[Aynia]

Aynia thought to herself for a moment. They made good points, but they could not afford the time for reconnaissance before acting. And they needed to fortify the holdfasts, quickly. She sighed heavily to herself.

"Perhaps we take the two of your advice in tandem with action. We must fortify the holdfasts as quickly as possible, and secure the Glittering Bay. At the same time, taking reconnaissance measures with some of our most trusted and... elusive spies. Our advantage is that we've fought this before, and we're on home ground. Right now it seems they only occupy a small area around Aimsir and are pushing North, but we must keep them contained. I'd rather war for a third of a season again than allow them any more ground to corrupt than they already have." She cleared her throat and looked around.

"I'd like an official parchment drawn up with all available numbers from each of you, as quickly as possible. The Queensland itself has a sizeable Army and a moderate Navy force, but I want to know what numbers we're starting with before we begin to allocate, but I'd like the majority of our forces North of Aimsir and fortifying the holdfasts, then a number coming up from the South." She moves the pawns around into position. "We shall send out a handful of spies as soon as possible. At the same time we deploy land troops, we'll begin to move our ships into position." She slides two ships over the map. "I don't know that the water near Aimsir hasn't become corrupted and infested. The Glittering Bay is normally safe haven to ships, but these are extraordinary circumstances."