Pirates in penn

[Bear]

There is no such thing as a newbie system.

The joint is open to piracy.

Penn and California, however, are both excellent places to go if you've ever wondered what 3-4 Trident gunboats look like flying in formation.

Pirating a starflea makes little sense regardless of the system.

Penn is newbie friendly. It is not a "newbie" system and should not be mistaken as such.

The NPCs are extremely mild, it's out of the way and there is a large pocket of resources right behind Erie to grind some starting credits. This all equals up to being a nice place to get your feet wet.

It's also a system through which several trade runs go, both lawful and unlawful. As such it also enjoys all of the qualities of being a fully enabled system the same as any other. As such it falls under no special restrictions.

In other words, let's consider the pros of it being the starter system without resorting to dramatics and hand waving. California and Penn (due to the jumpholes) are Outcast Gunboat pirate havens. Not much to do about that aside from killing the pukes whenever they show their faces.

It's not the point that the joint is open to piracy that is the problem, it's the fact that people walk all over the new players in their big lolboats and generally cause havoc in system towards the new. These players are just starting out so one would think that they would only have that one character. If that one character get's blown off the face of sirius then they can't or any of their characters go into that system for 4 hours. In that time they could find another game and lose interest in this game and therefore our community dwindles a little bit more. Sure just behind Erie there is alot of money but don't forget that lvl 30 isn't that hard to get to. Before you know it the new player has reached and exceeded this lvl with little or no RP at all. And sure enough here come the lolboats to capitalise on that fact.

One might not know it but being a lvl 90 in that system and helping and chatting to these new people earns me some respect and trust. Because of this, that trust then extends to the pirates who capitilise on it and they get sucked into giving away all that they have worked for. Sure they may be lvl 31 but you must still remeber that because they are in that system they are still vertually new to the game. Show some decency towards them and leave to become the decent RP'ers you want them to be. As you said penn is newbie friendly, so let's make it that little bit more friendly and stop useing lolboats and huge fees for your own gain. Afterall, that one experience may lead them one day after that experience to get a bigger cap ship and reign down on you.

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