Corsairs, Outcasts and Krieg

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I advocated getting rid of the "anti Corsair alliance" that polarised literally half of Sirius in a huge super alliance that ended up choking the lore of at least a couple of factions.

You did?
This is the leader of the Hessians who has agreements with Mollys, Bretonia, SCRA, LWB and just about all the merc groups that operate in Sirius?
The person who is at the centre of the anti-corsair alliance?

The Corsairs are a bit like the Orks of Sirius. They are numerous, they have no shortage of new fighters. The reason why they haven't yet become involved in a full scale war with any of the Houses is because of a single thing: a lack of strict organisation that is a direct result of their food supply problems.

Oh contraire mon amie. They are very organised and fairly single minded. There has not been enough real time yet to assemble the extra ships needed for these inavsion fleets. Currently, Corsair raiders are not only gathering food, materials and sirius credits. They are in the market for intelligence as well. Crete does not have the luxury of a group that can move throughout Sirius' lawfuls unchecked like the Gauls did/do. Whats more, I do believe an assault was made on Rheinland some time ago but was eventually stopped in Frankfurt by an impressive performance from a numericaly inferior RM (maybe someone else here has more info on the TBH invasion of Rheinland?)

(Hessians)....still outnumber the Corsairs in the Omega systems by a decent factor.

Pardon?
Omega 49 has a PLANET with a not inconsiderate corsair population on it, as well as all their bases throughout the Omega's. Just where is this huge population hiding exactly or have the info cards been tinkered with again?

An individual Corsair would probably be more concerned overall for the well being of his own small group than the entire Corsair empire, unless something drastic was happening like Crete itself being threatened.

Your assumption is incorrect. Not probably but definately. Even if it were, there are currently two or three raids a day into Gamma within scanner range of Crete itself by numerous Hessian allies/employee's and that alone would be enough to galvanise the populace.

Guys, you need to start thinking outside the box for the whole Outcast vs Corsair conflict. The Outcasts and Corsairs aren't the "be all end all" unlawful factions in Sirius, there's plenty of forces in the core worlds that can handle themselves, and plenty of other stuff that happens between unlawfuls without Hispanian involvement.

This thread is about the Corsair/Outcast conflict. That is the box and the room the box is in.

With regard to nomads, it just gives the Corsairs further moral reasons to continue their conflict. They alone, as a race have to contend directly and daily with the nomad threat as they are already present in their home system, as well as several systems bordering it. I won't mention the Order debacle where it appears they 'forgot' that issue as this is about corsairs and outcasts.

The dislike exists and has existed for a long time. They are 'the old enemy'. The 'war' isn't so much a war though as a series of skirmishes executed with a great deal of prejudice. Where they meet (and there are few places), conflict is almost always inevitable. I believe that long should it continue in that vein. They should be more concerned with spreading their influence financially(Outcasts)/militarily(Corsairs).

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