People keep saying that this is a powerplay/some other terrible thing... But I fail to see what power anyone is garnering for themselves by requesting that a fellow makes the time to document his ship of the line, their crew and their mission. Like Del says, no one's screaming for 10 pages of Hemmingway!
Admittedly I'm not a cap pilot myself, ironically for many of the same reasons that people are now requesting a registry of vessels. It was simply more of an RP investment than I had reason to make at the time. Throwing together a fictional crew, mission and so on seemed like a heck of a chore if I was lacking the inspiration to back it up.
However, it's for those same reasons that caps were originally nerfed: Because people abused them. The registration being proposed by the Corsairs, Outcasts and now Bretonia is a step in restoring the respectability of these vessels so that they may be restored to their former grandeur. Akumabito you are coming off as determinedly obtuse in arguing that you needn't do a damn thing to carry on with their day, the iconic old man sitting on his porch with shotgun in hand, arguing that no one's gonna come onto your property to meter your water.
But then I suppose I don't understand the anti faction and more than borderline anti-community mindset that's recently become the vogue.
