(11-26-2012, 11:43 AM)Rodnas Wrote: Hmm, actually the question is...what is holding the Hessians and the Dragons back from actively spanking Outcasts?
...aside from old alliances?
The Dragons are focused on Kusari internally. Actively going out to cause trouble with the outcasts would annoy their allies, the Golden Cryssies. I think that Dragons would interfere with Outcasts only when the OC start to be troublesome inside Kusari space, but beyond that not care much about them.
The Outcasts and Hessians do not have an overlapping ZoI, so those groups would rarely meet. They have no real interest in fighting eachother, Hessians are focused on Rheinland, the OC have no presence in Rheinland.
(11-26-2012, 11:45 AM)SummerMcLovin Wrote:
(11-26-2012, 02:18 AM)Antonio- Wrote: Hessians got Sabres from OCs, right?
Nope, Sabres are Border World tech so can be bought on the civilian and black markets.
True, but it's generally agreed that the Outcasts were the original designers of the Z-line. Still, since the Hessians have a full native shipline now, the question of ship supply has become moot.
Quote:I'd say it makes sense for Hessians and Outcasts because of the bad blood between them, but generally there are a lot of rephacks that prevent interactions. One good example is the Bundschuh, who cannot dock in any house - obviously Rheinland makes sense; there has been positive lore for 4.86's release between them and Liberty yet the ID is as a pro-Rheinland faction; Bretonia and Kusari have no real interactions with the Bundschuh but getting more supplies would be nice; Gallia would not have heard of us at all yet we couldn't even think about RPing some trade there even if we agreed with it.
Reason for that is very simple: Any faction that does piracy (is allowed to, by ID) wouldn't be welcome at the trade ports of the houses being targeted. It's kind of enforcing rule 6.10 on a faction level, not to mention to keep factions within their own ZoI a bit. If you are there for the roleplay, there's usually a Freeport or Junker base available.
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