Junker/Gallia Connection

[aeris]

First off, it seems to me that while the Junkers may have started off at Gallic spies, they've evolved into something different. While there are certainly still Gallic spies among the Junkers, I would hazard a guess that the majority of them had no idea and no connection to Gallia. Am I correct?

You might think of present day groups like the gypsies or the French Foreign Legion when considering what the Junkers are a combination of. You have a group that pretty much keep to themselves and are fiercely loyal only to their own, while they are also very tolerant in welcoming outsiders to their group if their ethics work according to the Junker ideals.

I can't dare to say "majority" but yes, there are many Junkers not having any connection to Gallia. The Junkers Congress is the largest Junker faction and their ethics and ideals can be seen as the de facto Junker policy, but still many independent Junkers' have a vision conflicting with that of .:j:., sometimes leading to verbal warfare.

At the same time, I've seen Junker characters completely ignoring what's around them, Junkers accusing .:j:. not being true Junkers, and .:j:. accusing other Junkers not being true Junkers. At the same time I've seen characters belonging to other factions dividing Junkers to "real Junkers" they're allied with, and "imposters" they engage at will.

The Gallic spy idea is very new, and it's interesting to see how big a gap will this situation tear among the Junkers, or will their main ethics of always protecting other Junkers surpass such political dilemmas.

How widely the spy aspect is known to outsiders I cannot answer, but clearly many Junkers not having Junker ancestry would not know the whole story, or how to relate to it. The same goes to many more outsider characters, who might have only a vague knowledge of any Gallia and little to do with Junkers.

In short, the existence of Gallia doesn't really change anything Junker-wise, to most of Sirius Junkers still are just a strange bunch of scrap collectors with possible dirty dealings everyone only hears rumors of.

Once again, correct me if I'm wrong and I'll edit respectively.

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Case File: arris