Do people see your ID?

[farmerman]

I really disagree. Identification of a player in game should be based solely on their IFF, ships and weapons and anything in their hold. I dont go around wearing a shirt that says "I'm an American" when I travel oversees. I dont really have to, it is visible. now if I wanted I could learn a little bit about the culture where I was traveling and could buy the right clothes and alter my behavior enough so I could blend in (as long as I had generally similar physical characteristics). If someone looked in my wallet they would know who I was but that's it. If someone from an unlawful faction (lets say corsair) wanted to blend in NY they could do it. The could buy a civ ship and civ equipment. If they were personally searched they would be busted, but just flying around in space there is no way anyone would know who they were unless the corsair wanted them to. If some transmitter broadcast something they would hack it. I think saying you are someone other than who you really are should be possible in game and you should be able to get away with it if your equipment matches your story.

I guess it depends on how things are seen. I wouldn't view nationality any different in real life as Disco - ie, they're unrelated to ID. My Gaian is Libertonian but there isn't something that says that. But when he's using a Gaian ID, I see it as him broadcasting that idea. I'm not sure what a real world comparison would be, though I imagine it would be like a group all having the same domain in their email addresses. In Freelancer, there's that whole neural net connection, so there must be a way to quickly compare data.

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