Eh. You've convinced me that, on paper, we should be able to do this without breaking a sweat. So I guess my concerns are somewhat mollified. Still, I find the idea of eliminating a head of state as our first assassination in... forever, when said head of state is not that bad of a dude, who is just politically inconvenient to a guy we met a couple of times and kind of like, to be something to think thrice about just on general principles. Even if we agree, we need to discuss possible alternatives with Boris first. Maybe we can bring some leverage that would avoid the whole thing? We're an LM with lots and lots of connections. The Empire is also interested in a strong Kislev. Maybe Boris would agree (and be able to push though) to something kind of mutual open borders with the Empire, so that Empire soldiers would be able to reinforce the frontline against Chaos should another war start? Maybe leverage our connections with the Dwarves in order to help Kislev create really high-quality roads so the Empire reinforcements can come very quickly? Maybe silently create some kind of points teleportation towers (don't know if this is possible in setting) so that Empire battle wizards can reinforce quickly if necessary? (Or, failing that, create an agreement with Dwarves to transport the Empire battle wizards to the frontline via gyrocopter if necessary.) Maybe we could just leverage our political influence and try to induce Vladimir to start more serious preparation for the coming war against Chaos? We should brainstorm suggestions like that, instead of just voting on a binary yes or no, IMHO. There's lots of things we could try with the existing tsar before we start thinking about assassination. If none of that works, well we at least tried? Assassination is always on the table.
