Hypothetical Scenario: Pirating for cash is no longer done

[Fletcher]

Ok ... but since Manhattan is THE biggest black market planet in all of Sirius. With that in mind, a pirate should be able to land on such a planet (clandestinely) to sell off said cargo. <-- Just following the hypothetical logic you pose.

And its a bit OORP for THE biggest black market planet in Sirius to be a "Police" planet. Change the planet's reputation to "Neutral" ... in fact ... most all planets should be "Neutrally" aligned. If planets were neutral and pirates could actually sell their stuff on the black market planet of Manhattan ... I'd be behind your idea. Even the original storyline supports Manhattan as a black market ... not to mention that the majority of the Cardamine trade is directed at the houses ... with Manhattan as the central distribution for the stuff.

While I've never really thought on Manhattan being the centre of the black market, but that being said most exotic and illegal commodities need to go there to not only be consumed/appreciated, but as you said distributed.

I am unsure about making Manhattan neutral for basically an open door for most if not all criminals to swarm New York, even more. Sadly in this case, we swing the door for black market openness in a sense, it is the door leading to the abuse corridor in that respect.

We must also not forget that Manhattan is the heart of a House in not only for the military and police, but the corporations too, so I'd expect some form of radar and automated scanning system. However in that case, the Lane Hackers have proven that technology can be broken, so its a balancing act for which way we want the RP to go.

Then we'd need to get rid of bribes as well. After all ... the bribe system is based on paying someone to "hack" into computers to improve your reputation with some. The same "hacking" could be done with the credit system. Setup a clean account and business as a front operation for the pirate/criminal organizations. That is ... if we're gonna micro-role play here. And keep in mind ... we're not in the olden days of Earth ... sophisticated technology is available to all here. And the criminal element is far better at hacking than the good guys.

Well this is true, but I argue that perhaps not all bribes need to be done via credits, maybe equipment or commodities, our bribing system is linked to the code of the game and has sorta solidified into the game culture here.

But this is a valid point all the same.

I have no problem with you creating a pirate faction and implementing your idea. Just don't force the rest of us to play along by creating yet another limiting rule set directed ONLY at pirates role play. Something I'd like to see is role play by traders who are ACTUALLY employed by some trade company.

I'm surprised there isn't a pirate faction involved in this type of pirate doctrine, but I do know of some who employ it, just not as the primary role.

If a faction does come to bear, I'd be pretty interested to see how it turns out.



I have attempted my rebuttal, or opinion on your opinion or something. I'm tired...

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