Put things like that in the ship description.

[Jinx]

almost EVERY ship is restricted in a way...

outcasts don t get to use corsairs ships
the liberty navy is not allowed rheinland ships
humans factions are not allowed pure AI ships
corsairs are not allowed bretonian ships

etc.

as a matter of fact, there are only very FEW ships that are really free for all. - for example... we haven t put it into the ID text that Zoners cannot use the Titan. or that hackers cannot use the inferno. or that junkers cannot fly outcast dreadnoughts.

some of the cases are simply self explanatory. - of course, in the case of the AI ships - it was a bit foggy... but i think in the numerous threads, we have explained it quite detailed now what is to be understood under the term "AI" ( so... not just a flying computer, but just a specific type of flying computer )

if players see loopholes in it, its mostly cause they wish to see loopholes in it. ( which is OK from a RP point of view... but we simply cannot close every loophole )

so - of course you don t see a corsair using a sabre, even if its not stated in their ID.... why? cause "one does not do it"

so the question remains - why would a player belonging to a human faction wish to use a ship that is related to a faction that originates from a system that has killed en entire colony, is alien infested and all in all so far away that no one stumbles over it by accident.

i hardly see corsairs flying zoner destroyers - and those are much much easier to explain in RP - or apply for IMG battlecruisers. - yes, one gets carried away a bit sometimes... but putting everything into a rule is really a bit much if we can expect the players to be attentative and responsible for their actions, too. many people have a very clear understanding of what is OK and what is not.... many people test the bondaries of whats right in an urge to be a bit more special than others - and thats natural, too.
if one asked oneself though - there are many an arguments for a human faction against an AI core ship against a lot less arguments that speak for the use of an AI core ship.

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