' Wrote:So a civilian force concentrating on keeping the peace of the Bretonia core systems while occasionally helping out with the BAF. Sounds to me awfully close to the Bretonia Police.
I like the idea of a volunteer fighting force a lot, but wouldn't this be accomplished just as efficiently if you all joined (or recreated, since I never see them nowadays) BPA instead?
It would be nice to have some kind of police in place again.
Basicly, being police would be wrong, this indeed is the citizens being recuited into service as Militia, as England/UK have done before, this isnt the police, it isnt the Armed Forces, it's a citizens guard/army, ready and able to serve their nation with their lives.
And no they aren't police, they can't order people around, asking them to drop their cargo or what ever (hence why the Freelancer ID and BAF IFF is a good idea) they don't have that authority, they are less then the BAF & the BP.
They are a Militia, im sorry but, that would make things clear enough;)
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Joining/Recreating the BPA would cause for this to become something completely else, entirely:)
Edit: As a militia they would be trained slightly by the Armed Forces (a Officer will be the ones leading this, of course this character doesnt exist yet, and would be created together with the BAF leaders), but not nearly as much as the Armed forces, they wouldnt have the resources or the training as BAF and BPA, meaning they are indeed citizens..