Longbow .. Friend? Foe? or whatever

Dr Doom must drive you nuts then

In this case, people don't give Lord Recluse much crap about attempting to Annex Galaxy City, kidnapping Paragon Citizens, establishing Military bases in Faultline and Atlas because it's expected of them as villains from the player standpoint. We also don't give crap about how the US government and UN is completely worthless in putting their foot down on this because, just like real life, no one expects government to ever do anything productive or useful. (So why were people so shocked with Obama?)

In truth, I myself have really wondered what's kept the Rogue Isles from being nuked into oblivion or invaded by more than just Longbow for a long time myself when they actually do do State-Sponsored Terrorism and Arachnos is a freakin' Terrorist organization that played a coup on the lawful government of the Isles.

My suspicion is that Lord Recluse actually has blackmail on dozens of major world leaders in the form of Bane Spider Executioner and Night Widow Assassins trained on them and Fortunata to forewarn them when they step out of line for his tastes. The World Leaders are aware of this, and thus just have to accept what Lord Recluse does.

Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow City of Heroes is a game about freedom of expression and variety of experiences far more so than it is about representing any one theme, topic or genre.

Oh, but didn't you realize? The governors of the Etoile Islands authorized their collective Militia to... AID the people of Paragon City in the wake of the Galaxy City disaster. Sure, the Arbiter in charge of the operation was perhaps a bit... rougher than the US Citizens were used to, but they really only meant to help.

At least, that's what the politicians that Arachnos has bought and paid for will say. That's their story, and they are sticking to it.

I never really found it hard to come up with pseudo-legal reasons for groups like Arachnos to operate openly in Paragon City where they do. In Faultline, they 'obviously' are only acting as security/work crew for the 'Rich Investor' from the Rouge Islands that has bought up much of the ruined property in Overbrook.

Honestly, the same holds true for Longbow's presence in Nerva and Mercy. We've already established that Longbow is essentially a PMC, and it is canon that they are part of the larger group called Freedom Corp. In Nerva... Freedom Corp obviously owns that land in Agincourt. And in Mercy, well, they are probably using the same excuse for Arachnos in Faultline - they are providing security for property owned by someone else, and are just doing what they believe is necessary to complete that contract.

Yeah, it's all bald-faced lies, but it provides a legal fiction to prevent all-out war.