Shadow Outcast Brigade {SOB}

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Thought this was cleared up in game? but can go through it again here.
A few SOB pilots were in Sig 13 attacking some Corsairs, A trade ship (one of vincents alt characters) offered to pay one of my pilots to keep him safe during the exchange with us & the corsairs. I will agree he probably did not scan the cargo but rather the ID as he told me it was a trader and was still in a fight with Corsairs in system & pobably did not have time to do a complete scan. I was allready dead at this time & respawned at Ruiz in Beta & heading for Malta.
I was informed a independent outcast (had no tag on it) was attacking the trader that paid my pilot to defend it.
My pilot in open comms repeatedly asked the outcast to cease fire. The Independent pilot continued to fire upon
the trade ship, destroying it. My pilot saw this action as an attack against us by an independent outcast & thus fired on & destroyed him. At No time during this did the Independent pilot make any communications to anyone.

*sigh* round and round we go

I was the independent pilot. I launced from Yanagi in S13 to see a few SOBs receiving money from Vincent. I asked if he had any money for me and he said no. at which time I blew him up. Aka, a pirate doing his job. After I blew Vincent up then the "outcasts" started firing at me and destroyed that ship. while I was typing, which explains why the SOBs didn't see any text from me. at no time did I ever see any Corsairs. I'm not saying they wern't there, just...not anywhere within 14k from me. and the 2 or 3 SOBs that were there were acting all peacefull like.

As I entered Alpha system, I was passed by 2 RoS pilots heading towards Beta. I said Greetings as always, then was informed by RoS Vengenace I was to leave Alpha & never return or be fired on. As I wasn't willing to leave & stated as such, Vengenance began to fire on me, of course I fired back in defense. about a 5 to 6 minute duel went on untill a cease fire was ordered. Vengance first claimed we killed his brother in Sig 13. & was an act of treason, Then shortly afterwards claims it was a remotely controlled ship. Which now makes me wonder 3 things.

At no time did I ever claim that the pirating ship was my "brother" one of the SOB pilots claimed that early on in the debates and it carried though till now it appears.

1. Why couldnt have taken time & RP'd with the pilot that shot him down when the pilot asked him 3 times to cease fire? Even if a remote controlled ship, it would have had communications.
2. Explain to me how an Outcast pilot was killed in a remote controlled ship?
3. Wouldn't firing on me when I entered Alpha constitute the same act of treason, more so as I was a live pilot?

1. I made my demand to the trader as a pirate is supposed to do. the trader was shooting at me so I didn't bother to say anything else. When the trader was dead and my hull was still getting hammered I was rather confused till I saw the SOBs shooting at me. I was in the middle of typing a "what the heck are you guys doing?" when I blew up.
2. There was no pilot killed. but how did your pilots know it was remotly piloted? Until I informed you otherwise you had no information that it wasn't anything but a piloted ship.
3. Is it treason to execute a traitor?

Of course all this was argued out in game in the Alpha system. After some calming down, Zavala & I talked & came to an agreement that SOB would pay RoS 30 mill in damages and call it even. We paid 50 mil to Zavala & figured the situation was done & we all was going to live happily ever after.

Reperations have been made but you still have to live with your actions.

"Yet are not obliged to follow orders"

Think. Say you're a Real World Admiral in the British Navy during WWII. You have a Destroyer that you can assign to a Captain in the British Navy and a crew that has been extensivly tested and trained and one that is loyal. Or you could sell this Destroyer to a mercenary force that may or may not do what you need that Destroyer to do. Hmmm...tough choice no?

Although the Brigade would never openly attack the syndicates, as they are merely confused members of the Outcast ranks, they continually make covert attempts to disrupt their inner workings."

now you're just contradicting yourself. first you state that "The greed of corporate type syndicates have seized control of the fields, taking over the distribution of Cardamine. They care only for the power the profits have brought them. This has caused much corruption, as each member of the syndicates vie for more power and profit than the others casting off even their fellow Maltese to make a profit. They have gone as far as bribing, coercing and blackmailing to gain control of the government along with some military officials to assure their profit margins regardless of the costs to the people of Malta." and then you claim that the syndicates are just "confused members of the Outcast ranks".

1. Last time I checked war was faught by and against the rank-and-file soldier, not the generals.
2. Make up your mind, are the Syndicates corrupt or confused?'

Ask a few traders & smugglers, we have blasted a couple in attempts to slow the BLS down. We have also allowed many traders & smugglers to leave Alpha with Cardi (Including our own) with out paying BLS's tax which again, hurts BLS , so I dont see were we are not living up to that.

then why isn't the BLS on your "hostile" list? wouldn't they shoot at you after finding out what you are doing?

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