Embargoes

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1. Someone explain how the current Liberty embargo creates additional roleplaying.......

2. It harms other traders in Liberty who will consequently have less protection from pirates.....

3. .....encouraging overly belligerent, abusive, and intolerant attitudes on the part of Liberty lawful characters, as evidenced here, and here....

4. The Liberty embargo should be amended to fall into line with the embargos enforced by the other Houses.....

I'll answer each numbered section as my point of view allows.

1. There used to be a route that I had roleplayed with both Liberty Lawfuls and Rheinland Lawfuls. It was that of a Rheinland Blockade Runner (Yes, mwerte, you kinda nailed it, but i'd have prefered the discovery be done after about a week or so and, more possibly.. ingame). I would tell Rheinland the lie saying that I was shipping to and from Freeport 2, while I told Liberty the truth that I was bringing in supplies for Duluth Shipyards (it being so far out of the way, it hardly receiving any real decent shipments) [EDIT]The smuggling cover, should a Rheinland lawful choose to follow me out to see where I was really going, I also had planned by a secondary route. Which each time a Rheinlander questioned my trade, I'd offer the idea of him following me out on my next shipment.[/EDIT]

2. Even without the embargo, we, or anyone else for that matter, cant be everywhere. If a trader needs to, he can report pirate activity on private or system chat. There is no "overemphasis" on Texas. Lawful presence there has not increased or decreased as its still the system that almost all blatant contraband (cardi, slaves, artifacts) go through, or atleast iv yet to see that change.

3. The first thread im not sure what the issue was. The second thread however, Against the GST.... That speaks for itself. That group of players have attacked Liberty Lawfuls quite often without provocation. When I first encountered them, they were (drumroll please) coming out of Alaska. A transport, whale, and luxury liner. I destroyed the whale. From there, to Colorado where i finally caught up to them (in NY i could only get just inside of 2k), they suddenly opened fire on me. The lux liner fled after taking a good bit of damage, then I went back to the transport. When he was down to half health, the lux liner came back and opened fire again.

The GST themselves are to blame for the hostility they have received from Liberty Lawfuls, not ours. Also, remember that they have been given a way out of the hostilities. They have to this date, refused that offer. Whenever they decide to roleplay some form of compensation as requested, the hostilities will no doubt end.

4. Agreed, imports should always be welcomed, as they supply the house that has the embargo in place. Exports, especially military supplies, should stay banned with the exception of human cargo, however.