Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-206.74.175.104-20151018163917/@comment-32014963-20180627170151

Eh the Dwemers are the scientists of Elder Scrolls, of course they are smart.

Giants are not brainless, they are just not as smart as the Khajjits as a whole. Definitely not close enough to compete with them in terms of cunning.

Defending Skyrim? No, Skyrim when isolated will need to invade other provinces when the rest of the Empire stop providing food. More than half of Skyrim are not suitable for large scale farming which will limit its population and in terms limit the overall strength of the province's military.

Plus if Stormcloaks wins, chances is the Imperial sympathizers will pull out from Skyrim leaving Skyrim even more barren, in this case, they don't need invasion, they just need to force the Empire to impose a blockade on Skyrim to starve what's left of Skyrim till death.

The Aldmeri Dominion don't need a large scale invasion fleet, they just need a task force with wide array of skills to ensure Skyrim gets messed up