Alliances, how they should be treated and Ship sharing

[Jihadjoe]

I tend to think of it as this. The Royal Navy and the US Naval forces work together commonly in exercises and in combat. The Royal Navy don't use Nimitz class Aircraft carriers though, and the US navy do not use any Type 45 frigates that the Royal Navy have 'lying around'. So to me there would be no sense in some factions stating that they are allied with this, that and the other, allowing them to use any of their ships.

However, the british army did recently recieve a load of Apache gunships and the US use Harriers.

Allies swap technology all the time, it makes sense to...

What I don't like in game is people using other factions caps. Allied or not, Corsairs shouldn't use the Osiris, its an Order ship.

A faction should use only their own caps and 90% their own fighters. The fighters/bombers from other factions should either be one off ships that have been justified by RP, or from deals made with other player factions.

I won't bother to bore you all with examples but that seems like a total no brainer to me.

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