House Police and Borderworlds

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The thing with the Independent systems is that they have been made less independent through the Houses' RP. Magellan and Cortez are split between Bretonia and Liberty; the Taus are claimed by Gallia, with some of 23 and 29 being patrolled by KNF too; Omega-3 is considered Bretonian, with Omega-7 taken by Rheinland; Bering and Hudson are warzones, contested by Liberty; and Sigma-13 is controlled by GMG, with the south allowing some Rheinland operations. It seems to me that Galileo and Kepler are the only true Independent systems (between the Houses) left.
Police factions uphold the laws in their sovereign space, which can include the above systems for their respective houses.

As a BPA Officer, I would include Omega-3 on my patrols, but have yet to do so with Magellan or Cortez. If I were to find myself there, I would still uphold the laws there, especially on the Bretonian side.

For this specific situation, GRP are within their ID rules to patrol Tau-31 and uphold the law there. Raiding Leeds might be less fitting to their RP, but if GRN need some backup to make the battle more interesting for both sides I'm still fine to see them there.

Yes some of the independent systems are being claimed by RP by house factions. I cant say that I agree with this fully though because there's a reason for independent systems. People that don't want to mess with the house factions, run illegal operations, be unlawful/pirate, and so on. And if you want to start saying that Tau 31 and other independent systems are claimed by house space. Whats to say down the road they don't try and make them house space if this happens good bye Zoners because you wont have any where to dock or RP. House factions should not be laying claim that a system is theres if theres more then one house or major faction contesting the area. That area is considered a war zone such as Tau 31 with Bretonia and Gallia both fighting for it per say. Therefore they have no right to enforce laws. To put it in another light. Russia and England go to war. Russia builds a base in England. By your logic since Russia has a base in England and there at war Russia has the right to make and enforce laws in England but they dont. The reason they dont is because they have not won control over England because there at war. The same applies to Tau 31. To address the police issue. Would have to say would be kind of funny to see Russian police pulling people over in England lol. So I stick to what I said they can assist GRN there with war efforts but they have no RP right to enforce law there since they do not solely control the system. Bretonia has a planet there as stated before.