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[McNeo]

Question:

I saw a phantom undock from Kyoto... what is their relation with the Blood Dragons?

If I were to have it, it would be fully hostile... but...

That was probably me if the character was Tenshi.

This is the diplomacy listed in our faction status.

The Phantom web of diplomacies can be summed up thus:

War: All Houses
Hostile: All Corporations
Unfriendly: Gaians
Neutral: All Pirates not mentioned below
Friendly: Outcasts, Xenos
Allied: None

It needs one update to put Junkers in the hostile list, but no others currently. If you control the diplomacy of the Blood Dragons (which I think is still in the NovaPG's hands), then Im sure you can change that if you like.

what they need to give in return is elaborated roleplay. - not on every occasion - everyone can have a bad day. but there should NEVER be a formula like "you give me rubbish RP, i give you rubbish RP in return" - when that formula is applied, we end up with rubbish RP all around.

i am not saying that this is actually the case - i just say that it is important to always keep that in mind. - think in character and not as a player, think what the other character ( not the player ) knows about you. - roleplay it seriously.

Most of us, if not all of us, do something like this. It is true that if we get a person who simply tries to rulelawyer us or be a little upstart, we'll punish them without a second thought, but to those who actually try to engage in RP with us, those get the interaction they're looking for. For example, there was a Percheron the other day, which we stopped and opened fire on us without a word. He got massacred, and said '//I hate Phantoms'. This kind of situation is not all that uncommon.

do NOT focus on pvp or a blue message. - a pvp death is not scary at all. - when someone is pvped, the tension drops. - the act of rising a tension - rising fear has something to do with being a menace - and a menace is not to be mistaken with a dead end road that ends with a kill.

Which is why sometimes I've been shadowing fights between two factions (Corsairs and Coalition, for example) just talking whilst they blow each other to bits. Im pretty sure that, if the occassion requires it, other Phantom players do the same.

to add to that - PLEASE don t pick random ships / equipment you like. - you got your own ships and weapons now - stick to them or post a "special RP request" like common players.

My character, Tenshi, has a Blood Dragon HF with 6 Lamia's and a mini. This setup is by the tech chart, absolutely fine, since I do have a forum story. Tenshi and Yasha's past havent been covered yet, but from reading it, you should be able to deduce that both were dragons in the past.

This is often the case with other characters, such as Pitchfork with her Corsair Praetorian or Ze'ev with any farmer tech he might've brought along.

These are one of the more questionable setups, since people often complain under their breath about such things. It should be noted that admin given IDs in general act like an acceptance of a special request, publicised or not. The Terrorist ID, Keeper ID, Special Operative ID, Phantom ID, and so on all act in the same way. For example, some special ID owners have a written and very deep biography and series of stories, none of which are published beyond a few people. The concern of the person giving out the IDs when they are considering who to give them to is as much following longwinded beaurocratic policies as well as making sure that those getting the ID that they would like wont excessively push the boundaries, massacring everything that they can see.

Virus, I have one question and I hope it's appropriate here. I was told in game a few days ago that the Phantoms and you especially had declared some vendetta against the Junkers. I was not aware of this until then. I was told that you were upset about some kind of disrespect. I have been very adamant about tell the Junkers to back off and give the Phantoms a wide berth. Has something changed?

Even though the question is not adressed to me, I will try to answer it. I was not there and I also found it a suprise when I found out, but my understanding of the situation is that some of our ships were attacked without provocation by some kind of Junker, and we decided to adjust our diplomacy to make an example, which will hopefully stop other faction members doing the same. I could be wrong, since I didn't ask very deeply.

If you think my responses are not neccessary/required/correct, then please remove them or amend them, Virus.