Should official factions have more power?

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Powers that could be granted to official factions (where official faction represents entire npc faction):

- Ability to direct npc faction RP in the long run and have it treated as canon (such as RM's development of Rheinland's RP)
- Ability to conduct some (limited) inRP diplomacy on behalf of the npc faction and have this reflected in long run mod development & changes in npc diplomacy (e.g. BAF no longer overly hostile to IMG or Outcasts, instead at war with CR)
- More freedom to inact inRP punishments to control poor RP on the part of indies or unnofficial factions, e.g. indie LN battleship PvPing rogue fighters in the badlands, [LN] can order him to cease wasting valuable resources, redeploy to Hudson or elsewhere. Should he refuse, they can fine him / outlaw him without being sanctioned. I think what might work would be if each faction decided that the upper 50% of its ranks or some such figure could have some authority over indies, but not all faction players, so that there are no complaints of Ensigns ordering battleships around.
- Limited ability to deny docking rights / access to capships with OORP punishments under certain specific circumstances. Specific individuals or groups outlawed by House Police should not be able to dock on police bases and planets (except smugglers). Military factions could be able to control docking on military battleships to non-military IDed players. Regarding capships, each faction could be given control over their respective Battleship - e.g. whilst most battleships require a generic battleship license, Rheinland Battleships require a "RM Battleship License" which cannot be bought. It can either be distributed by members of the [RM] faction to indies or given out by admins upon approval of a special RP request application. Factions could then require that indies demonstrate their RP ability before giving out access to their faction battleships.

These sound pretty good to me.

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Creator of Sgt. V. Price, 207th Precinct out of Chula Vista Station