Xeno alliance with the Corsairs?

[Laowai]

Gotta agree with the things Dusty has said earlier on.


Xeno players, especially those in the XA take the idea of a Xeno and role play it in a pretty diverse way - i really think the idea that Xenos are all racist rednecks is a vast oversimplification.

While some players do play the "simple redneck" role, many don't - my Xeno is anything but a redneck, or simple for that matter - and i think that in terms of what Xeno's are trying to do race, as we know it has very little to do with it. The Xeno's goals are primarily idealistic and political - they are in many ways ultra-nationalists, but as has been said their resentment of "foreigners" comes down do a belief that their influence is somehow undermining Liberty itself and taking away the livelihoods of its people.
While the idea of race can easily be woven into this idea - it's not inherently part of it.
My own Xeno to make a case (and maybe its just my own Role play but it indicates that our friendly Xenos are a lot more complicated than people make out) - has no particular "racism" as such, he doesn't prefer one race over another - but he does resent the influence of foreign powers, and he believes that they have "taken" something from his country - he is however completely open to the idea of inciting simple hatreds to get what he wants.... he is more an opportunist - less a racist, however if one helps him facilitate the other - then so be it.

While i think the idea of an alliance between Xenos and Corsairs would open up a whole can of worms in terms of - as someone said earlier - corsairs showing up in Liberty looking for a fight. I do think the idea has some merit - such an "alliance" makes sense to me from the philosophies of both - particularly the Xenos who are the more conniving and opportunistic. From their point of view, this alliance would never be made public - you wouldn't see Corsair ships appearing in Liberty - but you might see Corsair smugglers dropping artifacts off at bases other than Junker ones - where those same artifacts could be easily monitored by the Order - who already have a working relationship with the Xenos anyway.
If the Artifact trade became split between the Junkers and Xenos, you would see a major loss of finance for the Junkers - something the Xenos would have no problem with. As i see it, the Xenos would feel they were using the Corsairs as a means to an end - with no hesitation about dumping them after they have got what they needed from it. And from a Xeno point of view - there are a lot of useful things that could be gained from covert cooperation with the Corsairs... not the least are some shiny Tizona Del Cids....

From the Corsair point of view, the same is true - they couldn't give a toss about the Xenos or their goals, but they are no lovers of Liberty - in RP now you get LSF agents showing up in Delta and Omicron Minor - which, with all due respect to the Order - the Corsairs consider their backyard. The liberty Authorities are the same irritating lot who intercept Corsair artifact shipments in what is the most profitable sale point for the product. Opening up a second dealer for artifacts in Liberty makes perfect sense from a Corsair point of view, and having them fenced by a terrorist group that openly defies the liberty government (with guns!) sows a little bit of discord, keeps the liberty authorities on the back-foot and turns attention away from their other dealer; the Junkers (whom the Corsairs are not overly fond of generally but tolerate as a necessary evil) - and ensures that no matter what the authorities do in Liberty, the stuff will get out there, it will be sold. The Corsairs would stand to make a killing.
Corsairs are, as has been said - expansionist, they are looking to increase their power and influence and this would most certainly do that. Corsair arms and equipment in Xeno hands would be quite readily turned on the Liberty government but more to the point they would also be used against the Outcasts and their allies - something that would bring a smile to many a Corsair Elder - (why fight when you can get someone else to do it for you?).

I don't think this alliance could ever be "formal" or public - but the idea of it does open up some interesting RP opportunities and isn't as far fetched as some people seem to be thinking.

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