BAF with Pirate ID's ?

[AdamantineFist]

My whole point, if anyone cared to look for it, was not to whine but to point out one basic flaw in the logic of having BAF pirates. In this very thread they say they make demands from everyone, whether they're hauling cargo or not, whether they're holding Kusari IDs or not. That is basic and pure piracy.

Eh... only in Kusari, mate. Only in the territory they are, you know, AT WAR WITH.

Ironically I was accused of OORP today because I held a Zoner ID (look it up, they're described as neutral on the WIKI) and flying a Liberty Gunboat.

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Mate, hate to spoil your fun, but Zoners don't automatically get everyone's gear for being neutral, 'specially not military hardware. A Zoner in a Lib GB is a no-go.

This whole BAF piracy thing is nothing more than OORP. Either you're lawful or you're not. If you're a pirate then you should be flying pirate ships, NOT lawful naval ships. It's nothing more than an excuse to have better ships than other pirates.

Ummm.... soo... by that logic, Kusari and Bretonia should be chummy, right? Well, sorry to rain on your parade, but they aren't. There's lawful, and then there's lawful, know what I mean? Different people have different definitions of "lawful". One definition is "supporting the interests of the Bretonian government and people". Another one is "supporting the interests of the Kusarian government and people". Both will tell you that they are right, and it's the other side that's evil and eats babies and whatnot.

If you're lawful then you don't demand things of anyone other than those breaking the law. Law biding traders go on their merry way, unhindered. Only pirates make demands of law biding traders. Pirates are, in the essence of this role playing game, not lawful.

Trading in Kusari is breaking Bretonian law. Ergo, the privateers will make you pay in a very literal sense.

I don't care how "approved" they are by lawful BAF holding lawful IDs or by the admins, they're still nothing more than pirates allowed to use better ships than pirates are supposed to by the established role play of this game. They also set the precedent that those outside of a house military are allowed to use gunboats.

Which way will it be? Either Zoners can use house gunboats, just like these pirates do, or nobody but navy and police of any given house are able. You can't bend role play for one small group of players and continue to say no to others. There is no balance in that.

Uh... first off, if the admins approve them, it don't matter how much you disapprove of them. Second, "better ships"? Have you ever flown a Sabre, mate? Thirdly, they aren't really outside of the house military, but are more of a wing withing the BAF. This is why they get to use our GBs.



EDIT: Well, seems Zapp got there a bit faster'n me. Oh well, I'll leave this in for emphasis. Oh, and you have to be FRIENDS with someone to get their GB. Neutral doesn't cut it.

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