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Originally Posted by welsh
SO what keeps the KFS together?
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They operate as a corporation. The heads of the Families act as the Board and a rotating Chairman makes the daily (hasty) decisions.
The military elite is made of family members. The pilots are entirely family members, as are the ground commanders. The cooperation between the branches of the Forces has more to do with family loyalty than fidelity.
Fallback! Is the result of the KFS going to war to prosecute an assassination of a family member.
Each family brings something to the overall merchant empire, so they all cooperate. There is plenty of room for expansion and not enough external competition to cause hardship at home.