Black and White, Alliances

[Blodo]

Heh frankly diplomacy in Sirius doesn't need to be "if we're not allied, we're hostile". Many of these relationships could be moved to neutrality with relative ease, based on the amount of contact these factions have with each other.

- For example the Hessians have no contact whatsoever with the Outcasts... why are they allied, when they could be neutral? It's not like they exchange weaponry or anything, the Hessians hate cardamine as well. So that relationship could be moved from friendly to neutral to reflect that status.

- Mollys likely couldn't care less about the Outcasts. The Outcasts don't help them in the Omegas against Corsairs, the Outcasts actually support the Bretonian regime which the Mollys don't. The Mollys don't take cardamine either, and likely never will. Why are the Mollys allied to Outcasts when they could be neutral?

- Rogues take cardamine, have dealings with the Outcasts, etc. etc. yes. But they are also not centralised. That means that one band of Rogues could have good dealings with Outcasts while another could have good ones with Corsairs (all basing on what they decide to smuggle in - if anything at all). Conclusion? Rogues should be definitely neutral to both Outcasts and Corsairs.

- The Order is a faction that is dedicated to saving the Sirius sector from the Nomad onslaught. They are mostly defected naval personnel who never lost their true loyalties, but know they can't fight against the alien threat in their respective militaries. They are not pirates, nor terrorists and are a completely lawful faction. Why are they dealing with the worst cutthroats and pirates in Sirius at all? The Order aren't gaining anything in this, they're giving away their technology to a group that has "control of Sirius" placed very high in their list of goals. It makes no sense whatsoever that that relationship continues to exist.

- Gaians are environmentalists and political terrorists. Once again, what in gods name are they doing supporting the Corsairs? I can understand doing it indirectly through supporting Kusari, but lose the open alliance with Corsairs then and move them to neutral or something.

The rest of the relationships make much more sense than these ones. If a faction isn't allied to another faction, it doesn't mean it is hostile. There is something like "not taking a side" in the world, and to those factions listed above neither the Outcasts nor the Corsairs have anything to offer.