Aoi Iseijin General Information and Place to cry your eyes out

[aerelm]

Chopper's question still stands.... what is the RP reason for using those listed overpowered gun/ship combinations over the more obvious not overpowered ones?

The main RP idea behind Iseijin since as long as I remember was - More undercover activity on 'Lawful' side (A.k.a. Trappers), and more visible activity on 'Unlawful' side (A.k.a. Hunters).

This way, Kusari would start to believe unlawful side is being slowly infected by Nomads to strike the lawful side, which would both distract them from lawful infectee and also give the 113th (i.e. Anti-Nomad division of KNF) more power and influence over the whole house... Call it a 'Silent infiltration' if you like. That was the basic idea ever since Iseijin was created, as far as I know. It's pretty much pointing fingers at a bird out the window, so you can use the distraction to mess something up inside the room without anyone noticing. Later, a couple of cases occurred like my Shugotenshi Char, which started as KNF, then became a member of 113th, and after they suspected him, he turned Hunter and now operates only in edge systems of Kusari... But even him alone, risks blowing cover of the whole 113th (While some of the lower ranking 113th are actually not infected), and that is why I have to be careful when flying that char.

From an InRp logical point of view, why should a group risk exposing themselves by giving out clues about their existence, when they can simply expose their members from the "other end of the gun" and both blame -them- for Kusari's infection, and also distract others attentions from what they do "behind the curtain"..?

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Also, to correct your point, the first Iseijin leadership (Exile and the 2iCs at that time) never put any tech restrictions regarding any of the gear Hunters used. Actually, the first wave of Nomad-Inferno Katanas were set up during the early days of Iseijin, when Exile still had full power over the faction. The restrictions were added later, due to a series of complaints from you and a few others, which to be honest, didn't help with people getting "raped" less... Which again, proves my point about skill level of pilots overruling the gear they use when it comes to Hunters in Isejin.

Also, to counter yours and Chopper's argument about Iseijin gear being the "OPest of all" on disco, I'm just gonna throw in a link... Don't know your opinion about that loadout, but when flying that char, I just point and laugh at Iseijin gear!
(And funny thing is... Suncannons ~= Natters, so ]bd[ has access to something OPer than Iseijin, why no one cries about that? Simple logic - Cause it's open use and it's not like a kid pointing at a candy and crying cause he doesn't have one himself.)