Faction Alliances and Relations Revision

[Athenian]

Could someone clarify what Allies actually is?

The Bounty Hunters Guild are listed as having Allies: House Police, but the Police factions don't have the Bounty Hunters Guild listed as allies. Surely an alliance suggests a reciprocal arrangement? Thoughts?

I would suggest a new infocard for the Bounty Hunters Guild Core (Guard) listing-

Allies - Liberty Navy, LSF
Enemies - Nomads, Das Wilde, The Order

Justification:Liberty Navy and LSF
The Core's operations against the Order and their presence in Alaska in 4.84
The close relationship between the Guild and the Liberty lawful factions.
The Liberty Research Station is one the main deposit points for captured Nomad technology.

Other issues in the Core Alliances and Relations:
Why not the Corsairs?
I thought perhaps adding Corsairs as Enemies but this might be stretching things a little too far and could open the door for abuse of the Guard ID (Daily Battleship Crete Orbital Hunter Parties, etc).
However, Corsairs are historic allies with the Core's main enemy, The Order, and they have a foothold in Nomad space. I think the Core ID card covers this though. Opinions?

Cryer as Allies?
A rumour on the Cryer base in the Sigmas describes how the Guild helped acquire subjects for experiments and that the two factions enjoyed a close relationship.
The Cryer facilities in Cambridge are one of the main deposit points for captured Nomad technology.

Zoners?
I think it would most fully have reflected the neutrality of the Zoners for them to be allied to the Core, despite being allied with the Core's main enemies, in the past (4.84). However I don't believe it holds up in-game now with the construction of Dabadoru.(4.85)

Outcasts?
I hear they worship these Nomad thingies. Surely the Core would be "interested" in this. I think the lay-out of systems, and players tendency to concentrate in Delta, Kappa and Minor have caused this relationship to be underdeveloped.

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