AW vs TBH war, and AW current situation

[Jinx]

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of course they do not govern any space anymore, untill they "repurchase" the system - but the system should stay "reserved" for them to be repurchased - meaning, no other faction should have the right to claim it unless the AW makes it clear that they do not have the intention to buy it back again.

2.)
they have every right to patrol and make all the rules that any other non faction player has. - they have no right to enforce a law by the rules of the server - but can make laws that are down to roleplay. - that means, someone breaking the laws imposed in RP has to face a RP consequence ( like being kos ) - but cannot be sanctioned for violating the laws ( as it could possibly be the case if someone broke a law of a guard system as the laws there are server rules )

as the AW have possessed the system before as a regular and accepted official faction, they sort of enjoy a higher standard / right than a casual independent - mostly due to the fact that they have more insight into the matters, cause they shaped it more. they do not have the right to "govern" over theta anymore than the casual independent though.

3.)
if we assume that the AW has no right over their guard anymore - they have no right over freeport 9 anymore. - that is to say, no sole right over freeport 9 - however.... i think that in RP, they could request at the now highest installation of the zoners to deny docking rights to specific people / factions - limited to FP9 / corfu. - in that case that could be either the zoner council ( which would take ages to achieve a decission ) - or ask the [TAZ] directly as they are the only representing zoner faction, even if they have little to deal with fp 9.

I.)
its been discussed - and my own opinion is - "no". they have closer ties to the outcast ( or so it seems ) - but retain their neutrality. - they are hard to catch in the common factions. - a faction of close knit freelancers describes them well, imo. - like the BHG, who use freeports as their bases, the AW could be a unit that uses FP9 so much, that they have been given the right to run it in the first place - yet not being zoners. that idea would cut them from corfu base and the places that the zoner specific ships are sold though.
they should remain closest friends of zoners - but not be associated with the basic idea of zoners anymore. - since they have their own ID, its not really a problem. - they are NO zoners.. they are the Asgard warriors, period. As for the [Tag] - a zoner tag can remain, as they do have ties with zoners that are deeper than even BHGs - but other factions should not consider them zoners. ( but this opinion is down to discussions , and mine is very subjective )

II.)
answered before - hard to say ... imo, they should have a freelancer tag - but its so hard to get that one cannot really make them get it

III.)
the politics are perfectly fine - assuming they are not zoners. if they insist to be zoners, their policy is wrong, cause they are building up enemies. zoners do that, too - but in my opinion, zoners "steer" it the way that - for example outcasts would fight corsairs - and not zoners fight corsairs. zoners are acting in the second row - AW is acting in the front row. - too much spotlight in a war for a unit that is associated with zoners.

if however, we cut the AW from the zoners - they can do what they are doing without any RP problems. - they have the station, they have the right to govern their space, - but what they do is not the will of zoners, but their own one. they are not guarding zoner interests but their own - if we think that way... its all good.






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i do think that the AW are doing a good job as the AW. they are a faction that runs the place, brings politics and a "third" force into these places. - what i do not think is that they are representing the zoners. but for what they do - its not necessary to represent the zoners. they can be AW, they can become official again - they can regain the guard system, but what they do is their own business.

zoners do their stuff differently.

edit: too bad that there is no "military" tag...that would fit well. they are a non house or pirate affiliated military - if ever a faction could have this tag - its the AW ( well and the SCRA - come to that - are faction tags hardcoded? ... )

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