Possible faction idea?

[beander2]

It's not a bad idea generally, Encheta, but it also really isn't a militia. A militia is comprised of locals who come from different walks of life to temporarily take up arms against an imminent threat.

"Local" is key here, since they have limited means at their disposal. It's not possible for a "militia" to be Sirius-wide because that would require the resources of a much more professional outfit. You could have a network of militias, of course, but any particular member would have a rather limited ZoI. If these are house citizens, you'd inevitably be drawn into house politics. If not, then that begs the question of what these folks do for their day jobs, so to speak.

"Temporary" is also key for a militia - the idea that they'd really rather be doing something more constructive but are brought to bear arms in a particular emergency. Again, this suggests limited resources and scope of operations, not to mention a limited time-span of interest in being actively engaged in combat, since they want to return to whatever lives they previously had.

Seems like this is a bit of a combination of volunteer security - which needn't require the lower level restrictions - and an attempt at a militia - which can't be sector-wide. Perhaps going just one of those directions is better than attempting both.

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Sir Alisdair Buchanan, KBE ~ Gateway)Trafalgar