(05-10-2015, 05:45 PM)jammi Wrote: I still don't understand why people are using the phrase 'wild west' though. These systems are the arteries that connect Houses.
They are not discrete, low population, strategically insignificant or out the way. They are literally the conduits through which all pan-House trade and travel is conducted.
The actual wild systems are the deep Omegas, Taus and Omicrons. This just shows the clear disconnect between administration and development, when ID changes pretty much ignore story development and system design.
This, because many people RP and wild west this wild west that. Wild west was present and over as it should be. Need I not remind people that there is no wild west today even thought there was one before. It got consumed by countries ''aka houses'' and turned into civilization and not left to be a lawless place where crimes, drugs, killings and what not thrived.
Every colonization works in a way of expanding. If you are colonizing system bordering your empire you make sure to secure vital supply lines. You don't leave it open for piracy. The single most important aspect of colonization is establishing a secure line back to your home systems. That's how the colonization work. It has been practiced by Humanity on Earth before and it will be again once Humanity advances to space travel and moves to other worlds. There is no going back to anarchy. The civilization is coming and as much as some don't like it, it's staying there.