1. Rheinland Military in Dresden is weak: they have been mostly pulled back to Hamburg while the Hessians were only launching minor raids in the system for the past year or so -> the government thinks that the RFP can handle it (as said in the first post the RFP are now much more ambitious), so they pull as much of the Military as they can for the Liberty front.
2. The Hessians so far were concentrating on holding the fort in Omega-5 and tapping into the resources of Omega-7, while pulling the bulk of their forces into Omega-11 in preparation for their next attack. This leaves an obvious opening in Omega-47 which the Corsairs (who are looking to get a supply line going with their brothers on Gran Canaria) use to recapture the base they lost there some time ago. The Hessians instead cement their hold on the southern part of the system.
3. Hessians don't need to fight Corsair capitals on a regular basis, because large Corsair capital fleets just can't operate in Omega systems. Reason? Asteroids take away the advantage of using capital ships. The only space where they might be used effectively is Omega-47, but neither side has large forces there (the Corsairs are trying to blitz Omicron Eta with their fleets instead). Hence, fighters are prevalent and the Corsairs are very evenly matched, if not somewhat at a disadvantage even. In addition to that, the Corsairs are pulling their forces for another offensive in Frankfurt. The Hessians are pulling their forces for Dresden. I doubt there will be any large offensives launched by either in the Omega systems any time soon.
4. That said, there are still more Hessians in Omega systems than there are Corsairs. This is a RP fact (so take note that because there are less Hessian players than Corsair ones doesn't make this RP fact untrue - server realities have in fact very little impact on actual server lore).
5. The attack on Dresden itself can fully succeed, or it can fully fail, or it can succeed partially. Taking over the whole system is not like taking one station, some parts of the system might be easier to take while others could be down right impossible. It is all depending on how much value the Military places in holding a system that is essentially less than profitable for its corporations.
Also, you need to remember: a corporation is not equal to a corporation. The Interspace Commerce is basically the richest folk in Sirius, they are the bankers of Freelancer. They basically control most of the trade flow, they issue insurance on cargo transports and they have uplinks to pretty much every trade lane in Sirius that doesn't belong to Gallia. Then you have the Blood Diamond smuggling route to Liberty, which is very lucrative and props up not just the Hessians, but also the Rogues (they sell them for profit in Liberty), the Unioners (they ensure the path is secure in Hudson, Bering and Hamburg), the LWB (they get handouts from the Hessians using the money made from the diamond trade to grow bigger) - all in all this route is a big moneymaker. Hessians control the supply, so who do you think makes the most out of it? Resources notwithstanding, this is a faction that has pretty much invented unlawful industry. You won't find a bigger unlawful concentration of engineers, miners and factory workers. I would figure they would know how to keep themselves supplied well, after all they grew into the third largest unlawful faction in Sirius. The only two factions that are larger in the overall are Corsairs and Outcasts (in that order), and they are whole nations actually.
That's that for the lore lesson.
Also remember: just because ingame you don't see many players belonging to an NPC faction, doesn't mean that faction is insignificant. The GRN is going to steamroll a nice part of Sirius come next version, but I bet LNS players could outnumber them easily? It doesn't matter, that's not how the story progression works just so you know. It works based on the faction's actual lore, not "how strong" the player faction is.
And finally, time for some moderator colours: Trolling and thinly veiled insults are not cool, guys. Civilised discussion please.
