That entire post is so wrong I don't even know where to begin. Maybe I'll just go by order of paragraphs.
1. Possession of planets doesn't account for what kind of ships you can field, possession of shipyards does. As long as there is a functioning shipyard, there can be capitals. Especially in an area of space as rich in resources, miners and corporate transports as the Omega systems. As simple as that.
2. Diamonds in Omega systems are arguably orders of magnitude more present than artifacts in the Malvada. There are several diamond mining fields in Rheinland itself, and there is an entire system that is said to be mostly carbon so diamonds there can be collected by the truck load - that system is Omega-11. Blood diamonds come from Omega-47, but they are just the tip of the iceberg for the Hessians' income.
3. The Corsairs themselves believe they build the best ships. That's kind of a biased conjecture based on a few rumours. If there is a news item from a non biased source that claims Corsair ships are the best, show me that one and then we can discuss that. Until then, it's just propaganda same as every other faction that claims "their ships are the best".
4. The Hessians dedicate the vast majority of their forces to killing Corsairs in the Omega systems. Rheinland sees a lot less Hessians than Omega-5 does. If you think there isn't total war between the Corsairs and the Hessians, you are dead wrong. And who says the Jormungand isn't balanced against heavy battleships anyway? Just because you can't seem to be able to fly it doesn't mean others can't.
5. Buffs/nerfs are based not on lore but on balance. Refer to point number 3 about biased conjecture.
6. The Hessians are in no way comparable to the CR, they are vastly larger and have far more resources at their disposal. They can afford to fight the Corsairs head on and have a chance of winning. The Outcast - Corsair war is if anything far overplayed, the true grinder is in the Omega systems. Even vanilla news support this if you actually take the time to read them.
7. Corsairs have a long history of overestimating their power, so I wonder who should be telling that to whom?
And as a response to the post as a whole:
Not only do you know next to nothing about Hessian lore, you also seem to know next to nothing about Corsair. Go read the *actual* lore rather than repeat what people say they believe on skype, and maybe you can get a clearer picture of what exactly is happening in the Omega systems.
On a final note, I still find it absolutely hilarious how the Corsair players have turned into the Zoners when faced with defeat of similar magnitude as the FP9 fleet received a year or so ago during [A] times. I mean, the Corsairs are a faction that has arguably the biggest ZoI of any public faction, trumping even the Outcasts when you consider which active areas you have access to. You have bases in excellent locations, you have ships that are well balanced with what they have (in before legate sucks, it most certainly does not) and you even have one of the larger player bases that can still in the end afford to move from one end of the ZoI to another to avoid some of their enemies.
What else do you possibly want save actual overpowered tech back? I know it was fun to pwn everyone with an OP osiris, but times change. If you want, I can give you some flying lessons pro bono, because when Hessians were faced with far greater odds than you are faced with even now, we sucked it up and dealt with it. Fighting on equal terms sucks? Well then...
