So, I think the DHC mistakes itself for a military force, which it is not.
Deal with it.
You might have almost all of Rheinland behind you, since you are a very huge company, but still, as said before, your actions and RP should reflect that you are that company, not some people who were given a bit too much might and who are now running around telling everyone what to do.
Since you got no real military power down there you should better try to be friendly to the locals, so they won't cut your tires and sabotage the bridges while you drive your trucks through their lands.
And that "little" Zoner village is a bit bigger than you think. Actually I would say it's the third biggest Zoner "installation" (I can't think of a better word right now). They have a shipyard, two big science stations and a Freeport down there. Considering that probably 3/5th (60mio) of the Zoner population live in O-49/50, and another big part of their population lives in Baffin, I would say at least 1/8th (12.5mio) of them in O-74. 12.5 mio. That's a huge village you are talking about. Even if it's less than that, even if it were only 5mio or hell, even 2.5mio...it's still "no village".
I must say, I didn't like the kind of RP the DHC did anyway, too aggressive. Since I'm in the IMG I had more than one "encounter" with your company.
But against a more or less "small" mining guild, it's ok to be a bit more aggressive, at least "more ok", than against some "civilians" who just asked you, to ask them if you were allowed to pass through their land and pay a little tax for that. (Even though the IMG isn't thaaaat small...)
So - the RP which you presented us is just not fitting. Even if you consider yourself "proud, arrogant and suffering from a superiority complex, [...] better than anyone else".
It's DHC, not the Rheinwehr! And I believe they aren't even that aggressive. (Though I don't see anything reason for them to be...) Try solving stuff with RP and diplomacy, not with "WE DEMAND! YOU OBEY! ... You not obey? WE SHOOT!" - I know you like having sneaky mercenaries kill everyone who doesn't obey you. But the Zoners aren't your enemy, they aren't some foreign mining company, they aren't some independent miners or miners guild and they aren't Hessians.
What do you think what impact do your action have, when you "start war with everyone", while there's already another war (or even two, if you think about corsairs ...)? What impact on the people in Rheinland?
They will probably start supporting Red Hessians and other revolutionists. Even if the propaganda tells them how "bad" those guys are.
And you even said, you aren't the "leader"...so, are you the foreign affairs spokesmen for DHC? Looks like it. And your "leaders" did say "that's ok"?
It's just the wrong RP for that position. You aren't speaking for the corsairs in that moment, they can threaten, they can demand, they don't care.
I'm disappointed where the RP around DHC is taking DHC and Rheinland. The way you are handling problems is wrong. A company should be aggressive in another way, making deals which are extremly profitable, without threatening but with "negotating". Of course all you do is trying to achieve the highest profit for yourself. But that's not going to happen when you threaten possible trading partners or people who are "involved" in your tradings (own a system where you go through, e.g.).
You have to make the trading partner agree to deals, which bring you more than him, that's what's being a big company is about. You have to keep negotating until you get what YOU want. That's not about threats, demands, etc...
But hey, I don't think you are the businessman which is required for that job. I wouldn't be either.
Takes more than "obey or fight" for that.
Jus' my opinion, ye know.
I hope you don't take it personal, it wasn't meant that way.
It's just some critic about how I think it should be more like...eh...
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' Wrote:Do not take it personally. It's RP, try to RP back.
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That is DHC's RP, not MY RP. Deal with it
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Is that all we are going to hear from you? - "Deal with it"?
Srsl, how about I get me a Rheinland BS and run ravaging through Lib, telling them, "hey, it's my RP, we are at war!...DEAL WITH IT!!!" - I could write a story about a captain who's gone crazy and his extremly loyal crew obeys him on every task..."DEAL WITH IT!"
nc...
Just clearing some basic things. When I found the DHC- I myself and the others thought that how we make a real dirty company not a "disco allowed grey trader team". A corporations sometimes have larger influence than we think or know. Just see East India Company. A trader company ruled about a whole country, and they had armed forces because the british military followed their instructions. About same in present day the Haliburton in Afghanistan, they "rebuid" it and the US Army assist them - and hard to say this area is USA... So the original idea was about similar with the DHC- a company what is act really in game and on forum as a real company. Which is on the bottom of the dirt. So it is MY RP if you wanna search a subject:). Im no longer leader but good to see how the original line not lost. You dont like it? I can live with it:)
Zoners aren't Terrorist. Neither are they pirates. Neither are they a country under your controll.
But I see what you mean, and honestly, I like the idea. But you are too, mh...direct (?), at least in my opinion. The east indian trading company had a bit more influence in the areas where they "ruled" ... ehm, behaved like this. And they had the fleet backing them, what you don't have that much, since they are in a war.
I didn't say, be the friendly neighborhood-company.
The main reason I have against your RP with the Zoners in O74 is based on the fact, that you mistake this system down there for a village, which could be erased "silently" (even in RL), but it isn't.
' Wrote:Zoners aren't Terrorist. Neither are they pirates. Neither are they a country under your controll.
But I see what you mean, and honestly, I like the idea. But you are too, mh...direct (?), at least in my opinion. The east indian trading company had a bit more influence in the areas where they "ruled" ... ehm, behaved like this. And they had the fleet backing them, what you don't have that much, since they are in a war.
I didn't say, be the friendly neighborhood-company.
The main reason I have against your RP with the Zoners in O74 is based on the fact, that you mistake this system down there for a village, which could be erased "silently" (even in RL), but it isn't.
Actually I dont know what DHC- players doing now, I not follow their daily acts, I just come and help if they hire me. I just said the original idea of DHC- thats all. A kind of answer for the "why dont you play like other trader factions" critics.
' Wrote:The main reason I have against your RP with the Zoners in O74 is based on the fact, that you mistake this system down there for a village
That is exactly how we see Omnicron 74 - a rather small village. Keep in mind the DHC operates mostly in house systems, around big instalations and heavy populated planets. The smallest city on New Berlin probably has more residents than all the zoner bases combined - except Gran Canaria - so O 74 is nothing in our eyes
Just wondering... Why did you fly several ships to texas, and the F1 them out in space before we (the [LN]) could find you? What are you planning on doing with those ships?
' Wrote:Just wondering... Why did you fly several ships to texas, and the F1 them out in space before we (the [LN]) could find you? What are you planning on doing with those ships?
3 of us went there to search for some stolen cargo and to gather intel on Liberty corporation but a Liberty Dread ruined our fun. He ran into that debris field and died there. Then we decided to log another faction (ye, all three of us were in both factions) so we F1'd. We had no idea LN was looking for us and there were no words exchanged between us and LN, or anyone else in that system