Liberty Police, Inc. Feedback

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I do know this, being a police person myself, and I know you don't have the awesome deterrent of Canterbury and Kensington (those two stations destroy smugglers like it's out of style), however, if you can detain them long enough, you can do as the BPA does and simply let the stations destroy smugglers after the NPCs scan them.

Although, I do understand your reservation of the right to use Eagles and other civilian ships, as well as the Havok, however, I do think that as a police force, your presence should be mostly because of your authority, and not by force. Though I know that Liberty has the most right to have a militant police force, the use of bombers really shouldn't be standard patrol vehicles. I mean, an Eagle can destroy a transport, almost no problem if it's a Border Worlds Transport or below (or maybe I'm just a good pirate), and a Liberator is a match for a small transport, no doubt. Bombers are certainly overkill as a normal patrol vehicle. I can understand having them for emergencies, but, taking them out simply to destroy transports seems like compromising your RP simply because others refuse to RP...

The rule in the LPI is: Liberators are your standard patrol vehicle. The SWAT ships get pulled out when you know trouble is coming. Lets face it, every PVP junkie comes to Liberty for their fix. When you get Gunboat after gunboat after gunboat, sometimes we are out on our SWAT ships alot.

Now the only exception to this rule is Embargo duty. Not a fun assignment by any stretch of the imagination. We authorized our people to use them for this duty because the Libby DOES NOT have the power required to stop a trader. I cant count on my fingers the number of times a trader group has opened fired on the LPI because they think they can get away with it and not get on a KOS list. Our players are not here for someone else's target practice. People pull stuff in Liberty that they wouldn't do anywhere else, or would cry a fit cause someone did it in their home space.


EDIT: ok for example, Group a comes into NY, a gunboat /bomber combo. Once they are dealt with, group B aliens roll in from the omnis. After we get thru with that, Indies show up to wtfpwn some lawdogs. Now add to that the unlawfuls who do call NY home. Oh, and toss in a pinch of indie Corsairs cause they think they are getting left out of the PVP fun. Oh, And god help ya if you run someone off from pirating someone. It's their GOD GIVEN right to pirate in New York, and we are OORP for chasing them out.

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Formerly known as LPI Police Chief Hull O'Brien.
Creator of Sgt. V. Price, 207th Precinct out of Chula Vista Station