Enforcement of Roleplay Consequences(TM) and cloaks

[Foxglove]

See, that's not that easy, Zelot.

While you make an example of a Trading Faction and a Police faction - which are usually without a strong connection, the National Council of Malta and the Oracles of Malta have a strong connection. The NC is the political institution, the Oracles a religious institution, and in this case Mercier/Mercante is leading the NC's CID while being a member of the religious institution of the Oracles of Malta. That's actually a reasonable connection. However, what you suggest is also possible, as nothing prevents you from playing a lobby-ing corrupted Police officer. However, do that with RP background.

Why not do it how ever I want? There is no rule against it. And if these two factions are so connected that there is no difference between them, just one is political and one is religious, why do they have different tech? Here is a better example for you if you don't like the trading faction example. I could have my AFA join the Sairs, they are allied. That way I could get a Battleship for the AFA right? Even though there is a restriction on the AFA getting BS's, I can just get around this by joining a second, or third, or fourth faction with my character.

All the ID really states is that you can't get a battleship without RP. Of course, you can SRP a Corsair cap. Nothing prevents you from writing that RP.

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