Rheinland-Liberty

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I believe if rheindland and liberty goto war, it will eventually lead to a universal war. Think about it:

-Liberty would goto bretonia for help
-Once bretonia is in the mix, kusari would go after liberty
-it would be liberty/bretonia vs rheindland/kusari

Only thing is, liberty is at a sort of downfall if it were to lead to that. To the north they have to worry about kusari, and to the south(ish) they have to worry about rheindland. Now to address your actual questions:

So, what about the Rogues, Xenos and Hackers? ( I think I can guess the Xenos...). I think rouges will team up with rheinland. They do hate liberty after all. Xenos will probably go free for all and attack both sides. Hackers......not too sure about them
Which way would they jump if they saw Rheinland military raiders in Liberty? They would probably grab some rum, sit there, and enjoy the show....as long as neither invade thier space
What is GMG's position on this? no clue
What do the Bundschuh think about it ?no clue
LWB, opinions please? no clue
What about groups who are not directly involved? look above about kusari/bretonia. I would also think that ageria would love the new business opportunities building jumpgates from rheinland space into liberty space
How about house shippers from Kusari or Bretonia and the pirates who prey on them (Blood Dragons and corsairs etc)? I think the pirates would continue thier usual business
More trade? possibly, but if(thinking about players and not story line here) everyone is concerned about the war, they would constantly be on thier military character. Thinking about the storyline, of course there will be more trade. both sides will need constant supplies for building ships to replace ones that are destroyed, and they would need other supplies(food, water, etc.)
Will Rheinland/Liberty pirate loyalists protect them? no clue, but i think they will try to make some extra profits off this
Ignore them? some may
Pirate them? profits......of course!
What will be Libertys approach to this war? in my opinion, place a BS and cruise at every jumpgate and make sure no rhienlanders get in. kill without warning, and kill on sight
Will they offer bribes/bounties to smaller factions? i think both sides would, but after a while there will be bribes on both sides and both sides would have a massive force and the bounty would never get completed. I think each military wouldnt travel alone, so if a bounty hunter came after them, the hunter would go up against 2+ persons that have been highly trained
Privateer contracts? same as above to extents. If a privateer company got contracted, and one of thier members ended up taking a contract for the other side, then the company would fall
Find allies further south and free up the artifact trade (hey, I had to put that in, I'm biased tongue.gif). definatly. i know my pirate characters would love to hunt some military just for a bit of money
What do the Rheinland Military think about being offered assistance by their enemies?
(Probably grab it with both hands..). I think they would call a truce until the war is over, but keep close eyes on them just in case
Whats the RM's approach? im not RM so i wouldnt know
Will they offer 'incentives'? I think they would as long as their enemies dont turn on them
Maybe 'concessions'? is that the same as above....?

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