Quote:Don't think anybody has actually called you a Bs| pet here ... BUT ... I will say this. You DO hold rank given to you by Bs| and have not yet denounced that rank. You have carried your weight about and shoved it down others' throats. I have serious issues with someone carrying such high rank within a system-owning faction and them NOT being an actual faction member. You've chosen (admitted by yourself) to NOT be a member of Bs| because you did not want to go through the promotion process of a faction ... and to avoid having to work your way up the chain to gain your capship. And now ... here you are ... one of the top ranking members of Bs| and yet NOT a faction member. So yes ... you are part of Bs| and no longer an Indie. You're just a Bs| that does not bear the Bs| tag. You're the only person I know that has been able to attain such high rank and dictate to others what is appropriate role play and NOT be an actual faction member.
I gained respect with the players I deal with, I'm sorry if others cannot do the same but that is their own problem.
I hold no power whatsoever within black squadron, or over any of it's members. I hold no power over independent players except with those that follow me willingly.
Now, if you took the time to gain their respect and trust (and by they i mean BOTH black squadron and the order independents), you'd be in the same position I am. It's personal effort that decides who follows you here, not self appointed rank. Any idiot on the server can call himself an admiral or general, few actually earn trust to the point of other players accepting that rank.