Highland-Gateway, Ltd.

[beander2]

Thanks so far, Folks. I appreciate your feedback.

To be candid, I went into this trying to put together a Bretonian trading faction that was interesting and hospitable to players. I then went about finding an NPC company to "replace." I see that many probably prefer the reverse, so I'll try to adjust accordingly.

I don't want to lose the backstory, though, so how about "Highland-Gateway, Ltd." (should there be a hyphen?)? The tag would be "HGL" instead of "HTC" (sorry, but no matter what, a new acronym will be necessary - "Gateway" in the tag is just too cumbersome to me). Here, there is clearly the original company, but reframed according to the backstory. (Also, "Ltd." is currently a primarily British designation for companies that have little to know public stock, which also fits the backstory.)

I, too, lean toward a positive relationship with IMG and Rheinland both. I'm not yet convinced that either is inappropriate under present circumstances. As circumstances change, the faction will adjust as needed.

As far as KNF goes, I listed "hostile" as those against whom this faction would automatically be hostile, not those who would be hostile against us. I have no intention of the faction going up against Kusari forces or even corporations in combat, except in self-defense. If a very occasional shipment goes into Kusari space, as a couple people have suggested, intentions would be stated in advance and a Kusari police/naval escort would be requested, as much for our protection as Kusari's. Under those circumstances, Kusari forces qualify (to me) as "unfriendly," not "hostile."

What do you all think?

Please keep suggestions for improvement coming - I do take them seriously.

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Sir Alisdair Buchanan, KBE ~ Gateway)Trafalgar