>Its been twenty years since the invasion. That means young Orlanthi warriors
>will never have known life free of the Lunar yoke. Twenty years of
>murder, rapine, bloodshed, challenge, rapid and confused change, false hopes
>and constant disappointment.
How is this any different to life before the Lunar occupation?
>One thing *is* clear however, in twenty years there has been almost *no*
>large scale organised military resistance to the Lunars. Those that have
>occurred - Starbrow's Rebellion, Righteous Wind, Firebull Moot -
>have been quickly contained with mixture of short-term concessions,
>bribery, treachery and threat.
I would consider the Starbrow conspirators to have been organized and the Righteous Wind went unchecked for nigh on five years before Harvar put the boot in. You also neglect the activities of the Telmori in wiping out the Maboder.
>Selective use of terror seems a deliberate tool of the Lunars to demonstrate
>their mastery and give example to the clans. I'd judge the decimation of the
>Sambari following the Firebull Rebellion and the unprovoked destruction of
>the Dundealos tribe as carefully calculated actions of terror warfare.
The Dundealos were punished for rebellion. Yes, their grievance was legitimate but their response was not.
>Some questions and comments. It seems we're talking classical guerilla
>warfare here, right? This is entirely in line with the Orlanthi raiding
>tradition.
If so, by far the most victims at the hands of the guerillas would be other Orlanthi who are sympathetic to the lunars. Furthermore being an Orlanthi guerilla means that you have to countenance secret murder (to avoid reprisals) and kinstrife in pursuit of your aims. A fanatical humakti might see nothing wrong in this but if the Sartarites come to believe that these sorts of deeds are acceptable in winning freedom, then I feel the Lunars have largely won the fight.
FWIW guerilla warfare almost never worked by itself. One either needs a proper army in the field to support the guerillas or to convince the occupying power to give up and go home (which does happen with western powers but it's not something that I can see the Lunars doing).
>But surely the Lunars have dealt with guerilla warfare before?
The CharUn are experts in dealing with guerillas.
--Peter Metcalfe
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