Zoner IDs

[Jinx]

chopper, i think we re talking about different things. - fairness of how to treat a player is what i mean. - a player with a zoner ID is to be treated just like any other player with zoner ID.

i really don t care who pirates or who does not. - i wrote about the consequences that every player himself must take or leave - i couldn t care less. ...

but what i mean with fairness is : you don t consider a zoner with ID / IFF a better zoner than one with "only" an ID but no matching IFF. - the rules say that the ID is all important...... treat players that way. - for the love of whoever.... pirate, rape, pillage them all - but do it all the same to them no matter if they have a matching IFF or not.

about consequences - this is purely down to roleplay. - if three zoners ( note here, i don t make a difference between players in a playerfaction or not ) are killed by corsairs, - the zoners CAN bunch up together. - rumor on the bases say that the zoners stick together. - they do so, cause they have to. - if three "indie" liberty players are killed in rheinland... its entirely up to the liberty players to ignore that fact or draw consequences, - but thats their business.

but lets put it that way :

the lore on freeport 9 has a nice little story. - a zoner mated with a corsair woman. - he took her from the corsairs and they went to a freeport. - now the corsairs were a little mad. they went out and took this woman back and the zoner in question ran for his life. - that does not mean that the zoners do not supply the corsairs with overpriced food anymore - but it shows that the zoners do take notice from such incidends, even if they happen on a very low, almost private level - cause nothing is too private there.

the zoners won t start a war. - but such incidents are remembered, - they are taken into rumors and spread - creating an atmosphere of unease. the lore furhter says that the zoner was threatened to be killed by the corsairs and is in hiding. - now, the corsairs that were involved will most certainly NOT go and buy gear from the zoners anymore. - not cause the zoners don t sell them anymore - but cause THEY choose not to deal with the zoners anymore who disgraced their siblings.

thats what i talked about when it comes to consequences.

thats totally disconnected from any powertrader exploiting a zoner ID. - thats about how the relationship between those factions is structured. - some are dependent but not begging, the others can dry them out, but are no masters of the corsairs. - thats how dependency works there - one faction can starve the other, the other would still not hesitate to kill them - BUT both sides take the consequences from what they do. - smaller events won t affect the relationship, bigger ones though...... .

but as i said, that was not the point of the OP. - soo... what is that zoner that mated the corsair woman, a zoner with ID and IFF? or a zoner with ID but no matching IFF..... . - or maybe, we realize that it doesn t matter - but all that matter is what he did. - the ID tells you were you belong to - your behaviour tells others who you are. - but a behaviour is hardly something you have on your scanners.... its something you have to experience. - so we cannot mark down zoners with ID, but no IFF as second class zoners and free to be attacked ( if we would - at the same time - not attack them if they had a matching IFF and were engaged in the council )

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