Yeah, I've thought about flipping Maia before. The reaction against it is at least amusing to watch. If UA bombing is a viable gameplay mechanic from which nothing should be sacred against, then same goes for flipping longtime Anarchies via the BGS.
Of course, my motivation is not to make the system secure from "griefers", because that will never happen. No, my motivation was to shut down the slave trade that Anarchies allow. People keep saying that Anarchies are "freedom"; maybe, of course we should ask the 10s of thousands of slaves being run out of Anarchy stations how free they feel.
The proposed plan was to support Hagglebeard's Heroes, The Pioneer's Cooperative, and the Nebula Goat Appreciation Society simultaneously, draining influence from The Ant Hill Mob faster and giving supporters of that faction a three front BGS war to fight; else they'd have to support Merope Expeditionary Fleet, Cooper Research Associates, Pleiades Resource Enterprise, and Ryder Revolutionary Party to help oppose the other three, and risk losing a station to those factions. All three of the opposing factions are similar governments, so no damaging War statuses would occur during the run up to the flip. Then induce The Ant Hill Mob into War, taking over each station one by one. The plan was to have Maia ruled in a power-share arrangement between the three, whoever got the Mob into War first would get Obsidian Orbital and control of the system.
It would keep Maia an Independent system, no black markets would be closed down since none of the governments outlaw black markets (that would be Corporate, Communist, and Dictatorship governments), explorers would get a little more support from the local defence forces, and PvPers would get a bit more interesting experience trying to work against ATR. Win-win for everyone.
Of course, I'm busy elsewhere, so that plan got scrapped awhile back. Too bad. Let me know if y'all want some advice, I've mostly cracked the code on the BGS, I may know a few force multipliers.
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