New House?

[Klaw117]

Consider the following scenario:

In the mid-21st century, the last major deposits of middle eastern oil have been drained. Every major economy has shifted to other means of energy production, leaving formerly wealthy oil barons destitute. With the last major economic resource in the region drained, the west turns it's eyes away from the middle east, and slowly the region slides into chaos, as western-supported governments collapse, one by one.

After decades of fighting between various Islamic fundamentalist militias, the people become weary of the constant fighting, and begin to turn towards a more moderate socialist party. A single charismatic leader rises to the leadership of the party, and slowly begins to unite the region under one banner.

With the capitalist west no longer interested in the middle east, the party's leader turns to the newly reconstituted Soviet Union for assistance. The Soviet Union, short on allies, agrees and begins to send military and economic aid to the region. Within a decade and a half, the middle east starts to settle into a more peaceful state, and support for the islamic militias starts to fall away at an accelerated rate.

Within two decades after that, the middle east is firmly and proudly under the rule of a Communist government, and is a loyal member of the new Coalition.

See? A bit of a stretch, maybe, but not that far-fetched.

That must be one of the best arguments I've ever heard. I could clearly see the Middle East turning into this.

Someone mentioned Russia and China...ummm, sorry to burst your bubble, but they were the LEADERS of the Coalition. There's no way we would get an Alliance House from them. The only remnants of China in the Alliance are the Chinatowns in Liberty and the descendants of the Taiwanese people who were absorbed into Kusari.

In case you don't know, after the Chinese Civil War, the Communists seized mainland China while the Chinese Nationalist Party retreated to Taiwan and continued running what was left of the Republic of China from there.

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Carlos Rivera: Corsair Brotherhood Pirate - Retired, shifted to Tripoli Shipyard's Research and Development engineering teams
Anthony Cameron: Guild Core Bounty Hunter - Killed in Action, committed suicide after being trapped in Omicron Minor following its destruction
Juan Ruiz: Outcast Ghost of Razgriz Pirate - Killed in Action, killed by the Sirius Coalition Revolutionary Army during Bretonian piracy raid
Michael Winchester: Liberty Security Force Agent - Missing in Action, likely killed during Rheinland espionage mission or trapped in Rheinland Space
Eric McCormick: Order Pilot - Retired, shifted to planetside training of new recruits

Liberty and Nomad Backstory, Very interesting - read it!