Defection stories

[Lemon]

Defections, and the myriad of subsequent SRPs, are rarely interesting, because people tend to start a character with the sole intent of defecting it, and it's overdone. It's not impossible to make interesting, but you're going to have to do something different to pull that off. What that is exactly, I don't know, but it's worth trying to come up with something original, perhaps even not by creating a character to defect, but maybe asking why an existing character may end up deciding to do so.

That's the right approach for sure! E.g. in Liberty it takes a LONG time for someone to enlist in the Navy, get into a command position and then see through the corruption and defect when older - they'd be normal loyal characters for years before that happens - much more impactful to have a character who meant something in the faction.