Freelancer/Mercenary ID's

[Athenian]

An observation about the use of the new freelancer and mercenary id's. From my experience of them, they are a license to shoot anything with a price on its head with impunity.

And then I recalled these wise words, when a particular "neutral" mercenary faction got flamed on the forums in the past.:

1) Aint no such thing as neutrality.

2) Mixing lawful crud and unlawful crud is a no go. You can't make out with the Bounty Hunters then turn around and make out with the Outcasts to turn around again and make out with the Corsairs without someone slapping you.

3) Want to play nice with the unlawfuls and get their toys? Don't turn around and work for the good guys.

4) Want to play nice with the lawfuls and get their toys? Don't turn around and work for the bad guys.

5) Kill the lawfuls, don't go begging for them to let you keep floating in manhat orbit. Kill the unlawfuls, don't go begging for them to not set you to hostile.

Why Liberty lets any mercs with unlawful kit float in their orbit doing their bidding, or any lawful looks at a guy in a BH ship and reckons he's good to go is beyond me.

I recall people getting sanctioned for attacking others whse reputation was set to neutral. Are the reputations of these ID's are somehow outside this requirement?

And the ship-line - oh, the ship line. The best VHFs and bombers in game, but if you want something else, write up a nifty story and its all good, even if it belongs to a group you attack?

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