hyraemous wrote:Note: I am satisfied with our middle power ranking and am only concerned with the military aspect of the ranking.
I would like at least a small relook mainly on the military section. After thinking about it I've realized that the "local capabilities" section might be a bit misleading for the military roleplay I've done including military exercises with Dundorf (
one in the 5380s and one in the
5350s), our military involvement in Malivia (
here,
here, and
here, military patrols in the Artanian Sea
here. our roleplay leading up to the toppling of the Valruzian government
here,
here, leading up to
this post, alongside other general military posts
here and in the later part of
this post.
The local capabilities rank, therefore, looks misleading since it may imply that the Kundrati military is incapable of operating much outside the borders or general area of Kundrati when there have been some roleplay to back up Kundrati at least being able to flex some muscle in areas not too nearby from our borders. I would've also added our show of force attempt towards the Majatra Sea in support of our ally which shouldn't count as reliance on another power since it is of our own initiative to help support an ally.
Speaking of, arguably only the Artanian Sea patrols and the military involvement of Malivia could count as "reliance on foreign powers" though even then it was agreed that Kundrati and Luthori would send a joint task force which shouldn't appear as reliance and more so cooperation with foreign powers (I believe we left either earlier or later than Luthorian forces though I can't recall at this point) - and while you may say the patrols in the Artanian Sea may be reliance it glosses over the fact the Beikun Fleet (of Beiteynu) was mostly under Kundrati control which eventually was dissolved and replaced by our own fleet.
I'm also concerned (perhaps misplaced) that the latest Dynamic Ranking Regulations might be a problem for us since we roleplayed that we bought submarines operating with nuclear power (two from Zardugal, I believe the Luthorian submarines I bought were also nuclear powered) - with our ranking it would appear that we shouldn't be able to own any nuclear-powered submarines due to prohibitively high cost of maintenance. I would argue that perhaps the cost would be reduced by a bit because of our uranium deposits assigned to Kundrati in the Natural Resources list and our friendship with Beiteynu and potentially Luthori to help deal with nuclear reactors in submarines. I fear such roleplay will have been a waste given our current (or upcoming) assignment which I would be ashamed to retcon.
No matter my concerns I do thank the RP Committee on their concerns and explanations, both upcoming and already-stated.