Gas Miner's Guild

[Ash]

A few quick points...

ZoI...

Um, lolwut?

Why would all other systems be open for business? The last time I checked the GMG wasn't vertically integrated. Why not hire a shipping company to do the work for you?

Your primary interests are small-scale movement of cargo, mining, and ensuring that your systems stay safe. I can understand forays of transports into Kusari and maybe Liberty, but shipping goods into the borderworlds and more unpopulated areas can pose an unnecessary risk for a gas mining entity.

Diplomacy...

Junkers as neutral? You do realize that one of the largest reasons why Sigma-13 is plagued with pirates and other rabble is because of the existence of Yanagi, which serves to resupply and house those people, right?

I would think that Junkers would be on a grudgingly unfriendly stance. There is no way that the GMG has not discovered the Junkers, especially due to their extensive scouting and gas extraction operations in Sig13. At the same time, the Junkers don't really pose too much of a threat to the GMG. Unlike a house, the GMG only has to protect itself from incursions. Removing Yanagi would simply be removing a parasite. If the GMG could win the 80-Years' War, what's a depot compared to an Imperial fleet? The Junkers can't exactly strike back at you for taking them out either. What's the worst that could happen? Collectors raiding Sig13 out of Kreutzberg? You'd be free of a base that resupplies pirates. Junkers on unfriendly.

A little interaction between the Junkers there could provide for something interesting.

Now, the RFP. The Rheinland Federal Police really aren't going to be attacking GMG vessels anytime soon, especially since they can't leave Rheinland space. I would put these guys on unfriendly.

Trading vessels...fun.

The Train is produced by Rheinland in New Berlin.
The Large Train is produced in Newcastle by BoWEx.
The Advanced Train is produced by Rheinland in Munich.

However, the GMG has access to both the Container Transport and the Big Dragon, which most other trading/economic factions do not have access to. Thus, I strongly recommend that you strike all types of Trains listed above from your list of accepted vehicles.

Yes, you may say that this is inane, and argue that where the ship is placed does not necessarily dictate its alignment. I must remind you, however, in order to purchase one of these ships, you need to go into territory that is not necessarily "kosher" for GMG to be in.

Weapons, more fun.

Not all mines are created, ack, bought equal! The Ripper is only sold on Casablanca, a Red Hessian base, so no, not all mines are mountable.

I agree with Orin, and see no point in restricting Mini Razors. People need to shave strands of hair off one by one sometimes to create special facial hair effects.

Now, the gunboats. I have no issue with them whatsoever. But, I may have an issue depending on where they are, or will be. So, you have several systems in your ZoI.

Honshu
Sigma 13
Sigma 19
Sigma 59

Obviously, it would be nasty to see a fully armed GMG vessel built for destruction to the 3rd degree in KNF controlled space. so...

<strike>Honshu</strike>
Sigma 13
Sigma 19
Sigma 59

That leaves three systems, with Sig13 being the most populated at the moment due to it being a backdoor to Rheinland. So long as the three gunboats drift around armed to the teeth and ready for destruction of pirates to the 3rd degree in the three systems above, I'm happy.

Firstly, about the trading in other systems. Just because the GMG are not a primary shipping company that does not restrict their right to deliver the goods personally. Besides the ID states that we are capable of trading so we'l make use of that.

Secondly, @Diplomacy, put aside this reason we have no other reason to make the junkers hostile to us. The NPC's are not hostile to junkers. They are also helping to clean up Sigma 13 so in engaging in hostilites with the junkers would be to our disadvantage at this time. But that's not to say that our diplomacy list is set in stone.

Thirdly, just because the Trains are located in unfriendly and hostile space does not mean that those unfriendly or hostile factions have rights to those ships. Besides our trading fleet isnt going to consist solely of Trains.

And finally, @Guns + ZoI, I agree with the idea of rippers being sold only a casablance and we will hopefully look into correcting small errors like this. However about the GMG ZoI, Honshu is in our ZoI since we have a station there, we originate from there, and we are most probably going to operate from there because Aomori is a GMG base. We cannot pretend that it's not. We don't deny that the KNF have control of the Honshu system, but to restrict our more armoured ships from entering a system that we may operate from would be a bit annoying and nit picky. We haven't given the KNF and KFP no reason to believe that we have any intetions of war or hostilities wth them.

'Ash

EDIT: And about the fact that were stuck in the middle between the Rheinlanders, Outcasts and Corsairs is all part of being in the GMG. Makes it a bit more exciting and challenging. If anyones up to being a GMG pilot they have my Kudos without question.

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