Other than Order...

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Treewyrm is correct.

Unfortunately, the PvP-geared gameplay of Disco make it difficult to do other things that might be more peaceful things, for instance, conduct simple espionage. And thus, many people have this wrong idea that the intel agencies of the various houses make it their business to go around shooting people up. You would never see a real intel agency, like the CIA, the British SIS, or the FSB do that.

But, in a game where you're given weapons in a game and told that there are people or things out there that really really dislike you and would like to see you impaled on a stake, you typically do the obvious.

Great RP does come from carefully planned events where no PvP is desired, but more than often, things go awry, and everything escalates into a fight of some sort. I wish it were some other way, but the fact is, Freelancer isn't just a RPG, its a 3rd Person Shooter.

They're not some kind of animals you hunt for, that would be a terrible underestimation.

But, I am sure that many ignorant human inhabitants of Sirius would think of them that way. In a sense, it is a terrible act of Metagaming, since most people should not know about that much about the Nomads. The BHG and the Order obviously take them very seriously, but to be honest, I can see this stereotypical British Big Game Hunter going, "Well, heck, I've shot everything that moves on Cambridge, what's next?"

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[7:42:05 PM][6:51:36 PM] Igor (Smokey): btw terry
[6:51:48 PM] Terrance Cooper: Ye?
[6:52:00 PM] Igor (Smokey): nothin
[6:52:03 PM] Igor (Smokey): just sayin btw
[6:52:05 PM] Terrance Cooper: <_<

Johnny_Haas: you shot anti criuse speed rockets!!!
Johnny_Haas: but why????
Johnny_Haas: ??
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