Freelancer/Mercenary ID's

[chovynz]

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.:
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?

I don't know where the bolded came from, and I also doubt it's validity but I'll quote the people in the know.
"The colours of the ships mean nothing." This is evidenced quite strongly by
Zoner Guard Rep. I do not have anything against the Zoners. But their Guards are red to me.
That doesn't mean I need to treat them with any hostility, just because they are red.
I strongly agree with, "there's no such thing as neutrality," (except for Neutral ID).
Everything can be RP'ed a reason for attacking.

The problem comes from people not communicating things correctly.
The no-responsibility people are outnumbering the self-responsibilty people.
Which is the reason that rules keep coming up.
If someone attacks a zoner infront of you, let all other Zoners know.
Let the gumps hurt a bit from the none use of all Zoner freeports or equipment.
All this can be done in RP ofcourse,
but there is essentially no real ingame, in roleplay consequences for a persons actions on this server.

Edit: I think if there were, people would be a hell of a lot more careful in what they did/shot at/talked back to.

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