Bonjour again.
Make no mistakes monsieur, the Council are not just small band of thieves armed with few ships. The Council have a large navy capable of holding the Royal fores out of the Champagne system completely, and using new tactics and element of surprise ensured our strike on the Gallic border worlds to be successful.
We are not fools, we know that the Royal Navy will eventually break through Languedoc, we can only hope to hold them back as much as we can, and take out as many as possible while we are there, any help is welcomed of course.