Public Newcomer Helper Log Thread

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[font=Book Antiqua]Pulled another 2 Hours Shift, was pretty busy this time.
First one was a Pirate who was asking if a Trader can return to system after
getting killed, and can the Pirate try to tax him again or not... Funny is,
not much later, I got contacted by another person, having a much similar
question! But seems situation between this new set of Pirate and Trader
was getting a bit out of hand, so decided to see what I can do about the
situation after making a group with both of them. Seems the Pirate had
demanded the Trader's Cargo not long ago, but he had refused to drop,
so the pirate had decided to take it by force, and when the trader had
returned to System, the Pirate decided to tax him again, because he
didn't pay the other time. Seems this made the Trader angry and that's
where the problem started. Sad part was, both of them were two of the
Fairly experienced Players of the Community, and although I tried to
explain that neither of them were doing anything wrong, apart from the
trader thinking it was just unfair, they didn't listen. So, After some half
an hour of Discussion, I finally suggested that they both have a short
rest, and discuss it later when they're both calm. Gladly, they listened.

Meanwhile, Someone PMed me and asked which ID is best if he wants
to fly a Mammoth, And when I suggested Liberty Corps like Universal
or Ageira, he asked where to get the ID, so I told him about Repping
for the Factions, IFFs and where he can get the ID after Repping.

Later, I got contacted by someone who wanted to know if Capital Ships
are restricted to Official Factions, or anyone with right ID and IFF can use
them. After answering the question, I reminded him of the CapShip Rules
and also pointed him at the Houses Cap Ship Registry Threads.
Same person, later contacted me and asked questions about AI ID.
So, I gave him a general summary of AI Lore and told him that AI ID
is available on Gammu, because he thought it's still a restricted ID.
But after a short talk, I noticed he's trying to use the ID for a normal
Human-Made AI, so I suggested he gets a Faction ID, and after reviewing
a few IDs, he finally decided to get Zoner Guard and operate in Omicrons.

Main event of the evening was hearing about a newbie in Rhino shooting
random Starfliers on Pennsy, so I got there and found him by the NY Gate.
Seems him and his brother were new to server, and the way he put it,
he was 'having fun' while waiting for his brother to come online.
Seeing the other one didn't speak any English, and they only wanted to
shoot at stuff and have fun, with no real interest in Roleplay and all, I told
them about Discovery of Discovery Server, and they were interested,
So, they decided to take off for DoD, where they won't have problem
with making money or repping Ships either, and they can just have fun.

Finally when I decided to call it a Shift and return to Erie, I ran into a
Freelancer who was using Magmahammers, so, Told him that he needs
Permission from LN to use those Guns. So, he asked me for a good
replace until he gets permission, and I told him about Civilian and
Zoner Guns, and also the Codenames. He headed to NewArk to get
some Flashpoints after our short talk.

Also, Heading back to Erie, I saw some familiar faces from my last
shifts, who were busy mining or chilling by Erie. As Sass used to say:


"God bless the noobs for they know not what they do."