::Forum - Faction becoming a Government

Year 6 Day 241 14:23	Faction becoming a Government
Garven Stalwart	Saw other question ownership of government but posting in my own thread. I didn’t see the following covered by Sim News or the rules page. Might want some of this info there before you have people wanting to change back because they didn't know. Previous: If I understand the current system now, the current government cannot own factories but have datacards. This gets them to contract and interact with the other factions. Now: So if a faction becomes a government I know they gain the Government faction datacards but what happens to the datacards they had as a production faction (for example) and what of the factories that they already own? I know the Empire and RA have faction specific datacards for: capital ships fighter ships vehicles other When a faction becomes a government to they retain the datacards they had for (A) type of faction and (B) items only they built for the galaxy? Do they gain any other ship/vehicle datacards for their becoming a government? ...or are they just a second tier government in this intergalactic struggle. Thanks for the info. Garv ____________ “You are part of the Corporate Alliance and a trader. Trade this you may.” -Satisfied Customer #3528.

Year 6 Day 241 17:13	Faction becoming a Government
Wilhelm von Ismay	Anyone can own any facilities. Making money/using them properly, however, is a completely different story. ____________ Patriarch of House Ismay
Year 6 Day 241 18:22	Faction becoming a Government
Garven Stalwart	Thanks Wilhelm, Okay so I was slightly off in my reference, it is the lack of a datacard and the need of governments to arainge for factories to be build for them. So would a production faction gone government keep those datacards? and What of the other questions? ____________ “You are part of the Corporate Alliance and a trader. Trade this you may.” -Satisfied Customer #3528.

Year 6 Day 241 20:31	Faction becoming a Government
Wilhelm von Ismay	As I said, with the factories they'd still own them, same with facility datacards. With ship/vehicle/etc datacards, I'd assume that they keep those and have to give limited copies out to produce, just like the GE, RA, TF, Hapes, and eventually) the FF and NAO will need to do. I don't believe they gain any ship or vehicle datacards for being a government faction. ____________ Patriarch of House Ismay
Year 6 Day 242 1:55	Faction becoming a Government
Syn	The primary benefit of becoming a government is tax potential, as only government factions receive planetary income. You don't get any other freebies. (: ____________

Year 6 Day 242 2:38	Faction becoming a Government
Wilhelm von Ismay	It's typically more profitable to be another type of faction, I'm sure. :P ...unless you've spent your time designing perfect tax cities/planets... ____________ Patriarch of House Ismay
Year 6 Day 243 18:05	Faction becoming a Government
Garven Stalwart	Okay I had assumed the change to government was a change from other faction type. It wasn't clear to me. It is more like they become a production/government faction for that planet/system/sector. Thank you both. ____________ “You are part of the Corporate Alliance and a trader. Trade this you may.” -Satisfied Customer #3528.

Year 6 Day 243 22:19	Faction becoming a Government
Wilhelm von Ismay	No, it's a turn to a government type faction. You lose the ability to produce. ____________ Patriarch of House Ismay

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