The Order of the Lion

[Zig]

I think a difficulty is arising in the problem of scale. This faction is meant, in-RP, to be relatively small, judging from the information you all have given. The Corsairs are the biggest criminal organization in Sirius. They are the size of a House. There's no way that, in-RP, you'd be more than another little speck they have to deal with. Now, granted, the Corsairs have to fight bounty hunters, Hessians, and Wilde too, so this Order of the Lion would survive by virtue of being a small target. But if you "lay siege" to their bases, well, that makes you a far bigger target, liable to get smacked by a battleship squadron.

The Corsairs are not the size of a House. They're a large criminal organization, yes, and they own a string of bases throughout the Border and Edge Worlds. No more, no less - they don't pose even remotely as much of a threat as an actual Sirian House like Liberty or Rheinland would.

The Corsairs do indeed have many opponents. You're perfectly right when you point out that this'll divide Corsair responses. However, even if the Corsairs were capable of mounting an organized response against the Order in the form of a "battleship squadron" against us (whether in terms of abstract roleplay or in terms of actual player base), two factors would enable us to defend: firstly, that every base we've chosen to maintain a presence on is surrounded by a handy asteroid field that'll leave heavy warships dead in the water, and secondly, the average Corsair is, frankly, a poor fighter. Almost without exclusion, when I fight serverside against a Corsair force, it greatly outnumbers me or me and the others with me - we tend to win regardless. We intend to have every Crusader of the Lion maintain a bomber and to be a capable bomber pilot. Superior equipment and numbers can only take one so far - a skilled opposing force will rout even a "battleship squadron" like the one you suggested, whether ingame or in matters of general roleplay.

(I tend to view the Corsair Empire as being something like the Imperial Guard, but with much less discipline and coordination.)

Basically, I honestly think that the Order as it'll (hopefully!) be implemented ingame will have an excellent chance at defeating the Corsair zergs that'll doubtlessly be thrown at us. 'Course, clever use of our surroundings (i.e. asteroid fields) will help, as well.

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Luls:

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