Community Tutorial: Why would you want to fly a ---------- ID?

[Jansen]

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Have a look here for more insights into the LWBs history http://discoverygc.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=87406&pid=1235496&highlight=Landwirtrechtbewegung#pid1235496

Ever wanted to be an ANGRY FARMER in space? Then this is the ID for you. The Landwirtrechtbewegung does not only have an awesome name, it also is a great faction. The faction consists of farmers that got nearly everything they had on the planet Stuttgart taken away by Synth Foods, which received help from the Rheinland government. This offers a huge variety of different characters with different backgrounds and also allows for quite a few not so serious types, you could for example play a pacifist melon farmer that just tries to sell melons, or an ex-Military pilot that just likes the idea behind the LWB.
The LWB does not really like hitting on civilan targets, but wont be afraid to do so if its necessary. Their main targets are Synth Foods transports and employees as well as the Rheinland law enforcers. Due to their alliance with the Coalition, the Red Hessians, Unioners and even the Bundschuh, the LWB definitely dislikes Corsairs as well (they eat humans instead of fresh vegetables and all that).
Another interesting thing about the LWB is the existence of Blue Jillies, which are an LWB commodity. They sell pretty good in a few places, so you could even trade as LWB pilot.
The LWB also has their own shipline which includes a Fighter and a Bomber (commonly called tractors), both with pretty cool looks, and they can fly Transports, Gunboats and even Cruisers, giving them access to pretty much every ship class they will ever need. However the fact that the LWB ID allows Cruiser should not result in them being used to pirate, the LWB is a small faction, so it shouldn’t have access to many Cruisers and definitely shouldn’t use them for anything but defensive purposes.
I would suggest you to try a Humpback, they are great and you usually will have some nice RP encounters in them.
-Jansen

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Have a look here for deeper insights into the Unioner RP http://discoverygc.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=87697

The Unioners are simply put the hardcore terrorists in Rheinland, they started as a workers movement, trying to take revenge at Republican shipping for firing quite a bunch of them. But those noble goals have been lost long ago. Nowadays Unioner life is about making the biggest profit while causing the most trouble possible. This is the most brutal of the Rheinland unlawful groups.
The Unioners are allied with the LWB and the Liberty Rogues, and on very friendly terms with the Corsairs. They have been stepping away from the other Rheinland unlawfuls, which puts them on neutral to unfriendly terms with the Red Hessians and quite hostile terms with the Bundschuh (who needs stupid talking politicans anyways?). This constellation allows the Unioners to have access to a lot of good smuggling routes, such as the artifact trade, the Blood Diamond trade and even the dealing with Blue Jillies, their alliance with the Liberty Rogues gives them access to docking points in Liberty, most with pretty good prices to sell your cargo.
You should however make sure that you don’t encounter a Corsair while trading Blood Diamonds or a Hessian while carrying Artifacts, that wont end too well for you.
If trading is not your thing, then just rob whatever you can, as Unioner you don’t really care as long as it pays and doesn’t anger your allies. If it’s a Republican ship you could for sure let it suffer a bit more than usual. Unioners also have a rather large ZOI, which includes Rheinland and the bordering systems as well as Texas, so you could also make the Military factions pay for ruining your great smuggling routes in Bering and Hudson with their stupid war. Another thing you should remember is that Unioners dont really like other pirates in their space, they are bad for business, so you might want to get rid of them.
The Unioners have access to all ship classes except Battleships, so they offer quite a lot of choices in that direction. Take what you need and cause some trouble.
-Jansen

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