All this talk of stockpiling leads me to think there would be 'Training' Bases all over the place that act as 'Assesment' Centres. Mothball yards basically, where the Factions can train with all the toys of other Factions and work out what is best.
The fact that there are usually hundreds of trained soldiers, a couple of flights of fighters, and half a dozen capital ships nearby will curtail 'losses'. They'd make good staging bases for patrols as well.
I can also see weapon systems (followed by everything else) becoming modular, just in case a quick increase in firepower is needed.
The inspection thing is going to be really tricky. The network of trust idea will probably be the only way this could be implimented without tearing The Convention apart, but it'll still be a hot topic for years to come.
In fact, I'll bet the Charter will be fairly loose at the start as the Generalists/smaller factions will complain about the bigger factions using it to subsume them.
Business as usual there, although it may lead to new factions as some Generalists or smaller groups join to 'protect ourselves from X'. The UBA perhaps?
The fact that there are usually hundreds of trained soldiers, a couple of flights of fighters, and half a dozen capital ships nearby will curtail 'losses'. They'd make good staging bases for patrols as well.
I can also see weapon systems (followed by everything else) becoming modular, just in case a quick increase in firepower is needed.
The inspection thing is going to be really tricky. The network of trust idea will probably be the only way this could be implimented without tearing The Convention apart, but it'll still be a hot topic for years to come.
In fact, I'll bet the Charter will be fairly loose at the start as the Generalists/smaller factions will complain about the bigger factions using it to subsume them.
Business as usual there, although it may lead to new factions as some Generalists or smaller groups join to 'protect ourselves from X'. The UBA perhaps?