I got a first-hand account of the fighting from my sister, she was engaged with the Liberty attackers and barely made it out. I really don't like the idea of moving focus towards the core worlds, avoiding them has more or less been my main guiding motivation, but I hate to see still more encroachment of house tyranny towards independents.
Whether you have friends or family on Erie or not, I think we owe it to our brothers and sisters to show support. I agree that we should make our presence known along the Nu corridor, and show the Liberts that the strength of their arm will suffer if they stretch it.