Cartel you've got some explaining to do.

[Boss]

I think they haven't done such a bad thing. They're pirates. They do pirate things like hanging in gangs and killing people. It adds some life to the server. I got killed and I'm not going to quite the game because of this.

We can't help it if some people are sore losers.

Cartel are hanging in gangs and owning you because you're patrolling alone? Team up with some other navy and police and everything should be alright.

I'm going to spare you the full tongue-lashing that I would normally give to a seasoned member and just say this:

That is -not- being a good pirate. A good pirate will steal from one trader and run to another location, where he will repeat the performance. He will flee at the slightest hint of a lawful ship, with as much loot as he can carry. When was the last time you read about a (Somalian) pirate sailing a battleship, sinking tankers and then sallying forth to attack the U.S. Atlantic Fleet?

I'll answer that rhetorical question: Never. Ever. EVER. E-V-E-R. Got that?

Back to Freelancer.

When was it ever remotely fun, acceptable, or--God forbid!--RP to shoot down a PATRIOT with no less than two gunboats mounting three missiles+ each?

Have you ever BEEN the Patriot/Liberator? Have you never seen the other side? I didn't think so. Try it. You'll be pissed too.

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Same goes for the Cartel. Either shape up, or ship out. I don't like people abusing their power like that, and I play a lot of factions. If I catch wind of you doing that in Outcast Gunships, there's going to be some flying fur and metal as the Dons lay into you lot.

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Just go play the game and have fun dammit.

all in all the conclusion is that disco doesn't need antagonist factions, it doesn't need phantoms, it doesn't need nomads, it doesn't need coalition and it doesn't need many other things, no AIs, the game is hijacked by morons to confuse the game with their dickwaving generic competition games mixed up with troll-of-the-day.