We only have so many time slots available people. And I for one want to go hard into advancing our psionic research, and this is a chance to cash in our crazy risks we have taken for just that.
Again, this is a piety position, it's a way to develop psionic talent in China, but actual Psionic Tech would be better with the research foundation, which is prerequisite on producing viable psionic tech which improves Chinese lives.
[] Plan A Better China
-[ ] The Empress' Hand in Marriage.
--[ ] As First Husband.
-[ ] A Place in Her Administration.
--[ ] Stewardship
-[ ] Key Natural Resource Monopolies in Extraction Rights.
-[ ] Psionic Recruitment & Research Foundation on Chinese Soil.
So, here is a plan where we forgo aid in Australia cause we can already handle all but the bigger fish between our fleet, the crowns, and our ninja, who we will be able to handle once we gobble all those smaller pirate groups up.
We take first consort but make it up to Lihua by assisting with war recovery and her Stewardship ambitions, generate jobs for her people with a resource extraction company, and Introduce psionic tech developments to better her peoples Lives. Basically doing everything we can to make the marriage worthwhile for her while still benefiting ourselves.
[] Plan A Union of Dynasties and Economies + Personal Agenda.
-[ ] The Empress' Hand in Marriage.
--[ ] As Second Husband.
-[ ] A Place in Her Administration.
--[ ] Stewardship
-[ ] The Taklamakan Desert Research Grant & Small Political/Trade Favors (For Charles).
-[ ] Psionic Recruitment & Research Foundation on Chinese Soil.
We are marrying the Empress, I hope, so we can take a stewardship admin position and help the OSI and Directorate rebuild the thought elevator more for brownie points, as we could honestly dismantle a third of of the pirates already between our fleet and Ninja's.
Lihua should be 16-17 right now. Going by canon ages, she's 12 years old on Turn 7 and we're at Turn 11 now so 16-17.
Lihua was 17 turn 10. She is 18 now to Xingke's 29 or 30 and Lelouch's 23.
We should go for land to deal with the knight problem as fast as possible. Otherwise we'd have a time limit to take Australia for more. I'd rather not gamble there are unexpected problems that'll come up.
Second I think we should go for the Australia claim. Don't we need that for Europe to back off as well? It also simplifies things politically if I'm remembering the option correctly.
We can get land for them by the end of turn 12 just by starting to go after weaker pirates that turn. The only pirates we aren't already stronger than are Ching Shih, blood of L'Olonnais, and New Heaven. Once we sweep up the lesser pilots and absorb New heaven, we can beat Ching Shih and cow Blood of L'Olonnais into surrender.
