ADMIN Question to Community

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So, I just want to make sure I'm gathering the gist of what's attempting to go on here:

1. GRN are going to start their push out through southern Gallia, setting up the changes that are going to happen come .86 where Languedoc and the lower Taus become subdued
   
2. The relations Gallic Corps have established are now up in the air depending on how ruthless the GRN are going to be. Once all is said and done, IMG and Kusari are going to be neutral, but what of, say, the friendly relations between IMG and GMS? How should we go about treating my fellow non-BMM miners? And is Igiss dictating that all the Gallic citizens overrunning the Taus are of the same mind?
   
3. Mechanically, everything is still going to be the same since we don't have the manpower to throw a reputation adjustment update for Languedoc and the Tau systems, this making them a bitch and a half for GRN players. Have you tried this while jumping into the Orkney minefield?
   • Sidenote: One would think that a selective rephack, making IMG/CR/Kusari et al neutral, and leaving the OC/Bretonia angry would be ideal.
     
4. This idea is still in its infancy and hasn't really been given much thought on being fleshed out other than "Hey, let's let the GRN into the Taus to set up for .86." We as players are now picking out the bugs in the machine and helping to direct how things should go?
   

I'm frankly of an opinion that the best thing for Gallia would be to really encourage some inter-house trading. At this point, all we're doing is giving Gallic players yet another reason to leave Gallia. While I'm fully in support of setting up some sort of roleplay tie-in, it just seems like we're putting the cart before the horse. I know we can alter commodity prices, so let's give some good hard looks at what we can do to bring people in to Gallia. A little cargo traffic would be lovely.

Of course, given that the GRN are going to be waltzing out inevitably, even though we can't affect any NPC affiliation changes on stations, rephacks may be a way to go to at least make travel and RP interaction feasible and sensible.