Some of your diplo seems a little off. Really I'm not sure why a lot of pirate groups would be friends with you. Rheinland ones for example.
Also do I have to make the phantom-junker/qcp-zoner comparison.
Other than that, only met one of you in game (BaconSoda). We didn't talk that long (I think we both wanted something different out of the encounter) but it was good stuff.
Basically, just remember that you don't get to do whatever you want because you're invite only; you have to be invite only because of what you do.
Not accusing you of breaking it, but it's just a fairly small distinction to make that affects a lot of stuff.
edit: also this thread's debate is yet another reason why guard systems are awful. No one knows what they are or how to treat them.