Friends shooting Friends

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I don't see an issue with the double docking ring. I quite like it as an idea.
As for there being no Mollys, thats what the corsair patrols are about but I must admit, I would imagine the 49 side around the Dublin/Londonderry holes would be a bit of a war zone with npc's going at it regularly.
Bjorns right about all those transports 'appearing'.
I also don't know why there are no Hessian patrols around the 47 JH for the same reason.

With regard to IMG, they are a legitimate target for corsairs. They are not allied to the Zoners and get no protection from the arrangement.
The agreed deal was to run 'protection' for Gran Canaria, not anyone else. (thanks to Zealot for the screen).
At the time, it was probably a good deal but with massive changes taking place in faction diplomacy, I'm not so sure it's as good a deal as it once was.
Given the current situation, the Mollys would sell out the GC location to the Brets straight away and probably vice versa. That in itself is probably no great shakes for the Zoners presently as Bretonia is a little busy on her northern flank right now.
So I'm sorry to say that various examples above of friends and burglers to my mind don't stand up. IMG are neither friends, nor burglers. Yes, they help the economy of GC, which does indeed also help migrant corsairs there, but it's not the be all and end all. Afterall, if the mining economy was so beneficial to GC, why aren't there any Zoners doing it?
Under the terms set out above (as I understand it), they would effectively be immune to corsair piracy and infact, can expect protection from them with regard to other pirates.

Sadly, thats where the old player mentality of "I want the biggest/best/fastest/etc-ist" and to hell with the RP and they take a mining ship, with mining lasers and an IMG ID/IFF and they get upset when they get robbed.

With all that said, I see no advantage to the Zoners discarding the current deal. It does still hold advantages (See: Mining).
With regard to disadvantages, I have read elsewhere here that the heavy (Titan) corsair patrols in 49 can be very disturbing for would-be assailants. Cancelling it would negate any defence with regard to Hessian and Molly aggression. This in turn would probably make a large proportion of the GC population very nervous (civil unrest anyone?).
Lets be real here. Hessians/Mollys may not necessarily always attack Zoners but with all the corsairs on GC, they may very well be partial to the odd lone transport bound out that way...

Now, while I'm here:-

Make Lanzarote Base Junker (I'm all for that :yes:).
Mindelo base....badly placed. I think it would be better placed in 49 (controversial I know but it would explain the numbers of corsairs and would have a reason for being there (again thanks to Zealot's screen)).

My position on this in game, I am mainly a Junker with some interests in the corsairs and Rheinland and sorry for the way this post sometimes seems to jump back and forth - I'm very tired:sleep:

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