. Bretonia, for instance, is simply running out of ships. Not to mention that the other houses vastly underestimated their capabilities- for much the same reasons you do.[/quote]
Quote:I'll state again, having a conflict with a relatively small group of rebels does not count.
They have never faced a professional military force. Bretonia on the on the other hand has plentiful combat experience with a professional military force. It has been proven time and time again through out history, that a small experienced professional force will defeat a larger inexperienced force.
The council aren't relatively small, the Maquis, Brigaids etc are small, but the Council is quite a rather large force. Yes not as large as a nation but they can hold their own. If you think this is false, explain to me who they were able to organize control systems, and construct a fleet.
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