Xeno alliance with the Corsairs?

[Dusty Lens]

Maybe you haven't noticed, but right now, there is some sort of silent treaty between universal shipping and Xenos. maybe instead of looking so far for allies, making a (for the general public) hidden alliance between universal and Xenos, one where universal provides funding for the Xenos operations, while Xenos are used by universal as sort of dumb muscle to help give universal a stronger position in the inter house trading business.

The Universal business is something else which seems, after yet further reflection, to have been placed upon the Xenos in a rather ham fisted manner.

The Xenos, in truth, generally take it a tad easier on domestic commerce as opposed to foreign. Universal shipping in turn (though Ill be darned if I can find the rumors) theoretically lobbies to provide the Xenos with a measure of legistlative procection so theyre not simply shot in the streets when encountered (recall that the Xeno movement is based extremely partially in space. The bulk of their presence is to be found planetside). Whilst maintaining this guise of being good to go Universal happily employs mercenaries operating under assumed Xeno flags to harry the competition to further their own ends.

Like most relationships in Freelancer its an extremely shady one.

There is nothing that I have ever found which suggests that Universal shipping provides the Xenos with direct aid in any form. Nor do the Xenos, prior to our current ID restrictions, give Universal shipping a free pass. Universal is just as quick to ship prison/slave manufactured goods to foreign markets and bring in foreign manufactured goods to feed the consumption machine of Liberty.

Theyre as much the enemy as anyone else in truth. But given that we cant assault them now (despite being blood red to them on our rep sheet), well, yeah.

The XA maintained a relationship with the KOF which was very entertaining. We would refrain from interdicting their vessels in exchange for occasional shipments of necessary goods (engine components and the like), but that had the beauty of being an alliance forged out of player interactions, rather than one imposed (Oh how I hate- universal transports which reply with u cant kill me:Pin system. Ooooh how I hate them).

So thats my additional two cents on that.