Ask Discovery: Order/Corsair Alliance

[NonSequitor]

You made some good points, Zelot. Flaws make for an interesting faction. I did forget to mention the fact that the Order isn't a holy order. I remember from the SP's cut out scenes, that many of the Order agents were in fact from non-lawful organizations. That makes sense, as Agmen pointed out. The Order needs an expansive, inclusive, Sirius-wide intelligence network.

That said, I think Corsair influence is too dominant in the Order. The alliance just feels "artificial": the Corsairs don't have as many allies as the Outcasts, so let's give them the Order. I made a half-hearted attempt to create an Order pilot a few months back. But I gave up, because he just seemed to be a Corsair with an Order accent. If I wanted a Corsair character, I'd make one.

Tolerating an individual agent's illegal activities within his host faction is one thing, but "a marriage of convenience" between the Order and a major criminal house is a stretch. Especially when that criminal house has expansionist tendencies.

Another thing. The Outcast have a special relationship with the Nomads. I would think that the Order would give high priority to recruiting agents from amongst the Outcasts. Even without the Corsair-Order alliance, recruiting a mid- to high-level Outcast is a daunting challenge. With the Corsairs and Order so tightly bound to one another, the chance of winning the hearts and minds of enlightened Outcasts is about non-existent.

Then there's the problem with number of the Order's enemies. One solution would be to place the BH on neutral ground with the Order. Or simply take the BH out of the Nomad-hunting business.