When it comes to engines
- I spoke to many people, people that guided me etc. And generally the consensus is that engines really are just about the colour.
e.g. Nobody actually enforces laws when it comes to them, there is no tech nerf besides the gallic ones I know people want to get rid of too.
And I know the OFs in Liberty use non-rp engines too.
=> we treat them as mostly oorp, let people customise their ships as it's just a visual change, and hey - surely more purple is better, wouldn't you agree?
Personally I'd like to see more customisation and cosmetics available, more Sci-data engines added etc. So people can make their ships stand out - it's an old game, squinting your eyes and treating engines as oorp so people can do that customisation seems like the right path to me. Needless to say if Auxesia wants to use Liberty engines we will not object either.
And if someone does bring this up in-rp then hey - a nice possibility to roleplay. I dont think I've seen that so far though
