Secondly, IMO the Lunars did not want to conquer Sartar per se. What they
wanted was to secure the way to the riches of the Holy Country and (to a
lesser extent) to the magical resources of Pavis and Prax. Conquering
Sartar was just a necessary precondition of doing this.
Given the failure of the push into the Holy Country and the
less-than-spectacular success of the various research projects in Prax,
IMO the "Sartar Region of Operations" is sliding down the list of
Imperial priorities. This in turn will reduce the quantity and quality of
human and other resources committed to Sartar, especially after it's
occupation is rendered completely pointless by the success of Argrath
Whitebull in Prax.
Personally I think there is a great game to be written about the last
desperate days of the Lunar Occupation - especially about the desperate
struggles over places on the last Moonboats out of Whitewall ...
Ian Whitchurch
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