Giaians and Xenos

[Dab]

I used to spend hours proselytizing in Liberty before wnadering off unfought and RP'd out.

Note Used to.

I can't seem to do that anymore, the yeehawing and endless Manhattan flybys have killed some of the terror of being a Xeno, and the Rheinland Liberty embargo has killed off Hudson and Bering.

That makes it very hard to actually be terrifying, I remeber Coachy and Copeerhead blunting trade in Bering with nothing more than a pair of really buggy preagles. Them was good times. Alas cargo interdiction ahs taken a back seat to PvP and that makes being a Xeno a lot less fun in my eyes. Xenos, like Rogues, should pick their fights wisely not just run headlong into combat at the first sign of a lawful tag. It just doesn't feel right for an underfunded under organised bunch of ex blue collar workers to be wanting to go toe to toe with a much superior warmachine that could, in theory, rip us to shreds. Especially after nearly being hounded out of Colorado by the LPI only a few years ago.

Thats what I attempt to do with my Xenos as much as possible. My Xenos does less pvp than my BAF does, which is kind of sad, but I'm proud of it at the same time. This is also why my character doesn't act as you'd expect her to. Act like a fury-crazed terrorist and I get mobbed the moment I step in NY. I make people think I'm anything but a Xenos and I can manage to RP without getting overkilled. Then I use that to find lone targets to RP with before they lose their patience and start blasting.

And yes.. No more Manhatten sweeps! I'm getting tired of running off to help some other Xenos and finding them outside Manhatten.. If you want to fight LPI or LN, there are plenty ways to lure them out. With the exception of going there to help others already engaged, I've started attacks at Manhatten TWICE. Once when I spotted John Talon there in his fighter (and he docked quickly after the fight started.. -.-), for I viewed the life of LN's Fleet Admiral worth more than the life of a single Xenos pilot.. The second was when I found a slave liner (Heavy Metal Queen) and its slave escort (Misao, played by Yue Fei). The planet was clear of LN/LPI at the time so I engaged in some fun RP before trying to take on the (heavily armored) slave liner and freeing Misao (that didn't quite work out.. >.>) The reasons for that are obvious. He was a junker and an active slaver. Both of which Xenos don't like, and my Xenos is particularly hateful of slavers.

Oh, as to the Gaians, the only thing I really know about them anymore is that they can’t, apparently, get enough of Kusari and want to haz luvvles with them all day every day.

Edit: Ahhh, the good ol Xeno days. Clueless, hopeless, completely outclassed in terrible ships. We were IC to the core.

Edit 2: Del, Hudson and Bering aren't nearly as dead as you might think. From my LPI experience I can assure you that we get traders through there all the time regardless. Though I hardly ever made it out there, on account of it being in the middle of nowhere.

@Edit; Those situations are the most fun.. Where your only chances of survival usually consisted of either talking your way out of a fight or finding your opponents when they were split up enough that you outnumbered them..

@Edit 2; Truth. I've seen a lot of traders out there regardless of the blockade. My OS&C Liner goes through there during its route and I usually pass 2-3 heading into Rheinland when I go through Bering.

@Original message; True to an extent.. Most Gaians have gotten really close to the Kusarians for reasons I can't fathom.. They are shooting BAF, yes, and we're allied to FA.. But KNF doesn't support our cause and we'd have to deal with KNF just as we have to deal with BAF right now. Furthermore, KNF is trying to conquer our home.. I don't find that conducive to a healthy relationship. My Gaian has had no involvement with Kusari except for paying an AFA to ship an Imp. Deb down to Edinburgh for me. My Gaian would not even help KNF against BAF unless they are outnumbered. She wants KNF out after it weakens BAF. Not KNF to conquer Bretonia. I'd assume the feelings by other Gaians would be similar, but haven't seen that so far.. Maybe the pursuit of pvp is getting a little too heavy with the Gaians these days..

Edit of edit: All I can say is; /signed Tubal. And I'll be on to help with the whole 'old-school Xeno-ing' once I get a new harddrive or a comp capable of more than 15fps. (15 fps makes PvP a moot point.. Might hop on for the RP though, but don't expect much from me when we get to the shooty-shooty.)

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