Twas from an older time, back when making sure every faction had a battleship was a vastly more important concern than RP. The Order were made allies of the Corsairs as a part of the giant coalitions of unlawfuls formed in order to give the Corsairs a battleship to use until they got the Venator, and later the Legate.
The RP reasons were pretty much tacked on later. It follows the same pattern as most early Disco stuff.
' Wrote:WARNING:RL comparison.
Because that would be like al qaeda having more advanced kit than the whole of the Western World or something.
(When we all know they are just *beep* with aks, adrenalin syringes and saudi arabian passports:lol:)
(Or whatever RL comparison you wanna go with.)
That is possibly the worst RL comparison one could come up with.
Also, these "*beep* with aks" still seem to be winning against the world's only superpower. A point to ponder.
Nothing is black and White. The Order's goals aren't to disrupt the artifact trade. We don't give a monkeys if they are harmless. It's only when they get dangerous that we intervene.
Our main goal is to disrupt the nomad activities. And by careful negotiations and trade we can manage that.