Solution to NewYork over-population problem

[Praetyre]

Locking PVP in New York only creates immunity for the campers, and is unfair to the Liberty factions who defend it. New Berlin, New Tokyo and New London are not no-PVP. If they were, the Rheinwehr, Kaigun, Queen Carina's Royal Fleet, Bretonia Police Authority and Rheinland Bundespolize would be impotent to stop smugglers and criminals in their area, and on the other side of the aisle, smuggling would lose most to all of the risk and turn into grinding.

Also, I think it is simply untenable to have SP in Discovery. You know why?

Look at the news reports. In 800 AS, just hours/days after Trent and some of the other folk have been rescued from Freeport 7, you can read news reports about the Bretonia-Kusari war, which happens 13 years after it. Heck, I even read reports, at the same time, of there being a risk of "the first war between the colonies" (paraphrased). You can read reports about Das Wilde while Rheinland is in the middle of their infestation!. You can read reports about the Nomads when the war hasn't even begun yet of President's who wouldn't be elected until a decade and Gottkanzler's two terms ahead spouting off to each other.

That's the equivalent of hearing talk about Hurricane Katrina in Desert Storm, or talk about the death of Stalin in Battlefield 1942, or people discussing the release date of Duke Nukem Forever in Desperados. It can work in a humorous fashion (Destroy All Humans! and it's sequel) but in a serious setting like Freelancer, it breaks immersion and seems to be impossible to fix in the SP campaign.

I think the best solution is to more tightly enforce our existing laws. Rule 3.4 needs a lot more attention, as it's violated routinely in New York and even some other systems without penalty. Not to play backseat admin, but, just offering up my opinion.

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