Important changes for the RFP

[Tomtomrawr]

The recent roll call has dwindled our numbers. It has cut our member count by over half, down from 15 to 7. I fear that we'll lose official status but remain optimistic that we will not. With recent contributions from Oldum which has allowed us to build up a supply of codenames for our members, and with his work on the trade routes and wiki page aswell, I would hate to see these contributions turn out to be pointless endeavours. However, I am in dept to Oldum for his determination and hard work.

But now is a good time to put forward changes I hope to implement immediately. These will affect the behaviour and attitude of officers from now on, and I hope it will make us diverse from the Military.

The first of these changes is a new list of priorities. There will be three main priorities from now on:

• Escort as many traders as possible safely through Rheinland space.
  
• Search and destroy all ships that have broken the embargo, no matter what they are doing at the time.
  
• Deal with small numbers of unlawful forces and assist the Rheinwehr whenever possible against larger threats (e.g. Libertonians and large concentrations of unlawfuls such as Hessians and others).
  

All three of these new priorities are important, and I'm going to go through them now.

The first priority is to escort the traders and miners in safety. We will stick to a transport like glue until it reaches a destination in Rheinland or moves out of our jurisdiction. Whether the transport likes it or not. We have a duty to protect them so we will protect them. We will of course ask, and if they accept we'll coordinate a security screen where we move ahead and check the route or something. If not, then we'll simply stick behind them until they dock in Rheinland or leave our borders.

The second priority is basically saying that we've had enough of the embargo breakers. We'll be patrolling the border with ships at the jump gates to Bering and Hudson and the jump hole to Bering (enough smugglers have shown us where it is). If we see any embargo breakers, we will of course attempt to stop them at the time. If we can not stop them at the time their names will be noted down, and if that ship is seen again anywhere in Rheinland it will be arrested or destroyed. We do not care what it is doing when we arrest it. All we care about is that it's broken the law already.

The third priority is one that places more power with the Military when it comes to the destruction of hostile presences in Rheinland space. We're not going to get involved in large-scale battles unless the assistance is requested. We're only going to respond to the smaller variety, like one or two pirating a trade lane or something. Anything more and we simply call in the Military and assist them when they bring in the big guns. If the Military doesn't respond then we'll simply sit above the plain and instruct all ships to dock or risk destruction. If neither the Military or Polizei are around then I guess they unlawfuls will probably get bored and leave as they normally do.

This could be changed if we receive any more members. We could take bigger risks. But not right now.

Leave any comments here, whether good or bad. Thank you.

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