police vs Pirates

[Jinx]

"more options"? - not really sure.... if there was a legitimate LPI in liberty - the LSF would be allmost obsolete, cause there is actually not much else to do than to stop smugglers. ( unless there ll be a war with rheinland, then the LSF can do special tasks )

but right now - LSF aswell as most other house "owning" factions ( BAF, KNF, RM ) are mostly doing police stuff - and not at all military stuff ( well, except for RM that was fighting the corsairs, which is really military stuff )

edit: ok - let me rephrase it - they DO have more options, but a real police faction wouldn t die to boredom, while a true LSF faction - or a true KNF, RM, BAF faction would mostly sit around twiddling their thumps. cause there is simply mostly just police stuff to do. but yes - in a way, they have more options ( cause there is no police around )

edit2: well, - i see it as a pirate aswell as a BHG ( allthough in BHG case, i understand why people never stop ) -- when you say "cut your engines" people simply NEVER stop. i think its either a major misunderstanding, and people think that "cut your engines" means - " oh, go on fly at your current speed " or maybe they think " oh, flying at 100 is allmost like standing still " i don t know - but people simply don t know what "cut your engines" really means. - so when a cop has you on his scanners ( 12 click ) and asks you to cut your engines ( provided he asks you politely and not like an ass ) - you d usually cut your engines. if you don t- i agree with chopper, you make yourself unnecessary suspicious ( in case you are innocent )

the scanner range is 3.9 clicks by the way - not 2 clicks.... anyway, i don t think that a smuggler should stay on the KoS list for an eternity. i had the same concerns about such a KoS list when i PMed about the keepers. they consider people with nomad gear hostile. - and my question was - how long will they still consider someone hostile, even if he has NO nomad gear anymore. - 1 day? 1 week? forever?

so take that as an ADVICE. if you go through the trouble to put someone on your KoS list ( which is perfectly fine ) - maybe you should consider to "unkos" him after - maybe a few days again. otherwise one incident can ruin the RP of one char. that is not about how things are in RL - that is about gameplay. you can renew the kos duration if the smuggler is caught within this time with contraband again. and i guess you could engage him even if he carries no contraband. but after that while - you should consider him CLEAN again, even if the player behind the character knows that he is a smuggler.

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