Xeno alliance with the Corsairs?

[Carlos_Benitez]

Firstly, the Corsairs want to expand their empire mainly to make their population sutstainable and improve living conditions. Piracy is their way of life, and they are intensely envious of the houses for the natural resources they posess. The Corsairs therefore have little interest in the politics of the houses; capitalism, socialism, fascism and communism are all irrelivent, and so they're not particularly interested in supporting any particular ideological movement in any house.
However, if the Corsairs are to ever win a paradise like Cambridge, Stutgart or Los Angeles, they need to encourage chaos. Xenos are as chaotic as it gets.
The Corsairs are fairly rich in comparison to most criminal groups and so are able to fund certain chaotic elements in house space.
The Xenos want foreign workers out of Liberty. The Corsairs couldn't care less about such aims, but the Xenos would never say no to the offer of funding from an outside force they don't consider as a threat to their aims.
The Corsairs get a fair chunk of their income from the Artefact trade, but things are getting tough for the trade due to both lawfuls and unlawfuls in Liberty.
Any "alliance" would not involve shared interests or ideology. It would simply be an opportunistic union for mutual benefit. The Corsairs would contribute funding (but probably not technology) and the Xenos would commit to look after the Smugglers in Liberty.

I doubt an official alliance between the Corsairs and Xenos would be useful or appropreate, but establishment of RP declaring Xenos as "pro Artefacts" and rumors of them recieving funding from the trade/Corsairs would be.

The arrangement could be done entierly through middle-men, agents of the Corsairs such as most Artefact smugglers. If this was the case, even the most racist of Xenos would not feel uncomfortable about recieving funding in exchange for looking after the trade.

Protection of the Artefact trade would increase income for the Corsairs.
Funding from the Corsairs would increase income for the Xenos.
Increased income for the Xenos would mean more ships, pilots and resources for the Xenos, so more chaos in Liberty and more trouble for the Outcasts and their allies.
More trouble for the Outcasts and allies would assist the Corsair effort to achieve their own aims.

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