Guard Systems

[ugliestmoose]

I don't see that much of a problem with them. Although it has always irked me that lawful Guard Systems use Jump Holes and not Jump Gates. Ageria propaganda makes the good guys think using Jump Holes is detrimental to their fertility.

Maybe we could intergrade some of the Guard Systems into one. Do the LPI, LN and LSF all really need their own Guard system? The Liberty Rogues, Lane Hackers and maybe even the Mollys could share a system too (Might be interesting if the Xenos occupied part of the same system also), and all the unlawfuls in Rhienland are pretty chummy now also.

That's actually a good idea and something that came across my mind also. Put the House lawfuls into one Guard system, ditto for unlawfuls. This would make a lot of sense for Liberty and Rheinland unlawfuls especially, since the Rogues/Hackers and LWB/Hessians/Bundschuh/Unioners are pretty close, and in Kusari you would have GC/Dragons and FA/Hogosha. As far as Bretonia, well, I've made my feelings on Londonderry clear...take out those damn Molly bases and put them anywhere, Dundee, whatever. And Gaians can keep their "nature preserve" Guard system.

Then again, is there any chance this would ever happen? We'd have to pick favorites with guard systems, which could get ugly.


EDIT: To those who keep bringing up the analogy of guard systems to guarded fortresses or military bases or whatnot, I give you this: a star system is really quite a large thing to be called a fortress. It would be like cordoning off the entire state of Nevada because there happens to be a military base there. An individual base, sure, you can make the point that it should restrict access to all unauthorized personnel (and it does, by not allowing enemies to dock), but a whole system - I think that's stretching the analogy too far. [/pointless rambling]