What I think is that to an action...correspond a reaction.
This is a non scripted law that operates from when the human kind exist, and will not refrain from doing so in a near future, I foresee.
The privateers weren't there in vanilla freelancer, so it's something new, not just extra or somethin', they even got their personal ID for that and that nice special rp request.
So all of it suggest the word 'add', and the word 'extra' is just a synonym to that same word, to my view at least.
We can debate all the time you want on it and it won't change this, nor they way I see them as something 'new' to Freelancer, which isn't a bad thing of course, mind, but please have the decency to not to move certain accusations when you are in a not-so comfortable position as well.
I'm <strike>quite</strike> sure both of you are working hard for your factions and the outburst of both is just awesome.
But, if you, blunt, were really expeting us to turn a blind eye on such a great strategical advantage then I'm quite disappointed...and I feel even slightly insulted,
as after this I somehow feel you're wanting us to pass like fools, which means you think we are.
Kusari works differently from Bretonia, we don't have and will not have Privateers, but we can work out of it well with already present assets as our political situation, with some 'extra?' work, allows it.
LoTeK_