Giaians and Xenos

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Terrorists don't all go on suicide runs.. Xenos will give their lives if necessary, but won't pointlessly waste it to kill a few people. They need all the pilots they can get. Gaians also would do their best to minimize explosions and collateral damage that may harm civilians.

Its up to the players to make themselves looks more 'intimidating.' Nothing against XA here, but I personally find 'Yeha!' a bit out-of-keeping with Xenos.. We're poor laborers trying to rid Liberty of foreign corporations.. We're not cowboys. My Xenos isn't exactly terrifying either, having gotten the name Daisy.Fey (hey, its funny when you see kill messages where someone got killed by a girl named Daisy Fey). There are things Xenos could change to make them more 'terroristic.'

Gaians have a different problem altogether. They are not feared, but are made fun of because of their goals. I'm sure nearly everyone here has heard them called, or called them themselves, Tree-huggers and/or Hippies. I've called Gaian players that in-RP, and I've in turn been called that in-RP on my Gaian in the past. Nothing wrong with it because it happens in real life today. There are many peaceful protestors trying to save the enviroment (and its spreading rapidly), then there are some extremist organizations fighting for the enviroment.. Both are called groups of tree-hugging hippies and neither is really feared to much of an extent. In-game I don't see it being any different. Gaians have little chance of defeating the BAF. Bretonians would be far more concerned with Corsair's, Kusarians, and Mollies.

GC have a similar problem, but instead of being called tree-huggers and hippies, we're called a group of feminist-fanatic lesbians.. Its not true at all, but its a widely-used stereotype and has little chance of changing based on the player's actions.

Unioners I don't know enough about to comment. While Xenos need the players to enhance their 'terror' on people, the other two factions don't have a way for a player to do it and neither would use suicide tactics like packing their ships full of explosives.

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