Semper Ad Meliora (Code Geass/Britannian Royalty Quest)

I cannot remember, do we know if Xingke is terminally ill in this fic as he was in canon or is that not the case for this fic?
His tuberculosis got fixed up during a medical check-up from Lelouch's staff when he got rescued from pirates on Turn 5:

It was tuberculosis, actually. Any coughing up blood disease in anime, especially if a Chinese person has it, is actually tuberculosis. Or magical tuberculosis. If it's a fantasy setting. IRL, China has about 10% of all TB cases worldwide and is (or was before Covid), the leading cause of infectious disease deaths in the country. He was treated with Britannian-made medication while in Lelouch's care several years ago.
 
[X] Plan Backdoor to Everything
[X] Plan: Left Hand of the Empress
[X] Plan A Better China

[X] Accept. Kallen may return to Japan and spend this year at her leisure.

Second husband is a good compromise.
 
@Slayer Anderson is it fair to say that a Stewardship position for the Ministry will give us more equivalent AP than Piety? Since there would be more infrastructure, personnel and priority placed upon Stewardship.

What if someone really likes the plan that has the lesser number of votes but doesn't like the other plan?
Then you'll have to vote for the entire plan including all the options that are different from the leading version.
 
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[X] Plan Alliance without Imperial Marriage
-[X] Her Cousin's Hand in Marriage.
-[X] A Place in Her Administration.
--[X] Piety
-[X] A Formal Non-Aggression Treaty & Defensive Treaty Between the Federation & Britannia.
-[X] The Taklamakan Desert Research Grant & Small Political/Trade Favors (For Charles).
 
It's a fairly prudent point that Xingke is neither prepared for the position nor suited for it. It's likely to lead to struggles in there relationship as Lihua becomes less swamped with internal issues and more involved on the international stage.

Essentially, Lihua is a Rosy eyed teenager with a Romantic notion of what having Xingke as her first husband will be like that doesn't match up to reality because she has never truly been empress, never truly dealt with international community, and is still easing her way into war time governance let alone much more tedious and obstacle filled peace time governance.
That's probably the best argument I've seen for First Husband so far, Lelouch is probably a *lot* more prepared than Xingke for the role in terms of being her public partner on the world stage.
 
So, out of curiosity, why are most people deciding not to ask for some form of fiefdom, be it Guangdong or India? Our knights expect to be landed sooner or later and having a fief could greatly fund many of Lelouch's future endeavors, I'm not nesscarily seeing a downside beyond additional commitments in actually governing said fief.
 
That's probably the best argument I've seen for First Husband so far, Lelouch is probably a *lot* more prepared than Xingke for the role in terms of being her public partner on the world stage.
only partially since we are already very busy but xingke has a lot more time to play arm candy to lihua at all the functions the first consort needs to attend
and both lihua and xingke themselves are aware of his shortcomings and would ask for our help giving us a lot of soft power over them both for helping with everything

the biggest sticking point why lihua likely wants xingke as her first consort is for the right to have the first child with him and not lelouch and that xongkes children with her will inherit the CF after her which is likely why its part of the guild to the perfect ending
 
So, out of curiosity, why are most people deciding not to ask for some form of fiefdom, be it Guangdong or India? Our knights expect to be landed sooner or later and having a fief could greatly fund many of Lelouch's future endeavors, I'm not nesscarily seeing a downside beyond additional commitments in actually governing said fief.

Because it's unnecessary? Like I pointed out we are one personal action away from just owning the Crowns PMC outright and then we can just give our knights land near Botany Bay and New Avalon which are settlements both controlled by the Crowns. According to the map there's a ton of nice green land to the west of New Avalon.
 
[X] Plan Alliance without Imperial Marriage
-[X] Her Cousin's Hand in Marriage.
-[X] A Formal Non-Aggression Treaty & Defensive Treaty Between the Federation & Britannia.
-[X] The Taklamakan Desert Research Grant & Small Political/Trade Favors (For Charles).
-[X] Recognition of your claims in Australia & Support Enforcing Them.

[X] Plan Alliance without Imperial Marriage
-[X] Her Cousin's Hand in Marriage.
-[X] A Place in Her Administration.
--[X] Piety
-[X] A Formal Non-Aggression Treaty & Defensive Treaty Between the Federation & Britannia.
-[X] The Taklamakan Desert Research Grant & Small Political/Trade Favors (For Charles).

[X] Plan Land Grab with formal Title
-[X] The Land of India, as a Fief.
-[X] Recognition of your claims in Australia & Support Enforcing Them.
-[X] A Personal Noble Title & Income
-[X] Her Cousin's Hand in Marriage.

