' Wrote:Sky, Synthpaste is indeed a product of Libertonian origin but has no production presence within Bretonian space. Planet Los Angeles and Stuttgart are, afaik, the only worlds upon which the cellulose plants that comprise synthpaste are actually produced. Kusari's conservative movements, such as the FA, are seeking to repulse the growing tide of the product's popularity within Kusari in the wake of their increasing inability to produce sufficient conventional foodstuffs to be economically competitive.
I'm sure there are plenty of Bretonians who munch on the stuff, it's cheap and preserves nicely, but there's no footing in associating the root of synthpaste in any way with Bretonia. They are, at most, a consumer of the product with their own well established conventional farming communities comprising the bulk of that nation's nutritional needs.
If eating synth is grounds for hostilities, someone better warn the Corsairs that the FA is coming.
Just something to keep in mind.
That proves you point well. But the Synth Foods' (disproved) relation in the Gaian cooperation with the AFA (and hence, a small part of the AFA's presence in Bretonia) is just a possibility, not meant to be a fundamental reason for the argument that the AFA is doing their job.
' Wrote:And these small lots have what to do with invading Bretonia?
Nobody mentioned invading. I don't think the BAF should be too troubled by AFA presences, so you don't have worry. AFA seems to have been using only tactical and guerrilla-style attacks to protect the interests of Kusari by raiding Bretonian points of trade and commerce like Planetform property, and hence the cooperation with Gaians (who're not really a part of the large points here, but I don't think that they're carnivorous natives that don't eat fruit; farming is a natural process of human interaction with it's environment).
' Wrote:They can however get a Freelancer definition.
They are terrorists who target foreign shipping in Kusari, primarily Synth Foods.
They aren't a mercenary force used to invade foreign nations.
No, not "primarily". They use their influence in the government to make the trade more difficult. A more real threat for them would be a force that threatens Kusari's politics.
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