House Police and Capital Ships

[RickJames]

That's why Police ID holders should still be able to fly gunboats.
None of the Houses are based on Middle-Eastern or African nations so, I don't think that should apply here.

No they are not. However, the current political situation and ability to govern and enforce the law in Freelancer is even worse than it currently is in the Middle-East.

It is like the Wild West or even more accurate; the Carribean in the 1600's.

You do not see people in fighter jets flying around today because they have to in order to protect themselves. Yet, just about anyone in the Freelancer world can buy a state of the art fighter and load it up with insanely powerful weapons..powerful enought to destroy traders and civilian transportation craft.

The Freelancer world is much more unlawful and chaotic then the present day. Without instantaneous communication and the ability to go any were in one day. Sirus is vastly unexplored..even in the main house systems like NY and NB there are vast area's outside the tradelanes that are not easily gotten to and can not be patrolled on a regular basis.