the mpst factions are closed factions, in that you have to apply, and pass a recruitment process. you can make indies, and flit about as a 13yrold admiral furry tomcatgirl with gender issues, and get all the toys, but theres a certain cachet to a official tag.... and yet no-one is argueing about this process... because the ships are available.
in rp, the ships are rare, cos trent used his tinkertoy-sized weapon.
oorp, the ships are op, to balance the fact that there are so few of them.
therefore they need a nerf before they can be released to the lolwuts.
