Terrorist ID: Is it even needed?

[Tenacity]

So, in your opinion, the dozens of pirate factions, the hundreds of pirate indies, the wars, the corruption (in-RP of course) do not make Sirius dangerous enough? Do we need the Terrorist ID for the simple fact that people are not afraid enough?

Yes.

Do you know how many times a pirate has encountered a trader, and the trader starts rule lawyering or using some other excuse to get out of having his money or cargo taken? Traders, most of all, are far too 'smug' in their little transports. Most traders I see, on any of my characters, give no effort to RP their way out of a situation, it's either run, shoot back, or start mouthing off that "you cant pirate me! iz against rulez!"

These people need to understand that the rules are not always going to protect them - and it isnt just limited to traders (though, they're by far the worst group when it comes to this behavior). Sometimes, the best way to get someone to snap to the realization that the only way out of a situation is to -roleplay- is to kill them without mercy.

People shouldnt be flying through space mouthing off at everyone they meet, they should be constantly on edge and aware that the next breath might be their last, and the only way to avoid it is through proper RP. Sometimes, that's not going to work either, but it usually does. My junker has run into phantoms and such multiple times while trading, and just as if they were pirates I always play to their tune. I may not give in, I -never- give up my money or cargo, but if you connect with the other player's RP, they're less likely to blow you up. Only recently has that approach stopped working, and I've started having to sacrafice my trading partners as bait while I run away =P

At any rate, my point is that players here are too comfortable, and the phantoms/wilde/keepers/terrorists exist to disrupt that comfort and incite a little fear and anger for the general good of the server.

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