Faction jurisdiction

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Authority goes to whoever has rightful control over a sovereign. One can claim authority through violent actions that make any others unable to challenge his claim to ownership. Therefor, he would be the rightful and legal owner and controller of said sovereign. For bases in FL, they don't change factions like that. Outcast bases will always be under the rightful and legal control of GoR, so as long until that faction no longer exists, or the base changes to a faction that is not Outcast.

Whether others acknowledge that claim to authority or not, does not decide if that faction has authority. Up until a time that another faction ousts them and takes control of that area of space, begins to police it and defends it while GoR do not, GoR is the rightful owners and have authority over the area. They might not control it at a certain moment, but that doesn't mean the attackers have the authority of the area. They don't control the population there, or the bases. The Outcasts do, and Outcasts will continue to until those bases are no longer theres.

“In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention.” -St. Thomas Aquinas.

Basically, you can't control some place without being the rightful leader and controller of it. Being the rightful controller of a space gives you the authority and legal right to police it and decide the laws of the area, as well as the responsibility of protecting it from others.


(Sorry if post is a little repetitive.. Having trouble finding the right words to use.)

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