Zone 21 / Alaska rule Enforcement

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So basically we're stuck in a situation that neither side can get out of.

The player factions think independents are below them, and the independents think the player factions are taking too much power over them and others in the game. It's practically an unspoken war going on right now between the two because nobody can get along.

The independents wont settle for putting up with the faction BS by joining, and the factions wont settle for independents wanting equality.

Sounds to me like one side or the other needs to give, and neither is going to.

Err... it seems you haven't really internalized the last few posts.

LSF is still cleaning up its act. They're working on it, don't worry about it. SA is too, but not as heavily.


Okay, you DO NOT like factions. I get that. A few notable forum members (points at Jinx) remain unfactionalized to this day. However, you have to recognize that if a military officer of one rank gives an order to a military officer of a lower rank, the lower rank guy had better do it. If he doesn't, that entails a court martial for explanation, often ending in severe punishment or flat out expulsion.

Think about what that means: First off, an independent starting off should be taking orders from whoever is in charge; usually, the player faction, as they are the usually the only people who actually RP as Admirals and whatnot. The 106th and 522nd are beautiful examples that this isn't always so, but you get the idea. Now, aforementioned Admirals (and Generals, in Isabelle Kaitlynn's case) have worked VERY hard to acquire their positions. They have stellar RP both ingame and on forums, and really show what the word means. This extends to their SICs, on down through most of the ranks, with requirements getting lower and lower, but still high.

What happens when an independent comes along in a battleship is this: in order to have a battleship of a given navy and be part of that navy, you must be an Admiral of that navy. If we look at the first thing I brought up, any order that guy gives HAS to be followed, unless a higher ranked individual belays it. See where problems come up? If someone trades for a solid month, buys a Navy ID and Liberty Dreadnought, then starts ordering people around without establishing themselves first, there is a BIG PROBLEM. The existing (and usually factionalized) military has two choices: play along and justifiably hate it, or claim that the individual is an impersonator. This problem is avoided when the independent actually establishes themselves both ingame and on forums, but that rarely happens.

Do you understand?



With LSF, it gets worse: in the full realm of things, anyone with an LSF ID has command over everyone else in Liberty with a rank lower than Admiral/General. Which is a lot. And the chief of the LSF has authority over them, too, and is responsible only to the President. When someone grabs an LSF ID, if they don't have great RP, there are BIG PROBLEMS. We see this with a few of the official ones, but I'm sure that's getting ironed out.

Do you understand?

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