We will have an action to build two greatships a turn if we want. So a gap in defense won't be long. Also keep in mind we can hire mercenaries, and have our shore defenses and wolf ships and galleys. We're not completely vulnerable. And while the cult of Manann may well have the greatships go elsewhere, if we have plans to build more greatships soon out of necessity then Maghda may well give it a year or few to remain around Ostland while our greatship numbers are replenished at least partly.
That's also true!
We
can just hire more mercenaries -- potentially immediately after the Marienburg meeting maybe?
@torroar Can we act to hire more naval mercenaries
right after Marienburg? Since we didn't know when we were coming in that we might end up dedicating/donating some of our Greatships, and so didn't stock up on naval mercenaries to the max at the time, so can we do so afterward?
... Plus, additionally -- I'm willing to bet that naval mercenaries are a
lot more willing to go work for us
after we give penance and payment to Manann, rather than before we did so.
So we'll probably have an
easier time hiring mercenaries now than we did before. (Or, at least, so I presume.)
... Hm. Does the Cult of Manann have any ships for hire like that, actually,
@torroar? Do the Cult of Manann have the equivalent of people we can hire, not quite mercenaries (or actual-quite-mercenaries)?
