Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-76.97.80.106-20130811163656/@comment-25315084-20140817134627

SomeSkoomaAddictedKhajiit wrote:

MrUPSman138 wrote: Honestly I'd join the Stormcloaks if they talked about forging an alliance with Hammerfell, Highrock, and possibly even Morrowind because they all hate the Empire and Morrowind couldn't stay out of the Dominions eyes forever. And I'd side with the Empire if the the Emperor was assassinated (Which he was). Either way the Dominion couldn't do anything about. They can't send troops to Skyrim using land as it would spark another war with the province. They would have to go by sea which sending a fleet to Skyrim would make Summerset Isle exposed to the Empire. And if the Dominion decided to do it anyway the fleet would have to go around by Hammerfell and Highrock and the Stormcloaks would alerted and would have months to prepare for invasion. And if they go East by Black Marsh and Morrowind and with all of the people who would see the fleet in either province word would spread fast across Tamriel and eventually to Skyrim which the Stormcloaks would have months to prepare. And Highrock would be almost entirely cut off from the Empire and it would either devolve in to civil war or if Skyrim is open to alliances than they'd probably join and same with Hammerfell. Both Skyrim and Hammerfell absolutly hate the Thalmor. And Hammerfell managed to push the Dominion out of it. The Empire wouldn't have enough resources to reclaim it and evidence by the Oblivion Crisis and the Great War the Empire is more concerned with Cyrodiil than any other province wihin the Empire. Man if bethesda planned to do that before skyrim's release it would be amazing I know. It's just something almost nobody debates in the forums about the topic the Civil War. It's impossible for the Dominion to send forces to Skyrim without sparking another war or having Skyrim have months to prepare and leaving their home entirely exposed. And the Dominion is as weak as the Empire right now believe it or not. They can't afford to send reinforcments to lost territories because of all of the complications. All the Dominion needs in order to be defeated is an army untouched by the war or other provinces banding together (Like the Skyrim, Hammerfell, Highrock, and Morrowind alliance I talked about earlier.) And it's a similar case with the Empire. They either keep Skyrim or lose it but they can not take it back. They would be exposed to attack and like I said they're more concerned with the protection of Cyrodiil than any other province in the Empire.