The Iron Ninja post=362.116207.2404779 said:
3) They have an air force, and will probably get permission from a neighbour with access to the ocean to move their troops through and get them to you. So yes.
Hmm ... does the Berethond, Archonis-Thay and Bracyuria alliance still stand? Saurea has a airforce yes, but then again I have a navy. And so do you. If you have a deal with Archonis-Thay you could ship those peace-tired soldiers of yours over to (it doesn't have a name on the map so I'm going to call it Central Sea until someone comes up with something more witty). Berethond and Archonis-Thay could run intereference for you on the acknowledgement that we could provide mutual naval bombardment of Dragonrabbits. In addition, we'd be creating a situation where Saurea wouldn't have full use of it's defenses. A significant portion of their airforce and any soliders they decide to ship on allied vessels would be too distant to defend Saurea from a mutual assault by Berethond and Archonis.
... It probably wouldn't be enough to
conquer Saurea, but we could force a military stalemate. Probably significantly weaken his influence in the area. And if he calls truce, Tregonia and Trois-mots have to ship thier troops directly to Dragonrabit's border with Berethond instead of Saurea. So, we'd simultaneously reduce Dragonrabbit's troops support and force them to fight on one front instead of two.
... As you can probably tell I'm something of a strategy-buff. I feel like I'm planing WW1.
Thought?