The Order - Future Direction

[Blodo]

Yup - and yet Hessians can still show up in Gamma alongside Outcasts in unplanned cooncidences and we get "Ah... former allies... well, we're with them - for now" and they miraculously end up supporting each other - My concern is what pans out in game in practicality here - My issue is that practically the only Ally that seems to semi -regularly show up and/or support Corsair players in game is the Order, even if it is the indies - and i wouldnt like to see them suddenly finding a reason to now side against them.

When did that happen then? RHA never does that, if you say they do then you are making stuff up. If you're talking about indies, then yeah you have Corsair indies going and buying Order Gebs like they own them, despite the arrangements between Corsairs and Order. You also have Corsair indies pirating in Kusari, or pirating Corsair allied smugglers on a regular basis. If that isn't a good enough example why you shouldn't bring indie behaviour into this argument, I can give you a dozen more things Corsair indies do that they shouldn't...

With the Order it's the same case. They don't support Corsairs ingame, they haven't for a long time. In RP they have their hands full with Delta and Minor already. The Order| faction is being neutral in all the wars the Corsairs wage, except the one against the BHG and Nomads. They most certainly are neutral against Outcasts and Hessians. The only one who "supports" the Corsairs against their other enemies are the hordes of indie Gebs who are bored of Delta and think "oh lets go hunt some *insert faction here* since they are enemy of our ally ™".

So how it pans out ingame is completely different to how you describe it. And then there is the other side of the argument, meaning the fact that Corsair indies outnumber any other faction in the game... so if you want to talk game realities, feel free, Corsairs shouldn't have any allies then because of "balance"...
On a final note: please stop thinking about Corsair wars as an exclusive "Corsairs vs Outcast allies", it hasn't been like that for quite some time already, and most of the former Outcast allies shoot the Outcasts just as much these days...

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On the topic of Order alliances: Their agreements with the Coalition have potential. Would be a shame not to use those contacts to get a bunch of friendlier looks from other factions around Sirius. Rheinland would certainly be covered, the Order could contact the Bundschuh again to maintain a lower profile, than open cooperation with the RRA would give them. After all, they have their own agenda to meet, which requires secrecy.
In Kusari, the Blood Dragons will be very distrustful, but it won't end in open war most likely. Bretonia and Liberty unlawful factions would likely be pretty neutral to the Order. So I would say the policy of relative cooperation in the face of the Nomad threat would work.

Also I support the idea of Order battleshipsstening posts placed inbetween the houses. I proposed that ages ago, should definitely be done.