It's the pie-rats!

[Mere_Mortal]

One ship having Xeno guns and another having what a Xeno would consider enemy guns is certainly unsettling. Whilst a freelancer might not care for Xenos or their enemies, or their related troubles, it's still a little off for a group to have such a conflicting set-up. I saw an Outcast once hanging out with a freelancer that had Xeno guns and I was somewhat confused. If one of those ships had Xeno and Outcast guns mounted then I'm sure they'll be in for a little surprise.

As for the ID argument, we just have to accept that we know what IDs we have, regardless of whatever ID that might be. It is meta-gaming that is unfortunately necessary. In fact, to suggest that your ID is not accessible to another player could be construed as meta-gaming in its own right. If two people can role-play around this problem then fair play to them, but it is not a requirement and should not be forced upon another. Above all else, and as has been stated already by an Admin in a recent thread related to this matter, the ID must be known prior to any attack being initiated against its holder. Take for example that I could waltz up to anybody and make any demand that I care to make upon another, but neither of us can attack each other unless one of our IDs explicitly allow such to happen. Accordingly, we need to check our IDs in order to be sure that we are permitted to do so, where appropriate of course. I don't think this is really a subject of the thread as such, but the chat log certainly suggests that it was a part of the encounter.