I am truly sorry you took it that way. We prefer people come talk to us, not to ask for permission, but to ensure the PMF picks a system that allows them a viable chance. We don't think it is very fun for a new PMF to find themselves in an area already dominated by other player groups with much more experience and resources. So, we welcome such checks, and will gladly help with picking a system that to our knowledge is not being worked by anyone in our group or any other.
I apologize for making an assumption about whether or not you were helping out in Lave. The point I was trying to make is that we know LRN and Truckers are tight, so completely understand you would support their cause. However, unless you're new with the Truckers, you also know we have had no aggression of any kind between us, ever. I therefore had expected a bit more of a nuanced response from you.
@Auxilliary: we wanted to flip Orrere from Fed to Alliance. The Code faction has been there a long time, and was essentially dormant for months and months. We knew The Code as role playing pirates, and it never even occurred to us they started to play the BGS. When that became clear, the situation was resolved within 24 hours. To mutual satisfaction, we thought. We're still surprised that little incident is the reason for your organizing.
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Since this is our group's recruitment thread, I propose we keep it to that, and move discussions like those above to this thread in the BGS subforum:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...ficial-Statement-on-Player-Supported-Factions