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[Vogel]

Not sure about existance of Republic within Empire, though.:)

Yeah, it's a bit of a contradiction, no? But you have to bear in mind the situation here: the Swiss were essentially "independent upstarts" for the first 300 some odd years when Gallia started to be built because, unlike virtually every other House here, the Swiss tried to mimic their former way of life to the letter T. That in of itself would be a threat to the Crown because they were intertwined in the populace and economy. But they were sent along with the blessings of the original French government, and the people didn't mind them all that much, so outright removing them or forcing their assimilation was out of the question. Therefore, by giving them a relatively stagnate and worthless plot of space, King Charles III essentially shoved them into a corner and left them to their own devices; the Crown no longer had to deal with the Swiss as potential rebels or instigators on Gallic worlds, so supposedly the threat was removed. But this was only a band-aid solution; the absolute monarchy by its own accord brewed dissent and when the rebels finally started to take shape the Swiss government was right there to look like a democratic alternative. The Swiss were essentially given a false independence, just as much as Switzerland had in WW2 when it was completely surrounded by the Axis nations. But now that things are beginning to branch out into Sirius, there's "more room to maneuver" so to speak, so New Switzerland has a chance to slip out from under the Crown's heel. Whether or not it does and how it does is to be decided by what actually occurs with the faction.

That needs to exist. It just does.

Thank you.

I read the whole concept and I like it, but I still don't see many players playing in Gallia, may be this will change in 4.86, I hope that till then the script gurus will find a way to extend the 200 limit.

Hopefully it will change in 4.86. And even still, if things worked out, you'd be seeing Swiss diplomatic missions as far afield as Rheinland, so the function of this group isn't limited to just Gallia like the native factions have up to this point.

Nice but still needs lots of work.

I understand that you want to have your own ship line based on the royal ships so this will take some time.
After that, you need 2 systems, weapons, stations, Jump Gates (would be great if you put the new gallic JG), trade lanes... Lots of work...

And most of all. This is a major faction (a mini house... maybe more) so Igiss and Co. must agree with this.

- Yes, I would like an original shipline, but between it being partially based on existing models and it also comprising a bare '3 ships' compared to, say, 5 for the SCRA, it wouldn't take quite as much effort. I see the challenge there as irrelevant compared to the rest, really.

- Not so much two systems, just one; I'm banking on at least some Gallic core world or another being included come the next version, since we already have a list of names on the Wiki. The question is just which one would fit; I'd prefer it to be virtually in the same position I have on the fake map so that NS can link to Languedoc but naturally it'd all depend.

- Weapons, stations, gates, all that good stuff, aye, it would, but we're looking at three weapons, three types of stations, and gates/lanes that come straight from Gallia so whatever Gallia uses this would too. As for the map, it's less complex than most, and again this is a kind of basic issue compared to the challenge of making this faction at all.

- Igiss and Co.? Absolutely, although I don't quite know how to coax him/them into reading and considering this idea.