Playing with the idea of a demarcation line in Buoys and wrecks splitting the system in half in an act of visual storytelling. It'd be a fun way to show how heavily contested the system is, and which side the Unioners own, which side the Seperatists have. Will boost up the NPC patrols to catalyse NPC fights along that line.
The idea's taken from the real-world Bering strait, which was a massive point of contention in the Cold War. Harmony gets the side with the lanes, whilst the gate is right in the middle.
THE SYNDIC LEAGUES
(A co-operative of Rheinland's Shipping Unions, retired from a life of piracy.)