Artisan Farmers Alliance

[Zelot]

I've actually been thinking about all of this for a while. Basically since AFA didn't take off before.



The way it would go if I had my druthers would be that the FA get an ID similar to Xenos..But I don't think that will happen so I will adapt the engagement rules to as follows.



So on every route you would have a baseline tax. For NB to Kyushu lets say for example, lets say the baseline is 2 million. So if thats the base the piracy rules would go as follows;



1x base for Trader ID, no Tag.

1.5x base for Trader ID, foreign Tag or Foreign ID, no tag

2x base for Foreign ID, Foreign Tag

.5x base for Kusari ship or tag, trader ID

0x base for Kusari Tag and ID

3x for Synthfood ID and IC ID (as those are the 2 Liberty companies with bases in Kusari)



I really like the idea of asking traders to drop their cargo. I'm not sure about doing it as a rule for the faction, just because I'm not sure exactly what the rules on that would be. Traders are going to start getting really pissed if I make them drop their whole load on every trip, which is what the RP would call for. Don't get me wrong, I would love to, I just think in would really piss people off.



I think the hook is that the AFA goes back to an older time in Kusari, before Deshima and Roppongi. A much more Xenophobic time, much like China before the 1800's or so. The AFA wants to take Kusari back to a better time ( in their eyes ) when Kusari products were on Kusari shelves. When a young Kusari could count living close to home for most of his life. In the news and rumors around Kusari you see little snips of the conflict raging internally in Kusari, the conflict of opening Kusari to foreign ideas and product and insulating itself from other cultures. Modernity vs tradition. The AFA see all the problems of Kusari society, Cardimine, GC's, low employment, as caused by the fact that Kusari now lets foreigners in. Remember for a long time, Kusari didn't let foreigners into Kusari space. When Deshima was built it was the furthest into Kusari, foreigners were allowed. The AFA represent a radical group based on this type of Xenophobic thought.



for more on this line of thought see here : http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13018



Bacon, Civi weapons are defiantly allowed, as for the stinger, I was thinking about it earlier, and I dint see why not, I just think the Eagle is a better ship and more in line with the NPC ships the farmers fly.



Chop, The AFA are loyal Kusari and would never put our Brothers in the KNF in the position of having to try to protect traders from us. In the case of KNF being on, we will kindly ask for donations for the poor farmers of Kusari, voluntarily of course, we would also work very closely with the Gaians, as the AFA have more of an eco friendly view on environmentalism, hence the Artisan, I think it brings up old world imagery. Any way, We would work with the Gaians to interdict Britonian shipping. The Farmers would be actively involved in the war effort.



I might be rambling so if I missed anything, or you don't understand just post what part and I'll clarify.

Edit: I have been watching the Mike Huckabee speaches and have gotten sooo much good propaganda and ideological material for the AFA:)

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