I apologise for the double post, but I believe this deserves its own post.
Here are the words of Xoria's that I reference in the post that has so inflamed the community.
' Wrote:Freedom and power is a two way street.
Any player or group of players has the freedom and power to earn the credits to purchase and roleplay a capital ship.
BUT
Any other player or group of players also has the freedom and power to object to the use of that capital ship and use whatever methods they wish to both object verbally to its use, and object to its use on the server through the violent actions of their characters.
If one person has the right to say all by themselves "I bought it so I get to use it" then a group of players has the equal right to say "No you don't". That is the price we all pay for being in a community.
If you want to follow your own rules and not have to compromise with anyone else, that is what the single-player option is for. If you want to use multiplayer, then you have to accept that you can't always do what you want to do if the community objects to it. In other words, its called the Law of the Jungle : the strong get their way and the weak compromise or suffer. That is the way it is in every real community on Planet Earth, and that is the way it is in the imaginary realm of Sirius.
As much as some people desire to roleplay as renegade, "independent", vigilante characters, others want to roleplay as an organized, power-structure. Conflict between such interests is inevitable and the deciding factor in every case will always be which side can wield the necessary amount of power against their opponent's weakest point.
These are just the immutable, raw, and brutal facts of life, and no amount of complaining about fairness or rules can change them. Not on Planet Earth, and not in Sirius.
