Let's talk Gaians

[farmerman]

Thinking more about this, there really is one bit of an oddity. That is, discussing public support of a group that routinely blows up things and hurts people.

I think it would be better to talk about public support of the Green Front rather than the Gaians, as the former would be the one getting it. From there they would, of course, use their resources to help the latter. But I don't think the Gaians themselves can decrease their possible support any more, or increase it all that much even.

From another perspective, I could see the war leading to more Gaians even. If it's a group that's basically not caring about the outcome of the war, which they don't, in my opinion, there is certainly a group of "I don't give a damn"-ists who would support them. On the other side, the patriotic types will probably dislike them regardless.

But then I still see a good deal of difference between being friendly with the FA, a civilian group, and supporting the Kusari government. And even then, is the line being drawn at political friendships, economic friendships, or strategic friendships? As an example, the GC and Dragons aren't friends because of their politics but because of economics and strategy. The Bundschuh dislike the Rheinland government, but they'll work together against a common foe. I didn't think the Rogues particularly cared for the Outcasts, but they bring them in enough money that it's a good deal.

The Gaians and FA have a good deal of mutual interests, but I also don't think they'd see eye to eye on politics. As to possible Gaian-Hogosha interactions, I think it would be business-like at the most - the Hogosha deal with the Corsairs (who the Gaians are going to be unfriendly with, assuming that's true) on an OSC liner. That's surely a turn off there, but if they offer enough in return, business type alliances can certainly work.

So what happens when the Gaians work with some Kusari but don't necessarily support their politics? Based on the locations of where they generally do, I'd say the Gaians would lose support in Leeds and possibly New London, but Cambridge, their stronghold of public support, would never see any cooperation. So overall, I think it would end up being mixed - their areas of strong support stay strong, their areas of weak support taper off further.

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