to the Admins

[Yngen]

How about this, we make a rule that every capital ship is required to have a credit card in its hold at all times. The amount of the credit card is based on the class of ship. That way admins do not have to intervene every time a cap ship is destroyed just to collect payment. The victor collects payment with their tractor beam. The only regulation needed then is everyone scanning holds to make sure they're packing their catastrophic insurance policy.

I say no less than 50 million in CCs in every Battleship hold.

This has a number of attractive parts:

1)It means more accurate role play and simulation. When a big ship goes down it takes loads of money and time to bring back into service-losing 50 mil in credit cards for losing a fight would be an excellent opportunity for a cap ship captain to do some role play about recovering survivers, repairing the ship etc etc.

2)This could put many independant ship owners out of commission for extended periods while they save their credits again-alleviating the issue in Gamma and New York.

3)People in general will think twice before bringing that big nasty into a fight because they know they could end up quite a bit poorer if they mess it up.

I'm all for it, though it does mean new rules. Rules that are usually followed to the T in factions but generally ignored by independants, who are the people this rule would be directed at. There would be a stressful period for the admins and everyone else with sanctions flying every which way. Eventually the rule would become more widely known and regulation could continue at a manageable pace.

One last comment. I don't think the Battleship liscense has accomplished its intended goal. I think this because it is a one time expense. I also believe this because we haven't really addressed the real issue. The problem with cap spamming is not with the number of cap ships a person may have, but the frequency of its usage. The Battleship License only limits the number of battleships a person can have, but not how often the person uses it and the situations they use it in. If you impliment something that encourages forthought in the usage of a ship and penalizes overusage you might end up closer to your goal.

-Here's to making capital ships the Icons of role playing that they should be.

-Yngen

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