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Giving them more powerful guns would just create bias whining on the part of their enemies, so we'll try and keep things balanced shipwise and let the players sort out the rest.

Like the Obstinate performs against a hatchet, LABC or Bretonian dessie?

[Edit] What do you propose to solve this anyway? Have the Kusari Republic form a full alliance with Gallia and open up a second front on Liberty from the north?

Personally, I'm a fan of Zelot's suggestion. It would certainly make Kusari more interesting to me than it is today.

The idea of almost a three way civil war seems a bit more likely, with the Dragons being able to take Honshu and controlling Chugoku and maybe something else out there, while the Exiles return and take control of Kyushu and Hokkido, and the current government holds onto New Tokyo and Shikoku. The Exiles with the support of Samura try and stop the Gallic trade coming from the Taus (or maybe a new route through a realigned Rishi as suggested in the other thread) creating problems for the central government backed by Kishiro, while the Dragons go after the shipping and what not coming in from Rhienland to create more dependence on the GMG for supplies for the central government. Both of these put pressure on the government, while at the same time both of those forces are fighting each other for more power and control, as well as the government fighting both of those groups to reestablish it's authority.

It would sort of break down like this.

Exiles, FA, Samura - Kyushu and Hokkido

KNF, KSP, Kishiro - New Tokyo and Shikoku

BD, GC, GMG - Chugoku, Honshu and Okinawa

The Hogosha would likely try and play all sides toward the middle, using the opportunity to make friends with as many of those groups as possible, probably more the government and the Exiles, less with the Dragons, and to expand their smuggling operations and business in the chaos.

The bases from Tau42 could be moved into Kyushu as planned, the Samura bases in New Tokyo and SHikoku could be changed to Kishro control, the Samura and Kishiro bases in Honshu could be given over to Dragon and GMG control, and the Kishiro base in Tau29 could be given over to Samura control. Each group would have a shipyard, industrial stations and a planet that they control, the Hogosha would maintain Tottori and their bases in all three places. Tau 42 gets removed completely, and probably so should the BD guard system, while the GC guard system connection gets removed from Hokkido and moved to Honshu or Chugoku.

This would leave each of the three groups with not enough strength to push to other two out, nor with enough power to back down from the fight and assure themselves power.

Also as Joe pointed out to us, that the only thing a Kusari hates more than other Kusari are outsiders in Kusari, which would be a real deterant to any other house thinking about coming into Kusari to take over as all three sides would likely attack them, forming a formidable yet non-unified force to protect Kusari from foreign invasion.