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[El_Vlado]

I just want to add my 2 cents as an LPI Primary Fleet Sergeant. LPI- primary fleet have ships that are allocated as LPI and loadouts: http://discoveryfl.com/wiki/index.php/Libe...player_faction) - going beyond these means are breaking the regulations of LPI- primary fleet. So first of all, as such.

Hence, you will never see a LPI- tagged vessel in a VHF that is not of the rank that can have so (SWAT for emergency situations, or Lieutenants<)

In terms of indies well, you can't stop them:)They do what they want to do, and they'll use VHF because well, most 'criminals' use VHF's. Eye for an Eye. If there were lots of 'criminals' or players using LF's, it may be a different story. But eh, situation is like that now where 90% are in VHF's, and so indies want to be.

I've had alot of fun in a Liberator and most of the LPI Officers do. I've died alot of times (probably around 25 times in my LPI career), but I must admit it is fun regardless, and hopefully refreshing to see different classes of vessel:)Furthermore there is a reason why LPI- fly Liberators. Would it not make sense if in real life, just to use an analogy, that Police were using tanks instead of say, a Commodore? Uh Yes:)Not to mention it would 'intimidate' people around. If you observe the FL universe, most police are actually in patriots. The only 'LPI' that aren't is in Illinois, where you have Liberators. Again there is a reason for that. LPI is a police organisation, meant for 'policing' not destroying. Thats what the Navy is for. We police, apprehend, fine and do what police do. If we could arrest and imprison people it'd be even better:D(ATTICA FOR YOU ALL ^_^)

An example of our role is yesterday where I was in a 2 hour and 30 minute battle with criminals in a Liberator, whilst waiting for backup. It is hard to shoot, and yes your weapons won't get far against something like a Sabre, but it does pack a punch. I at least got down a Sabre's shields and a bit of its hull - that to me is great. The thing is that factions like LPI need to have variation. It would be a boring Liberty if all the law enforcement used Guardian VHF's and what not. The essence of any fleet in the actual RP universe has a large contingent of light fighters. Unfortunately, for most pilots they ignore that and don't want to touch a Light Fighter because 'they outgunned and they'll die'. That is why the majority of players like to join a secondary fleet organisation like LNS, because they can do whatever they like. Hence that mindset of "oh no I'm going to get killed" has to change to: "Hey I had fun RP'ing and attempting to take down those criminals" for people to enjoy being police in patrol. SWAT is a different matter as there are VHF's there but as such.

In terms of police powers well, police factions are still lacking membership even though we have 'TLAGSNET'. How many LPI- are on at one time? Maximum atm is about 2-3. Most of the time, its 1 or none. How many BPA are on? How many Rheinland Polizei are on? These are all questions you all know the answer for. A tracking system doesn't mean suddenly everybody wants to be a cop;)The system requires somebody pretty experienced in it like I to sift through the information and such to find wth is actually happening. People will never appreciate being part of a policing organisation unless they change the way they think, which is impossible. Point being, any new stuff we got has not suddenly made it unfair with swarming numbers of Police. I think thats pretty evident, and one only has to look around when online to see that.

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