The JUNKER CONGRESS

[worldstrider]

Very well done, however you may get flack for having a Rhienland BS. Perhaps a Cruiser?
Also, your alowed ships. There are a lot of ships in the 'civilian' line, trim it down some perhaps?
And your Weapon list would allow any of Liberty, Bretonia, Corsair, Outcast, Lane Hacker, Rogue, Molly, Red Hessian, Gaian, Bundshue, LWB, and Order weps. This is just wrong.....but perhaps justlifiable as your junkers, all of you flying different ships with different weps. But it will give rise to Eagles mounting Krakens......

It is problematic--Junker bases sell a slew of things and to quote, "They say you can get anything at a Junker base."

There are no real dedicated "Junker" weapons so I think any weapons suitable to the area they operate in are appropriate.

As to the use of the unlawful weapons, they aren't prohibited but it is my feeling that it is RP's job to keep them in check. Local authorities will stop Junkers with such weapons. Junker Congress Base Adjudicators (governors) can order Congress members not to equip weapons in their area that they think adversely affect their base operations. Outcasts don't like Corsair weapons, Corsairs don't like Outcast weapons, Liberty doesn't like any unlawful weapons--you get the picture. A smart Junker will carry a load out that doesn't get bad reactions.

It's important not to "rules" every detail (and it's impossible anyway). Role play should be the biggest "rule" of all--meaning that if we all play "true to life", natural consequences will deter bad choices--just like that RL I have heard about.

The Rheinland battleship would literally be confined to our home system only--you won't see them elsewhere. The Junker ID allows a battleship (not just a cruiser).

I put a lot of thought into it and the alternative is Junkers who want a cap ship will be trying to buy Corsair or Outcasts ones.

Fly around the debris in Sigma 13. There are almost intact wrecks there by the dozens--its plausible and the explanation of why Junker cap ships are never seen is that they never leave their home bases.

Frankly, a Junker cap ship should never see action short of an invasion by hostiles of the home system. I don't have a cap ship account and honestly see little need for one in normal circumstances.

We will require that our members NOT fly about in Rheinland battleships with the exception of ferrying them after purchase and would act against those doing otherwise. I personally think the Rheinland cruiser is all we need as a home defense ship--but if some Junker hankers to spend close to 2 billion credits on a ship that never leaves Puerto Rico--then let the poor guy have the fun his ID allows.

As to the ship list--it's the freighters and transports that are most numerous and at starting levels, it's understandable that Junker characters will have to follow their wallets like everyone else. Our preference and encouragement will be after that transition, end up in appropriate ships and don't hang onto the "odd ducks".

Oh--and thanks for the compliment! (I nearly lost my mind rewriting this a billion times).

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