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Guristas are Caldari and Gallente
Angels are Matari and Gallente
Serpentis are Gallente and Matari
Blood Raiders are Amarr and Matari
Sansha are Amarr and Caldari

Doing the math we have:

Amarr: 2 Primary; No Secondary

Caldari: 1 Primary; 1 Secondary

Gallente: 1 Primary; 2 Secondary

Minmatar: 1 Primary; 2 Secondary


In other words; Amarr / Caldari are required for only three factions (One being Sansha, so..) However, Gallente and Matari find their way into four out of five pirate factions. The latter is somewhat understandable, as Serps are basically Angels.

But let's look at is this way..

Serpentis are 'rent-a-cops.' The lore states they are Angels, but not. Why not make them Gallente/Caldari? Vindicator with missiles? OK.

I guess what I am saying is the variance isn't there. Maybe if Moru was a bigger player, it would help. Having a sixth faction to fly would allow either two primary and one secondary, or vise versa.

One more thing, before I forget. The actual way the skill requirement / parents are setup should matter. A Sansha ship that requires Amarr Cruiser and Caldari Cruiser should be different from a ship that requires Caldari Cruiser and Amarr Cruiser. For instance, the primary skill determines the ships offensive capabilities; the Secondary its defensive. This means the first ship uses lasers or vamps and has a shield tank. The second ship uses either missiles or rails and has an armor tank.