Weird Harold wrote:JeffEngel wrote:On the other, Visigoth, as a Beowulf colony, is presumably friendly to Beowulf (as far as anyone outside the onion knows - including almost all of Visigoth itself...) and by extension possibly Manticore, so going through there will put them on the spot when it comes to behaving like a good and loyal part of the League - which may not be in the interests of Manticore right now.
Visigoth is a Member of the Renaissance Factor:
Yes. We know that, but Admiral Gold Peak certainly does not, so if we're making guesses about her moves, we can't base them on that, though the SDF projection is something that could factor into her thinking.
That implies that Visigoth has a significant SDF of better quality than the SLN. Both as a Loyal Member of the Solarian League and as Incipient Evil Overlords it would suit their agenda to trash the "Invading Manties" trying to attack through their wormhole.
Of course, Visigoth might choose to use the RMN's presence to declare neutrality and secede from the SL in accordance with the long term plans for the Renaissance Factor. That choice would certainly involve less wear and tear on their SDF, and avoid immediate antipathy from the SEM/GA.
It could, yes. And it'd help the SL crumble, although that would probably be a bit of improvisation on the basis of the Plan rather than exact compliance with it on their part.
I'd just been trying to think like Mike there; you're moving on to thinking like Visigoth in response. Although... either way of transiting, it'll be over before any response from Visigoth's planetary government, or its secret masters, would have time to get from the wormhole and back, if 10th Fleet does not telegraph the move well beforehand. So it'd come down to the initiative of the people on the scene, or contingency orders they'd been given before by the system government.