I think "yes". I'm now allied with all major factions and it feels kind of meaningless.
Lets just look at the cold war that was in effect for the latter part of the 20th century. If a state or actor was allied with the Soviet Bloc then they would not have been accepted as an ally with NATO (at least not without some kind of regime change and formal declaration/treaty) and vice versa. Nobody was ever a Warsaw Pact general and a Nato Rear Admiral (unless they were a spy I suppose).
Based on my understanding of the galactopolitik of Elite I think being allied with Empire/Federation should prevent you from gaining rep above neutral, and depending on your activities be unfriendly or hostile, with the respective antagonist. Your rep with the Alliance should have a cap of friendly and no higher, subject to your activities.
If you were to choose to be allied with the Alliance then as they appear to be a neutral bloc (equivalent to Switzerland, they have the bank of Zaonce right?) with respect to Empire/Federation relations, your rep with either of these factions should be capped at a maximum of friendly with your standing with one always having an effect on the other. e.g. Alliance: allied, Federation: friendly, Empire: unfriendly or Alliance: allied, Federation: neutral, Empire: neutral or Alliance: allied, Federation: hostile, Empire: friendly etc.
With regard to how would one faction know about your rep with another? Espionage, not just any old espionage but future sci-fi type espionage, coupled with super advanced future communications tech. There would be spies everywhere and lots of hidden monitoring relays in the asteroid belts tracking ship movements and activities of pilots.
So that's how I would like it to work and maybe we might get something like it with power play.
Lets just look at the cold war that was in effect for the latter part of the 20th century. If a state or actor was allied with the Soviet Bloc then they would not have been accepted as an ally with NATO (at least not without some kind of regime change and formal declaration/treaty) and vice versa. Nobody was ever a Warsaw Pact general and a Nato Rear Admiral (unless they were a spy I suppose).
Based on my understanding of the galactopolitik of Elite I think being allied with Empire/Federation should prevent you from gaining rep above neutral, and depending on your activities be unfriendly or hostile, with the respective antagonist. Your rep with the Alliance should have a cap of friendly and no higher, subject to your activities.
If you were to choose to be allied with the Alliance then as they appear to be a neutral bloc (equivalent to Switzerland, they have the bank of Zaonce right?) with respect to Empire/Federation relations, your rep with either of these factions should be capped at a maximum of friendly with your standing with one always having an effect on the other. e.g. Alliance: allied, Federation: friendly, Empire: unfriendly or Alliance: allied, Federation: neutral, Empire: neutral or Alliance: allied, Federation: hostile, Empire: friendly etc.
With regard to how would one faction know about your rep with another? Espionage, not just any old espionage but future sci-fi type espionage, coupled with super advanced future communications tech. There would be spies everywhere and lots of hidden monitoring relays in the asteroid belts tracking ship movements and activities of pilots.
So that's how I would like it to work and maybe we might get something like it with power play.
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