I ask in advance any BAF members who might feel they need to react in a strong manner, DON'T. If there is someone who can attempt to explain calmly without pointing failures just for the sake of humiliating, please do. I will try myself.
Quick points I can address quickly:
Quote:I will also point out that I was flying a Gateway ID'd ship, you say that means I should not be trading with IMG from an RP point of view? I say Gateway is a shipping company and is free to ship goods to neutral factions if the profit is good, as long as it does not breach the embargo or your rule it would seem.
Gateway is the main shipper to and from IMG bases. To that point, all fine and dandy. I would gladly assist you, if you tried to slip past the enemy through unguarded jump holes to one of the IMG bases without a Kusari battleship above them. The fact that Kusari NPCs aren't shooting at you means you have a messed reputation-sheet. They are -supposed to- shoot at you. As you may remember I was asking about this and it could lead to resolving the matter, if you didn't run and engage cloak at that point.
Quote:What I also want to know is why your rule supercedes the server rule on NAVY ID? Which I think states that you may halt and attack vessels of a hostile house if they refuse to drop their cargo or leave the system etc. It does not say that you may demand the same of any trader whatsoever! The admin need to decide which rule has priority here, theirs or yours! Or can I assume that you have admin in your faction and as such the point is moot?
I will point you to the BAF ID
"Bretonian Armed Forces ID Wrote:Pilot carrying this ID is in the Bretonia Armed Forces, who :
* Can destroy traders in Bretonia who belong to corporations headquartered in Houses that Bretonia is at war with if the trader refuses to drop all cargo and leave Bretonia,
* Can trade and escort traders,
* Can hunt pirates and terrorists within their Zone of Influence,
* Cannot ally with any unlawfuls except with the Golden Chrysanthemums or Outcasts,
* Cannot participate in any unlawful actions, * Cannot demand any contraband from anyone within the following systems: New London, Edinburgh, Cambridge, Manchester,
* Cannot fulfill bounty contracts,
* Cannot use any Liners except the Royal Liner and Prison Liner.
Allowed ships: Fighters, Bombers, Freighters, Royal Liners and Prison Liners, Gunboats.
Carrying unmounted IDs in your ship, as well as not equipping an ID, is a serious crime. Scanning for and demanding contraband falls under police jurisdiction unless the Bretonia Armed Forces player is in a system that is NOT listed above in the ID.
Our understanding is, that allows us to lawfully enforce Martial law in Leeds. I also ask you to refrain from attacks on Admins. They are used to them, but that doesn't make it any better.
Quote:Anway, when push comes to shove its all over and done with, from now on I shall attempt to run your blockade at every opportunity and will do so in the spirit of RP which is really whats at issue here.
You are welcome to! But understand, that you will be stopped in-RP, there is nothing personal in stopping traders running the blockade. We don't think "Hah, another looser tries to make some profit, let's spoil it". When you are encountered, respond in-RP and don't slip from it.
Quote:I would like to point out on that score that I was not the only one talking OOC in this matter, and I was not the one who sent private messages containing profanity and name calling and threatening lifetime bans from the server! I wont name names as it is of no import.
If you have screenshots from any such thing, by all means send them to the admins or to BAF leaders. We won't have it in BAF, and it is of great import to us. If you can't provide any proof, I will have to disregard it. It is extremely easy to take a screenshot of the chat log.
PMs containing OOC aren't a problem when such heated matter arises, they usually help resolve the situation. This of course requires civil manners and the will to resolve it. When you face a larger group and want to resort to this, try to find their leading figure and PM with him. If it's a bit more complicated, you could send one OOC in local chat, asking for it to be brought into PMs, then it would be on the group to decide who will carry the conversation from their side.
