NCU

[Treewyrm]

To be honest I don't see much of a uniqueness here, Athenian, but rather something that doesn't work in the constraints of this game. And roleplay hijacking. So it has be something different then.

Personally I'd rather see being a research branch of the Order/Liberty, with all that comes with the following tags, rather that pose as "allied to all humans" sort of a faction, which, let's put it simple, doesn't work here. Freelancer and Discovery, inherently, is based upon the conflicts warring between various factions, so picking any factions as a base (Liberty Navy, in this case) will end up with a list of enemies given all the tensions and historical events that already existed. Things like that don't vanish magically in a moment.

There were several attempts in the past to pull something like that, so I'll just remind that it never worked out. Can't remember the name of that faction but there one, they used Liberty gunboats predominantly and were trying to get some sort of friendly/ally with Corsairs.

I gave my constructive advice: if they want to be "good guys" fighting Nomads - it's Order then. if they want "neutral guys" with having Nomad incursions to hold off - it's Zoners related to F11 then, and finally there are BHG core who want Nomad tech for their own personal reasons. If anything - there certainly not a lack of different themes to pick up existing already that deal with the Nomads.

Liberty group gone rogue is essentially the Order, since they were Liberty-based originally. So again, all facilities necessary exist already, by current looks it's like reinventing the wheel, trying to get a new kind of wheel but instead of it you get a cube - that ain't gonna get you far. Round and round we go.

Also, Athenian, would you kindly put this thread into section that fits it more?