Who does IMG like?

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Hey guys I've been trying to understand how IMG fits into the npc faction wars, in particular how friendly they are with the Red Hessians.

Reading the news at Vogtland it says the IMG and the RH have very active trade in Omega-7 and that many of the IMG people are ex-Rheinland miners so they have common ancestry.

But then further down the list of news items it talks about the Outcast/Corsair war and says RH is aligned with the Outcasts (and they're listed as allies in the F8 screen), but it says the Unioners, the Order, and "treacherous IMG" have joined the Corsairs.

So where does that leave RH and IMG? Are they enemies or have only part of IMG joined with the Corsairs? Seems like the news item could be read as a group of the IMG are supporting the Corsairs, I'm not sure.

Help!

OH, and if your faction is involved in these politics at all, could you please comment on where your player faction stands in this mess? I gathered some info from the Faction Status page but I'm still shaky on folks like BSG.

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