Zoner ID

[Malcolm_Reynalds]

here's my option E:

Leave the ID's separate.
The Standard ID would be for the trading side of things. the flying cargo vessels and their escorts.
The Guard ID would be for the defense aspect. the flying the warships and their escorts (but no cargo ships)


Zoner ID:
lightly rep hacked: all Guard reps hostile
No docking with house bases: in Whales
Unlimited ZOI: with the exception of guard systems
Cargo restricted: 3600 plus Whale
No 5k transport: 4700 hold whale (see below)

can fly: Fighters, Freighters, Transports, Gunboats, Whale


Zoner Guard ID. (possibly make it harder to get again)
lightly rep hacked: all Guard reps hostile
No docking with house bases: in CR/BS's
Unlimited ZOI: with the exception of guard systems

can fly: Fighters, Prison Liner, Gunboats, Cruisers, Battleships




MY wording of the ID's is different from Dab's because I would keep the Guard ID separate.
Both would remain mostly unchanged, except the Zoner ID would allow for piloting a Whale (with strings attached)

Pilot carrying this ID is a Zoner, who :

-Can trade and escort traders
-Can demand Zoner pilots from any ship carrying them and can attack if the demand is ignored or refused
-Can only attack those who are : directly attacking Zoners or Zoner NPC faction allies, carrying Zoner pilots, diplomatically hostile to Zoners, or those who have violated Freeport neutrality
-Cannot ally with anyone except against Zoner faction enemies, or to defend Zoners, Zoner bases and Zoner allies
-Cannot participate in any unlawful actions
-Cannot use any ship with more than 3,600 cargo space, can pilot Zoner Whale*
-Cannot fulfill bounty contracts except against Zoner faction enemies
-The Zoner ID does not make you immune to piracy, pirates may choose at their discretion whether to exempt you from being pirated.

Allowed ships: Fighters, Freighters, Transports, Gunboats, Whale*

Carrying unmounted IDs in your ship, as well as not equipping an ID, is a serious crime.

* Whales Cannot dock on any stations/planets/bases in lawful House space except:
- Independent Miners Guild (IMG) Bases
- Gas Miners Guild (GMG) Bases
- Council Bases
- Zoner Bases
- Planet Erie

the 4700 hold whale:

Since the GMG whale needs a new model anyway.

Hypothetically speaking: in some new GMG/Zoner partnership, a "new version" of the Zoner Whale could be produced, and used by both the Zoners and GMG. (the ZBT is supposedly based on the principles the GMG whale)
it would replace the old GMG whale model with what would essentially be a carbon copy of the current ZBT in every way, except: it has only 4700 cargo and 1 gun. (matching the existing GMG Whale's cargo/gun)

this new ship would also be sold at the Zoner bases instead of the current ZBT.
While the "old version" will be removed from sale, all existing 5k ZBT's would be able to remain in circulation.

It don't want to take away anyone's 5k currently in existence, just future purchases by the now normal Zoner ID. many power traders want the biggest ship with an ID with the largest ZoI, if the Whale is no longer "the biggest" transport and the Zoner ZoI isn't as "unlimited" it may not seem as desirable.






Those are my thoughts: discuss them, ignore them, just please don't flame them.