Frelancer IFF and ID in a BW Transport

[Jake.Watson]

I ask because I made, at a low level, a FL character,deliberately to be a sort of generalist, kicking about from system to system in a battered BW freighter with an attempt at a well planned weps setup[a la Han Solo, the Firefly etc] and sort of never run regular trade roots as such..just travel about doing the less suicidal missions and turning a modest profit whereever he went. This was fine. However I decided to "enlarge" the character while keeping to the basic build so now he's in a BW transport etc......this seemed a reasonable way to go....I still wanted to keep to my origional movement patterns etc, still be the same guy just in a bigger ship. I have noticed though a bit of rather odd interaction with some other players....like I hailed a passing Freelancer and recieved the reply "Hello Trader" and a mildly curious reply starting Hmmm? was immediately awnsered with a "barked" "WHAT?" Being told to move on by Liberty Lawfulls and one thing and another.........If its considered the done thing and what have you I would be perfectly willing either to allign him with a trading faction, or trade back down I guess....but I did want a Freelancer and the ship was a relatively major investment etc. There seems nothing in the ID that I've gone outside of....hes just a Freelancer tagged/IDed guy in a BW Transport..nothing odd at all. However I don't want to be within the rules but, you know, not doing the done thing or whatever. Maybe I just ran into a few ....odd interactions which are unconected with anything I'm now worrying about, hopefully so. i just thought, still being relatively new to this incarnation of Disco, I 'd see what people think.