i always enjoy when the side with the weak hand tries to demand terms. the harad is in the weaker position both at sea, and lacks any command presence in the north to defend himself at all. so, whats the price you’ll pay not to lose all of northern harad. just strapped yourself to a nation staring at the destruction of half his homeland. thats what the table stakes are here. what, you’ll go evil. so what. your side might win, but your nation sure won’t place top 3. and it will be a lot of fun. which is why we are here, right? exactly why should your neutrality be respected when you wander into a war zone, and interfere in our ability to fight this war. neutral people get killed all the time in wars, collateral damage.
define hostile act. blocking access to the anduin isn’t a friendly act. denying gondor desperately need reinforcements is a hostile act, and will cost me in terms of commanders, troops pop centers and revenue. i’ll go out on a limb and state theres few s gondor heros sitting on the banks of the river anduin. currently pondering the location of the fleets they moved joined, as they skim stones across the water. so if theres an aggrieved party here, its the gondors. you boys parked your car, and blocked my driveway. don’t act threatened. lets pretend the avenger blocked you inside the bay, then declared any aggression vs the avenger is an attack on the evil side. kinda what we have here.
i’d hate to see no combat occur, and one of you downgrade us.spell #404 cast by either of the s gondor mages, or the newly hired n gondor mage. downgrade with either gondor equals war, i expect you to feel the same way. i have no issue with blowing the bridges, and conducting a naval war vs you guys. love sea battles anyway. its a non team game, i can always join another. exactly how does the harad plan on downgrading with a handful of 30 point commanders anyway? gotta hire commanders, to move to the north, to raise troops, to defend against the millions of s gondor marines landing in his undefended fat, rich pop centers.
familiar with his setup? he has 1 commander in the north, in charge of 1 fleet carrying 1 army, which wandered into the path of, lets call it politely, an overwhelming force. if there was a dream scenario of invading n harad, how would it differ from our present position. i’m 100 uncertain you didn’t tell any of the fleet sizes or commander names to evil side. actually, i’ll wager the bad guys now know that info. that would certainly be an act of war, trading info our dispositions to our enemies. wait, is this part somebody states where neutrals get the pick the time and place of declaring there allegaince. the allied nations just sit around, batter themselves fighting the war, and wait for the neutral hammer to fall? if you ain’t my ally, then your a possible enemy. do i wait for you get stronger, risk you not joining my side, or kill you when your weakest? of course, the harad naval block could also be planned, as everybody knows the s gondor rushes to defend n gondor. gotta tell ya, not feeling like anything but the victim of you guys working with the evils in this here situation. not too happy about it either. certainly in a position to do something about it. still looking for the post where the harad says, sorry, not gonna attack you. instead, get mailed a threat of " attack one of us, and you attack both us." your 10 rowboats and 1200 guys blocked the single most powerful army in the game from reaching its destination. theyaren’t need at thatdestination anymore, and there a series of nice soft targets but a few hexes away. the only way you can with 100% certainity thwart an attack, is to turn free. yeah, that reads like a solution that gains us something, to replace the ground, blood and time lost by your actions. maybe all this is just to justify our attack on you to the other neutrals. i eagerly await your response, probably better in private. just sent one to the sailors. either way, next turn is certainly gonna be a lot of fun.
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