One of the most annoying things about fleshing out these World War II inspired factions is that there isn’t enough territory in the setting to go around. I mean we’ve got America, the UK, Germany, France, Japan, etcetera. There are only a handful of habitable worlds, though. That said, there’s another thing I’d like to touch on another time. It’s the reason my Aeon setting is limited to the Sol System. Back to Space Engineers though!

I was thinking that the Kaiser faction would be a literal empire and not just a relatively large militarized group of colonists. This is where the ‘subfactions’ would come in. Think of Vichy France for example. The Kaisers would have conquered other colonists to reach their current size. This does two things for me. One, it lets me incorporate other factions without having to make them independent forces, and two, it allows me to make ships from other factions in the same style as their host faction.

Two really important ships that come to mind are the Dunkerque and the Jean Bart, which I’d like to make in the style of Star Blazers. For that, they’re going to need to be at least related to the Kaisers.

Anyway, those are just my thoughts and I figured I’d jot them down while I’m on my break.

Auf Wiedersehen und au revoir pour le moment!