' Wrote:As an aside - I personally would find it interesting for the Hogosha to get into some other types of smuggling - maybe cut a deal with the Zoners to move some of their contraband like Synth Weed, counterfeit Software or even Organs.
A while back when I was kicking Cryer off I had a chat with pipboy and there is basically an under the table deal like you've outlined above, only with Cryer instead of zoners. It's just relatively small time because they're two pretty small factions with pretty old members who can't play all day like seth karlo. It's worked nicely so far, anyway, when it's been called upon.
From my experiences as a BDS, I'd say yeah, we're treated too nicely by lawful Kusari. As both a junker and a hogosha, I'd always expected to be treated like an actual real-life criminal - the cops know you're a lawbreaker and up to no good, but they just can't actually touch you until you break the law where they can see you. Junkers it's mostly a mess from all sides, and with the Hogosha it's a praised and loved as patriotic hero until proven guilty - and you will never be proven guilty - situation. I even saw a KNF shoo off an indie KNF from reprimanding an FA from pirating, in what was basically the worst moment i've seen here.
In my hogosha time, I've been fairly frequently asked to help the KNF in military actions, and never been shaken down or scoped out. Wat.
it's just another one of those times where people would rather have a really basic black and white situation of best friends and worst enemies rather than something that requires thinking about.