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Also, to be constructive to the topic at hand, yes indeed, the BAF have privateers. If you ask me, corporations like the BMM should have privateers, as well - hassle the competition. The Dutch East India Trading Co had privateers back in the day, and used them to hassle the Spanish treasure fleets (hoozah for History lessons). I think it would make for interesting RP, though with next to no one running faction-specific trader IDs, there wouldn't be much point to it (as you'd have to target specific IDs, not just the generic Trader IDs).
Fully agreed. This sort of thing went through my mind as I was putting the idea together, and it's still there, just in case.
When the Privateer ID comes out, I may make a BMM Privateer too, attacking IMG miners. Before then, I guess people could use a BMM tag, for instance, and rob folk that trade on IMG routes.