Dedicated Thread for Patch 2.55 Story Discussion/Spoilers

[Natsuno]

Taking any physical action against the Monetarists would be the equivalent of an attack on the lawful leaders of Ul'dah by foreign powers. Even Rhabaun's actions were illegal as he killed a syndicate member without any proof of illegal activity. While the Monetarists may not be popular, the other GC leaders getting involved would be the equivalent from a public viewpoint of foreign powers setting up a leader. Rumors alone would leave that leader in a tenuous position rife for civil unrest as they could easily be painted as a foreign puppet. Do remember as well the public just discovered that the second highest ranking Immortal Flame was a Garlean spy.

More to the point the brass blades and the Crystal Braves were both in the Monetarists pocket with the Immortal Flames only having a token force in Ul'dah. Even if the other GC leaders got involved it would be that handful of people against the entire military power in the city. A civil war would almost certainly be assured. The Brass Blades are the police force of Ul'dah and without them the Immortal Flames would be hard pressed to handle maintaining the peace, even if they could be disbanded. There is no way force in that situation could have ended well and frankly probably would have played even more into the Monetarists hands. The Eorzean Alliance would be as good as dead in the water as at best Ul'dah would likely be crippled.

In the end the only solution is for the truth to come out and that requires proof. In a game of politics, brute force will often end in disaster.

Again, interference doesn't mean physical action. Just as a point, that there WoL that they throw on the floor in the banquet hall is a Second Storm/Serpent/Flame Lieutenant of one of the three Grand Company leaders in attendance there. There's already a two in three chance that a foreign power has, according to the fit-up, made an act of war againt Ul'dah. Teji certainly wasn't holding back with the accusations, so it comes down to 3 possibilities in my eyes as to why he didn't:

1) writers didn't think of it.
2) too much hastle making a change in dialoge to implicate the corresponding foreign power, or to damn the Flames even more.
3) Teji and the syndicate want to cement their grip on power with as little grief as possible. Having one or either of the other two start a war over it isn't going to sit well with the public as it'll lead to civil war, or the monitarists getting ursuped themselves. I highly doubt that they could ever convince the public that the WoL really did kill the sultanate, so I personally think that galvanizing Ul'dah into one mind against the WoL/other 2 factions is very unlikely.

So, if we take option number three, one of the other two could of said something. There's alot of choice words that could of been said. Even if it was to warn against anything happening to the accused until after a falr trial. That could of bought them and/or others time to enact an escape plan in the near future. Instead, Teji ran his mouth off and we are where we are now.