Zoners can smuggle just as much as the Junkes. Zoners are just as shady if you want them to be. Unless you plan on using the Junker ID to pirate, I'd suggest sticking to only Zoner IDs. If you plan to use the Junker ID to pirate, use Zoner IFF with pirate ID. That throws mixed signals like no other.
Would be nice to see some people in the Tau's (excluding Tau-23...*cough*) for a change, and it could potentially boot up a bit more Kusari activity. As well, it really is a beautiful system.
Plus it gives me potential people to shoot.:P
Besides that, I -might- be interested in such a faction as this. That is, if I don't get buried in the factions/indies I already have ._.
I don't think so. I administer that base. It's quiet now but when 4.86 rolls in, it won't be. Well, I do have to deal with that occasional ignorant indie KNF now and then.
If you want a challenge, settle on Freeport 1 or 5 but be mindful of the person administering those bases.
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' Wrote:Because people will see the Pirate ID as outright criminal. Junker ID will be seen as "Hmm, do I trust this guy?"
Smuggler ID has the same effect. I tend to RP IDs like Smuggler, Pirate, Slaver, etc, as just "outdated" or somehow suspicious "registration papers," when as law enforcement, which is the only group that really has an inherent interest in those things, I feel. For example, nobody would say on their ship that they're a slaver, it's kind of like having an otherwise-valid license plate that you haven't gotten renewed. That's how I do it, anyways.
But overall this is an awesome idea, and though I won't be joining, I'd love to help out and/or interact with you guys in any way I can. This is what zoners should be, for the most part, I feel. They're the fringes of society, they shouldn't all be super-rich, technologically-advanced that've got complete power over everyone in their domain. They should be shady characters that keep "touch-and-go" relations with the law, and a "we respect you because your life is tough, too, let's not mess with each other" sort of scenario with unlawfuls. Of course, there's still the rich ones, but those should be few and far between.
Excellent writeup so far, and I'd be really disappointed if this doesn't succeed. I wish you nothing but the best of luck.