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[MiniFishy]

Simple question;
I was wondering if you could spawn two opposing factions at the same planet.

[IIE16 Yoshi]

I'd imagine it'd be entirely possible, but they would engage each other almost immediately after spawning.

[MiniFishy]

but they would engage each other almost immediately after spawning.

Indeed. But it would make for a very dynamic system. For instance, if one fleet is hostile to the player, and one isn't, the player wouldn't know if the planet they are approaching is friendly or not. Especially if they both have the same colour on the map.

[Vandala]

Hostility is known anyway, its in text when you move your cursor over the fleet.

You can also know what a fleet is if you click on it on the big map, you get a destination message.

[IIE16 Yoshi]

True, fleet IFFs can be told instantly by checking them out when not using the time boost. But as for laying a course in for them on the map, the fleets can have the same name, surely?

[Vandala]

But why would they?

You can do it if you want to for effect but it would not make any sense.

[IIE16 Yoshi]

Well, OP makes it sound as if the factions in question use the same ships and have some sort of internal conflict, thus they do not distinctly differ from each other.

[MiniFishy]

True, but people can be easily caught out.
Anyway, it's all about Immersion to me, for example, I was asking this because I wanted to spawn both a law enforcing fleet, and a pirate fleet from the same planet, both being the same race. Giving the impression there is a rich community on the planet which has both law and chaos.

Edit!
Ninja'd by Yoshi! He gets me

[IIE16 Yoshi]

[rada660]

I'd imagine it'd be entirely possible, but they would engage each other almost immediately after spawning.

civil war?