I'm kind of regretting turning my Universal Bison into a Junker Bison, now. *Gulp.*
On another note, it would be kind of neat to see the Xeno Alliance stake an interest in protecting the rookie helium miners in Pennsylvania. You know, protect the budding working class of Liberty? (Or, are they technically Zoner-Miners? Huh..)
I'd also love to see the Xeno ID get a line that allows them to ally with one or more of the Liberty Corporations against other unlawfuls. Heck, maybe they could be allowed to accept bounty contracts against unlawfuls to fund their operations. It kinda stinks not being able to pirate for credits, but that's part of the challenge of playing a Xeno - you have to pirate for cargo and then abandon your post to haul the goods off to the nearest Xeno establishment.
It would also be lovely to see a few Bactrians or even Bull Mastiffs flying around with support bombers and sparing targeted transporters' lives if the target complies with a cargo demand on the first go. Maybe not demand all of their cargo, if your capacity dwarfs theirs, but certainly half, or even 2/3 depending on the cargo type. Look at things from a player perspective: It sure is handy and more encouraging to keep trading if an unlawful allows you to at least break even, after a trade run. Bringing the Xenos back is a tricky proposition; you want to live up to the hype that Xenos are dangerous and will eat you alive if one catches you, but you also don't want to drive people into never wanting to log their foreign transports again (or even logging into the game period, since what's the point if the person gets killed every time?).
I remember back in my time during the Xeno Alliance (I was the original Pygmy; Sam Willis), I flew a Moldy Crow with a Starkiller Torpedo and Firestalker Missile. I usually would demand a foreign trader to drop all of their cargo, and shoot if they refused. The balance of course, was that about 50% of the time, I was flying solo. All the transport had to do was cruise, and they were safe. For me, that was the balance. If they were paying attention, they'd easily see I had no tool to stop my target if they chose to run. Even back then, when I was age 14-15, that seemed a fair balance. Nowadays, I would probably only ask for a third of the target's cargo if I'm in a fighter, or a fill up if I'm in a Bactrian or Pelican.
I'm rambling at this point, sorry. Anyways, I wish you guys the best of luck and hope that an encounter as a non-Liberty Corp transport won't necessarily mean certain death!
P.S. Accepting bribes would be super-neat if the victim offers them. =)
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