The Alliance-Coalition War

[arvg]

This is essentially my fear.

I don't want something Liberally defined by personal opinions due to the following:

"Nuh-uh my country's too cool to be Coalition"

the problem is, it affects naming conventions of ships/facilities/people, ethnicities inside the coalition, as well as our government structure, which we have always maintained, mirrors that of the Sol Coalition composition.

For example, and this one has been broached in the past:

Lithuania.

It is in our faction lore that Lithuania was a proud member of the Coalition, we have named a ship after it, we have characters from there.

Now outside parties, from Lithuania, complained that Lithuania would never go Communist, pitched a fit.

We were able to ride over that one... however, if we open up for debate the composition of the Coalition, even in conjecture, it gives material for people to dictate what is and isn't Coalition for the faction.

This is what I am seeking to avoid.

Leaving the Coalition vague allows us some debate, using the established Star Lancer and FL intro clues we can make guesses, cover our bases, and not offend anyone's country directly.

Also, it is squarely stated that Coalition history is the Coalition's domain, and we are trying to establish that history, not to win favour or advantage, but ultimately to shape our faction lore in our way.

We would never try to force say, the USA into the Coalition, nor would we state that North Korea is a member... but as Morgan pointed out there are some Generic territory names that fit much better and give us room to meaneuver.

If the Coalition were a little Bisexual guy, it would be screaming "Don't label me till I figure it out for myself!"

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