Quote:Herewith is the first draft of documents for the Armed Traders Association. We declare that the first CEO, until he resigns or is otherwise permanently disposed, is [ATA]-Edward.Darkmoor. We will abide by the following, unless change is made for good reason.

Quote:1. IFF/ID
Prefix tags:
[ATA] - Traders
[ATA-F] - Fighters
[ATA-B] - Bombers
[ATA-C] - Capital Ships
Naming: Corresponding tag from above followed by the name of your pilot or ship. Capital ships are restricted. No battlecruiser is flown by a single man; so dont name capital ships after a single person.
ID: Freelancer (Subject to change, provided somebody can point out a more appropriate, and suitable one.) Lowest rank traders may use other trading IDs, but they are expected to obtain the Freelancer ID within two weeks.
Reputation: None required. Our pilots may use any neutral IFF or lawful trading IFF's, however. (E.g. Freelancer, Zoner, Interspace)
Zone of Influence: Restricted access to criminal controlled border worlds, no access to Z21/Alaska, no access to house guard systems without prior permission from owners of system. Situated in Bering and several Liberty systems more prone to pirating attempts. (OOC: Willing to change home regions pending suggestions, reasons and opinions)

1. All pirates, pirate organizations and other criminals, excluding those who are expressly stated on the tooltips of their factions as being enemies with all, are neutral with us until they declare themselves otherwise. This may be done either through a formal declaration of war or hostilities via the forums from appropriate faction leaders, or the blacklisting of individuals.
   
2. All individual pirates, independent or belonging to a faction, have the chance to declare their personal attitude towards us, unless they are in a hostile player faction, in which case their superiors have made the choice for them.
   
3. Any pirate who takes aggressive action upon our pilots, whether they be trader, escort or part of the fleet, inside a lawful or independent system, unless provoked or engaged by said pilot, will be added to the blacklist. Visual confirmation is required.
   
4. Our pilots will run patrols of common trade routes, especially ones pirates watch like vultures. They will not, however, travel in groups of more than four fighters/bombers, or one gunboat and two fighters/bombers, unless large gatherings of pirate activity have been detected in the area or an ally has requested support.
   
5. Factions are regarded as neutral while individual players amongst the faction may be considered hostile. A player faction will be added to hostile when ten members of said faction have been blacklisted, us assuming that is the general opinion of us from your direction. However, they will be returned to neutral if leaders of the faction request it, promising to reign in their pilots who have taken an aggressive stance towards us.
   
6. Individual pirates and criminals who have been blacklisted may have their names removed from the list for a price, although depending on the number of offenses it may not be cheap.
   
7. Our traders WILL NOT fly through systems owned by a criminal organization without permission from the CEO or the three division leaders, or a valid reason and permission from pilots in control of said system.
   
8. Our fighters WILL NOT fly through systems owned by criminal organizations we are neutral with without a valid reason and permission from pilots in control of said system.
   
9. Our fighters WILL fly through systems owned by criminal organizations we are hostile with, provided they have a valid reason and permission from the CEO or a division leader, possibly engaging any they meet upon the way.
   
10. We WILL assist against people who pick fights with our allies, however let it be known that it is nothing personal. Enemy pilots will not be blacklisted for engaging us under these circumstances.
    
11. No faction/pilot, regardless of their faction, will be blacklisted if they did not open fire first. Any member of the ATA who opens fire upon a neutral, friendly or allied pilot without reason will be punished.
    Until we get our numbers up, ATA Fighters and Bombers may only patrol more stable systems (House owned systems; Kusari, Liberty, Bretonia etc.)
    
12. We will act in RP with pirates we are neutral with. (E.g. If neutral with Corsairs and commissioned to fly through their space, we will bring food supplies to calm the indies).
    
13. (OOC: Recently Added)Our patrols MAY engage pirates we are neutral with, and have not been blacklisted, if we witness them offering their "protection" along a major tradelane. They will not be blacklisted, our pilots must give the pirate fair warning before opening fire, and if the pirate asks, our pilots will attempt peaceful negotiations. Again, they will not be blacklisted for defending themselves. Visual confirmation required.
    

