The Kusari State Police

[Drakor]

Now, this is just from my experiences- and I could be completely wrong, but... What happens to a trader with an I.C. ID, and no IFF? He get's treated as if he's an I.C. Shipper, in lore, 99.9% of the time. This mean's he'll have problems in Rheinland, from the official RM, and RFP factions, even if he doesn't have a Liberty IFF.

On the same coin, My transport had no IFF for the longest period of time... Yet, I carried a Samura ID to allow me to operate a 5k Train. This ID, and nothing else is enough for the official factions of BPA, Bowex, and BAF to iRP identify me as a Samura contracted shipper.

While, due to some admin notice I may be unaware of, you may be correct in stating that using an ID to identify someone is metagaming... If that's the case, EVERY last lawful faction, and indeed, most every player on the server is quite guilty of almost constant, and to the extent to which it occurs, gamebreaking metagaming.

On the other hand, perhaps following that the KNF identifies on ID as well... that the [LN], LPI-, =LSF=, [RM], BDM|, RFP|, BPA)... Yeah, you get the point. Just from the stance that the Admins have taken on allowing all the major main lawful factions to use this as an identifier with no sanctions, or retribution, it is my opinion that ID's are to be interpreted as an iRP item, and serve as a functional method of identifying a ship as friendly or foe, even more so then the "Red is Dead" method you suggested we adhere to.

A Fresh recruit would see a Guard repped fighter as red- Would that make them dead too? No... Why? The ID, mostly. He's still State Police, as his ID dictates... On the other hand, a GC flying through New Tokyo, with a GC ship, GC guns, and a GC ID couldn't possibly claim to be Kusari State Police- EVEN IF they had managed to get full guard reputation, and IFF.