' Wrote:I ran into you guys the other day. Was fun following you around. I was glad that you kept on moving, rather just turning around and opening fire. I think the buccaneers are going to add a nice bit of flavour to proceedings in Bretonia! I look forward to an official bounty being placed on your heads, or catching you in the act.

Just one thing though, if you are actively extorting money from pirates operating in 'your' space, then other pirate factions should be unfriendly rather than neutral. I can imagine what the Mollies are going to do to you if you go and try to take their hard earned dosh!

And avoid the Privateers! That would just be a bloodbath! :P

' Wrote:And we're taking up a policy of hunting down and taxing pirates who are operating on what we see as 'our turf'. So regardless of colour or creed (Molly, Gaian, Corsair, whatever) if you've taking the people of Bretonia's cash while we're around, you're a target. We'll be more interested in scrapping with other unlawfuls in 'turf wars' than tangling with the law, which really has no positive result.

' Wrote:I've been arguing that in the Bret Lawfuls chat for ages, but the community seems determined for them to be dedicated eco-warriors, rather than what the Islay infocard says they are.

Quote:Soon after tourists began to arrive in Edinburgh in 690 AS, Cambridge scientists voiced their concern over the enormous ecological damage that even the most regulated visits could inflict on the planet. Almost from birth Cambridgers had drilled into them the stories of how New London and Leeds were blighted, so they tended to be very environmentally sensitive. A few of the younger and more militant scientists studying on Edinburgh actually went so far as to begin a campaign to sabotage tourist transports in an effort to discourage visits, but with little effect.

Once Cobalt was discovered on Gaia in 740, the BMM began to make noises in New London about the need to establish a mining base there. What had been a quiet, bloodless campaign of active resistance blossomed into full-fledged conflict. Graffiti with slogans such as "GAIA WILL NOT BLEED" was spotted soon after. The eco-terrorist movement had begun.

Eventually any plans to mine the surface of Edinburgh were dropped -- mostly out of fear that it might cut into the burgeoning tourist industry -- but the Gaians had already broadened their horizons by an influx of radical elements from Cambridge who sought a ban on terraforming technologies. Planetform, Inc. was the natural target. What emerged was a militant terrorist group philosophically opposed to the exploitation of planets, and terraforming in particular. The group enjoyed considerable popular support on Cambridge, funded by the efforts of the legitimate arm of the Gaians called the Green Front.

While the Gaians and the eco-terrorist movement as a whole have made little progress outside of Bretonian space, Green Front propaganda is a common sight in Bretonia. Green Front commentators are often present on the news, and unlike the Mollys, a certain amount of tolerance for them exists in the government from those disinclined to antagonize their Cambridge connections. Over the years, the movement has broadened considerably until the majority of its sympathizers are environmentally conscious individuals from throughout Bretonia.

The sole Gaian base lies deep within the Islay Ice Cloud at the northeastern edge of the Edinburgh system. From here, the eco-terrorists coordinate attacks on their enemies within Bretonia space and the Tau-31 system. Occasionally, raids are made on the center of all evil -- Planetform, Inc. headquarters at the Canterbury Station in the New London system. Ironically, although they have strong Cambridge roots, there is no activity within that system.

' Wrote:Just one thing though, if you are actively extorting money from pirates operating in 'your' space, then other pirate factions should be unfriendly rather than neutral. I can imagine what the Mollies are going to do to you if you go and try to take their hard earned dosh!

' Wrote:The idea is pretty sound, and it does seem about the right time for an old 'gang' to try to start to come together again with the war and other pressing matters of the Crown. They would like to operate just under the radar and not draw the ire of the Crown, due to past history. I could see several cases that a BAF or BPA fighter was in over his or her head in a battle with a Corsair or other enemys or the Crown and get bailed out by a Buccaneer or vice versa:

After Action Reprt:
CO: Lt, How did you take out a GB when your report states that your SNC and half of your weapons were knocked out?
Lt.: Sir, it was a lucky shot sir.
CO: You sensor log shows the presense of a Buccaneer in the area and the rest of the log was damaged somehow?
Lt. : Sir, weeeeelll I kind of had some help with the Corsair at that point, Sir.
CO: You didn't arrest said Buccaneer?
Lt.: I saw no reason to sir, I really didn't see him do anything wrong sir. He kind of saved my rear Sir.

' Wrote:Well, I am damn surprised.

Bloody, damn surprised, and rather ticked off.

This gets a No.