ID's

[Agmen of Eladesor]

ID's are important in figuring out the appropriate response for the person.

For example, if I (as a Bounty Hunter) see someone flashing Corsair on my IFF, I'm going to close within 4K of them. However, when I scan their ID and it shows them as a generic pirate - unless they've committed a crime IN MY PRESENCE or they're already bountied - they're going to get some nasty words, a few glares out the cockpit window - and nothing else. That's why you can't automatically go with red is dead.

Now - just because someone is a known smuggler doesn't mean that he's actually engaged in the act, either. If you don't see my ship carrying anything illegal - all you really know from my ID is that I may at times do something certain law enforcement officials don't like. I'm not breaking the law no - so get off my case. (And in the case of one certain house, you guys need a ladder to climb out of my butt.) But that's how a smuggler should be - I'm perfectly innocent, as the pure driven snow - until you catch me, anyway.

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Oh god... The end of days... Agmen agreed with me.