I'd say that there needs to be a few rules.

1. no "big-name corp" ringers. You said you want indies fighting indies, right?

2. If you can't hold it, you don't keep it. I say, let the districts flip. they want to have practice with all aspects of PC? then let them learn to deal with loss as well. Or else, whenever they activate rule 3(it's a natural course of action, unless they're only interested in PFC for trying to farm as many clones as possible, and not training) and they do probably lose the district after not gaining another, there's a decent chance of corp implosion.

3. Once you attempt an expansion from oddeluf(failed or successful) your district is no longer afforded the protection of the rules, any and all ringers/espionage/etc allowed. You're playing in the big boy's pond now, better get used to it. Violations of rule 1 activate rule 3 as well.


Basically, keep the big fish out of the small pond, until the little fish want to go out to the ocean. Then, all bets are off, throw their asses to the sharks.


And on the concept of having some of the bigger corps on oddeluf. I agree with keeping them there. how else are the indie corps supposed to learn advanced tactics and combat techniques without someone really good to practice against? Those fights however should have to be prearranged, to prevent them simply stomping out indies in favor of their friends/alt corps getting the spot.