Talk:Varia/@comment-76.71.143.12-20200422000424/@comment-76.71.143.12-20200422005112

It is better both ways.

1. It's really important to keep Aka's relationship points (RP) high for the upcoming Battle of Yhilin, because having less than 80 RP adds +1 Chaos and +1 Collateral damage. This completely messes up all chances of getting the best battle assessment at the end of the war because you'll either have too much Chaos or too much Collateral Damage, reguardless of if the enemy was Mixed or Widespread. That's even if you have Robin research Essence shielding. The only way to prevent this is to invest in bridge repair early, which makes the enemy troups Widespread by default. Saving you from needing to change their formation and gaining +1 Chaos. However the cost is that you have to invest suboptimally in Ch 1 or you'd have to Whore out Qum. Assuming you don't Whore out Qum, and you don't invest in the bridge, and you get Aka's custom daggers. You really need the Aka to gain RP here. This means that the 1st three choices noted in the Special Notes are viable. However choice 3 where you prevent rape but dominate puts Varia's RP at 20. All the other options start her off with more RP. Compared to the 1st option it's a differnce of 20RP, which is more than half of her leeway which is currently 38. This means that if you choose dominate, it's by far the best option.

2. If you choose Reshape but don't choose rape (4th option), Aka gets -2 RP, which is really bad for the Battle of Yhilin, because you're guaranteed to either be too high in Chaos or Collateral damage to not trigger Economic Chaos or lose Queensmen Bar.