Bitttymacod
All I can say is that I wish that instead of installing Marauders as the "third party", that the devs had installed the original "third party" that is in the Lore, which is to say the followers of Elias Tryton. (That would have been basically pro-civ, anti-religion.)
And how do the Marauders get teleportation? The Lore is that teleportation is by the generosity of Jena (the Kami say Ma-Duk). While it is clear that no belief is required on the part of those being teleported, still, there need to be disciples at the altars. Akila Ash-Storm is no god.
*sigh*
There has been an indication in Aniro RP forum (a letter from Tryton), that the rainbow portals may be reinstalled in the near future allowing Tryton followers to teleport.
It is true that teleportation, according to the Lore, is an ability granted by the superior forces, maybe the gods, at least that is what Karavan and Kami tell. Tryton, who is no god to the best of my knowledge, was able to perform that without invoking Jena or Ma-Duk. Marauders may have invoked other aspects of the superior forces than those of Karavan, Kami, or Elias Tryton. I do not see a contradiction to the Lore, rather an incompleteness.
For practical purposes: Player characters with a cult fame below -50, possibly -40 already, are unable to use Karavan or Kami teleporters. As marauders must have at least -40 civ as well as cult fame, they could not teleport at all unless they have a system of their own.
In the future, there seem to be planned three organizations: 1. Marauders, anti-civ and anti-cult 2. Trytonians, pro-civ and anti-cult, and 3. Rangers, pro-civ and pro-cult (not aligned, but positive fame).
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Daomei die Streunerin - religionsneutral, zivilisationsneutral, gildenneutral