On behalf of the VWA, which presently represents (to my knowledge) the largest unofficial contingent of Bundschuh players, I would like to bring up the portion of the Bundschuh ID that states:
Quote:- Cannot ally with any lawfuls except with Rheinland lawfuls against Liberty lawfuls.
And ask it to be changed, to:
Quote:- Cannot ally with any lawfuls except with Liberty lawfuls against Rheinland lawfuls.
My reasons for that request involve the pre-4.86 backstory written by Igiss; for the Bundschuh, it states:
Quote:The Bundschuh of Cloppenburg were aware of the research that took place in Munster Research Facility, and when Liberty ships advanced as far as New Hampshire, they contacted them in order to help the Liberty Navy with recon information in exchange for money, which would go to Bundschuh, and political asylum, which was intended for Rheinland scientist Wilhelm Schenker who escaped from Munster in 815 A.S., settled in Cloppenburg, and became a kind of spiritual leader for the small Bundschuh community.
As the other Bundschuh became aware of Schenker’s plans, many were against betraying Rheinland Military for the sake of getting material benefits from a hostile nation. Yet, many considered it a way to prevent the Munster operations from reaching completion, which (as Schenker believed, or convinced others he believed) could cause another wave of Nomad infestation within Rheinland.
Schenker himself explained his willingness to go to another House by Liberty government’s “healthy” attitude to Nomad research that did not involve dangerous experiments. As the war came to be much longer than he expected, the scientist grew restless and would probably run away from Cloppenburg himself and try to reach some local Liberty patrol, but his followers not only admired him, but also guarded him well from outside dangers. Leaving the station unnoticed is hard to achieve in those circumstances.
Role of Bundschuh in the Battle for Munster is not exactly known. However, once the Liberty Navy disabled Westphalia and entered Bremen with a massive capital ship fleet, they did pay the Bundschuh for their services, captured Schenker from Cloppenburg (allegedly by using military force), and cancelled all further relations with the faction.
In the meantime, the VWA has been rekindling diplomatic relations with Liberty (essentially only the Liberty Navy), in threads such as these:
This obviously doesn't mean allying with the Liberty Navy, but as the Bundschuh's ID write-up explicitly states that they are seeking to overthrow the corrupt government, it does not make sense to some of our members that the Bundschuh would suddenly help those same forces propping up that corrupt government by fighting a group (the Navy, in this case) that could be their ticket to being better able to fight the government.
I realize that there is no Official Bundschuh faction, and it may be a little "out-of-line" for me to request a change like that, but it is my hope that making the Bundschuh more distinguished in that fashion could help the faction see some further presence.
After all, the average player who might glance at the IDs to determine which Rheinlandic unlawful faction to join would see that the Bundschuh's ID is practically a copy/paste of the Red Hessian's, except they are unable to fly anything larger than a Gunboat (and at 90% Powercore, to boot). Even the LWB and Unioners are distinguishable by their use of the RPC; the Unioner's alliance with the Corsairs is also noteworthy.
It's obviously just a request, but one that I hope will be at least considered.
