Allow Nomad Capitals for the indie Nomad ID (and some other changes)

[Lythrilux]

PLEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASE MOM.

But seriously, can we? Let's face it. The Nomad indie ID is a failed experiment right now. No matter what we have tried doing ID wise, there's short bursts of activity before it flops off the face of the earth. And why is that? It's a lot like what the Xeno ID suffers from actually. Every other ID in it's region is just considerably better pvp-wise.

It's not enjoyable to be out-gunned, and the Nomad ID is especially outgunned. Currently Nomads have access to something like 5 ships and nothing else. Only one of them is any decent, but not for a good reason (the Rabisu is broken). Furthermore the Nomad ID is already very daunting to use because of the Nomad RP itself.

I feel that not only the indie Nomad ID, but the Edge Worlds and all the other factions within it would benefit immensely if indie Nomads were given the ability to use the Irra and the Marduk. Heck, even K'Hara will benefit. They're often outmatched numbers and ship wise. Actually having indies to support them would be a major help.

The Edge Worlds have undeniably always been more PvP-orientated than other regions of Sirius. Specificaly, Capital Ships have mainly been the ship of choice. You understand why now, an ID limited to a few poor snubcraft and a slightly defunctional Gunboat, might have activity problems and be demotivated from logging on. Expanding the ID will definitely help boost the indie Nomad count.

Here's a concept ID:

Pilot carrying this unlawful ID is a Nomad, who :

- Can engage any ship in the Omicrons and Omegas except for Nomad and Wild ships.
- Can treat transports as combat targets.
- Cannot leave the Omicrons, Omegas and Tohoku.
- Cannot ally with anyone except Nomads and Wild.
- Cannot demand credits or cargo.
- Cannot dock anywhere except on Nomad and Wild bases.
- Cannot bring Cruisers or Battleships into any system containing a Jump Gate with the exception of Tohoku and the Omicrons.

Allowed ships: Nomad Fighters Nomad Bomber, Nomad Gunboat, Nomad Cruiser, Nomad Battleship

Transport friendly version:

Pilot carrying this unlawful ID is a Nomad, who :

- Can engage any ship in the Omicrons and Omegas except for Nomad and Wild ships.
- Can treat transports as combat targets when flying Nomad Fighters, Nomad Bomber or Nomad Gunboat.
- Cannot treat transports as combat targets when flying the Nomad Cruiser or Nomad Battleship.
- Cannot leave the Omicrons, Omegas and Tohoku.
- Cannot ally with anyone except Nomads and Wild.
- Cannot demand credits or cargo.
- Cannot dock anywhere except on Nomad and Wild bases.
- Cannot bring Cruisers or Battleships into any system containing a Jump Gate with the exception of Tohoku and the Omicrons.

Allowed ships: Nomad Fighters Nomad Bomber, Nomad Gunboat, Nomad Cruiser, Nomad Battleship

Fun outside the Edge Worlds version:

Pilot carrying this unlawful ID is a Nomad, who :

- Can engage any ship in the Omicrons and Omegas except for Nomad and Wild ships.
- Can treat transports as combat targets.
- Cannot leave the Omicrons, Omegas and Tohoku, except when grouped with and accompanying K'Hara| ships.
- Can ally with Nomads outside it's ZoI.
- Cannot ally with anyone except Nomads and Wild.
- Cannot demand credits or cargo.
- Cannot dock anywhere except on Nomad and Wild bases.
- Cannot bring Cruisers or Battleships into any system containing a Jump Gate with the exception of Tohoku and the Omicrons.

Allowed ships: Nomad Fighters Nomad Bomber, Nomad Gunboat, Nomad Cruiser, Nomad Battleship

As you can see it'd work a lot like the old Core ID and the current indie Order ID. And that hasn't been detrimental, so I doubt making the change here would be detrimental either.

So yeah, give the indie Nomad ID the ability to use caps please. Honestly, what's the worst that can happen? Huggie even made a thread expressing how Nomad speech is going to be looked at and made simplier, and personally I'm not bothered if a Nomad doesn't use a million asterisks and brackets every sentence before they shoot me.

Everything else that has been tried so far hasn't worked. We gave Nomads insta-engaging ability - didn't work. We gave Nomads Omega ZoI - didn't work. They even have a base IN Omicron Delta - that hasn't worked either. If we really want to see a change, we need to up the ante. And that starts with giving indie Nomads access to capital ships.

At the least, could we trial this for a month?

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