• We will NOT smuggle, following the above definition. This includes the Liberty/Rheinland and Kusari/Brettonia embargos.
  
• We WILL carry legal goods between systems and planets that have need of said goods, provided said systems are legal. We will carry goods to unlawful factions to us that bear a neutral status, provided it breaks no laws. We will not cross Z21/Alaska or any other restricted areas in the process. (OOC: Also, try to mix up your runs. Im sure the Rheinlanders are getting sick of you powertrading Niobium six hours straight.)
  
• We WILL accept commissions from all Neutral, Friendly or Allied factions, provided they do not involve smuggling, following our definition, provided it does not use Z21/Alaska and areas with a similar status.
  
• Our traders will NOT fly through Border Worlds or Nomad systems without commission or permission. On exiting, pilots are to submit to whatever Military officials are available to be scanned. (OOC: Ignore this if none are available.)
  

• Using shares to act irresponsibly; such as to send our fleets into suicide attacks may result in the immediate revocation of your shares with no refund. Visual confirmation required
  
• Using your shares to encourage our members to break rules, both our own, system rules, and the rules of the server, will result in the immediate revocation of your shares with no refund. Visual confirmation required.
  
• If invited to group comms, you will leave when asked. You will not flood and if asked to be silent, you will comply. Failure to do so will result in the revocation of shares with half the normal repayment.
  
• While shares apply to all pilots across your accounts, we will only offer the above services to you whilst you are on accounts that are neutral, friendly or allied with us. Doing otherwise would be considered ooRP.
  
• It is YOUR duty to keep US up to date with your list of accounts, not vice versa. Due to recent conflicts on the forums, I will repeat that. It is YOUR duty.
  

Quote:Phantoms
Basilisk., Basilisk
- Bounty: 5m
- Current cost for removal: 10m

• Recruitment Officer - Can recruit or approve pilots who ask to join the ATA.
  
• Treasurer - Access to banks
  
• Arms Distributor - Access to Armouries
  
• Admiral - Access to capital ships
  

• Recon: Scouts for pirates, defectors and people who would otherwise arouse our interests. When not otherwise preoccupied, functions as a fighter/bomber in the fleet. Generally limited to Light Fighters for maneuverability.
  
• External Affairs: Act as ambassadors, handle bounties and take care of issues involving people outside of the faction. When not otherwise preoccupied, function as a fighter/bomber in the fleet.
  
• Internal Affairs: Generally the elite pilots of the ATA. Deals with defectors, as well as smugglers, spies and rule/lawbreakers within our ranks. Generally considered superior to all other pilots of equal rank. When not otherwise preoccupied, function as a fighter/bomber in the fleet.
  
  Traders:
  
• Most members should have one of these. All traders higher than Flight Officer are expected to have at least one fighter/bomber to act in the fleet and assist the ATA in times of need. Concentrates on making a profit, generally travel in groups to scare off pirates. Not expected to engage any foes.
  
  Fighters:
  (Not just fighters, as the name suggests, poor wording.)
  
• Fighters: The Fighter squadrons, intended to draw fire, take out lighter foes, and otherwise keep hostiles busy while backup arrives. Often run scouting missions and patrol common trade routes. Attempts to overrun capital ships with sheer numbers.
  
• Bombers: Intended to take out larger targets, especially hostile capital ships. Often work with internal affairs to take out defectives and smugglers acting amongst our ranks. Often patrol common trade routes in company of fighters.
  

Quote:Moved down to next post.

