Really? I don't call having a scattered empire and sitting next to the most dangerous sith power particularly comfortable. And judging from your OOB, you can't seem to wait to disturb my niche as well. Why is everybody picking on me?Thirdfain wrote:Oh, my. It seems like the Imperial Remnant has sure found a pleasant and comfortable niche for itself.
Thanks. Any interest in it?The HoloNet thing I found particularly interesting.
The sort of galactic republic that would rather survive and that currently is not engaged in national suicide? I mean, no other republic faction has any trouble with this.Thirdfain wrote:I don't especially, but I can hardly role-play it any other way. What sort of Galactic Republic would just *ignore* Imperial control of Coruscant?
EDIT: Oops. Anyway, I meant to say that, yes the war would be over by Christmas, but CORE stormtroopers would be opening presents in your capitol city. Just saying.Thirdfain wrote:I don't especially, but I can hardly role-play it any other way. What sort of Galactic Republic would just *ignore* Imperial control of Coruscant?
Thankfully, I'm a marvellously accomplished tactician, and any scuffle will be over before Christmas. Tally ho!
Hopelessness? If you intend on mobilizing the CORE alliance the day after it's founding to pursue a war of aggression against an opponent who has been at (on paper) war with you for some *twenty years* and is not, in fact, actually engaged in any fighting, and shows no actual signs of mobilizing for fighting, then be my guest.Thanas wrote:Thirdfain, your leaders have to be pretty brain dead to not realize the hopelessnes of their situation.
I suppose I just don't buy the whole Rebel Alliance quitting on the whole "re-establishing the Republic" thing. They kept at it for too long to quit after just another warlord conflict. You see this as an engagement between a bevy of successor, essentially independent, nation-states. My boys see it as the Galactic Civil War.Thanas wrote: The sort of galactic republic that would rather survive and that currently is not engaged in national suicide? I mean, no other republic faction has any trouble with this.
Because you are effectively declaring war. And because you have declared our eradication as the main goal of your politic. And because your secretary of state comes off as a fanatic.Thirdfain wrote:Hopelessness? If you intend on mobilizing the CORE alliance the day after it's founding to pursue a war of aggression against an opponent who has been at (on paper) war with you for some *twenty years* and is not, in fact, actually engaged in any fighting, and shows no actual signs of mobilizing for fighting, then be my guest.Thanas wrote:Thirdfain, your leaders have to be pretty brain dead to not realize the hopelessnes of their situation.
Simply put, why would the Imperial factions all come after us at once now? They haven't in the past, and have mostly ignored Sullust. The leadership is assuming you've got bigger fish to fry.
Perhaps, but when I joined that ceased to be the case. It's sort of your fiat that it's a state of general peace- why is it so hard to imagine Republic forces which still consider the Galactic Civil War to be going on?Thanas wrote: Fact is, when the game began, everybody was at peace with another.
That's more or less what I intend on doing; an uncompromising, highly populist anti-Imperial stance is part of that scheming.We may scheme with each other and engage in skirmishes etc,
More accurately, an assertion that there was never a declaration of *peace*.but we did not just outright declare war at each other. Now, my ambassador arrives, is perfectly civil and then gets pelted not only with a declaration of war,
Well, yeah. My goals are no more or less fanatical than those displayed by the Rebel Alliance through 3 movies and a decade of EU material.but with demands for surrender and a demand for extradition of nation leaders.
There is no tradition finer among revolutionaries and idealists than the impossible struggle!When a war would be hopeless. That is national suicide.
This is certainly true, the Imperial Remnant are an entirely reasonable, non-brutal, normal society which has been quite peaceful and progressive. But then, that's always been the prerogative of those who are already on top!The Remnant is not pursuing an aggressive policy against anyone (okay, we have the sith, true, but we do not actually build aggressive alliances against them).
Both my in-character leaders and I myself realize this. Perhaps my almost absurdly provocative stance so far is... purposeful?Your leaders have to realize that they cannot change the strategic situation overnight.
That has been your (highly successful!) plan so far. My position, I believe, requires a different approach. Time will tell, my friend, if it is the correct one!The smart thing to do is to sign a peace treaty, built alliances, then try again.
