To address the opening poster, NW was an independent offshoot of myself and another member who happened to be in Dak last set. I joined NW since they sent an invite at the start of the set and had no pass, plus I was looking for something small. I'm pretty much a journeyman now, I jump nations from set to set or screw around with noobs to experiment on stuff and help train them.
Not everyone is manipulated by dak or the other large nations, or at least not all of the members of these satellites are.
As far as this set goes, my setup up until war proved interesting due to market conditions, but I found some stuff I'm gonna try next set in relative peace.
Otherwise I'll have to have fun in random future sets whenever suits my fancy.