Thread:Ecoraptor3339/@comment-5496489-20171102142934/@comment-25890179-20180108210159

@Zilla - I find it fascinating that when Apocalypse Now was made, most of the actors in it were just breaking into the business. So when you buy the extended edition nowadays, the cast list is full of people with five minute roles. How times have changed.

So I was thinking for the Shardakour that they're still pissed about the Mendel colonizing their world, even though many Shardakour have immigrated to the Pact. The Mendel continuously mine precious metals from the hardened lava flows that make up the world, as well as harvesting their lichen for rations. Plus its religious desecration.

The Shardakour settled down some after Fenric's defeat, but when the new war breaks out they have an uprising, similar to the Berbers and Tuaregs against the French during WWI. They're not very well-armed, and nobody really pays much attention to them. Their homeworld of Taraquery is important for the metals and lichen, but they don't need a very big force to keep the attacks down.

Afterwards, Durrandon seeks to create political turmoil in the Pact to allow the Vermillions and some other Mendel-related allies to penetrate the Pact's government. One of the steps he takes is using the Mesocampians and Therazines to ship huge loads of IBC-purchased weaponry to the Shardakour tribes, who are able to launch a very effective guerrilla war, using the natural tunnels and caves in the lava flows to hide and sneak around. The Mendel won't bust the planet because of civilians and the coveted resources, and are too noble to massacre innocent people, so they're left in a tough situation.