The "Election" state of the BGS is where two minor factions of similar government types are of equal influence in a system and decide to resolve their differences peacefully, rather than go to war/civil war.
I'd always assumed that the government types had to be identical - in other words, that it had to be two Democracies, or two Feudalists. But I've recently noticed some non-similar factions going to Election instead of war.
Example: I'm sitting in the Hsinga system right now, on my way down to Arjung to buy a nice new Clipper for myself with the money gained from the two recent LFT 133 CGs. I notice that two of the non-controlling factions in this system are having an Election. One is the Empire-aligned Feudalist faction, the Marquis du Hsinga. The other is an Independent Dictatorship, the Natural Epsilon Ceti Liberty Party.
Imp Feudalist vs Indie Dictator, sounds like they should have nothing in common and be a natural candidate for War. But they're having an Election instead.
Why? :S
Does anyone know the actual conditions required to trigger an Election instead of a War? Is it RNG, or are there non-identical government types that naturally prefer Election over war, or is it governed by some other secret/hidden/obscure BGS statistic, perhaps such as the wealth of the two factions (ie they both sit down and decide neither of them can afford a war, so they try peace instead)?
I'd always assumed that the government types had to be identical - in other words, that it had to be two Democracies, or two Feudalists. But I've recently noticed some non-similar factions going to Election instead of war.
Example: I'm sitting in the Hsinga system right now, on my way down to Arjung to buy a nice new Clipper for myself with the money gained from the two recent LFT 133 CGs. I notice that two of the non-controlling factions in this system are having an Election. One is the Empire-aligned Feudalist faction, the Marquis du Hsinga. The other is an Independent Dictatorship, the Natural Epsilon Ceti Liberty Party.
Imp Feudalist vs Indie Dictator, sounds like they should have nothing in common and be a natural candidate for War. But they're having an Election instead.
Why? :S
Does anyone know the actual conditions required to trigger an Election instead of a War? Is it RNG, or are there non-identical government types that naturally prefer Election over war, or is it governed by some other secret/hidden/obscure BGS statistic, perhaps such as the wealth of the two factions (ie they both sit down and decide neither of them can afford a war, so they try peace instead)?
