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Yeah, but princess, do you have a plan on how you intend to accomplish that? Are you going to attack covertly, overtly, or unconventionally?
The political arena is your playground. Your brother's not so good at that, but he'll learn fast I hope. We're quick studies, we've read Machiavelli, we know you'll need more than just talk and promises to win this. You're going to need some sort of force, too.
Covert attacks are possible, your maids are great, but you only have a few of them. Assassins that go up against high profile targets, win or lose, tend to not return.
Overtly attacking would mean raising an army. This is possible, and Rachel didn't dismiss the idea of leading a mercenary army equipped with weapons of our design. Funding would be an issue, as would maintaining discipline in the army. Since the lands you are attacking are your own, they would not be able to live off the land or loot. We'd need a supply train, logistics, and production lines for the consumable equipment that would be required to support a high technology army. This is the long option, and you could expect to spend several years just preparing.
When we were ready though, you would have a peerless army.
Unconventional attacks would require time too. We can describe how to make weapons that can kill a man from a thousand paces, bombs that can make even the strongest wall crumble like so much plaster, poison gasses, flying machines that can drop bombs and gas containers, and more. But most of that stuff takes some to a lot of cash to develop, and once it's introduced there's not much you can do to prevent the knowledge from spreading unless you get in the habit of crippling your craftsmen so they can't run away.
Some of the stuff I've described would be used in an overt attack, too, but the difference is in how it's used. An unconventional attack doesn't require much logistic support. It's a one-off attack, sneak in, try to kill the target, either escape or die trying. A normal overt attack means supporting all that stuff and trying to preserve your army as much as possible while still taking ground.
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