Thread:Zillafire101/@comment-4960835-20160524105213/@comment-25309944-20160910233754

@Zilla With Baako in charge, France would very likely offer to help the Mendel Pact build its navy and army back up once Kirta comes to power, hoping that it would lead to military-to-military cooperation, a limited relaxation of mistrust, clarification of each others' capabilities (what their militaries are able to do), their intentions (what their goals are), and their concerns (how the other military is perceived. It seems like a big cause of the Borealum Crisis seems to have been Mendel misperceptions about their capabilities versus those of France. France also hopes that the Mendel can rebuild their military in a way that can challenge the Grand Navy of the Empire on relatively even footing. A strong and secure Mendel Pact is, in Baako's view, a prerequisite for stability.

One thing I've been wondering is how the Mendel Pact's military would change in response to this second defeat before French military doctrine and practice, specifically to be able to rival France militarily in the future.