Harvester

[worldstrider]

Not to get back into dirty politics but (man I am dumb)...

When I proposed the Junker Congress I had a similar concern: that other Junkers would be forced into a role by association that wasn't their choosing.

So after talking with Oniros, I made this premise:

A group of Junkers who happened to be members of the Junker Guard faction (as seen flying npc in Puerto Rico), were sitting at the bar one day having deep discussions and a few kindred spirits came up with the concept that the Junkers needed a unifying body--not to govern and control them--but to insure they weren't swallowed up by all the power mad and aggressive factions in Sirius.

Being "military men" (the Guard), they wanted to insure that the Junkers could defend themselvess if attacked and work together in mutual defense, being "Junkers", they also know NO Junker would suffer a government dictating what they could and couldn't do.

So they proposed a "volunteer government". One with optional participation and no authority but over its own members (volunteers).

They didn't want to create something that didn't benefit all Junkers though either, so they made provisions that allowed them to vote and gain benefits (such as mutual protection, shared wealth, votes, et. etc.)

To distinguish themselves from other Junker groups that might participate in (but not actually assist in forming) the nascent Congress, these visionary founders formed it's first political party and dubbed themselves the "Junker Guards Party". To be a member of the JGP, one had to accept membership in the Junker Congress--thus a viable faction was created with dedicated members that still allowed other Junkers to come in without "changing their ways".

You need--in my opinion--something similar for the Machine Alliance or it is just a "Harvester faction".

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