quite possibly a cat wrote:The Mandarins are working overtime to make the GA look like liberators not conquerors if the preview snippets are any indication. Although, Henke, Victor and Anton are working overtime to make the GA look like the worst biggest danger to galactic peace since the EE Edict was passed. Honestly, if the Mandarins had waited a few months before attacking the Manticore home system, Henke would have handed them the perfect tool to rally the League.
Where exactly is it that the Mandarins are working overtime to make the GA look like Liberators?
And how are Henke, Victor and Anton doing anything to make the GA look bad? I don't know if you misspoke or I missed a major shift in the plot.
quite possibly a cat wrote:Point is the League Worlds probably aren't going to want revenge over bringing down the Mandarins/SLN. However, that doesn't mean Manticore will have any friends. After WWII, the Soviets and the rest of the Allies didn't remain friends.
1) The League worlds and the GA are not allies.
2) We are talking about systems that enjoyed for the most part being part of the League. They received protection from reality that everyone not part of the League did not and more to the point they received benefit from the oppression of the majority of those outside of the league. Once you destroy their way of life and that security many core worlds will be looking for revenge. It might not be immediate but it will be in their thinking. And it will be obvious to the GA as well.
quite possibly a cat wrote:A worst case scenario is the League disintegrates, a peace treaty is established and the RF factor promptly binds the League worlds into a NATO like alliance and then they embargo all trade with the Manticore and possibly some other GA worlds.
No, a worst case scenario is the League disintegrates and 1,700 systems split in to hundreds of nations that start wars with each other. The GA gets the blame for billions of deaths and loss of stability and security for the majority of the human race.
The RF has to tread carefully because anything they do that makes it seem like this is part of a greater plan will get them hammered. If this is all coming at the GA out of nowhere and the League is behind in the thinking, anyone who reacts too quickly and seems to be too organized will get the GA's undivided attention and that will likely not be a good thing.
quite possibly a cat wrote:Also if we're being defensive the best defense is the ability to wipe out your opponent's worlds or at least cause massive civilian causalities. Stealthy planet killing missiles. Its not a real plan if you are the aggressor, but it works really well for keeping aggressors off your back. Especially, when the aggressors have set a precedent that nuking worlds is acceptable behavior in war.
Yeah, but at that point military forces are not required and there is no real winner only losers at the end of the day. If you don't kill every member of that nation they can come back and do the same to you. This is MAD on a grand scale... for this to work you have to kill each and every member of the opposing nation because even if only 1 ship survives it still has the ability to do the same to you. Hell even if 1 person survives they can still do the same to you.