As a political figure for the Mandalorians, I must confess that I have kept that ship as a sign of status, for PR reasons. Too bad it eventually got spammed to oblivion (though nowadays I don't see many of them anymore). From an RP standpoint, the ship in itself sends a message. An RP oriented player will ask himself, "What have these guys done to be granted access to those ships?" It also helps send the message that we are consistent and loyal, not lawful.
Quote:My point is - it gives a wrong impression to other people who meet you in space.
So they say : "If mandalorians can fly BD, why GC/Outcasts can't?"
Because the ship wasn't taken, it was given. If we can't grow up to be mature about RPing, then what are we doing here? People always say that with a good enough (written) story can get you to fly pretty much anything. The story of the Mandalorians getting involved in the Bretonia/Kusari in both the Bretonian front working for the Queen and the Kusarian front working for the Blood Dragons is something that I'm certain wasn't expected by the community to come out of an "import" mercenary faction. There's depth to our characters, there's consistency to our actions, we play our stories in an above standard level both in game through actions and outside through written stories (really, take a look at the tales). The funniest part of it all is that this story wasn't meant to get us the fighters, but it ended up happening.
As Flo has said, the BD ships we have are relics from that story. As a faction, the Mandalorians never had access to those ships. The ships were restricted by us to the Mandalore and the Consulate. From the four people, three have taken the opportunity to use them. Two of those have already relinquished the ships with my character lingering with it, because he thinks it's an important symbol. I'm not being stubborn over it because it has a PvP advantage. If it does, I'm don't think I'm the kind of pilot who can tap it. From a PvP standpoint, I'd much rather fly a Sabre than the BD.
So, to address the issue again...
Quote:"If mandalorians can fly BD, why GC/Outcasts can't?"
The way I see it, this is similar to the difference between family and friends. If an Outcast was to question Ranov'la in space about his right to use the BD when he wasn't entitled so, he'd say: "When was the last time you went to Chugoku to help the Blood Dragons defend their space, or went to New Tokyo to harm the KNF in their name?"
People go to Chugoku, point to their infocards and say, "It says here that you are supposed to be friendly with me. I want your stuff." They aren't exactly playing their diplomacies.
One of the blessings of being a generic entity is that you have to strive for your alliances, you can't take them for granted. We understand that and that's why we act consistently and with dedication towards our clients and partners. That's what have granted us clearance in Rheinland during the mercenary ban. That's what allows to approach the Dragons and the Outcasts. That's what has granted us with permanent contracts with three of the four House governments. That's what has made us permanent providers for Gateway, Synth Foods, Constrict Store and a number of other clients that favor us in their job offers.
Now, am I to burn all that just because there will be people who won't be able to get over themselves to recognize a reasonable story behind an exception?
Anyway, chopper. I see your point and I agree with you when you say that this is an issue worthy of attention. Currently we use three hubs to station our ships so we can muster our forces in a timely fashion. Two of those are pretty active, while the third is almost inactive. I've already taken the BD there. I'll also pay more attention to where and what I do with it, in order to avoid the commotion.
I'm not getting rid of the ship, though. Take a look at the new BD faction status text:
' Wrote:... Allied. These are the ones that we accept as brethren. Some of the mightiest warriors in the Galaxy
Mandalorians
GC
HF
Bundschuh
...
My character isn't ready to spit in the Blood Dragon's faces by just dumping something they've granted him out of respect for his actions towards them. He will, though, honor their name should he be asked to return the ship because it's too much a political nuisance to their people to have him flying around in it.
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