what about an additional IMG affliated faction?

[ian]

I have a few commnets about faction creation. Keep in mind that the IMG is a Guild of Independent Miners. That is a something similar to a trade union or a farmer's cooperative. We do not work for a corporation in a strict sense. I have had pirates call me a "corporate lacky" in game and I always correct them. So the government of the faction needs to operate like a guild. We can have a guild president - but the guild members should sit on a council of some sort.

We also should not strut around a huge military force. Our miners/explorers and traders need protection and we do indeed have the CR. They see themselves as contract labor for the IMG. Our Albatrosses need to stay near IMG bases or patrol near rich asteroid fields while miners mine these fields.

for the first parapgraph, one of the other things we could do is maybe doing something the Zoners have done and have some sort of register and discuss things with all the other IMG members before making decisions, but its just a thought:)

and i also agree with the second paragraph, i myself am willing to escort IMG traders or miners if they require it and i have a fighter than is able to atleast fend off attackers while the trader/miner gets away safely. i would never escort 1 single trader/miner in the Endeavour unless there is atleast 2 i am protecting and hopefully would give would-be pirates second thoughts of attacking them (itimidation can be a very usefull weapon at times)


EDIT: also with the results of the poll so far we would have atleast 10 members;)which would definantly cover the required amount to make it official