Expansionist Party of Malta

[Asymptotic]

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This is a faction proposal which will probably not take effect here. However, since I like the idea very much, I feel someone else may as well and might like to run it here for representation. It's in development and suggestions are more than welcome. No flaming/stupidity please :/
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Premise
Soon after the settlement of Malta began circa 50 A.S., cardamine was recognized as a highly viable cash crop with immense potential for marketing to the House populations. However, widespread use of the gene-altering substance led to widespread economic sanctions imposed on the so-called Outcasts who had funded massive development of Planet Malta. Quickly criminalizing cardamine, the Houses, notably Kusari and Liberty, mounted the high moral ground with their zero-tolerance policy towards the drug.

Such a turn of events was life-changing for many who grew and shipped cardamine on Malta; some of the dons who effectively ran the planet by that time foresaw a radical departure from previous Maltese glory should this regressive trend of cardamine use continue.

As power distributed itself over several dons, a splinter faction formed, breaking away from the dominant (and stagnant) one-party system in 809 A.S. Unhappy with dwindling cardamine prices and furious at the exclusive nature of Liberty and Kusari joint policy, the group named itself the Expansionist Party. In controlling, through political subterfuge, the means to produce and otherwise obtain military equipment, these "warmongering" dons proceeded to assert control in key systems surrounding Omicron Alpha. The belief in the Expansionist cause was fueled primarily by the argument that, by expanding the Maltese influence within Sirius, houses such as Kusari and Liberty would be compelled to acknowledge Malta's legitimacy.

Today, the Expansionist Party has gained followers and momentum. These are its goals:

• to furtively sabotage GMG operations in Sigma-19 in order to assist smugglers entering Kusari space
  
• to assert control of Freeport 10 in the Tau-37 system
  
• to gradually decriminalize cardamine via blackmail and bribery of Kusari/Liberty officials
  
• to gradually educate the people of Sirius of the long-term benefits of cardamine use
  
• to invest in mining operations in the Omega systems to further Maltese influence and support the Hessian cause
  
• to assemble spacefaring power so as to back Maltese bark with Maltese bite
  
• to cooperate peacefully with non-Expansionist factions
  

Identification
[Expo]<name> - i.e., [Expo]Carlos.Ortiz
Outcast or smuggler ID.

Flown Ships
Trading vessels, Border Worlds series up to Sabre/Falcata, Outcast capital ships.

Diplomacy
Friendly: Outcasts, Bundschuh, Hessians, Golden Chrysanthemums
Neutral: Junkers, Zoners, all others not listed
Tense: Hogosha, commerical organizations, Rheinland, Bretonia
Hostile: Bounty Hunters, Corsairs, GMG, Kusari, Liberty, IMG

Member Base
TBA