hm... It's like you baptizing the man by fire...
I might be willing to swap out Berthier for Hoche but I don't know if that's allowed now that people voted
The etiquette I've observed is that if you want to change a plan, you should ping the people who've voted and ask them. Myself, I'm fine with it.
If anything, this campaign should move in sequences, consolidating gains before moving on to the next stage. Whatever's going on in Northern Italy, we need to link up with that and hopefully hand off the administration of southern Italy to whatever government is taking place there. (Military, puppet republic, whatever).
Or just... destroying the RN's Presence in the Mediterranean.
One problem.
Berthier is a fine commander even if he's more of an organizer. He's a good pick if you want a greater focus on the logistical side of things.
A little armchair researching shows that it wasn't the Directory's plan to march on India, but Napoleon's. The Directory merely wanted to conquer Egypt for various reasons (colonial, commercial, influence in the near east, disrupt British trade, the whole Egypt craze, ect) mostly to threaten the British. But it was Napoleon who spun a tale of actually sending a corps worth of men over to India to support Tipu Sultan in attempt to drive the British from India.
Well about that... Spun Tale:
The Directorate wishes for us to go to India and do just that. It's not just Napoleon wanting that kind of mad, Alexander the Great Like Glory.
Right now... they've spared no expense.
As long as we actually push forward to India my friend... to India.
Well fuck 'em. (I'm very comfortable being on the government's bad side here)
Or just... destroying the RN's Presence in the Mediterranean.
Then I want what this version of the Directory is smoking.
Well he wanted to take the expedition... but Italy was calling and he decided to ignore it, because his entire army was making shit loads of money, from ransom, looting, and just plain old bribery to not sack any cities on his way towards Austrian forces.Excellent
We can continue to blame Napoleon
Well, it's less the Directory is smoking something baller, it's that European theter at this moment has become far and away good... in France's Favor.
So why not invade Hannover rather than pushing your luck with India? That was IIRC even one of Napoleon's two alternatives to Egypt and a much more achievable goal.
Because... Peace Conferences... Diplomatic leverages against Britian?
Lets just say if we succeed in this massive clusterfuck of a plan... Britian will spend hundreds of thousands of pounds on bounty's on us... and other protective measures to stop us.
Yeah, and Haiti being a free and independent colony, with all the slaves freed, Native American tribes being allowed into the union with some rights, and Austria falling at competency hasn't already done that to you?
I belive that we have made it quite clear that, while you do have manpower and the resources, that this entire expedition is not going to be a cakewalk.
They do. But right now, they see a chance to royally screw over the British in Egypt, and potentially in India, and cement ourselves as a superpower to rival Britian. And they want to see if we can do it.
