Flying Tigers

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[/quote]First of all, let me thank those that gave our new Discovery faction a "Welcome" and offered their support .

Our interpretation of the following Discovery RP Rule which was created Feb 4 2007, 07:34 AM is the one that generated a lot of criticism:

4. Faction Rules

4.1 No characters are allowed to join more than 1 faction. Characters from one account can join different factions freely, unless faction policy specifies another rule for this, but no more than 2 system-owning factions at one time.

I hope I am not misquoting again, but have rechecked my source.

We thought this rule gave us the right to establish a faction rule that outlined the faction's desire to restrict other characters on a players account from belonging to an additional faction. Please understand that our core membership has been playing together on a number of different servers for as long as Freelancer has been a popular multiplayer game. Through bad experiences with multifactions per account, we thought this decision was best for us. Maybe at a different mod and a different time, this would still be the case. However, we realize now how important this issue is to the Discovery community of which we want to become an active part of. We want to enjoy this game and feel we have a lot to offer Discovery. Hence we want to be more flexible and try to conform to the communities style of gaming by revising our faction rule nine which addresses this issue.

9. As a member of the FTS, you are encouraged to be a dedicated member and be part of the FTS team. We will not restrict a player from having a different character/characters in other factions or without faction affiliation in accordance with Discovery rules. Caution should be taken when a player decides to mix his five account characters among different factions or character role play with different goals. Some players have a hard time keeping their characters within seperate role playing situations. Players who are not able to maintain their FTS character within the faction rules of the FST are infringing on the rights of other FTS members and will be dealt with accordingly for faction rule violation.

I trust this along with the other revisions made to our Admin approved faction document will satisfy the concerns exressed in this forum thread and suggest that any new concerns about the Flying Tigers be PM'd to me and I will meet with my members and answer your PM on a timely basis.