Codenames

[Tenacity]

Despite the fact that it actually gave lawfuls something with even a chance to counter them? I find it odd that between the four major militarised houses and the Hispanians, the Hispanians who arguably should have the least access to military equipment, have shieldbusters which when compared to the generic Deb's most others are stuck with are hideously overpowered.

The houses are sheltered, there hasnt been a real war in like 80 years in sirius history since the nomad war, and even that didnt include a large degree of fighting over a long period of time - it was a shadow war.

Constant conflict and combat are what drive people to make better weaponry. The outcasts and corsairs have been fighting one another for hundreds of years, the houses have been for the most part 'peaceful', with nothing more than pirates or the occasional border conflict to worry about. Up to this point, the houses have not had the need to develop advanced military hardware.

You'll notice that the conflict between bretonia and kusari has caused new ship developments and even new weapons for both sides - a lot of old ship designes were brought out of mothballs and refurbished to be used on the front lines, because neither house has really had military conflict in centuries.

Liberty and Rheinland will likely be the same way, but once again, rheinland is the only house in freelancer history that has been through numerous wars in the past few hundred years, and it shows with rheinlanders having some of the toughest ships around.

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