Thread:Ecoraptor3339/@comment-25890179-20170707034209/@comment-25890179-20170711233156

I got the Pseudopath-Scythe thing down. You won't get the main Pseudopath Empire involved (hell, the new coup itself doesn't even happen during the Mendel Schism, let alone the War of Thorns), but the Scythe and some Pseudopath rebels will be involved.

So, Fenric, Cortex, and the Queen of Thorns attack a Mendel world, but they trump up the attack with extra explosions, holograms, etc. and make it look huge. So huge, in fact, that the Mendel (Barda probably, he's not dead by this point) approach the Scythe for help. Amazingly, they accept. When they and the Pseudopath show up, all seems normal as they go hunting for the Vermillions.

Then, they start noticing peculiar things about the Pseudopath: they and their ships aren't outfitted like standard military, they don't fight like normal Pseudopath, and finally they notice that their ships and armor have been hastily repainted to match the Pseudopath colors. Then, just as the Vermillion fleet emerges from the bottom of the sea on the planet they're all on, the Scythe and Pseudopath turn on them, revealing that Fenric made a better deal than the Mendel.