Discovery 4.86 Storyline: Tau Conquest

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Yes, but would Kusari be willing to sign a peace treaty? Of course not!
So that's why they came up with this contrived regime change to justify it.

Because of the fact that they just want Bretonia to be the whipping boy again.
Like I said in my last post, if it is to work then Kusari must also be at war with Gallia.

"Yes, of course, let's sit here and throw what's left of our navy at this new threat and probably lose rather than let it finish the job we started in Bretonia while leaving us totally fine! Serves those bastards right for killing so many of our troops over there, Gallia is their problem now."

Why, pray tell, would Kusari not sue for peace against an opponent that could steamroll them just as easily as it had done with the Taus? Gallia had already destroyed a large portion of their fleet by the time they sued for peace, it's not like they thought they could actually win. The people of Kusari didn't want to suffer the horrors of war like Bretonia had (at their hands *cough*), and if the current government was too stubborn to see the writing on the wall, then someone is going to come along and start a revolution of one variety or another. Are you familiar with the Bolshevik Revolution? Howabout the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and the circumstances under which it was signed? Or perhaps a better example, the formation of Vichy France? (Yes, the irony is staggering. But it's a really good example!)

Really, given the circumstances, it would be ridiculous for Kusari to not sue for peace. They can't win and they know it. Their hated enemy stands to lose and they stand to gain from signing peace... why wouldn't they? Yes, the other colonies aren't going to be happy about this, and Gallia would be more thinly spread if they had to conquer and hold Kusari, but Kusari doesn't get any benefit out of fighting Gallia- and just like the Russians in 1917 or the French in 1940, Kusari chooses what is best for itself over what is best for its allies.



Now, I answered that because more than just you might benefit from it. I had written more, but then I read this...

No, what I was saying is, the dev team already decided they wanted to keep Kusari out of it because they just wanted Bretonia to get a good kicking again. So I bet the conversation about it went somewhat like this: " Hey guys how do we keep Kusari out the war? Because Kusari wouldn't just sit back and let Gallia invade the Tau systems. Oh! I know we'll just say there was a regime change! Yeah that'll work"
Because they won't, the dev team's already decided that they want just Bretonia to get all the flak. For the reason I stated just before. I'll tell you what I'll bet you 2 months of my wages that they don't enter the war at a later stage.

Yes, we the dev team are all evil hooligans with an irrational hatred for a fictional pile of pixels, that's the only reason Bretonia keeps getting all this activity. Please, take a look at this thread and the other storyline announcements. Notice how many people have gone "oh I am totally joining the BAF now". Do you remember 4.84, by any chance? You know, that version before Gallia? Kusari was crawling with traders and pirates. There were entire weeks where Bretonia did not have more than two people in it at any given time, sometimes going full days with not a soul visiting it. Look at it now. You assume that the invasion of Leeds was done for Kusari's sake, because in-character Kusari benefits. This is false. The invasion of Leeds kickstarted Bretonian activity, which is what was suffering most at the time.

The dev team helped Bretonia by having it invaded by Kusari... hell, that move brought it from an abandoned wasteland to a thriving activity hub. Yes, the "people of Bretonia" suffer from it... but you know what? They're not real! We can exterminate them by the millions and nobody gets hurt! I see absolutely nothing wrong with leveling the whole of the fictional realm of Bretonia if it means that actual human players have more fun. Get that through your head. The dev team does not "hate Bretonia". The dev team, rather, does not give a damn one way or another about the lives of the fictional masses. Whether they live or die is completely immaterial- they don't exist!

To everyone yapping about the suffering of "the people of Bretonia"... get over it already. If I write a story wherein my BAF character spills his imaginary milk, are you going to cry over that too?

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