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[Athenian]

Of course you shouldnt have to edit your intended modus operandi for the sake of other factions. BUT playing implies a certain degree of symbiosis. If you do have an eye on Bretonia then maybe Bretonia needs to have an eye on you. Are you suggesting that Bretonia cannot adjust its restricitons on larger ships in response to the emeregnce of this new threat?

And thanks for helping me with my confusion over your base system. I suppose that will bring up running costs what with the radiation. From a RP point of view I think it justifies the gunboats completely within O5, given the damage caused to fighters and the difficulty in piloting a capital ship in the system.

Cruisers are now limited, and those which are allowed, won't be used for attacking, but only in defence.
The person who was in Cambridge in a Praefect has since left OPG because of this new rule.

This is precisely why you might even consider limiting gunboats. There are people out there who just want to hammer on others with superior ships. I'm not saying you won't vet new members properly, but it helps to have strict rules in pace to enforce discipline - this is fundamental to your description of the faction's history. "Toning down the use of gunboats" is vague and unclear. "Occasionally" is equally vague.

It's nice to see traders potentially being routed elsewhere other than through the Omegas, but then how are supplies going to get to Crete? Perhaps a stated policy on cargo demands (just as lawful factions have express policies on contraband - eg. whats being confiscated, destroyed, etc how much of a tax is to be levied depending on circumstances)

Apart from the run through Leeds there are slim pickings within Bretonia for pirates. And Lane Hackers have a tendency to jump into Leeds from Magellan in pursuit of those too obstinate to pay. Im looking forward to any conflict that arises over who gets to tax a trader first. Although Ive never seen a corsair NPC in Leeds. Not to suggest Leeds would be out of OPG jurisdiction. In fact it would be nice to see it as another venue for the Corsair/Outcast rivalry.

There is one thing I would like to see and Im only raising it here because it comes to mind now as we are discussing the corsairs. AS you probably know it is a hugely (over-)subscribed faction and there are going to be independent corsairs on the same corner as you - how do established offical factions deal with non-faction ships carrying the same i.d.? For pirates its the equivalent of another organised criminal family muscling in on their turf. Id view it myself as an opportunity to recruit but with a flip-side - join or find your own area to work in. I'd be interested to know if you have thoughts on this. Even police or military characters I play take a dim view of the approach adopted occasionally by non-faction but same id characters. An effective control of territory requires a monopoly over the exercise of violence in that territory (that's to say , there can be only one army in any country and in an army there is chain of command)

Good luck with it. :)

ps Maybe I should try writing a faction proposal just to experience what you're going through now! It's obvious from the sheer number of OPG vessels in your sig that you have a clear preference for and vision of a distinct group and I hope this vision can be "massaged into reality". So good work. To stand out as pirates will take a lot in this game.

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