The 9th Patrol Flotilla

[Dane Summers]

Well, here's the problem with LPI -

Primarily, you cant use Gunboats with the LPI ID - Of the things ive noticed, pirates tend to pirate in VHF's or Bombers, or Gunboats - of which the LPI only really has VHF's and Bombers to counter them with - which, unless your good, can tie up\kill one pirate per ship - and the LPI rarely on, the pirates both outnumber and outgun the LPI entirely too often - we (my irl freelancer bro's) decided to use gunboats primarily because of their nice mix of both speed, armor, and firepower - which is why we dont use Cap Ships, as you cant hunt down fleeing pirates in slow Cap Ships.

With some sort of special roleplay permission to run Gunboats on the LPI ID, we would definitely do that, and work the fluff so as were half-navy, half-LPI - kinda like Naval Reserve\Coast Guard kinda deal.

Second, the LPI's other duty is halting traders and checking cargo, dealing with smugglers and disposing of contraband - which we dont really wanna get tied up with. If we have nothing to do, we'll scan people looking for illegal goods - but if we have to choose between two Rogues blowing people up in Colorado, versus a trader we just pulled over hauling synth-weed - it isnt a choice who we deal with. In the end, the primary role of the 9th is aggressively hunting down and eradicating pirates - as players, we'll know our mission is a success when theres tons of Q_Q threads about us by pirates, who have buggered off to other systems to start trouble - as well as tons of players who are no longer complaining about the rampant pirate problem, and Liberty Navy who can now concentrate on stopping Rheinland from just showing up in Texas whenever they please.

The idea for the 9th is half "victory through superior firepower" with parts of the coast-guard and dirty dozen thrown in. the Liberty Navy thinks were a joke, and i gotta imagine the LPI hates us for stepping on their lawn - afterall, you dont use the military on criminals, posse comitatus, and all that.

but for some reason use the LPI ID nonetheless, I'll join, since I already have a LPI indie with a sexy Guardian.

If we get everything worked out, your hired. But i dunno yet whats gonna happen - as above, were workin out ID's - theres also another four players besides me who (my freelancer bro's) who are down, but were all pacific time zone, so no way we can rotate when were all on

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