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[pieguy259]

My opinion on the whole "non-canon"/"anti-canon" issue: Things change. It is not reasonable to assume that the way things are now is the way they must be and shall be for ever more, amen. Hell, the way things are isn't the way they were in vanilla Freelancer.

In vanilla Freelancer, Jacobi pardoned the Order for saving her life and every human in the colonies. Yet, here in Disco, Powell has once more resumed hostilities because he wants all those Nomads for experiments.
HOWEVER: It is not unreasonable to assume that the Order, who have their hands full with the Nomads and the Phantoms and whoever else, and Liberty, who are pretty much on the brink of declaring war on Rheinland, would say to each other, "Listen. Buddy. I don't like you, and you don't like me. But we've each got way too many problems of our own right now to be constantly sniping at each other, so howsabout a truce until we can get this whole thing sorted out?" Which, I understand, is pretty much what happened with Bs| and Liberty.
Now, think about this. If you've nearly given your right arm to ensure a ceasefire with possibly the most powerful House in the sector, what you DON'T want is some gung-ho idiot in an Osiris charging into New York and massacring LN left, right and centre. That would lead to all sorts of diplomatic headaches. So, should the Order enforce this ceasefire among its members? When looked at from a RP standpoint, yes. Yes they should.

Another example.

In vanilla Freelancer, Bretonia would never have DREAMED of having anything to do with the Outcasts. Yet, in Disco, we see Bretonia forced into a situation of at least neutrality with the Outcasts, due to the war with Kusari (another aspect of the game that is decidedly not vanilla). Should the BAF, RoS, SOB and whoever else enforce this neutrality, to avoid diplomatic headaches and another front in their respective wars? Yes. Yes, they should.

Bretonia-UOG ceasefire. Liberty-Rheinland tensions. Bounty Hunter-Order conflict. The entire SCRA faction. Things have changed since vanilla, and things are bound to change in the future. Making the universe less dynamic in favour of enforcing "canon RP" is not the way to go. That just stifles RP. Things can change, and should change, through mutual agreement of both parties.

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