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Originally Posted by Johnny1A.2
The ideology of the Hive and the University are in existential conflict, though, in other areas. The University is dedicated to 'question everything', the 'argument from authority' is useless with them, while it's the heart and soul of the Hive. The Hive demands that every individual give up his/her separate agenda for the good of the Hive (i.e. the rulers), the University is more likely to see every player trying to 'upgrade' himself.
They can ally, but if both remain true to their ideologies as written it won't be a stable alliance, and it'll be easily 'wedged' by canny rivals.
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Many realworld alliances have been struck where the nations find a point of commonality and leave the differences out of the picture. There's no reason a proposed alliance between Hive and University couldn't work if the GM wants it to.
The University may not care about repression of information in the Hive, as long as
they get the manpower, free labor, and protection they need. Bear in mind the University also has drone problems too, above and beyond most other factions (+1 drone in every base) so they may have a far greater degree of sympathy for the Hive than, say, the Peacekeepers (+1 talent in each base: effectively minus 1 drone).
Your points are perfectly valid but you're talking about a hypothetical setting, and many different interpretations are possible.