If he does it in 2 it'll most likely be at triple our total budget, if not more. At this stage in strat silver is way more valuable than any number of tickets (to HoC at least). We equipped some local farmers from Saren with peasant gear that cost us pennies on the dollar, suicided them against an impregnable fortress, and eventually won. Not a bad trade at all.
His Imperial Majesty Tristan the First, King of the Suicidal, the Horribly Disturbed, and the Chronic Masturbators, has asked me, his official scribe, to write here his response:
"God damn commie bastard"