' Wrote:Dusty's right, if we want OC activity, there's only one way to do it. Grab a ship and go fly, so that's what I'm gonna do. Me and a few folks are gonna grab some snubcraft and poke a few folks in the eye. Coming?

' Wrote:cryer's inactivity has less to do with the lack of decent snubcraft and more to do with the fact that space-pharmacy isnt that exciting.

or is it?

the opium wars opened trade with china.
the synth-weed/cardi wars could do wonders for activity.

on one side Cryer (supported by bret military/corporations directly, and by corsairs indirectly) is spreading weed out across sirius to make money.... which would normally line the pockets of the oc.

all that is needed for an increase in the number of 'catalysts' is for cryer to RP with the govts of sirius to get synth-weed de-restricted across the board.

oc have a huge sphere of influence, and the respective govts should be able to see that it is better for the money that would buy illicit substances to go to a responsible organisation, rather than a bunch of terrorists.

with synth weed decriminalised across sirius, traders would haul it more, and it could be used as an rp cargo without fear of repercussions from the unenlightened... who would still exist, but explaining why synthweed should be de-restricted would give cryer something to do rather than just being a back-drop to the main activities in vanilla

traders as catalysts, oc as instruments of malta's vengence, lawful forces taking the battle to the oc on two fronts: economic and military power. they can't shoot back if they can't afford guns.

Outcasts are not fixable that way, it could work way better if cardamine routes got boost.