[AlexanderHowl]

FTL also allows reactionaries, revolutionaries, and terrorists to be effective, especially if tracking is difficult or impossible. A ship used in an attack on a government base one month can, with an electronic and physical 'repaint', be used for smuggling weapons the next month, and can be used to lure government ships into a trap the following month. Due to the dangers associated with 'uninhabited' systems, I imagine that most government will maintain forward bases and/or listening stations in every star system, just to make sure that undesirable elements do not find a safe haven.