Diplomacy: Who Should We Reach Out To?

[Yasha Cadera]

Hei hei all!
Your friendly neighbourhood Admins are putting the call out to you:
If we go after diplomatic relations with another potential ally, who would it be?

Please give us your thoughts and suggestions as we plan the next phase of Mando-plomacy... you know... the kind without blaster bolts and slugthrowers...

 

[Shia Kryze]

Thumbs up:

The Iron Empire
CSA
Metal Lords
ORC (might be slightly hard IC, and they make good people to fight with, so...)
TSE (continuing current plotalliance)

Thumbs Neutral:

GE
Silver Jedi (as non-expansionist FUs)
FWC

Thumbs down:

GA
CIS
The Collective (who?)

 

[Vilaz Munin]

The only faction I believe we should have diplomacy is the Sith Empire.

If we were to have relations with Jedi or factions like the Galactic Alliance, then they’re gonna be like “No, you can’t do that and we’re gonna stop you” if we raid/attack other societies. Plus, we’d be stagnant again and wouldn’t be able to conduct raids, and only serve the agenda of Jedi/Good guy factions.

That’s my opinion. Have a relationship with the Sith and burn the others.

 

[Vilaz Munin]

Double post, disregard.

 

[Atsushi Ono]

No more allies. Especially if they have influential Force User groups or Force User leadership. Raid everyone. I think the Mandalorians that have been put forth with their hyper-anti Force User sentiment would already be wary of an alliance with the SE, but as they've given Ra full power it is acceptable. Any more and things wills tart looking fishy. We don't need allies to raid and do mercenary work. Not having allies also lets us have all sorts of relationships with other factions. Make the Galaxy fear the Mandalorians, don't put them on leaches to other factions.

 

[Kad Tor]

After what happened in the last invasion where we turned our back on the others we won’t be trusted.

I say no allies! That includes and especially the Sith Empire. It bugs me to no end every time this is brought up the Sith get pushed. It’s time to move beyond that thinking and do something new!

 

[Shia Kryze]

This, for the record, is an OC opinion - IC I do what Mandalor says / what comes naturally.

I would like to be able to have interactions with other factions beyond raiding them, or invading them, personally. So perhaps if we extend the discussion beyond 'best buddies on a leash' allies to 'not shooting or raiding at each other right now' allies? Yes, raiding and combat is like... 70% of being Mando, but there can be the remaining 30% or whatever.

I'd like to be able to legitimately hire out to help out a faction in return for resources, without a blanket 'no, you're not trusted' from the actions of the ME as a whole. Which is the prevailing opinion at the moment, and will only harden if our only allies are the TSE, as cool people as they are. Heck, there's no reason why we can't all out hire out - if we're not expansionist, we've got spare invasion slots for sale, and writers who want to blow things up.

I think we've got a good thing going with the 'standing alone' thing - but a bad thing going with the 'can't be trusted with string' thing, and there is a middle ground we should aim for - the factions I listed above are mostly my OC 'I don't think these people would cause us OC or IC pain' list.

The point about not being leashed to be nice is a good point - I don't think we want that, but I don't think restricting out alliances to the dark factions is the way to go there - they can be just as restrictive. We should be free to pursue the goals we need/want from a story perspective (and I am aware there is on-going story with the TSE alliance, which is why I put them as thumbs up, story should play out).

 

[Lemon]

I personally really enjoy the idea of an entirely Neutral Mandalore that will invade literally anybody, because who doesn't love the Crusades? However, the issue being is that we are a very small faction when it comes to the map game and are easily wiped out because of it, so if we are to ally with anybody it would have to be The Sith Empire solely because they're the easiest to ally with and they're, in my opinion, the most stable and active faction on the board.

 

[Jor Kvall]

Imperial-aligned factions is the clear choice. They don't have any moral objections to us raiding whoever we like, so long as it isn't them. Republic and Jedi factions are the opposite.