i'm sorry, but TheHappyFace, can't you just spell 'independant' properly
my grammar ocd brain is getting really ***
ow i typed independed every single time ^ ^.
sorry , i am not english.
google sais it's independent, so not independant like you said and not independed like i said
well they aint a real faction like i said before, but they cant exist without a faction.
You just pulled a paradox on me, didn't you?
* CANNOT FIND LOGICAL ANSWER TO STATEMENT. CORE MELT DOWN IN T-1 MINUTE.*
What i ment (or mend dont really know if it is with t or d) to say is that:
the independENTS are not a faction lore wise, but they are game wise.
as far as i know every single fleet should belong to a faction.
the independENTS is the name for all independent fleets.
all independents use ships from the independent engineers that have there home at the independent station,
cause they dont want to take sides and support a faction by buying there ships they.
the independents are just like the independents currently in the vanilla game.
they ain't a faction but they do support each other. for example if one is attacked all turn hostile towards the attacker.
so game wise they are a faction with there own station etc. just like all other factions, BUT lore wise they are not bound.
edit:
Again, the ships look very unified and thus don't fit what a diverse array of varyingly militant powers would field. Even if it was a Coalition of smaller planets/systems, they would likely have a schizophrenic, ragtag group of low tech ships and re-purposed barges.
At least, that's my take on it. Vanilla Independents use midlines because they're readily available ships from ages past. Davidoff's ships look like they belong to a single, insular, professional military power.
And I really like that. Maybe we can find another person/group to make CAELUS' independent ships?
the independent ships at this point are mid-line and readily available to all factions,
but factions prefer there own more specialized ships.
the independent ships are more universal which makes them more expensive, but better for smaller independent fleets.