' Wrote:"Noted", but how else would a non-affiliated trading group go about this? If they use a corporation's ID, they'll be seen as them, but if they use a neutral ID, they'll be seen as ooRP?
What do you suggest then?
I suggest that they use one of the 14 or so Corporate factions out there not being used. But they wont, and you know why? Because it doesn't let you go everywhere and work every route. It doesn't make you take sides in conflicts between the houses, and because it doesn't force you to fit into the Freelancer universe and lore, it allows you to do whatever you want, because you are just flying around trading. Pirates are Bad, Lawfuls are Good, is not the way companies work in Discovery. It makes is easy to play a one-dimensional group that trades... and just trades. I want to think that official factions here should represent more than a one-dimensional interaction with other factions in the community. To sum up my answer to your question Orin, go and find a existing NPC faction, and give it a face lift, make a compromise take what the faction is and make it as much of what you want as you can within the rules, and then play the hell out of it. Try to look at the already official trading factions in Discovery for an example of what I am talking about. They represent more than just traders, they play a role in the political dynamics of Sirius.
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