To the Disco community from one of your own.

[Veronee]

I do not see why could not a official faction be held responsible for the behavior of this captain.
The report could have been what it is, and then the captain would be summoned to explain himself. the LN Should be keen on believing the gunboat captain instead of the unaffiliated mercenaries so basically unless he's really dumb he would have gotten away with it.

Sadly he taunted you what sucks, and he would probably get a "shape up man" notice but should he feel that trader is more safe with him he surely can take away your job.
Police should be able to have bigger authority than civilians, official faction or not. The problem is what happens after the first person reports him to the high command.

Yeah I get what you saying. However the point I am making is that the man is poking a sleeping lion. I beilieve the characters were or could have been mad enough to kill him, he has a bounty (libby caps) as well. I won't burden Joe or the official. Peeps with it cause really, they have a lot to do as it is and while we roleplay we need to remember the guy behind the character wants a life too.
Not to mention if said factions got very caught up in responding to these things then they will also get 100's of "poor conduct take his ship pl0x" pm's for perfectly good legit RP. One person gets slighted and yeah it goes for a ball too fast.

I do find the navies are a bit quick to react to threats on their indies behalf.
Maybe make a comm thread for it so its all in one place (the innocence proofing part).

I do also feel however that bein in official faction should also mean you have to use that responsibility wisely. However some factions like the libby ones and the outcasts are just too big to control.

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