The Omni presence in neutral cities is hardly a sign that we favor them. In case you haven't been keeping track of current events, Omni slaughtered a lot of innocent civilians in Borealis when some clans came to help prevent a Dust Brigade attack five months ago.Originally posted by joshuacrime
Although a neutral wouldn't necessarily think it is important, showing a hint of allegiance in some fashion is quite important to Clan people. Given the nature of the Neutral cities (more Omni there than Clan, and probably even Neutrals), it's quite reasonable to assume that the majority of Neutral symapthy in the conflict goes to the Omni more than it does the Clan. Using this as a guideline, it's also safe to assume that Omni-Tek gets quite a lot of useful intelligence from their Neutral friends (since you have access to both Omni and Clan communcation channels), far more than Clan does. I myself just this weekend caught a Neutral walking the fringes of a very heated tower war in the Clan areas, no doubt reporting numbers and ranks to the Omni's in the combat zone.
Where neutrals differ from clanners and Omni-tek is that we see it coming from both sides, and make efforts to remember which groups are hostile and which are not. Sided folks tend to avoid making distinctions like that, and make their own problems worse rather than better..
What's interesting is I've seen clanners helping Omni attack neutrals, which brings me to the next point:I also never cared for Clan organizations attacking Neutral notum tower areas, but again, I have seen Omni doing it as well, so we're not totally complicit here.
Now, I'm not talking about Simon so much as this blind loyalty to anyone who claims to represent the clans. Refer to the example I gave above: A few clanners were stirring up trouble with neutrals and actually working with Omni forces to do so. If you think so many neutrals are deep in Omni's pockets, then what about these clanners? Are you willing to defend someone who claims to be a clanner even when he is openly working for Omni-tek?No, you'll not find any overwhelming allegience to the Sentinels in Clan circles, but then again, Simon Silverstone might be a complete bastard but he's a complete Clan bastard.