Well technically all the Houses are ancient allies, at least until they left Earth on the Sleeper Ships!

Still, Kusari and Rheinland haven't gotten on all that well since the 80 Years War between Rheinland and the GMG (who were backed covertly by the Kusari). Then there was that rather recent incident involving the Rheinland Navy destroying the Kusari Navy in New Tokyo..yeah, yeah, it was a Nomad plot to invade Sirius, but still, the Kusari won't be to best pleased with the Rheinlanders for doing it!!

The Rheinlanders actually get on better with the Bretonians than the Kusari.

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Maybe REALLY ANCIENT allies, say the Tokyo-Rome-Berlin Axis of WWII in the 20th century back in the Solar System. But remember that FL takes place in the 31st Century AD, in earth time. And even back on earth, Japan attacked Germany in the Pacific in 1914 in order to seize the German colony at Kiau Chau, China -- which took some tough doing -- and to annex the German islands in the South Pacific. Historically even on earth, Britain and Germany (especially Prussia) were traditional allies, usally beating up on the French. It wasn't until the German states united and got stronger than France that Britain switched its friendship to the Froggies.

In FL, the Rheinland arrived late in the Sirius system, after Liberty, Bretonia and Kusari had got the best of the planets. I suppose this is a reflection of earth history, when Germany did unify so late after the other colonial empires had glomped on to the good parts of Africa, South America, the Pacific etc. Even in FL, Rheinland does seem to feel that it gets the short end of the stick most of the time.

The 80 Years War may be a reflection of WWI, which was a disaster for Germany. And the Kusari support for the GMG may reflect Japan's small role in WWI too.
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Contradiction: Bretonia was actually the last one to arrive.it says so on the official website. And it makes sense because Bretonia is seperated from the other houses through the Tau and Omega systems.

I think you are right, Kusari and Rheinland are not at full scale war, but dome of their respective factions are, such as the GMG, if you read the infocards through the sigma systems there is evidance of the battle there.

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cheers guys you've just confirmed what i tried to tell him but it's his server so he's not changing his mind