Xaxl said
That territory seems... excessive.EDIT: I'm also not really comfortable having my territory that close to a genocidal faction, so if it *does* stand, I'd very much like to move.

Sigma said
Freeshooter, want some history between our factions? Like a war that has been waging for quite a while? Us being the most aggressive factions, it will be glorious :D

Xaxl said
It strikes me that theoretically the IoM territory could be a bit more acceptable if everyone else boosted how much territory *they* cover. Having a more cramped map where people actually share borders might be more interesting than all being isolated with lots of empty space; I just didn't want to make myself too big when I claimed my territory and I suspect I might have set the bar for what was "reasonable".

Freeshooter92 said
Don't worry, they are extremely weak right now and incapable of launching genocidal rage-crusades.

Freeshooter92 said
Welp, I said huge, and FUCKHUEG is what I went for.The large blue sphere with the hazard line box is earth.Blue circles are 'Populi' worlds, planets that were 'glassed' from orbit to clear indigenous life to make way for enormous hab-complexes to stash lots and lots of people. The Terrans get most of their recruits from these worlds.Green circles are 'Agri' worlds, worlds designed entirely for farming, so that they may provide the fucktons of food this empire requires.Black and dark yellow boxes are mining worlds, ones that 'core' various rocks out for valuable materials, and double as industrial centers. Many worlds in many systems have been utterly destroyed, and many of these are actually in asteroid fields. Almost all imperial systems have some sort of industrial/mining operation, but the marked ones are the extremely important ones.While enormous, the Terran empire is spread extremely thin, and can only bring but fraction of its might to bear upon any foe, thus their original plan of rapid expansion has slowed down and is now focused almost entirely on securing current lands. Most of their armed forces are also currently employed on the internal zones as 'peacekeepers.'

A-Traveller said Advanced Interstellar
Interstellar travel has become significantly cheaper, safer, and easier. Advanced Interstellar factions have many extrasolar colonies across around a dozen or more star systems, and new infrastructure is being built all the time. While they are fairly advanced, they are still mortals and lower ranked factions can still pose a threat to them, though they will be at a significant disadvantage.

Xaxl said
It strikes me that theoretically the IoM territory could be a bit more acceptable if everyone else boosted how much territory *they* cover. Having a more cramped map where people actually share borders might be more interesting than all being isolated with lots of empty space; I just didn't want to make myself too big when I claimed my territory and I suspect I might have set the bar for what was "reasonable".

Freeshooter92 said
Two-dozen? that's ridiculous...

Freeshooter92 said
I'll just leave then...

Freeshooter92 said
Terrans or not, war is coming to you. you are REALLY close to the Vazra. Hell, the Terrans'll probably do an excellent job at distracting those monstrosities.

Freeshooter92 said
My faction cannot work conceptually without shitloads of territory. If there isn't many inhabited worlds there aren't many places churning out bodies. If I'm to far away the time it takes to conquer anything would be far too long to allow me to actually interact with anyone, and third if there isn't much 'land' then what has the Empire been doing? jacking off? No, without the territory I can't have my faction, therefore instead of arguing and arguing and arguing for something I won't be able to have I'll simply withdraw to prevent any arguing or frustrations.

Xaxl said
Get a better sense of scale and your faction works fine. Planets are BIG. A dozen or two planets is a LOT, especially when factions like mine (which are supposed to be reasonably-sized civilizations in their own right) have, like, six core planets.