"Elite factions"

[Ayem]

Rip.Red.Rorry once blew me up in his Liberty Rogue/Molly gunboat back when he flew it. He had two Corsair gunboats with him. See? Beatable.

Edit: Why do elite factions deserve a tactical advantage?
That's a good question.
Why do Outcasts deserve Krakens and Infernos. Why do Corsairs deserve Tizonas?
Why do the Council deserve the Agama?

Answer: It's not about deserving it. It's about flavour.

Most of the invite only factions are "antagonist" factions. The factions -everyone- can hate, or fight against, or both. Most factions in freelancer only have a few real enemies. Some only have one or two. Some have none.

For an antagonist faction, the whole universe is hostile, and they are hostile to the whole universe.

Red Hessians and Daumann could fight together against a Wild who showed up.
Order and BHG can join forces to take down a Nomad Marduk.

There are many situations where the above would apply to a regular faction, ie. mercenaries showing up to help BAF kill a Corsair, however that is a less common phenomenon per flight for regular factions than it is for antagonist factions.

Flavour: If an enemy is "more powerful" than you, then your victory becomes the sweeter. You have taken down Goliath, David! The weapons available to antagonist factions do not make one person as powerful as two, or three, or four people. The weapon's stats do not bear that out, and weapons are not the only measure by which combat is determined. There is ship, maneuverability, luck, backup, resupply, npc numbers and hostility, etc.

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