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' Wrote:kindred- see now there's no rp in that at all.
What you actually mean is, there is no fictional backstory for it. But there doesn't have to be. There is no fictional backstory for virtually any of the engagements that take place on the server, except for the planned events.
He will no doubt play the role of an Osiris commanded by an Order officer and crew attacking whomever in Liberty he decides to attack. That -is- roleplaying, it just may not be roleplaying that some people like. And if it is roleplaying that is not permitted by the Administration (such as attacking trader transports with his Osiris) then he will get in trouble for it if its reported.
The corsair fleet that invaded New York yesterday never said a word and I doubt posted any backstory, but they were roleplaying rampaging corsairs who flew up to New York to create mayhem. I and a few friends roleplayed Liberty's brave defenders (The Lane Hackers) and sent them back to Crete in body bags.
A significant part of the problem in these matters is the careless use of language that people employ by making the jargon 'rp' a catch-all term for things that have absolutely nothing to do with roleplaying at all. Biography is biography. Story is story. Roleplaying is roleplaying. They are separate concepts, separate words, and they are not all interchangeable. What they all are, is subjective, and the Administration (and/or whomever it delegates power to) is the only entity on this server empowered to decide in any meaningful and consequential way what is poor roleplaying and what is good roleplaying.
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