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I thought this was a flood thread or something
Why does it matter that GMG| would get gunboats? For those of you that aren't aware, the Sigmas are literally a hellhole of factions spamming gunboats harder than the Soviet Union spammed conscripts and having to fight them in the Karasu and the Kaichou (which, by the way, the Kaichou is excellent and probably without a doubt one of my favorite ships in the game) is somewhere between diagnosed madness and suicide. If GMG| looks at this situation, realizes the issue, and begins to rectify it inRP with the production of gunboats - what's the problem? Sure, it might be good if they did a bit of roleplay in terms of designing the vessel, and getting their shipyard(s) up to production capabilities with the new design, but otherwise - that makes perfect sense.
Also, you're implying that a GMG| flying a gunboat is equivalent to a Congressman flying a tridente. No, they're not the same - one looks like, if anything, either an increase in militarization or a recognition of threats in their home systems. The other one would be recognized as siding with factions associated with illegal activity.
And finally, if you're assuming that GMG either doesn't have the capability nor wouldn't wish to fly these heavy ships as it goes against their established doctrine...