Regarding POB's around NPC stations, perhaps not the same IFF, BUT they should have the same allowances of that IFF. If say a Junker can dock on a Bretonian NPC base, then the POB should allow them as well, even if different IFF. That'd be my two cents.
This one actually deserves a separate reply.
It's true that not only "same-IFF NPC-POB clusters" make rp-wise sense, IF the IFFs really fit well.
An RM base near Planet New Berlin (RFP IFFed)? => yes
A Hessian base near Planet New Berlin => no
An ALG base near an IMG base? => yes
An IMG base near a BMM base => no
The only rule wording I can think of would be... something... clumsy... however roleplay combinations that make sense are somewhat cool, imo, and would keep a multitude of spread-out safe zones from springing up, plus lead to a concentration of POBs in certain areas.
Quote:POBs can only be placed closer than X k from NPC bases when the reputation between NPC and POB IFF are full green/friendly/+0,7/...
That's the best I can come up with.
Something like that would kill of no-rp combinations (example: OC base claiming Freeport 10) and would allow reasonable things like a Navy base near a Corp base, or a Corp base near a Planet.
