Illegal loadouts

[DarthCloakedGuy]

Because otherwise we'd see Sabres with Krakens and "looted" Tizona del Cids. Worse, we'd see Raven's Claws with Krakens and Tizona del Cids, because both can be acquired within the LSF's range of operations.

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It ensures better RP on average. More in a second, want to get this post out first.

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Okay, here's something. For everyone except Freelancers and Mercenaries, you have a certain amount of pride in your faction's weapons. If you were told that your weapons were inferior, that your foes had weapons better in every way, how would that go for morale? It would suck, that's what.

Now for a point that goes for fully everyone.

How the hell does an Outcast get the parts to repair a Corsair weapon? The Outcasts aren't going to rough up Tripoli for spare parts so one of their own can use a weapon that may or may not be better. Same goes with Freelancers/Mercenaries, if you have weapons from one side, you'd better be on good terms with them or where else do you get your ship repaired/replaced when it gets blown up? You can't mix and match from that because if you tell the Corsair mechanics "yeah I got these Krakens off a wreck, I don't work with the Outcasts" they'll go "sure you didn't, get it out of here before I shoot you". Doesn't work.

Before anyone brings it up, Edison Trent was on good terms with Hephaestus, and could thus repair anything everywhere.
My explanation for codes being usable by anyone is that they all basically work the same way, so any faction that has produced or worked with a codename weapon can fix them all, even if they can't build that particular model. They have got to be produced at this point by the way, nothing else can explain their prevalence.

Okay, but who says a Freelancer can't fix a Usiel with a little T.L.C. or at least jury-rig it so that it fires? Why does the fact that this particular Freelancer flies a surplus LPI or Navy fighter ship prevent him from mounting such a weapon on the ship? Are hardpoints not universal? Why can he not use these guns, and why does having such guns make everyone ASS-U-ME that the Freelancer landed on a base that sells them?

Also, CODENAME weapons are the most powerful, coveted weapons in Freelancer. Tizona Del Cids, from everything I've been told, are utterly worthless for anything but taking shields down.

And Sov, what/who are Hephaestus? I've never heard mention of them in-game, out-of-game, or anywheres.

I just want to know, what makes an ancient, powerful, very rare weapon that can only be acquired from the most remote regions in Sirius more IRP than a run-of-the-mill weapon mass-produced that can be shot off of the ship of any ol' faction?

And what if these guns are quite obviously not in the best of condition when you mount them? Using your example, the Outcast pilot could point out hairline fractures and stress damages to the weapon's casing, as well as slight deformations caused when the metal it was bolted to was blown off in a fiery explosion?

I agree, no Outcast or Outcast-hired Freelancer would be waltzing around Malta with shiny, factory-direct Tizona del Cids. But why can't a Freelancer hired by the Navy mount some very obviously beaten-up Usiels?

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