I want this post and thread to be about understanding and information gathering. I often find myself in discussion and debates about what is or is not canon, what is considered good RP, and other elements that are not openly given (or at least not easily found). So, here are some points of discussion. And please feel welcome to bring your own.
1. Smuggling. How is it possible for crates of cardamine to make it through the Planet Manhattan docking ring? Surely there is auto-scanning technology to pick up and alert planetary defense forces of the contraband? But also, surely concealment technology on cargo crates are cutting edge as well. My head canon is that police and Navy scanners are tuned finer to scan individual ships and pods instead of a general scan that any other planetary scanners would have. Thoughts?
2. Is it widely known throughout Sirius of the existence of the Nomads, to include the the activities that happened in the single player story within house space? I've run into situations where people don't know the word 'Nomads', and this confuses me.
3. Do/Should Liberty lawfuls know the location and existence of Buffalo base?
4. I've had arguments and debates with some of the smartest, trustworthy people I know here. The discussion was respectful and at the end we agreed to disagree and I still value their opinions greatly. Interesting how that works
The point involves the line between RP and having fun on the server. For example, and this isn't a bash - it has happened, I've been in fights against K'hara, a faction enemy shows up and does nothing, or even sometimes join the K'hara (not in group) in the attack. Doesn't humanity and extinction take precedence over whatever differences there are in factions? Setting RP aside, some of the fights it was welcomed to have more power in the opposing force to balance the odds and it turned into a nice scrum.
But this is an RP server, so my opinion is turbulent on this. Should we collectively decide that ordinary, day-to-day combat and activities could have some RP disregarded for the sake of having fun? Where is the line drawn? I'm conflicted and when I sit and listen/watch, the more I realize that there is no consensus.
It ain't about what you are capable of, it's about what you're willing to do.
