Hey y'all. So before you read on, get that this isn't really a serious problem.
So I've been thinking. And thinking. And I've come to the conclusion that the fact that just about every (take note that I said "just about", not all) official faction has their own line of ships. Not just fighters, but some (not all, notice that I said some) have Battleships, Gunboats, and Destroyers. Take the Rouges, for example. Their info card states that they are a "Motley assortment of criminals" (courtesy of the wiki). How can a motley assortment of criminals have the technology, the resources, and the money to make destroyers, gunboats, and the like? Yes, they had snubs in vanilla but think about it. Do the Crips (or any other gang) make their own weapons? Cars? Think about the logic.
Think of cars as a fighter. Everyone has one. Yeah, maybe the Rogues make heir own cars. But for destroyers, that doesn't work. That's like the Crips or any street gang making their own line of tanks. Then take the Lane Hackers. Now I can understand them having the technology being ex-Ageira technology employees, and their smart and most likely have the money. But piracy money from heists won't cover the cost for a fleet of destroyers. Who is funding them? It just doesn't add up. I'm not referring to Corsairs and Outcasts, who have house systems. They can have battleships and the like. But what separates them from the petty criminals (i.e Rogues, Gaians, Mollys, GC, Hessians, etc.) And yes, Hessians may be revolutionary but are still "composed of both idealists and simple pirates..." (courtesy of the wiki). Simple pirates don't have Battleships.
Now, if your answer to the top part is, "Well, we need to balance it so the criminals don't get wiped out". Criminals aren't supposed to have military grade weaponry. Gangs don't have army grade weapons and tech. Yes, you can steal them, but Liberty doesn't make Scyllas. So they cant steal them. They make their own lines of ships. Criminals are supposed to be doing guerrilla warfare against their respective houses. Now certain quasi-military groups like the Blood Dragons (used to be part of Kusari until the whole shogun revolution thingie crap, which was before vanilla), the Lane Hackers, the Corsairs, the Outcasts; it makes sense to give them military grade weaponry for obvious reasons. They are either smart and or are houses and have the resources and the time, and money, etc.
But let's move on to another part of this. Lawful factions. Like the IMG. Why the hell do they have capital ships? No, just no. Don't even start with me on the Zoners. They're supposed to be like the Swiss. Neutral in all wars, no military action. But for some reason they have battleships and/or carriers.
I guess this is all just a pet peeve of mine. But here's another thing.
Why are there so many dang planets and or moons? We're talking about Gallia here, by the way. Why? Their are 7 planets/moons in Languedoc, 7 in Dauphine, 10 in Burgundy, 8 in Lorraine, 15 (I may have missed some) in Ile de France! 15 celestial bodies?! Does that make sense? All within very close proximity to each other. It scientifically doesn't make sense because the gravity would combine all eight planets together unless each one is VERY small, and very far apart. And, if they all have the same orbit, they'd crash into each other.
I know what I'm saying is ridiculous, but I'm just wondering why. I know that having big ships makes it fun to play other factions, and encourages playing, but still. And having more planets makes it pretty cool looking and interesting. It's just the logic of it. Now I know you'll say "Well FL doesn't even make sense at all, it's not logical". Because you are right. There are no moving bases and planets based on orbits. But the principle still stands. Roberts tried his best for 2003. Now I know you can't make orbits and that jazz, due to the way the game works, but at least have less planets and bodies. Just less planets, and not every criminal faction having destroyers. But, alas, at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter. I'm most likely just nuts and this is all just a pet peeve that nobody else noticed. Or did anyone else notice?
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