3039 would so the Combine is more trouble then they are worth at the moment, so if I was Hanse I would continue Galahad exercises, integrate the Sarna March, build up the infrastructure of the Cappellan and Tamarind Marches (also build fighter carriers and transport jumpships rather then battle wagons or even Fox class corvettes) and say 3055, Galahad becomes operation Crushed Dao and roasted Turkey. Build up forces and finish off the CC and shatter the Free Worlds league (by taking a third to half of it). Hell leave some CC worlds open for the Taurians to take and have them choose between an easy set of conquests or being the 'next' march of the Federated Commonwealth while giving the MOC assistance with the FWL. Sure the Combine will attack, and that's why you have roughly six regiments of Wolf's Dragoons to have them replay misery with. You lose likely 20 worlds from the Draconis and Skye Marches while you gain roughly 300 or 400 from the CC and FWL. You have the FWL where the CC was after the 4th war (if not already shattered into smaller, more easily conquerable states), the CC is GONE, you may of made a friend with the MOC, and the Taurians will have to use their limited armed forces to integrate Cappellan worlds that have been oppressed by the likes of Romano Liao. FWL-CC would be where I would focus on, as well as ensure I have the Jumpships to do it and the bait to pull the minor powers if not to my side to something much more productive for them and I. Thank you.