Deterrence OF application

[Mímir]

There has been attempts to do things that seriously go against the Corsair Lore already, such as befriending the Coalition.

Disclaimer, I am (was?) in DTR and have nothing to do with any lore or decisions, but I've seen this brought up before and I am puzzled.

Back when Coalition played on a Freelancer ID, they were loosely aligned with Corsairs and recruited heavily from Corsair ranks and also used Corsair ships some of which they obtained via roleplay with Corsairs. There's the story of the Havana and so on, so there are really quite strong old links between the two factions.

Granted, Coalition joined the Hessian axis (since dev-boosted Hessians became a major power out of nowhere in Disco) and for most of the mod's existence that has been their diplomacy.

Given the history I don't really understand why it's such a faux-pas to explore the possibilities of changed diplomacy, especially when we're talking about a relationship that existed to some extent in the distant past when the Coalition was first formed.

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