Through effort of a faction perk, our ID lines are now comparable to the Freelancer ID. Still without the ability to mount weapons, as per our faction's ethos. They are now...
Cannot mount weapons.
Cannot fulfill bounty contracts.
Can fly '\S/'SRV-Sol and ships up to 3,600 cargo space, except Battleships.
We now have a system in place to "internally SRP" ships above our shared ship standard. As our shareds ships are less than the Freelancer ID, we encourage those who want to obtain bigger ships to roleplay to obtain them.
As an example, our shared ships have a max cargo of 2,700. If someone wants to use the Serenity, we'd ask they do roleplay via our own jobs and assignments to obtain one. Leadership will offer guidance on the roleplay and grant the request once it's sufficient.
This system has been introduced as a way of teaching new players and new members the importance of roleplay on the server. Furthermore, if they choose to pursue a formal SRP with the Discovery Staff, they will be much more familiar with the process. Those who are after a great faction about discovery, research and science, the Starfliers is a great place to start.
Tomorrow makes two years of being an Official Faction. Since that day until now, I have tried to put in place ideas and restrictions. These ranged from the super restricted ID all the way to keeping an iron grip on the OF restart and tag passwords. To appropriately size the faction's assets and not go too crazy with what I think the faction's operations would look like. I did this all in the name of roleplay.
After all this time, I can recognize that the decision to lock down mostly everything and (try to) let creativity come from the prepared communal assets didn't really pay off at the level I would have liked. All I really did was put a stop to gameplay, as players didn't really feel like they owned the ships. Probably other reasons unknown to me too.
As of today, all members are able to create their own ships by using the now available restart template and tag password. Our internal onboarding has been updated to reflect this.
Feel free to join us, create your own ships and add to the roleplay of the faction and Discovery as a whole!
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