Gaians and Corsairs

[Lucend]

First of all, the Order/Corsair alliance is not silly in the slightest. Imagine: you're exiled to the Omicrons with one battleship and several wings of fighters, but all the tech in the Sector. You are set upon all sides by hostile forces, what do you do? The Bounty Hunters initiate a bloody war and Liberty is still very hostile. Nomads are obviously hostile, and so are their worshipers, the Outcasts.

Then you find a very large faction that seems to be fighting ALL of those enemies. AND, they even have shipyards with new tech to trade. Sure, they may seem to be a bit shifty, but hate your enemies almost as much as you do, plus they can help you build up your forces quickly and efficiently.

Also, I believe the Outcast/Corsair war is something of an underground economic and martial boon. Consider the Xenos of Vanilla. Generally, the Xenos weren't very frightening in their Starfleas, and didn't have that many bases. Then you had the LH and Rogues who did take sides in the war and profited greatly. (Although there are rumors all over the place that the Rogues were in cahoots with the Corsairs as well)

See, I don't think it matters if the Red Hessians use Cardi at all. They profit from the stuff, and it helps them fuel their war machine. Taking sides in the war could spell the difference between a worker's movement getting off the ground and fading into obscurity. Sure the Gaians have funds from the Green Front, but the Corsairs help them become pilots and station engineers and anything else they want. Ditto with LH, Mollies, GC and FA.

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"The thirteen saloons that had lined the one street of Seney had not left a trace. The foundations of the Mansion House hotel stuck up above the ground. The stone was chipped and split by the fire. It was all that was left of the town of Seney. Even the surface had been burned off the ground.
Nick looked at the burned-over stretch of hillside, where he had expected to find the scattered houses of the town and then walked down the railroad track to the bridge over the river. The river was there."

Osaika Moto, the Fall and Rise of a Kusari Farmer

Juan Lucendez, √ Corsair