Nice.

This changes the institution substantially. Now they cannot direct at the Rebel camp twice - in my version, they could not direct resources at any of the institutions they previously Directed at. This was certainly not my intention, and I see it as a less interesting Institution. I wouldn’t mind this as its own idea, but I don’t really like it as a replacement.

Per spc

Yes, this mechanic was slightly simplified for the sake of flavour. I think simplicity can also be interesting.

My objection is not to the simplicity - it changes the concept. Before it was a balance between earning credit income via low bids on many institutions and getting a big payoff from a single institution. This also brings in the decision, when targeting this with a high bid, whether to influence many institutions at the same time to earn credit, which places your potential income if you win at risk. This makes it “win the resource you like, but only every other cycle.” I don’t mean to make it sound like the idea is bad - I like the institution. But it neuters the dynamic I was aiming for and completely changes the mechanic.

CoV to per spc. I had read that as “cannot direct resources if INFLUENCED the rebel camp last cycle”.

I’m not convinced that this “different” is “worse”. As per my comments in the other thread, this has the massive virtue of being a more balanced influence to the game’s ecosystem/

Though this is very different from the initial Rebels, and would probably have more success as a new Institution.