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[AeternusDoleo]

This is exactly why the dev team reviews all storyline proposals and rejects those that are nonsensical or designed as a booster to factions that don't need it. This position is currently represented by Friday who has no major connections to any official factions, is specifically trying to not make friends around the community and look at every submission with an incredibly critical eye so as not to get influenced by emotions too much, and as such can be trusted to remain unbiased more than any official faction leader can.

This extends to some of the guard systems that get reintegrated by the way. I'll use Cassini as an example, but it applies to other systems as well. Most of the bases in Cassini refer to the system as being heavily fortified, so that not even the Liberty Navy (biggest military force in Sirius after the GRN) could breach it. Utter nonsense (and not the kind produced at Terre Haute) when you have to merge that with the general storyline. The Rogues survive on a mix of brutality, cunning and stealth, not sheer military power. What also irked me are the many direct references to player characters in infocards in that system (mainly to Sylpheed). Tooting ones horn definately applies there... especially since direct references to played characters are against infocard guidelines.

Having the bases 60K above/below plane doesn't really help either in making that system accessible to the average player. It just hides the best Rogue toys away for an (OORPly) select few who either know where to find that base, or can use modding tools to get the coordinates.

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