' Wrote:Digging in the vaults I know that a lot of Corsair players at the time had issue with THIS little bit of "lore" given that as it was relayed to me ( and please correct me if im wrong) that Corsair players didn't actually have anything to do with it and it was just kind of presented as a fait acompli and then used to justify Molly hatred of the Corsairs. Given this Ive never been a fan of the "Cork" excuse, however, there it is.
What would the Mollies do if they were independent? They would need to shore up their power base for a start... they are vulnerable and surrounded by powerful enemies or the allies of powerful enemies. They would need to make Alliances and fast. Brettonia would be an obvious one, More revolutionary would be to actually make peace with the Corsairs (though this scenario is highly unlikely). They would need.. depending on the status of the war with Kusari also need to factor Kusari into the equation as well. Perhaps even Liberty to give them some extra safety. Then... an economy, they'd need one... they haz gold and so they would need to start peddling as fast as their ships could take them. Things would be grim after a war, soldiers would need to be stood down, ships decommissioned, families fed etc etc...
Actually, if there ever was an independent Molly nation for real I would love to see "Beer" being a commodity they made that was in high demand and a good trade commodity, that would be pure justice.
To be honest I don't know why "Cork" thing was added. The whole point that Corsairs want to expand on Bretonian territory is enough for Mollys to hate them. Because in this space of ours Bretonian territory includes Corsair expansion into Dublin. So Mollys are basically trying to liberate themselves from Bretonians while stopping Corsairs which would want to take Bretonian place. "Cork" thing is ridiculous, but since its there and until someone removes it, its legit reason for TOTAL HATRED....its a genocide basically (Only that nice amount of mollys managed to evacuate).
Yes, for the second part. Well this is what I see, they would have to sign some treaties, maybe with Bretonians if they admit defeat and stop trying to take Dublin back. And then Liberty etc. They would have whole system for all sort of production, mainly their profit would be in gold of course (And beer:)).
Things would be grim after the war, but old soldiers would be kept as a guard. Such as Molly navy and Molly police. Someone would have to keep an order inside the borders, and someone would have to do patrols and fight of Corsair attempts to strike at Bretonia and Molly House (:ylove:)