Junker Congress

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How much does .:j:. support them and what does allied mean to .:j:. characters? "Allied" usually means if a ship is attacking a Harvester, then the allies of the Harvestors also attack the attacker. How does this jeopardize (or not) the neutral standing that Junkers strive to maintain with as many parties as possible?

.. Speaking from personal in-game experience only, .:j:. "supports" the Harvesters in subtle, discreet ways. For example, one of our members commonly surrenders Xeno prisoners to the Harvesters and in exchange their appreciation is gained. In the past, there have been numerous times where Harvesters have stood up and defended .:j:. (and independent Junkers alike) in much the same way that they defend the Corsairs. However, this isn't a mutual relationship, as the Junkers do not aid the Harvesters in their battles.

If you ask any Harvester, they'll tell you directly that they defend all Junkers and all Corsairs. I imagine they defend Corsairs since the Corsairs supply them with ships n' such, but as for Junkers.. I'm not really sure why they're so eager to help us out all the time, I guess it could be because we share similiar interests in that both factions are scavengers of sorts.

Just to clarify, these rules are only for the .:j:. tagged people correct? Are you putting these rules on all junkers? The reason I ask this, was stated by yourself. People perceive this as "THE junker faction" even though you have had no intention of doing that.

.. I'm not sure how many times Tink will have to say it before it's understood, but.. .:j:. isn't attempting to be "the" official Junker faction. The rules above are only meant to be respected by members of the Junker Congress, other Junkers are free to do as they please. If people percieve .:j:. as being "the" official Junker faction, that's fine, but I'm sure they'll never have to worry about this faction trying to enforce rules on them or anything like that. I'm not the leader or the faction creator, but I'm doubting Tink will be interested in doing that.

Personally I tend to percieve the Junker Congress as being a party of determined individuals with similiar interests, comparable to something like the Nazi party you saw in Germany prior to World War 2. Pre-WW2, the Nazi party was just a gathering of influential individuals looking to sway the government(s) in their favour - usually in the hopes of maximizing personal profit and political control throughout the country. Obviously Junker motivations are very different, but the basic concept is very similiar. Much like any "mob", some members are political figures, others might just be avid supporters, and others could be fanatical enforcers. In short, I think Tinkerbell's goal with .:j:. is to create a faction with alot of variety in that you'll ideally be able to take any sort of route you want with your Junker character. Everything else is trivial at this point, the faction itself is still in a state of infancy in my opinion and things are subject to change depending upon RP and where Tink wants to go with it.

Also, Why is the IMG GB on your list? I am not sure if IMG and Junkers work together.

.. That may be partially my fault. There's two characters in .:j:. who're flying IMG Gunboats, one of which is the sistership to another. The main reason I chose this ship is because it's about the only capital class ship that a Junker could have access too in RP and also be able to fly it in House systems/lawful zones. As Junkers, we could likely have access to other ships like the Corsair or Rogue GB's, but neither of those ships are going to be tolerated in a place like Liberty or Rheinland. Regardless, to me it makes sense enough to work and I've yet to recieve any complaints about it from anyone in-game. The IMG is a profiteering corporation, it seems more-than-reasonable that they'd be willing to sell a few of their ships for Freelance/Mercenary usage.