Was there real world inspiration? Yes there was. However, that's all it is, inspiration. I hope that it will "fly" however and not be considered "floodish", as Teshurr and I hope to do a great deal of RP with our factions. For example, on top of what I mentioned earlier, I might be making a deal or two with the Xenos throughout the campaign and he might reach out to some of the more socialist leaning groups of Sirius. The more people I can get involved in this project, the better, as the whole purpose of this was to broaden the popular definition of RP in this game to something beyond trading, pirating, policing, and fighting wars.
If this is something that you are interested in, I encourage you to join one of our campaigns, or if none of them interest you, feel free to create your own. I would love to have enough competing campaigns to justify a primary election.
