Quote:Another point, i do not intend another to join the war and "expect" them to do it. Harvesters would basically fight the war for us, in a sense, if we play our cards right, we can get the Harvesters to go in guns a blazing, while we have a "launching malfunction" from our Base and then have the Harvesters fight it, come in and clean up afterwards, Thier expense and our Gain on both fronts. Or perhaps even play a background to the operation? More Junkerlike, yes? perhaps give the Harvesters equipment of what they need for creating a region for us to "own"? and credits for them to create their nanofields for their ship building.
Just be careful with this. The harvesters are machines, they are controlled by a machine intelligence that was not created by humans and is more powerful than any of us can know. They are not another group that can be negotiated with and they are very smart...
Right now, the junkers are the only faction in sirius that the harvesters will not immediately open fire on if they see fit. We maintain a -very- careful balance in our alliance with them - if they for any reason decide we're not worth their expenditure anymore, they will wipe us out along with everyone else.
So dont piss off the harvesters, and dont use them like an expendable fleet, or the rest of the junkers - including the union and congress, are liable to end up paying for your mistakes.