Price let out a soft sigh and a chuckle as he spoke both to Eimln and the Lords of Rock. "Friends, lets try to... Take a deep breath. Realize that the actions and morals of other people are out of our control. We are only responsible for our actions. So, I propose the best use of our actions is to utilize others as allies to achieve more moral goals. As Eimln suggested, if we work with Mr. Cruise, he could be an asset to work towards peace on The Rock."
He turned to face Qunith for a moment. "And no, you don't look like a diplomat my friend, you look like someone from the other side of the river." He smiled lightly. "Based on your suggesting we use our friend Tate here for diplomacy with the Skylanders, and your passionate words for Sudea, it occurs to me you might have a vested interest in this. Not that I have a problem with that, more minds make more creative solutions."
"So the plan so far is to try to ally with Cruise, trying to open up trade routes with him that will allow food to flow a little more easily. Maybe Hasaru and Ohibi help move his products to Last Rest and other parts of The Rock, and our we offer some protection to keep his caravans safe. But where do we go from there?"
Price was pleased that Ash seemed open to the idea, but the Captain still seemed somewhat hesitant, not fully on board with supporting a drug dealer. That occupation might be something they'd have to encourage him to change. "Well we'll need to work on Theory at some point shortly after. It may be a good time to get Last Rest focused on some kind of production capabilities, but we'll need to start recruiting an army to face down Theory at the same time, perhaps try to appeal to thralls and slaves.. Not only this, but we need to navigate those lands carefully, as they're either close to, or in, Sudean territory." He looked both at Syra, and Qunith as he made his final comments.
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Ash tried to keep his feelings tightly bottled up as his hand rubbed his jaw. He was clean shaven, save for the 5o'clock shadow that was starting to grow in. The map worried The Captain, especially given what Mohan was suggesting. Was it really going to come down to two whole nation's trying to slaughter each other? He contemplated if perhaps there could be some way of dissuading them, or at the very least trying to minimize casualties.
"Well, if you're able to attack some of his forces while they're crossing the river, it'll make it harder for them to fight back or retreat, they'll have a disadvantage. If you have mounted forces or cavalry, you could use them to split up his forces a bit more, thin them down, make it harder to strike back in force. What do you have in terms of your forces? And what's the plan your troops have in place already?"