New LPI Policy

[Dusty Lens]

Well, I gave it some thought, and realized that this would be an RP-correct policy to be adopted by the LPI:

No attacking Liberty Rogues, Hackers, Outcasts, Xenos, or any other pirate group unless they are committing a crime or are being hunted for committing a crime.

I would say that's actually oorp for the LPI. The LPI turns the gears of their private industry by arresting those very folks to churn out a finished good from their prison factories to make a fat living off of quasi slave labor.

This isn't crazy terrorist speech here, that's how the LPI turns a buck as a private law force.

Why? Because today, even if you're in a gang, the cops don't just arrest you for being part of the gang, you get arrested for doing a crime.

True. But these aren't gangs, they're outer space pirates. Xenos are crazy ignant terrorists who blow up transports and government vessels, rogues are well know pirates etc etc. They're criminals the second they strap on their IFF.

Sure they watch you closer, but that's about it. To help with this, I'm going to talk with the leaders of the LSF and SA to instate a new law, in which disrupting lanes with the intent of piracy is a crime, punishable by a 500,000 credit fine and immediate removal from the lanes in question.

I'm happy with that irregardless of any other view. Dang fools disrupting my trade lanes!

Also, a note to everyone say "lolwut?", the LPI-Det. tagged characters are Detectives, and as such may fly any Civilian (Eagle, Stinger, Griffin, Arrow) or Bounty Hunter (Hammerhead, Manta, Sea Serpent) ships, as well as the Liberator. Why? Because in real life, detectives don't drive marked Crown Vics, they drive regular cars.

BHG vessels are like Crown Vics with a huge red light shinning down on them, likewise for Libs.

Honestly, I was a fan of the previous notion: That unless ordered to do so by the military the LPI didn't stray from their patrol paths o' the trade lanes. Looking for smugglers using the well known walks of life, catching folks preying on the high ways and generally ensuring that things operated smoothly as opposed to camping Rochester.

Detectives, on the flip side, grant a bit of an opportunity to play out some of that "Junker tipoff" you hear about now and again, squatting on well known smuggler runs and essentially going out of their way to chase down criminals as opposed to acting as crime deterrents. Rather like a more domestic version of the LSF.

In other words: LPI flatfoot Sean Toronto squatting outside of Buffalo or flying around Silverton looking for Xenos = lolwut. Detective Frank Quinn sitting between Buffalo and the NY jumphole smoking a cigarette waiting for Tin Nose Tammy to come through with a load of cardi = good message dump wewt.

That's my two cents, at least.