The problem here is that the RM basicly -are- the NPC faction. The only reason one would want to play RM without joining the player faction is to get a battleship. That, dear friends, is utter crud. No, I will not apologise. It is crud. The Rheinland battleship has the most turrets and the best armor sure, but have you ever looked at it? It's ugly as sin and a downright pig to fly!
It is hard, if not impossible, to tell where the RM ends, and the RM NPCs begin. -We- are running Rheinland, -we- are making the rules, and it is -we- who have always been like this. Two, two and a half years, of it being like this. I can't stop people from buying the battleship (Although I'm not fond of it), but when you take our ships -and- our tags... Things get a little more fuzzy.
It doesn't help that the person in question was being nasty to us, the legitimate faction in charge of Rheinland. You will note, I didn't say Branschwig or New Berlin, I said Rheinland. Just think about it for a second.
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