Note on The Order policies

[Reverend Del]

Please do note that for those factions to whom system purchase has never been something useful or desirable we have still had many a proposal and most have been willing, or at least able, to pay. Whilst 500 million isn't the chump change it's reckoned to be, neither is it the hard slog others claim it to be. 100 million each to five members is attainable in a week and if done together can be fun to do. Hell I have enough cash to happily bankroll a clever suggestion for a faction.

Also note that this opening of guard systems to those seeking purchase of equipment, does not apply to folks who are invading your guard space without the proper rep and ID. An outcast who wants to fly a Dreadnought can do so only if his rep and ID matches what is necessary to purchase one in the first place. Your ability to police it in all other regards has neither been limited nor taken away.

Another point I wish to raise is that Xoria speaks sense, two of the factions I have helped birth have gone on to become an example to others, the XA clearly shows that what the faction does the indies do. (And I shall be glad when the Taiidan bites the dust from our ship line) The LR also leads by example. My solution to reducing capspam in Liberty was to enact a policy of docking rights to two stations. Alcatraz and Buffalo, both of them used clever RP logic to justify them, and when explained politely to folks it works even better than shooting them until they turn into little floating pixels. Simply put honey, not vinegar. Folks are here to have fun and if you try to enforce fun on them (or at least your idea of fun) with the big stick method it invariably ends badly. As it should.

Laowai had a wonderful success story the other day that proved no matter what you think of someone, you're likely to be wrong. In fact I had that proven to me by Quazar, an Independent Outcast who worked very hard with JihadJoe and myself to prevent Outcasts going on their fourth raid of Gamma in a day. You may have to beat your head on the table a few times but the message gets through. Without force, without fire, the message does get through.

Factions should not be about ruling with an iron fist in anything but roleplay. A faction is a like-minded group of people who share a vision of how a particular faction, or aspect of that faction, should be run. Using a faction to create a stranglehold is not fair play, and fair play, and thusly enjoyment for all, is what this mod should be about. Limiting ship purchase to any player goes against what I feel this mod is partly about, allowing people to explore their characters to the best manner they see fit.

Now the 500million question is not really that important, as it's not the price for becoming official, it's the price you pay to submit it in the first place. However clearly this discussion must be brought up within the the Admin team although I can guarantee it will not be going away, but perhaps we can come up with a system that allows factions that do not purchase, and will not purchase a guard system, to get their investment returned to them.

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Saint Del is considered a holy healer of diseases of children, but also as a protector of cattle.