Thread:CrimsonFire735/@comment-25890179-20170514212937/@comment-4225622-20170830044444

Alright, lets unbox this and try to look at each one and meet a middle ground here.

1 - So the Northern Clans aren't completely loyal to Vermillion? I thought they joined him to get some position and power back. If not, this might change things a bit.

2 - A lot of that might be solved by Deloros, Kirta and Takanius's half-brother whose recently made himself a lord of his own crime syndicate. Can't give too many details, as I need to work out his story after the SGCW, but perhaps that can give another layer to the conflict, with Deloros muscling in on Fenric's criminal activities, and using his Mendel connections to hamstring the VS.

3 - Well, considering she's gathering one of the biggest Mendel fleets in history to finally ground Vermillion down once in for all, with Tul'kaarin, Mendel Clans, Orgaat, Kadalians, and Togunda all mustering for the fight. If Kirta shows up with one of the biggest forces in Mendel history, it might have a different effect on morale, though the mass executions will blunt them if they do get inspired. The snitching thing might make an interesting development though.

4 - True, Kirta won't do anything too ruthless, despite Altraak's demands, the thing is that doesn't remove armored warfare. While structural targets may be out, which seems odd, as, where would the Syndicate store and supply their troops, but even so, the Mendel will still use Tanks, armored battlesuits and their massive war droids to secure victory. The Mendel themselves aren't above cheating if need be. They're honorable, but also put emphasis on pragmatism. Its why some of their vessels have illegal weaponry added on. Now, while the Vermillions have been fighting all over Mirus/Red Viel/Eastern Mirus, the Mendel haven't been idle. They've survived a brief, if a bit one sided assault on the Draconid Imperium, crossed blades with France, fought the Neraida and, by this point in the story have, hopefully, survived an all-out with the Galactic Empire of Cyrannus, so it would be a matter of how grizzled each side is in war.

And Kirta isn't going to let them run off and hide. Even if she has to call in her allies for help, she's more then willing to do what she must to kill the Vermillions once and for all, and not let them get away after everything they've done to her family. All the dickery of Vermillion's ancestors towards hers are one thing, but aiding the guy who killed her father, and now, torturing her mentor/uncle for days, capturing her homeworld, slaughtering countless innocents, allowing rape and murder to go on, promoting and abiding ethnic cleansing, and killing some of her blood relatives, will make Kirta rather hard-lined against the whole "let them get away" thing.