The more I look at the various explorations and tutorials of what Powerplay now allows, the more confused I am about how the politics are meant to function. Not between the various independent factions, but because we now seem to have competing factions within the same power all locked in civil war with one another.
Look at the Federals... Firstly, they seem to be operating in a system more or less equivalent to today's US/UK. But secondly, when you read the two competing personality biographies, Hudson has just been elected into power, whereas Winters has just been democratically voted out by even many of her own supporters! How has she managed to amass her own private space fleet and even staff it, let alone fund it? But more importantly, why hasn't she been classed as an enemy of the state, exiled and hunted down, for endorsing the actions open to you within the 'undermine' category? She's effectively endorsing terrorism and piracy against the Hudson administration's legitimate Federal craft (even more contradictory, her public image is one of wanting to invest heavily in social welfare, healthcare and promotion of happiness).
Trying to translate that into something applicable to today's world, it would be like Obama suffering a huge defeat in a vote of no confidence, revealing he's secretly been creating his own private military and openly endorsing them attacking official US Army, Air Force and Navy transports.
The Imperials have it even worse with their variety of options! Why isn't the galaxy now effectively at civil war?
Of course, there might be a mechanic involved which prevents all of that, but the servers have yet to be up, which means I've had to go by the guides others have made.
Look at the Federals... Firstly, they seem to be operating in a system more or less equivalent to today's US/UK. But secondly, when you read the two competing personality biographies, Hudson has just been elected into power, whereas Winters has just been democratically voted out by even many of her own supporters! How has she managed to amass her own private space fleet and even staff it, let alone fund it? But more importantly, why hasn't she been classed as an enemy of the state, exiled and hunted down, for endorsing the actions open to you within the 'undermine' category? She's effectively endorsing terrorism and piracy against the Hudson administration's legitimate Federal craft (even more contradictory, her public image is one of wanting to invest heavily in social welfare, healthcare and promotion of happiness).
Trying to translate that into something applicable to today's world, it would be like Obama suffering a huge defeat in a vote of no confidence, revealing he's secretly been creating his own private military and openly endorsing them attacking official US Army, Air Force and Navy transports.
The Imperials have it even worse with their variety of options! Why isn't the galaxy now effectively at civil war?
Of course, there might be a mechanic involved which prevents all of that, but the servers have yet to be up, which means I've had to go by the guides others have made.
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