Well basically a short series of questions about the FL universe, Disco and or Vanilla related.
First off, I have always been wondering about the Rogues in Disco politics. In Vanilla they were the most notorious artifact smugglers in Sirius. I guess the fact that the president of Liberty made artifacts illegal makes the Rogues think "Oh dang, now that artifacts are illegal we better stop shipping them." I do know that the Rogues have strenghtened their ties with the Outcasts alot, but does that mean cutting off one of their most profitable smuggling operations? Guess so. Personally I see the Rogues as a sort of stab you in the back group, a double dealer kind of thing going on.
A Second question that ties into the first one. Why are the outcasts not interested in artifacts at all? Some believe that the Nomads are spirits, and in that regard, I would try to get my hands on as many artifacts as I could. I mean... they are from the creaters of the Nomads. Is it only because they come from a Corsair area of Sirius? Why not use a third party source...people why buy them from Corsairs and sell them else where. They are not bought from the Corsairs, but they are bought from the traders and merchants who haul them up north.
I also noticed that in Vanilla the giant conspiracy theory kind of thing was the whole point of the story.. You know, remember those 3 defenders that gunned down that rhino for no apparent reason? Remember Walker's ship vanishing from the records? Lawful factions don't seem to want to take on the role of the 'invisable hand' pulling the strings making people disapear. I guess that has to do with the disapearence of Nomads in the government... Well I can say I seriously hope that President Powell is infected, cause that would be really awesome in my mind. But really, government faction could claim that sort of thing...that they are controled by the Nomads.... atleast not now, the politics would dissolve overnight here. To the point, the whole conspiracy theory aspect to the game is gone, and freelancer seems more like high tech cops and robbers.
Is there a faster than light drive in FL? I remember reading about this amazing thing dubbed "The Liberty Engine". It was used before the days of the jumpgate to travel between houses. I doubt that it is a cruise engine, cause that is far too slow for intersystem travel in my opinion.
Why is Bretonia so... not caring about Rheinland? Liberty hates Rhienland now, but Rheinland attacked Stokes in the Nomad War. There was also the Bretonian Science station in Omega 3 that was destroyed by them, along with the RM battleship that invaded Cambridge (It blew up if that makes it not count).
Why are the Blood Dragons not working with the Order as closely anymore? The leaders of each group are close friends, and I doubt that Orillian's alliance with the Corsairs would alienate the two groups so much.
Why are all the LOLWUTTERs in Liberty? I mean I love that house, but I don't know why all the strange fellows go there. Is it just because it is their first experience with FL? I don't mind the totally new players, but it's the players who just like to be a pain in the butt who show up there too.
Well those are the questions that I have on the top of my head...I had 2 or 3 others which I cannot remember, but if anyone has any answers or insight into this, I would like them to share it here.
Ok... I don't have many answers, but ill give it a shot.
1. Im not sure about rogues, but I can tell you in vanilla they were smugglers. They changed it from smuggling artifacts because artifacts are smuggled by the corsairs. Now they smuggle cardimine I assume...
2. Outcasts... They have their own stuff to smuggle. Corsairs smuggle artifacts and I doubt that the outcasts would like to smuggle the same thing as the corsairs. I doubt they would get their hands on artifacts anyway.
3. Faster than light engine... No idea.
4. Bretonia not caring about rheinland? The same reason kusari is not mad at rheinland for invading and starting war. Rheinland were under the influence of the nomads are now redeemed of their past actions. Be aware that disco is quite some time after vanilla. Bretonia also has some kind of treaty with rheinland in the Omegas.
5. The blood dragons are still working closely with the order. The order have agents working with the blood dragons reguarding Tekagi's arch and the appearance of Kusari Wilde. Read the infocard on that BD base in tohoku. (ryuku or something)
6. Liberty is where all players start off. Theres bound to be a few lolwutters...
Sorry I couldn't be of much help with the first few questions...
