Professor Wayne King-Meiouf of the University of ProximaThe DDS is buzzing with high level meetings and briefings. The DDS have yet to publicly say how they will react to a HCS invasion of the Free Eritran States but i understand the DDS will give its support, hence the ships and troops being sent to Starbot.
However the main question hasn't been asked, what does "support" mean? As i understand it the only thing the DDS have committed to at the moment is to intercept any HCS force and then try and persuade them to turn back. OK thats fair enough, but what if the Clones (who have spent the last few months assembling a mighty invasion force, spending vast amounts of time on planning, war-gaming and strategy) say no? After all i have a sneaking suspicion they won't say "Oh very well lets go home."
So will the DDS go to war on behalf of the Eritrans or will they simply move aside and let the HCS through? It is highly unlikely the DDS will fight the Clones, the DDS arn't geared up for a mega-war (and the 4th Clone War would be lets not kid ourselves). Unfortunately for the DDS the Clones probably know that too so trying to bluff them isn't going to work.
Assuming Molab also send forces to join the DDS at the interception point what happens if the Molabites start firing? Are the DDS just going to get out of the way? What if the HCS open fire on the DDS? We are facing the most serious astral-political crisis since the ABBO War and yet no one in the DDS truly seems to know what to do or what will happen next? Its a very scary place to be.
