Travelling Sasha wrote:
I dunno. Seems very trivial for Thrune to avoid war here, she just has to like... Not nationalize them and stay quiet, since they don't represent Cheliax. So, I wonder if she actually wants to initiate it? Maybe she can argue that the defense of Breachill by Andoran forces against Chelaxian forces (the Hellknights in question) was an Andorian agression in Chelaxian territory, which... Can be seen as true with an odd legalese reading, I guess. If this can be sold properly as such, then maybe Taldor and Kyonin involving themselves in Andoran's behalf could make them look bad and as such, isolate Andoran in the war? So Thrune thinks she could have a chance? Sounds kinda flimsy, to be honest.
It’s only trivial if you assume that Andoran doesn’t want war, which seems like a bad assumption. After all, they’re the ones actively trying to destabilize Isger and get it out from under Cheliax. A scenario where Cheliax doesn’t go to war is one where Andoran wins anyway because they just keep escalating the situation.
And I don’t think it’s “flimsy” that Taldor and Kyonin aren’t going to support an offensive war against Cheliax, given that they don’t stand to gain anything from it and both of them have bigger concerns. They probably do get involved eventually, but only after the conflict spirals out of control and ends up dragging in everybody through cascading alliances. (Which is what I always assumed to be what the WWI comparison was about, not the tone.)
