I, for one, will still trade with Rheinland. Sorry Bowex boys, but I just don't care that much about 1/2 mil.
What I expect in return is something that Jinx mentioned. Escort the trader to his destination and back. Just go to the edge of your territory. That's really all you're responsible for anyway.
Yeah, that makes the Military an escort service (no watsas, not that escort service). Or the police. That's what I will be expecting for my 600k I'll be paying each trip back-and-forth to Rheinland, an escort to Augsburg and back to at least the O7 jumpgate.
THAT, dear friends, gives the RM someone to RP with, and also doesn't make the trip so lonely.
@Elsdragon: Now to you who just can't seem to comprehend and extrapolate, I'll spell it out for you. RM doesn't give a rat's @$$ what the LPI does with their side of the border. The RHEINLAND MILITARY is making it's border accessible. How you get there is your problem. clear now?
RM isn't trying to powerplay, they're trying to breath some life into Rheinland. Whether it works or not remains to be seen. every single person b*tching about getting pirated 3-4 times a trip...see above. The RM doesn't CARE what happens outside it's borders, in RP. *gasp* yeah. in ROLEPLAY, the RM isn't really responsible for you being pirated near Freistadt. Take it up with the IMG. Wait, that'll work at Aland too. Hmm...something else for IMG to do...patrol their space. Mining isn't everything.
Either way, everyone who's crying out about the 3-5% tax (20m profit w/ 600k in taxes) is jumping insanely close to a powertrader after his credits. Will my CHARACTER grumble about it? Hell yeah. will his fingerprints be impressed on the credits he's passing? Absolutely. Will I expect my safety through Rheinland? uh huh.
Will I still go there? Yup.
edit: Back at Elsdragon: No, I really don't see anywhere in the code that the RM is going to blow up you're transport. What I do see is they will expect you to turn around and go back the way you came. whinge somewhere else.
