I've been out of the game for a while and I was wondering what the position is on guard systems being considered as part of lore/RP? Are they part of developer/developed lore?
The current systems with guard status are not incorporated as part of the lore. However, with the Great Guard system cull™ we are currently revising most guard systems. They will get reworked and will be part of the RP or outright deleted/emptied.
I believe we should remove guard systems, BUT move bases into vanilia systems, alike Ellesmere's bases moved (with that cloud) into Western part of Alaska, as the system is just empty.