Smaller assets in a system

[RisingPhoenics]

o7 folks!

If you increase your influence within a system to the point that you take the controlling station and thus the system, how would one get the smaller assets?

We were spawned in our home system in 4th place of 8 MF. Do we rush to the top and take the main station, or do we juggle getting the smaller assets first?
15 assets in system in total, and we have almost got our first one. 1st place MF has 6 assets, 2nd place has 4, 3rd has 1 , 4th has 2, we have none, 6th and 7th none, 8th have 2.

8th is below 7%, so we were thinking of increasing them to eventually civil war their assets off them.

If we force a non-native NPC minor faction out via retreat, who gets their stuff in system?

Should we try to take on each of the smaller factions and get their assets, mostly installations, and a few planetary bases and outposts and then go for the bigger ones. or should we leave those for now and focus on the big 3?

We're winning our first war pretty nicely (The conflict zones weren't as scary as I remembered, or I'm just less of a noob now haha), and we're planning ahead.

We wanna start getting a foothold in other systems at some point too, but also not be fighting like 10 wars at once and be spread thinly, so tryna work out how to manipulate the influence of NPC factions.

For instance, in a system we wanna take over, when 2 NPC factions go to war, is it better to get as few factions as possible with assets, eggs in one basket, and then just keep matching their influence and taking their assets one by one. Like siding with the NPCMF with the most assets. Or do we keep assets spread among as many factions as possible. If a faction has no assets we can push their influence down and have fewer rivals to match influence with. But if we got to say 25-35% influence, the factions with 5%, their assets would be safe with them right? Going after the main station would in essence skip the smaller ones. So if you got say 90% influence their would be no way to take smaller assets right?

So do we pit them against each other so only have one rival to match, or do we push them all down except one and just go through them one faction at a time? Also taking into account things like the installations give rivals a place to hit us, so should they be skipped?

I hope that all makes sense

Thanks in advance

 

[goemon]

If you increase your influence within a system to the point that you take the controlling station and thus the system, how would one get the smaller assets?

by increasing the next assets holder influence and/or lower yours and trigger a new conflict.

If we force a non-native NPC minor faction out via retreat, who gets their stuff in system?

the system controlling faction.

generally you should

• have an idea which assets you want and don't want. it's imho not advisable to get all assets in a system. factions need assets to get into conflict, and if you really get all the installations and settlements there is no buffer and no stopholder.
• trigger conflicts between factions, which assets you don't want to have, to jump them during their conflict.
• space installations will provide you with a bounty source. it might make sense to gain at least 1, if you need bounty redeems to work up.
• as it is your first system, it might be beneficial to go for system control first as to get bounty redeems after system control. on the other hand, depending on random traffic (check traffic report at any station in system), you might to avoid an influence source until you have the assets you want.

all the rest depends so much on the situation in system, what you want to achieve there etc. - i'll refrain from saying what i would do without knowing your situation or groups interest.