Passenger Pods

[Thexare]

How about this: if either the pods idea comes to be or if people-moving transports get a few extra ships in game, do we make it a server rule that trains/container transports/etc. freight haulers CANNOT load/transport people?

And vice-versa with the people-moving transports?

No.

I, for one, think it's way out of line RP-wise to haul people in the current transports... and if not for lack of options, there should be some sort of (minor) consequence for ignoring the RP and doing so.

Yes, well, here's the great thing about RP: You don't get to define mine. Who's to say my Border Worlds Transport hasn't had some passenger space installed? Or that a Prison Liner hasn't had most of its passenger space completely gutted for other uses that require a reinforced hull?

We don't need even more restrictions on RP just because some people can't be bothered to consider alternate possibilities.

And if this is about the last "powertrader" you saw that you couldn't get to RP with you, do you really think such a rule change would "fix" that? If you seriously believe it'd magically make them RP, I've got a canal on Mars to sell you. And if you know it wouldn't, then what would it do? Satisfy your need for everything to perfectly match your vision of in-RP transport use?