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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3222563" data-attributes="member: 3448">After Jacques left, he spoke firmly. “We’re going to send the army to clear them out.  I don’t care what their goal is or where they’re from.  They’re killing subjects of Canberry within our realm.  That stops now.  What troops do we have available that would be good for the terrain?”“The area around the royal preserve is heavily wooded, your grace, so we’ll need to send infantry instead of cavalry.  We don’t really have much of a force of rangers, just a few scout companies attached to some of the field armies.”“Fine.  The First Field Army is in the capital.  We’ll send one of their legions, along with the scout company to guide them.”“An entire legion, your grace?”  asked Dame Brionna dubiously.  “That’s a thousand troops.  Isn’t that a little excessive for twenty infiltrators?”“I want to make sure there’s no possibility of escape.  That should be enough troops to surround the entire area and then close in, while still making sure that any area the murderers try to engage will be sufficiently well supported to ensure they can’t break through.”  Alistair thought.  “Choose the commanding officer carefully.  We’ll want to use this as an opportunity to field test and season a rising young officer, since we still have a weakness in our senior officers corps, but I also want to make sure the mission gets run well.”“Not one of the generals, then,” said Kit.“Right,” said Dame Brionna.  “I’ll work on identifying a promising captain to place in command.  We’ll get the troops moving within an hour or so.”</blockquote>

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