(Once again, I attempt my 'imperial Mir' impression for the amusement of the
masses)
TITLE: Restart coterie and military training.
Following a "cooling off" period following the disasters of years
earlier, the leadership of Mir again presses to expand their arcane and
military power. A heavy public relations campaign is also employed,
citing the expanding (and increasingly hostile) power of the Defense Leauge
(including the obvious risk of priacy from this 'rouge' orginization),
the increased arcane power of other nations recovering from the Sinari war,
and the increased religious activity across the world.
(Primarily, this is a political action to prime the populace to accept a
significant expansion of available force.)
ACTORS: Council of Twelve and the Archmage
WEIGHT: Triple (+2)
KEY ELEMENTS: The influence of the actors (+2 for the AM, -1 for the
Council). United, I doubt that the Council would drag down the AM's
influence. Instead, this rare show of unity would probably elevate the
composite influence to about +3
DIFFICULTY: Very Hard (-2)
BACKGROUND FACTORS:
+1 The Ka'Shari embargo makes it easy to present an example of the
imminent threat
+1 Mirrish history acts to support this action--the Mirrish people have
lost much of their power and prestige in the world, along with this, Mir
bore (in their eyes) the brunt of the Sanari war and have recieved almost no
recognition from the world at large (easy to paint a 'us versus them' kind
of world in this context).
TITLE: Trade war with Ka'Shari
They started it, now let them live with the consequences
ACTORS: Mirrish merchant caste
WEIGHT: Single
KEY ELEMENTS: Wealth is great (+2) but Mir's ability to Exploit is Superb
(+3). This kind of thing is right up Mir's alley.
DIFFICULTY: Easy (+1)(I say easy because the Ka'Shari have already imposed
it. The next step, to expand the effort into other, allied, societies, will
be harder)
BACKGROUND FACTORS:
+1 Instigated by the Ka'Shari over a percieved personal snub
+1 The Ka'Shari action penalizes private merchants unrelated to the
government
+1 Since the Ka'Shari have made no public pronouncements, it is easy to
paint their actions as either a childish whim or, most sinisterly, a prelude
to something bigger.
(BTW, as I'm filling out this action for JTS, I'm wondering if anyone has
heard from him in the last few months. I haven't heard from him in a while.
Hopefully he's just very busy; I hope he's not ill.)
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