Deep Space Engineering

[eyvind]

Wow. Nice work. Couple bugs to zap, but not a lot of them.
Faction history- You've read the Liberty backstory document. Thank you. However, a lot of the names have changed since then (Valhalla Research to Ageira Technologies, or Ismael to Malta for instance)- most appeared to have been caught, but there is a listing of "Roosevelt Shipyards" early in that should be "Baltimore Shipyards" if I remember correctly. Also, the reference to the "Valhalla drives" is a little jarring- as I understood it, the discovery of Valhalla was (and still is) kept a very tight secret, and Ageira is the company with access to it. It is quite likely that DSE does not know where Ageira gets their crazy gizmos from.

Yes, thank you for pointing those out. It turns out that I caught those at a later time but only thought to update our website, not this post.

Diplomacy-

First and foremost, thank you for putting some thought into your diplomacy more than just "we are a corporation, so pirates are hostile". Now, on with the details...

I notice that you are friendly with Synth Foods, unfriendly with the FA, and neutral to the LWB... I would think that the LWB NPC faction would fall into unfriendly (the player faction is there already) for obvious reasons.

I blame having them on separate charts, I'll fix that.

I also notice that you have the Bundschuh (and corresponding player faction the Volksfront) as neutral- I know that we are funded by Interspace at least in part, and considering what Daumann and DSE think of each other there might be something there, but... you're still a Liberty company, and one that plays no small part in the Liberty war effort. Seeing as to how the Rheinland unlawful factions (with exception to the Unioners and some Hessians) plan on dying before letting Liberty conquer Rheinland, this is a problem. I cannot see the Bundschuh tolerating DSE presence in Rheinland without some sort of special arrangement. If you'd like to discuss the terms for such an arrangement, feel free to open a diplomatic channel for discussion and we'll see what we can do. Until such time, I request that the Bundschuh and the Volksfront be moved to unfriendly if not hostile. I also believe that the Unioners would probably end up treating you the same way the Red Hessians would, that is, with violence and intent to make off with your money.

These things are hard to catch without an intimate understanding of the House, and I haven't been much longer than a few hours in Rheinland cumulatively; I will make these changes. Feedback on the diplomacy has been scarce, so I am glad every time I get some.

I think I fixed it all, let me know if I missed anything.

Despite the (remarkably small) kinks to rough out, you guys did a great job, and I look forward to seeing you ingame. In the words of our great magnifier, however unclean,

That being said, bless your heart. It's a lovely looking group with some lovely people.

Thank you!

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