I'd find it more interesting if we went in as an ambassador (with all the responsibilities and immunities it entails) to broker a truce between the alliance and the empire, considering the ascians are a greater threat to the star as a whole and that we both (seem) to share an interest in halting the primal's summoning and continued existence.

I haven't a doubt we will eventually have to clash with Varis zos Galvus, though I'd find it more interesting if our entry into Garlemald was less so as a "let's destroy everything" and more a "let's try to avoid a world war".