Thread:Ecoraptor3339/@comment-5496489-20160524151005/@comment-25309944-20160917173304

@Gorzill France would have thoroughly destroyed their existing fleet in that opening engagement and tooled the reparations in such a way as to heavily hinder the DEC's ability to get back on its feet. The DEC would have to go into debt in order to pay those reparations, which means that it'd have to pay interest on its debt on top of continuous reparations to the French. This means that the DEC would probably have to downscale its spending in a number of areas to actually stay afloat financially, which means less money for a new brand fleet (HUGE EXPENSE), less money for maintaining control over the domestic population, and less money to fight the UPD.

Where does the money to rebuild the DEC's power come from? He's pretty much crippled at this point and it would take him years of careful stewardship and growth to recover.