Redoxin, on 23 December 2014 - 10:19 AM, said:
Also lets remember that the other IS houses, especially the FRR, took advantage of the clan attack attack on Steiner in the first days and took systems from them. Which is why Steiner has lost more systems than all other factions except Kurita.
I would point out, that we haven't pushed into Steiner territory for a while. Our border with Steiner is Sevren, and it has been for a couple of days now. I also haven't seen any significant numbers of attackers at Sevren for quite a while.
I do agree that steiner is in a bad location. Not only do they have the most borders, but they have borders with factions that have no one else to attack (clan jade falcon). and with factions that have only two other borders (Marik)
The logical way to handle this is a cease fire. FRR and DC did this to reduce the number of borders we have to focus on.
FRR has honored our cease fire with DC, so you know we can be trusted if we give our word.
In addition to that, Jade falcon is your worst enemy, and FRR can not only help defend lyran planets from them, we can also attack Jade Falcon planets on our own. For some reason we can attack the falcons even though we don't have a border with them. We cannot attack wolves at this time even though they can attack us.
If you want a productive cease fire, I think an alliance with FRR makes more sense than one with Wolf. We could do a lot more for you then they can, since we can attack CJF, and help you defend from CJF. Wolf can only attack CJF and avoid attacking you.
I personally am in favor of a cease fire with both DC and Lyran Commonwealth. I'd like to focus on the clans, and go on offense instead of just trying to hold them back on defense. The more units we free up, the more offensive pushes we can make.
I understand there is some past history here, and some Steiners may feel upset with FRR. That's going to happen and there is nothing I can do to change the past.
My unit is small though, and not influential in the FRR. I can't arrange a cease fire. But If you wanted a cease fire with us, I'm pretty sure FRR would agree, and we would honor that cease fire as we have honored our cease fire with DC.