New LPI policy

[Xoria]

OK, you all know my take on Police-owned capital ships. I am against it, deathly against it, it is my one real conviction. Or was against it. What could make me get the LPI a Dreadnought? Sterling RP, so water-tight that even I couldn't deny it. Patrick was talking, and asked me that if the LPI could get a battleship that was like Spaceball One, and I laughed at the idea, and I want it to happen. I'm working on the specifics of the RP now, but rest assured it's not gonna be the generic "Oh, the military didn't want it anymore so they gave it to us".

Is this a capship for serious police work or for comedic relief?
If its for comedic relief then it should have no armor, and only mount stupulse and starbeam turrets...and dispense LOTS of donuts, for free (Luxury food, so it spoils)
If its serious, well, I have yet to see anything that zapp does that doesn't meet with my approval. Just don't camp it on top of an unlawful base and you'll get no complaints from me.

Now, for the SWAT team. The Havoc II, quite frankly, sucks. It's not built for dual-Razors. I suggest instead that we use Guardians that are armed with 2 Imp Debs, 2 Vengeance Vs, a Cannonball missile launcher, and a Razor. It'd come from the same place the Dreadnought came from. This is all planned out in my mind, don't worry about it.

Police using Navy ships as a general rule? Hmm. Let me combine this with the next one:

Now, for a new rank. The Detective. These would be the serious cops, that don't eat donuts. By serious, I mean they'd actually do work. The tag would be LPI-[Det.]FirstName.LastName. Because in TV shows detectives don't have to drive Crown Vics, these would also be allowed to fly either Arrows, Griffins, or Eagles, but only allowed to mount Debs and Vengeances.

Why don't you just switch the swat team into the detective role, and wrap them all up into one thing?
If you use Eagles, I don't see a need for Guardians.
I suggest doing one thing at a time. Bring in the Detectives in Eagles now, and see if that still leaves a big gap in the defenses. If so, then it can be addressed then.
I am not a fan of restructuring the rp to fit the "best ship/weapon". The ship/weapons should fit your rp, and you make do with the disadvantages. Otherwise every ship on the server would be one of a handful of models using 2 or 3 types of weapons. That's a shooting gallery, not a roleplaying server.
One things I'm sure about, NY needs some serious traffic cops with big enough guns to make the oorp evil doers listen up. And that goes for the so called lawful traders, zoners, and mercs as much as for the unlawfuls. I hope to see traffic citations that end in gunfire real soon. Nothing else will have an effect on the oorp cesspool of NY.

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