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in Bretonia, a merc faction has taken to policing it, why I wonder? we have a large BH faction stationed here, we have likely the largest Military in terms of players and of course MM is allied to BAF, and they dont get much action as it is.

and while i was not advocating that WT join with other factions already present, their choice of location for their merc faction is already full of people doing what they intend.

Markam,

I'm the Leader of the WT. If there is anything that you feel that needs to be added to our Official Faction Proposal, please let me know, either via the faction post, or via pm.

The evolution of our RP is quite convoluted. Originally there was an Interspace Military Wing, but that idea was rejected by the owner of the IND. That would have been purest in nature to our role, assisting traders and rebuffing the 'power-pirate'.
Then we tried a combination of the BAF and the WT, but that caused friction between the members of the lower ranks, as the pecking order had suddenly become shaken up. Understandable, and FAR too much effort to bang otherwise seasoned RPers heads together over a little thing like that.
Several more angles were tried, a few saw the light of day, and then we became Mercenaries. Only little cap-ships for us, and then only when needed.
And heres the thing: We're mercs, not police. If you have SS showing that one of my boys is trying to be a policeman, let me know. We're not allowed to scan for cargo, but we ARE allowed to protect traders and assist the BAF, which I see in your signature.

Finally, we're not restricted to bretonia. We're just based there, as its the beginning of many a profitable run. The BAF can't escort traders into new berlin, but we can. Hell, we can even escort people into sig 17;), maybe. Our ZOI is HUGE, and we're taking a lot of stick for that, as people are, rightly, worried about a nascent Sirius Police Force, which we do NOT want to be, and they're saying we should stick to bretonian space.

You seem to be saying that we shouldn't be in bretonia at all.... head/desk.

Maybe my point wasnt exactly clear.. I mean a side that is already outnumbering its foes.
if KNF cant match NovaPG's numbers, or if they managed to fight 6v6 without GC being called to help, adding a new BD faction making it 10+/6, the KNF wont even try and neither side will get a fight out of it.

I know for a fact that there are many BAF members of the upper echelons who have characters on the other side of the fence, so to speak, and that if a battle is looking one-sided, they jump into their other character to even up the score. There is nothing stopping the NovaPG having KNF characters.... in fact, I actually think it is encouraged.

Perhaps walk a mile in another man's shoes before attempting trial-by-forum? Leading a clan is hard work; i already have two jobs, and running the WT creates more paperwork than the other two COMBINED! The rank and file can log in, play and log off. We who chose to devote our time to structuring YOUR gaming experience, get to log off and then spend 45mins-1hr every night, scanning the forums for political shifts and new policies.

This is not meant as an attack, but its 4am here, and i have joy-of-joys another forum to troll through before i get to hit the sack tonight. I see your comments and, if i may paraphase them 'If we stuck to the vanilla factions it would be easier to remember who is who'. That would definately be a priority on a PVP server, but on an RP server, you have to go on the ID, not the IFF. On the ship and the load-out but more importantly the RP coming from the player, not just red=dead.

Sure, in an ideal world, we'd only have vanilla factions. But even on vanilla servers, this is not the case. There are one or two servers (no names, no pack-drill) who REFUSE to let new factions join, and even hound new players until they join a pre-existing one. That kind of totalitarian mindset is a slippery slope.

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