First of all, Battlesnax, the Council don't pirate/tax unless it's contraband. (slaves, cardamine, all that good stuff).
Secondly, yes the first two replies are indeed biased, but correct me if I'm wrong, it almost sounds that you think this a malefic conspiracy of the [C] to put a monopoly on the copper industry in Gallia and Sirius combined and to make Alexander Du Lac the Dark Overlord of Copper.
It's an idea brought up by a Council player who, what do you know, is actually interested about the features of the Council side of Gallia, and is backed up by his fellow members, whose voices weight just as much as anyone else in the community that have any interest in this area.
This idea shouldn't be scrapped or implemented solely on the basis of being an activity booster or not.
Oh and, I do support more opportunities in Gallia, and this seems like a good one.
