Regroup and strike them from a position of strength seems best. It gives us a solid bonus to rolls but gives some time for extensive damage to weaken a nearby ally/frenemy for Lelouch to bring fully into the fold with rescue, aid, and weakening of whoever rules it politically from the shadows.
Also upon further analysis, regrouping allows us to collect our elite units like Kallen's squad, Gino's fighters, and Nunnally as Knight of Honor - all of them crucially have a lot of Combat Rerolls in case we need them. Compared to rushing in head-on and waiting for weeks to gather a coalition for mass numbers, regrouping is ideal for a decisive strike.
Guinever's whole thing is her block being interested in Asian trade. Once Charles is an immortal ruler he could be asked to lean on them to begin working to entice India to be favorable towards Britannia rather than Europe, in conjunction with Lelouch's budding Australian fiefdom of course. Europe is after all thousands of miles of air or sea travel from being able to ever actually provide direct military aid to an independent India.
Good point - we laid the foundation for long-lasting union between China and Britannia through the not!Marshall Plan, politically that basically guaranteed Chinese alliance and created a framework for economic integration especially if Guinevere becomes Empress with trade focus. Honestly, picking the
minor political favor trading for Charles as one of Lihua's rewards was probably the second-most valuable thing despite its cheap cost just for that.
But yeah, I do think it's possible to slowly transition India's independence while keeping it firmly aligned with us and China, hence my question to Slayer. I don't think Lelouch has much leeway to help as China's Piety/Cultural Minister though - no direct jurisdiction, so we'd have to network with local rulers for favor trading.
Britannia is better off with Charles as its secret head and I doubt Lelouch wants to outlive his kids…even if he does want immortality given our tendency for bullshit rolls we'll probably end up finding our way to it a different way eventually.
If this quest was going into Mass Effect I might have considered immortality. But due to it ending I want to give Lelouch a normal lifespan with family. We built a Lelouch that is more family focused. Let's leave the hard work to Charles by giving him tools.
Just to clarify - Lelouch wouldn't have any issues outliving his children since biological longevity/immortality is unlocking in the coming decades as said in the update - it's just whether we want to acquire more power by accepting the Mantle (i.e. unlimited regeneration/resurrection like CC). It doesn't provide as much utility for Lelouch as it would for keeping Charles alive long enough to secure/stabilize everything Britannia has achieved.
So, are we an independent Emperor now, or like the emperors of Brazil and New Spain?
I kinda wonder if we now are completely independent, or a sub-emperor. And if we are independent, is Australia included in the defence treaty between Britannia and China?
We haven't actually formalized our position since y'know, there's still 2/3rds left of Australia that we haven't conquered. But considering all the circumstances, we're setting up to go independent like Cornelia, especially after all the favors we've done for Charles.
So an independent Australia that's aligned/allied with Britannia/China, just like Russia. That should mean neither Australia/Russia would be automatically included in the defense alliance - we'd need to formalize/clarify the treaty.