Quote:11. Pilot Rosters
(May have missed some people, my apologies.)
Forum Handle: JakeSG
Pilots:
[ATA]-Edward.Darkmoor - CEO, Trader.
[ATA-F]-Edward.Darkmoor - CEO, Fighter

Forum Handle: JBauer
Pilots:
[ATA]-Bauer.Freight.Ltd - Trader, Recruitment Officer, Trial Position as Manager
[ATA-F]-Christian.Bauer - Fighter, Recruitment Officer

Forum Handle: Seth Karlo - Inactive
Pilots:
[ATA-F]-Samantha.Kryst - Fighter

Forum Handle: KappaWing_2 - Inactive
Pilots:
[ATA]-Mortis-Probati - Trader

Forum Handle: Cerberus - Inactive
Pilots:
[ATA]-LithiumTrader - Trader
[ATA-F]-Kane.Roberts - Fighter
[ATA-B]-Kane.Roberts - Bomber

Forum Handle: sdssn!p3r - Inactive
Pilots:
[ATA]-Justin.Rubio - Trader

Forum Handle: N1X73R
Pilots:
[ATA]-Klim.Trading.Corp - Trader

Forum Handle: setsujoku
Pilots:
[ATA]-semperfi-[T] - Trader

Forum Handle: Max Dynamic
Pilots:
[ATA]-Meyer.Imports - Trader
[ATA-B]-Marx.Meyer - Bomber

Forum Handle: Zig
Pilots:
[ATA]-Ludger.Kleist - Trader

Forum Handle: Asgardian
Pilots:
[ATA]-Asgard.Supply.Inc - Trader

Forum Handle: Rouge
Pilots:
[ATA]-Rouge - Trader

Unknown Forum Handles:
[ATA]-Anastasia - Trader - Inactive

' Wrote:Ah, you've missed me, [ATA]-Mortis-Probati.

Other than that, nice, you've obviously been working on this a long time!
Looks good!

' Wrote://I dont see this becoming official, we've got several zoner factions already as far as I know (however inactive they are). This also seems more like a trader faction than a zoner faction. I spoke with darkmoor (you, maybe?) in-game about this... but it seems to me that the aim is to use the zoner ID on traders for supposed 'nuetrality' and on combat characters so they can have access to capships. No pirate out there is in anything larger than a gunboat, I dont see why it would hurt this group to use generic trader and military ID's.

' Wrote:Personally I think Bounty Hunter ships should be out of the question. Why would they sell their ships (which they could be giving to their members) to an organisation which does their job for them? The Bounty Hunters Guild doesn't want to wipe out piracy, otherwise there wouldn't be any business for them. That brings them into conflict with the ideals this faction has.

Elsewhere on the shiplist you should include the Eagle, which probably would be a staple for a civilian organisation. House equipment should not be included, for example the RM can't produce enough Wraths for all of their pilots (it's in the infocard iirc) so why should they give/sell them to the ATA? Civilian/Zoner gear only, I'd say.
Plus, I don't see why there are such strong relations with Liberty. Why not any of the other houses, or preferably none of them (considering Zoners generally dislike the rules of the Houses). Also, the Houses probably wouldn't like a "Zoner" fleet coming through their territory.

Needs some refining, yes.

Quote:Aye, I said that. Although the history needs some work, the idea is that we did originate from the Zoners, and it's not so much for their cap ships, but also their fighters. TBH, Zoners make the best and most awesome looking ships, although how they look is often not the basis for which to use.

' Wrote:I still think the zoner ID isnt right for the group, but if you insist on using it your vessels should be limited to the following:
-CT Civilian Fighter Line (starflier, startracker, starblazer, hawk, falcon, griffin, eagle, civilian bomber, and others)
-Armored Transport (Hybrid trade/combat vessel)
-Zoner Gunboat (To be added in 4.85, would be ideal for you guys since it's a trader-oriented gunboat)
-Generic Transports & Trains (Transport, Large Transport, Train, Improved Train, Advanced Train)
-Zoner Transport (To be added in 4.85, should be your primary transport after the version is released)

The civilian bomber is getting an improved version added in 4.85 as well, so it'll give you some slightly better (and better looking) bomber power. Past that, a zoner-affiliated trading faction shouldnt be using cruisers, battlecruisers, battleships, or any non-zoner equipment, especially bounty hunter stuff. We've got too many bounty hunters around as it is.