Option 2: Takeover |
This high-risk, but extremely attractive, strategy makes Luna a Resistance beach-head,
and a catalyst for earthside action. Its basic premise is for the Resistance
to take control of the moon, and thereby take control of all Di-Cor production,
forcing the WEC to negotiate with the Resistance, exchanging Di-Cor for lunar
autonomy and for democratic reforms and concessions to the Resistance earthside.
In essence, Luna offers the Resistance a unique opportunity to successfully re-create the Petra experiment, without the strategic flaws that doomed that operation. A Resistance occupation of Luna would represent a significant military threat to the WEC, since an effective counterstrike against orbital targets is far easier to launch from the lunar surface than from the earth. Likewise, a retributive assault against terrestrial targets from the moon would be relatively simple to mount, and this knowledge should serve as an effective deterrent to WEC retaliatory action. There also seems little risk that the WEC could simply refuse to negotiate with the Resistance. Available intelligence indicates that Darkside station could be maintained without any earthside support for nine months, whereas if Di-Cor production were cut off entirely, the WEC would face economic collapse within no more than three months. The primary drawback to this strategy is that it would require a far larger and more highly trained Lunar force than that currently maintained, and it may in fact prove impossible to build the Lunar organization to a level that makes this option viable. In the event of a successful Lunar coup, it becomes even more vital for Di-Cor production to be sustained without interruption. |
