So I got to thinking and came up with an idea that I would like to try, with the staff's permission.
I hold a summit for all the unoccupied worlds of wildspace (e.g. all the ones not owned by a faction) and after a long and obviously suspensful debate, we sign a mutual defence act. This would provide no military benefit to me or the Coalition or The Outer Rim Soverinty, in fact it would give us the added responsibility of protecting worlds we don't even own from intrusion by other factions.
However this presents considerable IC advantages, including a plethoria of sympathetic and friendly worlds who we can interact with, recieve supplies and export goods, and also good support against Imperials on an idealogical standpoint. Plus, it makes adding worlds easier because we can simply go into diplomatic debate with the world in question and agree on a more united treaty. That cuts down on the creative work, and suddenly 5,000 words doesn't look so hard to write.
Whatcha think?
