Guard Systems - A flawed concept?

[tazuras]

Well, so far I like a lot of the discussion here, first I would like to say that there is a rule that can be interpreted to not allow entrance into guard systems which is the no OORP behavior rule. If a character wouldn't do it neither should you. Usually it is not interpreted that way though because it would be silly if it was all the time.

Now for what I think:

For the most part guard systems are good. I think having a system that home to one faction alone (for some a hideout, for others a stronghold) is completely in RP. Any faction would want a place they could fall back to and would probably try to find an empty system in the middle of nowhere if one with more resources wasn't available. It's a safety precaution that if a faction has the ability to ability to obtain they would. Every faction can build bases so it's arguable they have the ability.

Despite this fact I do think that some of the things these systems contain are OORP. I agree that some factions wouldn't have shipyards capable of building battleships, or at least none of the same quality as a house military. I think for these factions smaller or more rudimentary shipyards would be more appropriate. The problem with this is that some of these things have already been integrated into Disco cannon so they can't really be taken out now, also a lot of work and sometimes credits has been put into them so undoing it really wouldn't be fair. I dont really know what can be done now about guard systems, I think they are part of Disco and they are going to stay.

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