Techmix-nerf and factions which are unique in RELYING on techmixing

[Jinx]

to lead it back to the roleplay:

characteristics about your own gear:

- you have ppl that know in and out how to maintain it. even when teams change - new ppl know it well enough, too.
- you have spare parts - more spare parts than for any other tech
- you cannot even maintain it - but also keep it up to date.... so that an older model can compete with the new situation
- your own gear is "iconic" - but not in a way like "old gear" - its the difference between "the axe of your ancenstors vs. an excellently balanced vibro-sword"

characteristics about foreign gear:

- only a limited number of people know how to maintain it - and even if they are as good as the original ppl, they will have to make compromises.
- compromises include the use of "non standard spare parts" - which .... a tinkerer can circumvent easily.
- but after a while ( years ) - such a custom ship becomes more and more complicated - until its really only a handful of mechanics that can maintain it anymore - and your spare parts also become more and more odd.
- lets assume you have a perfect team of mechanics - they might even make your ship MORE powerful. - at least at the start. - but after a while ( and ships appear to be handed down generations sometimes ) - they become worse - they are not up to date anymore. - they can "still compete" - but thats "just sufficient enough"
- such gear has "idealistic value" - they are icons of your origins. - a modern mercenary group that can trace its origin back to the vikings might still keep "the old axe of the chief" as an icon - but would be ill advised to take it into battle.



treat the legacies of your factions just as that - a legacy. they are NOT useless - but they show wear and tear more and more. - a character CAN roleplay - stealing / purchasing perfect spare parts - and training his mechanics 100%. - but then ..... a character can also RP to be a superhero that can tear the molecules of his enemies apart by sheer will of thought.


from my point of view - it makes "100%" perfect sense in RP to have non-faction-equipment be worse. - and it also makes 100% sense that old ships that defected or were stolen - are impossible to maintain. ( the term "impossible" is the COMPROMISE here.... as the term improbable or unlikely would create an unequal playing field )

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