Senator Iskandar Ouranos (unaffiliated)
*A man in his thirties gets up to speak, having been staying silent for the beginning of the session.*
Fellow senators, the Imperium faces off in 2 major wars, soon to be a third once again with the xenoi. Thus is it really the time to focus on far-away lands that will provide almost nothing to us? Even if we were to put this land known as Ceylon under our vassalage, the distance between us and them would mean that they only owe us loyalty on paper. Do you really think they would send troops to die for an Imperium they have just discovered? We must be pragmatic here gentlemen.
Nay, we must focus on our territory, and the state of our economy should prove this twofold. I will not stand for a Senate that would so dismissively spend so much on far-away lands that may have no impact on the Imperium. The economy must be reinforced, our enemies must be dealt with firmly and quickly. Aquitaine must fall and the war with the Horde must end with a peace much in our favour. As Senator Maximos has said, I have yet to see something the Navy has actually brought to the Imperium apart from defeat after defeat. Thus I firmly believe that the construction of any major fleet must be put at the bottom of our agenda, as building one after the disastrous losses at the Straits of Gibraltar and the Barbary Coast would only be a setback to the economy that will end with another loss.
Stability and wealth is what we need, reducing this inflation that plagues our prices must be our ultimate focus. Our administration needs to be the focus of the Imperium with only this in mind.
*A man in his thirties gets up to speak, having been staying silent for the beginning of the session.*
Fellow senators, the Imperium faces off in 2 major wars, soon to be a third once again with the xenoi. Thus is it really the time to focus on far-away lands that will provide almost nothing to us? Even if we were to put this land known as Ceylon under our vassalage, the distance between us and them would mean that they only owe us loyalty on paper. Do you really think they would send troops to die for an Imperium they have just discovered? We must be pragmatic here gentlemen.
Nay, we must focus on our territory, and the state of our economy should prove this twofold. I will not stand for a Senate that would so dismissively spend so much on far-away lands that may have no impact on the Imperium. The economy must be reinforced, our enemies must be dealt with firmly and quickly. Aquitaine must fall and the war with the Horde must end with a peace much in our favour. As Senator Maximos has said, I have yet to see something the Navy has actually brought to the Imperium apart from defeat after defeat. Thus I firmly believe that the construction of any major fleet must be put at the bottom of our agenda, as building one after the disastrous losses at the Straits of Gibraltar and the Barbary Coast would only be a setback to the economy that will end with another loss.
Stability and wealth is what we need, reducing this inflation that plagues our prices must be our ultimate focus. Our administration needs to be the focus of the Imperium with only this in mind.