Quote:So, what about the Rogues, Xenos and Hackers? ( I think I can guess the Xenos...). I think rouges will team up with rheinland. They do hate liberty after all. Xenos will probably go free for all and attack both sides. Hackers......not too sure about them
Which way would they jump if they saw Rheinland military raiders in Liberty? They would probably grab some rum, sit there, and enjoy the show....as long as neither invade thier space
What is GMG's position on this? no clue
What do the Bundschuh think about it ?no clue
LWB, opinions please? no clue
What about groups who are not directly involved? look above about kusari/bretonia. I would also think that ageria would love the new business opportunities building jumpgates from rheinland space into liberty space
How about house shippers from Kusari or Bretonia and the pirates who prey on them (Blood Dragons and corsairs etc)? I think the pirates would continue thier usual business
More trade? possibly, but if(thinking about players and not story line here) everyone is concerned about the war, they would constantly be on thier military character. Thinking about the storyline, of course there will be more trade. both sides will need constant supplies for building ships to replace ones that are destroyed, and they would need other supplies(food, water, etc.)
Will Rheinland/Liberty pirate loyalists protect them? no clue, but i think they will try to make some extra profits off this
Ignore them? some may
Pirate them? profits......of course!
What will be Libertys approach to this war? in my opinion, place a BS and cruise at every jumpgate and make sure no rhienlanders get in. kill without warning, and kill on sight
Will they offer bribes/bounties to smaller factions? i think both sides would, but after a while there will be bribes on both sides and both sides would have a massive force and the bounty would never get completed. I think each military wouldnt travel alone, so if a bounty hunter came after them, the hunter would go up against 2+ persons that have been highly trained
Privateer contracts? same as above to extents. If a privateer company got contracted, and one of thier members ended up taking a contract for the other side, then the company would fall
Find allies further south and free up the artifact trade (hey, I had to put that in, I'm biased tongue.gif). definatly. i know my pirate characters would love to hunt some military just for a bit of money
What do the Rheinland Military think about being offered assistance by their enemies?
(Probably grab it with both hands..). I think they would call a truce until the war is over, but keep close eyes on them just in case
Whats the RM's approach? im not RM so i wouldnt know
Will they offer 'incentives'? I think they would as long as their enemies dont turn on them
Maybe 'concessions'? is that the same as above....?

' Wrote:So, what about the Rogues, Xenos and Hackers? ( I think I can guess the Xenos...).
Which way would they jump if they saw Rheinland military raiders in Liberty?

Quote:So, what about the Rogues, Xenos and Hackers? ( I think I can guess the Xenos...). I think rouges will team up with rheinland. They do hate liberty after all. Xenos will probably go free for all and attack both sides. Hackers......not too sure about them

Quote:The Rogues are a product of over two centuries of systematic lower-class cleansing that occurred on the Liberty planets of Manhattan, Denver, and Los Angeles. Relocated to the Texas prison system, many of them end up planetside on Houston upon release. Some stayed straight and joined the population scratching out a living. The rest returned to their life of crime, often ending up vaporized by a pursuing Liberty police patrol or back in prison for longer stretches, manning the prison factories that are the economic lifeblood of the Texas system.

Some say the massive LPI roundups of even minor offenders in Liberty have more to do with staffing these plants cheaply than reducing crime. Fresh out of the incubator of the Texas prison system, they have limited choices. Either they work in the factories of Houston for a pittance, join the Bounty Hunters and hunt down their former brethren, go radical and hook up with the Xenos, or rejoin their former partners in crime. The latter path is the obvious one for most. Simply put, these are not-too-quick opportunists, people willing to do whatever it takes to make a buck and get by until tomorrow. Usually they end up taking the fall for anything illegal that occurs in Liberty, whether they were involved or not.

The Rogues are generally a disorganized lot. They are responsible for most of the Trade Lane attacks in Liberty space and the adjacent Independent Worlds, usually operating in groups of only two or three ships, without much grasp of advanced tactics. They also provide shelter for the Outcasts in exchange for Cardamine. Recently they have become the smugglers for much of the Cardamine in Liberty space, supplementing or even replacing the Outcasts on certain high-risk routes. This has made them accomplices to the most persecuted criminal group in Liberty space. They admire the Outcasts, wishing they could be as smart and careful as the Edge World faction. But they regard the LPI as their ultimate masters, perhaps aware that soon they will probably be under the LPI's thumb once again.

' Wrote:The GMG will most certainly raise fuel prices... and profit.. doubt they'd go to war.

' Wrote:It's arguable weather certain pirates such as the Bundschuh would side with Rheinland. As they are aiming to topple the reigime there. It may have the similar principles to the Molly - Kusari 'under the table' agreement.