That's another aspect I did not enjoy. Call me old fashioned but I think a plot should be determined by the author(s), not some game of random chance. There was also - in the discussions from the old days on the other forum I referenced - an attitude of "well that was the outcome of the wargame...
So I read much of the FFO work on the Warships/NavWeaps Discussion Boards some years ago. There is no doubt it has involved a lot of work, and I think it deserves some respect on that level. That said, I do have some criticisms.
What Hendryk says here was always stated by Fantasque and others...
I recall it was rather nationalist too, like particularly against the French. But it was a long time ago when I read it and had a disagreement with him.