Liberty Goverment?

[RParade]

I disagree with.........pretty much everything in this post.

.. Was only pointing out how I've personally interpreted governments to work in the Freelancer setting. *Shrug*

It makes sense that a galaxy that's been plagued with mindless bloodshed for hundreds of years would be mostly governed/controlled by militant bodies. It's the idea that "might equals right" that every sort of society succumbs to inevitably when confronted with seemingly endless misery. To me, that's exactly how it is from a roleplaying perspective in this setting. There isn't a single house that isn't engaged in some sort of civil war, and civil wars are almost always the end result of too much Military control.


But yeah, factions like LSF/LN, RM, etc are the ones who're in charge of those systems in the gameworld, which makes sense as those factions have invested alot into their roles and such to get to where they are. It's simply assumed that these factions are acting on behalf of their respective leading bodies and so on, and personally I can't really see how adding a player-politician element to that would ever make things any better or more immersive. If you're looking for some sort of spotlight, or some way to effect the atmosphere around you, the best way to do that is to join one of those factions and work your way up their ranks. Adding another system on top of the one that already works isn't the answer.