Proposal: ID changes for 4.87

[AeternusDoleo]

As I just mentioned to you on Skype, there's a bit of contradiction between a few of the IDs, mainly in regards to alliances. I scanned through them all and found some more.

The BPA ID (and possibly the CR ID as well) may need an exception for allying with the Kusari Exiles, since their ID is unlawful. Or, as you said, make the Kusari Exiles a quasilawful group.

Furthermore, the Outcasts are allowed to ally with Bretonian lawfuls against other unlawfuls, but the BPA ID proposal does not presently allow this.

The Corsairs and Black Sails are allowed to ally with Kusari lawfuls against other unlawfuls, however the KSP are not allowed to ally with them for their ID is unlawful.

Similarly, the Bunschuh ID allows them to ally with or against Rheinland lawfuls, but the RFP ID does not let them ally in return.

Not an oversight. These are all criminal factions. Police should not ally with them. Military are concerned with house sovereignty, police are concerned with law enforcement. These are more for allowing them to ally with Military and Intelligence agencies, against house enemies.

Maquis and Brigands IDs do not let them ally with lawfuls, however the Colonial Republic (lawful ID) lets them ally with those two.

Check. Brigands is iffy, but Maquis... those two groups are heavily anti-GRN, so joining up makes sense.

Although not a contradiction per se, the Zoner ID perhaps should be allowed to ally with other Zoner groups (TAZ and OSI).

TAZ and OSI IDs both start with "This pilot is a Zoner who..." so that's a non-issue.

The Bounty Hunters Guild ID limits them from allying with unlawfuls, however they have sided with the Council against Gallia. Again, not much of a contradiction here, but something to think about.

They've been shooting the same targets, which doesn't neccesarily mean allying. BHG is about shooting criminals - joining in a major war is a new thing for them. I'm not 100% sure what to do about this.

The map displaying the various regions shows that Okinawa is considered part of the Sigma region, however the GMG, Corsair, and Black Sails IDs lists both the Sigmas and Okinawa. Is Okinawa indeed part of Kusari, or is this just a clarification for those who do not know Okinawa is a Sigma?

Superfluous statement indeed. I initially had Okinawa lumped under Kusari, but given it's a GMG system, putting it under the Sigma cluster makes more sense.

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