A Rule Ammendment - a poll with a point :)

[Laowai]

I see your point, Laowai. Which is why I want the guard ID changed to a kind of unlawful military which would enforce such laws. All this talk about unlawfuls obeying laws is starting to make my head hurt. The very idea that a pirate organization would make laws to protect it's weaker population is absurd.

Simply put, I think the rule is fine, but the IDs need changing. So if you wanted to patrol in Gamma for contraband you could, but can't pirate. Whereas if you pirate, you can't patrol. Lawful ... Unlawful. Strict divide. Perhaps we do need a grey area, but this way you know exactly what your role is.

On the other hand, changing the Outcast/Corsair IDs to allow such things would be another way of addressing the situation.

The Guard ID could work - but i think if you started differentiating between who could pirate as opposed to who could patrol it would start to get a little too complex. Simply stating that "if you are carrying cargo X in Omicron Gamma, all vessels regardless of class can engage you" is far easier, black and white and easier to sanction if its abused.

Unlawful laws does sound like a bit of a contradiction - but its not that strange, its common for criminals to "protect their own" - if you look at the passenger issue, which im sure you know more about the enaction of being in TBH, you would see a demonstration of pirate law - Law is in place to protect food supplies and or security on Crete, by enforcing it, pirate in whatever ship destroys a freighter and kills anywhere between 2-3 thousand passengers in the process - now there's pirate law for you.
But, pirates do have laws, whether to protect the weak as you say, and perhaps they are there for that purpose - a pirate might not care for someone elses family, but its not inconcievable that he might care for his own - or the laws are there for military, strategic or intelligence reasons - either way, im arguing that in their systems, all pirate vessels should be free to enforce those "laws".

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