Depending on how strong Fire Whales are I have 2 plans for my harvesting scheme, plan 1 if they aren't that strong on average, is hiring guards and/or paying bounties on Whalers, if they are CR8-10 on average, then my plan, is to get them to use the projected profits from harvesting as collateral, and take a loan from either the Shaitan or Djinni, to gear up the best fighters in the pods, the Shaitan's will probably give them the loan because it will harm the Efreeti, and if the Shaitans think it's too public for their deniability desire, then the Djinni will probably give them the loan, because Whalers hunting sentients are abhorrent, and the harvesting is not a risky investment, it's near sure to pay out, there's also the possibility that the Shaitan's actually pay the loan, but pretend it's the Djinni paying it out of goodness, thereby making it seem like Djinni generosity, instead of a planned strike on the Efreeti, the Djinni are after all probably one of the easier places, to get a loan to defend yourself against evil, especially if you have proof you will be able to repay it.
No matter which of the plans we end up going with, the Shaitan should be very happy about this, because whether the Whales are paying mercenaries or buying gear, the Whales will be stern opponents of the Efreeti, which mean this is pretty much the equivalent, of getting multiple tribes in open rebellion against the Efreeti, seeing as while the Whales aren't working for the Efreeti, they are certainly being oppressed by them, and this market will allow them to rise up against the Efreeti, who are killing them for profit, so arranging this should get us a big bounty payout.
I propose that regardless of if they go with hiring mercenaries or kitting themselves out, we loan them half of the bounty money we get from arranging this, so they can startup things more effectively.
...hey I still find it funny the second time.
