Admin Feedback Thread 2.0

[Lythrilux]

So, tryingt to chase this up based on some discussions I've had with people.

Initially I was told the reason for the Core-Gallia rephack ending the way it is was because it was "too soon" - even though there had been a good several years worth of roleplay between Core and a handful of Gallic factions prior. I was completely bewildered by this, and so after discussing it a bit with Sean I was encouraged to put in another request for them to rediscuss it. I still haven't heard anything about this.

Yesterday I heard from someone else that the actual reason was because Core didn't do any roleplay with Gallic Corps, which isn't true at all and was evident on the request. The Core has done roleplay with EFL, GMS and Solar Engineering over the past handful of years.

I then also heard from another source that apparently it's because "Governments can't allow docking on Corporate bases" - which is rubbish because other House Govs have been allowing and restricting the docking of factions on Corporate (and Police) bases for decades, even if those factions aren't involved in the roleplay justifying the rep change at all. Case and point: Bundschuh being able to dock in Liberty was more or less entirely done through the [LN], before the Government signed it off. As has been the understanding of the community for a while, Governments themselves are a collection of official factions or influential players within that House that basically collectively administrate that House together.

Lastly I've heard it's because there weren't necessarily active or official factions to represent those Corps (even though to my understanding, they are represented in Gallic Gov). But that's just completely unrealistic and expecting too much if for such requests there needs to be an Official faction for all those Corps (and a bit of a kick in the teeth to EFL who aren't allowed to have any weight on roleplay unless they're official, seemingly). And well, this also should not be the case as all the other Governments have been applying and changing rephacks for bases of factions that lack OFs in their space too. The irony is that because the rephack was processed the way it was it hurt EFL's motivation because they were such a major component of pushing for it, and as a result I can't even say for sure if that faction is alive anymore.

Not only does the way this whole thing has been handled felt incredibly restrictive and artifical, it also doesn't paint any clear picture or give confidence whatsoever that any future roleplay between the groups won't just end up having the same result as this. Why is there such a resistance from the Admin team towards Core-Gallia relations? Why the roleplay obstruction? This feels unprecedented from the Admin team. Roleplay has been done, through a variety of groups, with an ultimate signing off by the Gallic Government itself. Did they just not read the request in detail and went off that single couple years long comm between Core and GRN|?

I also want to add that Corsairs gained full docking access to Gallia with no issues whatsoever. Correct me if I'm wrong, but only GRN|/MRG| were involved in the roleplay that lead to that.

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