Faction Right 2 and 5

[Jinx]

to clear that one up:

FR5 is requested - when a specific character ( or a group of characters ) has acted in a manner towards the requesting faction or parts of the faction that justifies a hostile reputation.

in earlier days - we would TRUST a players responsibility to adjust his reputation by himself. - that means.... i do NOT consider it a punishment to be hostile to someone i don t need to be - but i consider it a RP consequence.

because players do not live up to that responsibility - FR5 were introduced.



becoming hostile is a RP thing.

a little test was made - to just provide ooc evidence to justify a change of reputation - but without ANY roleplay. - the evidence showed the presence and hostile actions against a faction - but FR5 would only be conducted when the change of reputation was actually being RPed ( comm channels etc. )

--> just so you don t think its a pure ooc tool


how can one representative be flagged hostile "just for being there"?

cause it is a RP thing.

in a war - when soldiers commit attrocities - rape, pillage, murder, torture - those soldiers are guilty and to be punished ( if they are unlucky to loose the war - or if the winning side considers them harmful for their political progress )

but - they are only the "little" people being punished. - you ll always seek the higher ups who allowed it - who might have known about it and did nothing ( or supported it ) - and thats how you get a general accused for allowing rape, murder, pillage and torture. - even if he never did it himself ... or have been even close to it.

maybe he really didn t even know exactly anything about it - but still - if it was HIS troops doing it - he is responsible.

and that is how you can flag a specific member out of a crowd.


the above is ONE example that is NOT related to ANY game events at all - which only explains how it can come that you can FR5 someone ... in RP - even if he wasn t even around.




in terms of disco / freelancer - it would involve roleplay that clearly showed that any good will by the other side was met with hostility. - that attempts were conducted to deal with the situation and make REASONABLE demands - which could be met within disco canon.

whats left is :

FR5 are 100% in roleplay - and only done, cause the players that its applied to were too lazy to adjust the rep themselves - or unaware that it was asked of them.

if the later is the case - asking a player /ooc - to please become hostile due to : X actions - can help - and only if that player REFUSES - FR5 makes sense - provided the RP enviroment 100% justifies the actions.






edit:

for example: some of my chars don t need to be hostile to certain other factions - but my character considers them hostile due to specific actions that were done in the past. - so i OF COURSE adjusted my own rep to display the faction my character considers "hostile" to also show "red".

that happens both - when i am attacked repeatedly or when i wish to attack someone. - i don t need to wait for the other faction to request a FR5 - cause i adjust my rep myself as soon as my character considers them hostile.

and when i go out and shoot someone - i do OF COURSE turn hostile to that ID - no matter what.


when my enemy happens to carry the same ID that i carry - i will have to reflect upon myself and ask myself "is HE violating freelancer faction canon? - or am i pushing it too far"

and when i am honest to myself and it turns out it is i who pushes it too far - it may even be ME who must become red to my own faction.... thats what responsibility is for you.

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