Ahh that's right. Still, it's only proven useful and beneficial for Valenwood and Elsweyr. Breaking away from a dieing Empire that was in shambles and losing grip across almost all provinces in Tamriel, why not join a rising power? Just makes sense.

As for the returning of the moons, the Khajiit are better off siding with the Dominion. Logistically and politically, it just makes more sense.

I'm no real stategist so my wild plan is ship a fleet stock full of Dread Zombies to Alinor.

Who is driving?

An army of undead legion and stormcloak soldiers.

Smart.

I volunteer. You need someone to keep them in check, someone with experience dealing with unruly undead slaves of course.

Already working on that.

Screw my liberation plan, this is the real deal.

You'll need a zombie slavedriver to keep things in order.

Shall I do that duty?

You'd need to anolyze the local mood in Valenwood and Elsweyr. Both joined the Dominion willingly, but do they regret their decision? Do the Altmer respect them, treat them as citizens entitled to equal rights and protection under the law? If the answer is yes, best to leave both provinces alone. If not, best to try to stir up dissent, maybe uprising. Focus on Valenwood, since overturning Aldmeri influence there splits the Dominion in two. The American Civil War was effectively decided by the battle of Vicksburg for that reason.

My choice would be a swift naval strike, designed to decapitate the government. Hit Alinor City from the sea, hit it hard, kill the leaders. This will plunge Summerset into chaos. While they're reeling, spread your people through the isles and fortify them as best as possible. Invading Valenwood and Elsweyr might be unnecessary then. Once Summerset (the source of the Dominion's nastiest aspects) is neutralized, peaceful coexistence with the surviving provinces might be possible.

I mean come on the Daedra already kicked Alinor's ass during the Oblivion Crisis. its all kinds of clear the Thalmor(or their progenitor during the OC) were all kinds of useless and steamrolled them. that with an Undead Army? pfft might as well bend over now Altmeri and take your beatings, and no your tree hugger cousins and flea bag kittens won't save you.

going by sea is a bad bad bad Idea, the Altmer own the waves, no this time direct portals to their coastline and major cities is the way to go.

What's your plan for getting past the Navy?

1. Raise as much chaos as possible in Valenwood. Fund a Thalmor resistance group, burn the forest down, force the population into a Wild Hunt, etc.

2. After cutting off Valenwood, raise a war of attrition. Create embargos on all of the ports immediately accessible to the Talmor. Cut off any and all outside trading.

3. Flood the Isles with diseased rodents. Destroy crops and any sources of food.

4. Begin sending spies in to foster more discontent, which should be higher with a food shortage and no trade.

5. When the Isles are on the verge of economic and social collapse, invade.

Case closed.

What's the Altmer naval strentgh anyway?

It's not invincible, as the Imperial navy was called in to help them against the Maomer.

But I can't find the actual info on their navy.

All I know is that it's very strong...possibly even stronger with the addition of Valenwood to the Thalmor government. Either way, I don't have any direct evidence.

Well when Valenwood returns to the fold, why not just use Ironwood ships with Breton and Dunmer mages to secure Naval superiority?

Very good, now someone gets it.

It's not that the dissedants are upset with the Dominion, they just do not like the Thalmor.

As I said before, with the way the provinces are set, taking out the Thalmor would be an easier job than the entire Dominion.

Now if you take out the Thalmor, what does that leave you? Well, for starters the Elswyer Confederacy might become sovereign again because they credit the Thalmor for bringing back the moons. Now though the Thalmor took over Valenwood, becoming part of the Dominion has helped many of it's citizens and being an actual Mer race, even if you took out the Thalmor (which would be preferable to quite a few citizens), the citizens would still want the Dominion. Neither Altmer or Bosmer want to be under the rule of Man again. So at the present time, putting up with the Thalmor (as much as they are disliked) is a more favorable option than being part of the Man-run Empire. The only reason why they are part of the Empire was because of a huge machinization that no longer exists. The Elves has been waiting a long time for the right time to secede and make a Nation of their own.

Just saying, if a direct naval assault is anyone's primary means of getting onto the island of Alinor, you're doomed unless you spend a couple generations building up a formidiable fleet and then manning it with capable sailors because the Dominion, notably the Altmer, have a navy that is rivaled by none. It is not invicible by any means, but you would seriously need a much larger fleet plus better trained sailors. Considering the experience of their sailors due to their age, they almost have the upper hand no matter what training a group of Men have.

Liches.

Edit: Alternatevly, Elder Counsil members.

1. Yeh, that'll go over with the Bosmer really well.

2. Iirc, Alinor is completely self-sufficient. Trading wouldn't really harm them. Though it does reduce the chances of outside reinforcements from Valenwood and Elswyer.

3. Gonna have to get some ships past that Navy first.

4. Against the Thalmor or the Dominion?

5. If you get that far, obviously.

Aren't they the same thing nowadays?

That *might* work. Hopefully those Liches are familiar with Naval Warfare and can control a ship of zombies to navigate and combat properly.

One flaw with zombies and liches. Ships are made of wood. Wood catches fire easily. Ships catch on fire? All those undead perish quickly.

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Catapult Zombies at their ships?

Bosmer archers are waiting on the deck.

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Edit: This seems like a thread of "Risk - The TES Message Boards "

Hmmm, I think I just thought of an interesting game we can all play...

Put silence enchantments on every arrow, sword and projectile I can, and hire some masters of silence-casting to silence all of Alinor's mages.

Then, let the siege engines do what they do best.

100% agreed here. I just hope Bethesda doesn't take the whole: "Mer are evil, man superiority lol talos FTW" route.

Summon http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/541831196107244026/16C3BD6788FC0A9E6984173811D16DC740504A71/ to sabotage their ships from underwater.

Might require aid and knowledge from Hermaeus Mora to summon them though...

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Catapult Draugr Death Overlords at their ships?

If they did, I would be done with TES. After 4 titles of the Empire, and 1 of it dieing, I'm just really bored of it.

Noooo the zombies aren't going to do naval battle, you need live beings capable of thinking for that. My plan is to ship wreck the ships onto their land and just let chaos ensue. Ofcourse that still does beg the question of who is driving them to the land. As I said I'm no real strategist.

A decade or two of full on production with nearly all of Tamriels resources at my disposal?

It won't be hard to raise the numbers.

Not to mention that they won't be able to replace their losses, which is a massive disadvantage.