Let's talk Gaians

[Benjamin]

Gaians wanting to leave dead planets alone is totally logically consistent with their other beliefs, from what I can gather. They're not about preserving life, but preserving nature. If 'nature' created a dead rock, then that's how it should be. That's totally consistent with leaving Gaia alone for the same reasons.


As for Gaians-Kusari thing:

Yeah I know there's a bunch of RP for it, but for me that's totally irrelevant. A lot of people dislike it, me included, but that's just our opinion. The problem comes from the Gaians trying to be two things at once, and it's not an opinion that that can't work. The corsair alliance is just the same. It was raised in that other thread too. Basically, an alliance with these groups would cause Gaia to lose all public sympathy, ties with the Green Front, and basically all 'legitimacy' about being a political activist group who use violent methods. They become pirates. They might talk about nature before they attack, but no one is listening any more.

For me, I would prefer the unallied way, but either route is fine. It should be up to the Gaian players themselves, in my opinion. But you can't have your cake and eat it. I heard talk of an inRP civil war to reflect the current dichotomy in the Gaian ranks, and I think that would be a very cool way to solve it, rather than just some weird 'retcon'. But I would not be happy with some kind of half-measure or no action, that leaves them allied with Kusari/Corsairs and still in lore retaining public support. Because that just would not happen, and it would be bad, one-sided writing to make it so.

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