The Order of the Lion

[McNeo]

Are you serious when you say that you do not think that the Corsairs can mount an invasion of Bretonia?
You seriously believe that after we tried and failed against Rheinland?
It doesn't matter that we were not victorious, the Corsairs are powerful enough to mount an invasion as is proved by both the ingame lore (Road to Rheinland parts 1-3) AND player interactions.

And the Corsairs have the organisation prowess of a banana?
I am sorry, but you speak from the position of reading and knowing what goes on in the Corsair council of Elders, information which nobody outside the Corsairs and relevant other parties knows.

Regarding the skillfulness of Corsair players, that is no way to base an arguement for the existance of a faction such as this. So what you can kick ass and take names when faced with most of the Corsair player populace? What exactly does that mean? It means that you havent met anyone better than you yet. Yet is the key word, since there is always someone better.
Not to mention that the actions ingame have no bearing on the actual roleplay of the NPC faction. Of course, there are powers inside vying for power within the Corsairs, but we do not show it to anybody outside. Even if we did, what is a motly crew of a few hundred pilots and soldiers going to do? Cadiz and Leon alone have sizable fleets of warships assigned to them. In RP, Corsair pilots are among the most skilled in the sector, having fought for their entire lives since they ascended to become adults. Outcasts are even more skilled, but the Corsairs are on average, more skilled than a lot of other criminal, and even some parts of professional military organisations.
Again, in RP, the Wilde have a significant presence in Omega 5. Both the Hessians and the Corsairs on Ronneburg and Cadiz respectively are on the defensive. This is not represented by the ingame actions of the wilde, which are tame, but so what? Can either of us say that we're pushing the wilde back into Omega 55 and laying seige to their bases there? I don't think so...

From what I see, some of the arguements for this faction's existance are:

You kick ass at PvP.
We're a disorganised lot who can't stand up against a house.
We cannot secure our own supply lines.
The majority of our pilots are idiots at the joystick.
Heavy warships cannot operate in asteroid fields.
Zoners will allow a base in Omicron Theta.
You will actually have the manpower to stand up against an entire civilisation.

I can think of a valid counter to every single one. This begs the question:

[color=#FF0000]Are you nuts?:mellow: