Should there be any custom diplomacy settings between KoC and Mabye-Gogol to make them more/less peaceful to each other since they share a system? Are they rivals?
I also forgot about the Sindrians, should Mbaye-Gogol have friendly relations with them as is implied by the picture in the original post? Are they selling
slaves volunteers to serve Philip? I think it'd be good fit for M-B since they don't currently have any friends other than TT.
The nex files are Ok as they are, but I made some very minor changes (gave them half the infantry morale effects of their parent faction, made Luddites hate KoC as much as Mbaye-Gogol, changed industry/bonusSeeds). Hopefully we can get it all finalised for the next official KoC release.
I'd also suggest some minor changes to the fleet names in the .faction files of the original mod as follows to develop the themes of each faction.
KoC, they are war profiteers-
"smallTrader":"Profiteer Convoy",
"trade":"Profiteer Convoy",
"tradeLiner":"Contractor Convoy",
Mbaye-Gogol, bondsman is a polite name for indentured servant-
"tradeLiner":"Mbaye-Gogol Spaceline Flight",
"patrolSmall":"Naval Bondsman Patrol",
"patrolMedium":"Naval Bondsman Flotilla",
"patrolLarge":"Naval Bondsman Armada",
"spaceCommander":{"name":"Naval Overseer"},
"patrolCommander":{"name":"Bondsman-Captain"},
"fleetCommander":{"name":"Bondsman-Commander"},
"baseCommander":{"name":"Executive Overseer"},
"stationCommander":{"name":"Executive Overseer"},
"portmaster":{"name":"Port Overseer"},
"administrator":{"name":"Civilian Overseer"},
I love the fact that you made their rebel fleets "Runaway Indentured Servants", the idea of a bunch of people who went in to cryosleep for various reasons, got thawed out 100s of years later and forced into servitude, then stole a stole a ship and escaped into this new and chaotic sector to forge their destiny is almost a story in its own right.
The written faction lore was very helpful for imagining their personalities, they are both a different type of evil. The KoC is staffed by a mix of war profiteers and ex-Hegemony military veterans but without any of the oversight from civilian Hegemony nobility to hold them back. I like that it's ambiguous about who/what exactly the Mbaye-Gogol elite are, and is the Rogue AI a loser in an internal power struggle? The indentured servant stuff is a really strong theme for the faction and makes them stand out and be unique since we don't hear that about the other factions.
Oh, I like what you did there! and since they're not full factions that give out comissions, having low profile is good to preserve them in case any of the factions gets too greedy. Devious is a nice flavor.
They will give out commissions unless you don't use the custom .faction files. Mbaye-Gogol has phase ships so devious seemed very appropriate for them. Low Profile should keep them both alive for longer since they're both designed to get into protective alliances and the larger factions should be taking most of the hits.
I considered making them both pacifist but it might prevent them from using the irridentist trait to retake their homeworlds from invasion, if it comes to that.
