Gaians are not 'Bretonian' anymore

[jammi]

Question related to Gaian diplomacy, as opposed to national heritage: Are Gaians allied to the FA and Hogsha through the Corsairs, or just because they're in bed with Kusari (ironic given I'm led to believe that Kusari has just as much going on (if not more) than Bretonia, terraforming-wise).

Question related to Gaian activity, as opposed to diplomacy: i) What happened to the idea that Gaians had - for the most part - degenerated into thieves and pirates as opposed to ideological extremists? Well, kinda ties into the previous (and next question), seeing as less ideological Gaians would give a good incentive for a Corsair alliance (and thus Kusari unlawful alliance, seeing as we're going in for Outcast/Corsair powerblocs, in which all components are allied:dry:).

ii) Do the Gaians have Bretonian popular support? As in, does the average Bretonian citizen decide they support their cause, with a rallying cry of 'Gaians is a pretty cool guy. eh fights for Kusari and doesn't afraid of anything'?

iii) Are they fighting for Bretonian ecology (as they were), or Sirius-wide ecology? Meaning, are they fighting for further clean-up operations in Leeds (lolwar) and New London, with future protection of Gaia? O-or, are they fighting to cripple Planetform et al where-ever they can and nobble interstellar heavy industry?

Question related to Gaian national heritage as opposed to any other stuff: Do you consider the Gaians to be drawing most of their manpower internally from rabbit-breeding, or from outside recruitment from the Green Front and Cambridge? Also, how much stock do you place by player characters, who will purposefully attempt to be new, different and innovative often leading to "male GC, Blood Dragons from Liberty, BAF officers from Rheinland"?

so like the bretonians deployed a faction like the QCP to weaken the enemy lines from within - kusari has extended a hand to the gaians to do practicly the same. - the difference is ... QCP are foreign, gaians are native - the result is meant to be similar though.

QCP is under direct control of the bret goverment - and so they enjoy the selection of bretonian gear. gaians are of course not under control of anyone - so they don t use kusari gear - BUT ... and thats the point of it...

Point Un: Since when were the Gaians the Kusari equivalent of privateers? I can't think of any reference whatsoever from ingame to even remotely support that conclusion, sans a shaky alliance to the FA and Hogsha - which implies a connection to the Kusari underworld - not Kusari proper.

As a matter of a fact, those alliances probably only exists thanks to Igiss sitting back and wondering what factions he could give to the Corsairs in order to balance the way the Outcasts were outnumbering them alliances-wse (as well as the love of interlinking everyone inside those powerblocs). Plus having Kusari using the Gaians as their own impromptu privateers removes all and any reason for the FA and Hogsha to be there, seeing as that's their excuse too.

Point Deux: The QCP are In Exile for a reason. They're not under direct control of the government. They were held at arms length with one eye closed back when they were still in favour, then left to their own devices. Now, the Gov't has thrown them out, turned their back on them and currently has its fingers in its ears going 'lalala, I can't hear any privateers'. Plus there's the promise of a slap and jail sentence if any pilots of the QCP get caught by their fellow Bretonians.

EDIT: Sorry for what I've just realised is an incredibly unnecessary and hostile overtone to the above post. :(

EDIT AFTERTHOUGHT: Are you talking 'Bretonian' from a political or cultural standpoint? I may not agree with a Liberal Democrat and Conservative coalition government, but I'm still English, type thing. I'll go look for the classical definition of patriotism.

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