[X] Plan Land Grab
-[X] The Land of India, as a Fief.
-[X] Recognition of your claims in Australia & Support Enforcing Them.
-[X] Exemption from Taxation in All Trade under Your Name.
-[X] Her Cousin's Hand in Marriage.

[X] Plan A Better China
 
Also I feel as if pursuing an alliance between the Federation and Brittania is going to antagonize Europe, and if there was a Plan Partnership without Alliance and substitute tax break or something instead I would take that.
Ask and ye shall receive, there is a plan with your requirements: [X] Plan Alliance without Imperial Marriage (Stewardship edition)
That plan picks Cousin Marriage + Stewardship Ministry + Research Institute + Thought Elevator (extra political/economic deals)

So, out of curiosity, why are most people deciding not to ask for some form of fiefdom, be it Guangdong or India? Our knights expect to be landed sooner or later and having a fief could greatly fund many of Lelouch's future endeavors, I'm not nesscarily seeing a downside beyond additional commitments in actually governing said fief.
Because getting Guangdong or India is an unnecessary distraction when we've already setup so much preparation for Australia. The extra burden will split our precious attention further when we've got a bunch of commitments already, we'd have to simultaneously aim for the Space Race (the Moon), Australia, Guangdong/India, Britannia, etc...

[X] Plan A Better China
Can I entice you with voting for [X] Plan A Better China(as Second Husband) or [X] Plan Alliance without Imperial Marriage (Stewardship edition) ?
They're both alternative versions that might catch your interest if you've got a particular preference.
 
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I voted for it because it gives Charles pretty much everything he asked for, marriage to her cousin would give us a major in with China. And piety would gives us big boost to what we could do in one of our strong points.

It could set up a lot of potential support we could reach out for taking Australia. As for why not just ask for it, I personally believes it puts us in a position that we can pay for it later. Plus If we go to charles or schneizel with the nice little bonuses and ask for help with Australia will they actually say no?

Edit: I personally was never interested in marrying LiHua, while it gives a lot of bonuses we are already passing up along of options.

Second husband isn't a bad choice, but Meihua gives us major in's with China and likely a decent start on LiHua SL. Plus we wouldn't have as many obligations or expectations.
 
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[] Plan Alliance without Imperial Marriage

Why are so many people voting for this plan?

I'd like to know as well. Just to be clear I'm not out to shame people or anything for choosing it. I was just under the impression that one of the biggest (although not only) reasons we even intervened in the whole China situation was to be able to marry the empress.

What benefit is there to marrying her cousin and why would it outweigh even being the second husband?
 
[X] Plan A Union of Dynasties and Economies + Personal Agenda.
[X] Plan: World Unification
[X]Plan Dominance
[X]Plan Personal Interest
[X] Plan A Better China

Someone ping me if there's a plan to Marry as the first husband I haven't voted for.
 
[X] Plan Land Grab with formal Title
-[X] The Land of India, as a Fief.
-[X] Recognition of your claims in Australia & Support Enforcing Them.
-[X] A Personal Noble Title & Income
-[X] Her Cousin's Hand in Marriage.

[X] Plan Land Grab
-[X] The Land of India, as a Fief.
-[X] Recognition of your claims in Australia & Support Enforcing Them.
-[X] Exemption from Taxation in All Trade under Your Name.
-[X] Her Cousin's Hand in Marriage.
i suggest not voting for either of those plans because neither fullfills charles requirements for not punishing us for invading china

marriage to her cousin would give us a major in with China.
so would marrying lihua, but even better because she is the empress ...

What benefit is there to marrying her cousin and why would it outweigh even being the second husband?
i honestly think that the first husband is actually the worse option because it locks us in into another set of actions and commitments not unlike the promise to euphie
 
[] Plan Alliance without Imperial Marriage

Why are so many people voting for this plan?
I'd like to know as well. Just to be clear I'm not out to shame people or anything for choosing it. I was just under the impression that one of the biggest (although not only) reasons we even intervened in the whole China situation was to be able to marry the empress.

What benefit is there to marrying her cousin and why would it outweigh even being the second husband?
I can't speak for everyone, but I don't want to marry Lihua. I never did.
 
I'd like to know as well. Just to be clear I'm not out to shame people or anything for choosing it. I was just under the impression that one of the biggest (although not only) reasons we even intervened in the whole China situation was to be able to marry the empress.

What benefit is there to marrying her cousin and why would it outweigh even being the second husband?
[] Plan Alliance without Imperial Marriage

Why are so many people voting for this plan?
I'm voting for it because the cousin gives similar soft power and latitude as marrying Lihua, where First Husband adds a bunch of extra problems and obligations, but Second Husband is less appealing as an even more cynical partnership for political benefits/minmaxing. Meihua seems like a sweet lady that can have actual romance relatively untainted by political circumstances. Euphy thinks it's the most realistic and workable idea.
 
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