New LPI Policy

[SimonBlack]

So can we be like from "The Shield"? Police brutality, arresting for placing your car in the wrong place and plant drugs on innocent people? I quite like that.

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Character background summaries:
Red Hessians Major Matthias Schwarz
Golden Chrysanthemums Chusa Fumiko Shimazu

[Zapp]

If you want, Simon, it's up to you. The individual RP differs substantially.

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[bluntpencil2001]

Or you could take bribes in the form of doped up brownies.

Oh wait, you already did.:D

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[SimonBlack]

Or you could take bribes in the form of doped up brownies.

Oh wait, you already did.:D

Actually yes:P

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Character background summaries:
Red Hessians Major Matthias Schwarz
Golden Chrysanthemums Chusa Fumiko Shimazu

[sovereign]

Actually yes:P

The sad thing is that "doped up brownies" is more of an understatement. Eh, we detectives have integrity, honor, and... well, the authority to arrest people? Eh. Has anyone nabbed Ross Noyes yet?

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[kindred]

So ummm nothing changes for me then, fair enough.
Dunno about the Bounty Hunter ships though, don't like the idea.
Oh and taking bribes, planting evidence... It's already being done *snickers*

Oi while i'm at it how about a fancy faction forum image tag like some other factions have?
Good idea uh? I have one right here...

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Devtonia ; all-or-nothing approach to bias.

[Dusty Lens]

Well, I gave it some thought, and realized that this would be an RP-correct policy to be adopted by the LPI:

No attacking Liberty Rogues, Hackers, Outcasts, Xenos, or any other pirate group unless they are committing a crime or are being hunted for committing a crime.

I would say that's actually oorp for the LPI. The LPI turns the gears of their private industry by arresting those very folks to churn out a finished good from their prison factories to make a fat living off of quasi slave labor.

This isn't crazy terrorist speech here, that's how the LPI turns a buck as a private law force.

Why? Because today, even if you're in a gang, the cops don't just arrest you for being part of the gang, you get arrested for doing a crime.

True. But these aren't gangs, they're outer space pirates. Xenos are crazy ignant terrorists who blow up transports and government vessels, rogues are well know pirates etc etc. They're criminals the second they strap on their IFF.

Sure they watch you closer, but that's about it. To help with this, I'm going to talk with the leaders of the LSF and SA to instate a new law, in which disrupting lanes with the intent of piracy is a crime, punishable by a 500,000 credit fine and immediate removal from the lanes in question.

I'm happy with that irregardless of any other view. Dang fools disrupting my trade lanes!

Also, a note to everyone say "lolwut?", the LPI-Det. tagged characters are Detectives, and as such may fly any Civilian (Eagle, Stinger, Griffin, Arrow) or Bounty Hunter (Hammerhead, Manta, Sea Serpent) ships, as well as the Liberator. Why? Because in real life, detectives don't drive marked Crown Vics, they drive regular cars.

BHG vessels are like Crown Vics with a huge red light shinning down on them, likewise for Libs.

Honestly, I was a fan of the previous notion: That unless ordered to do so by the military the LPI didn't stray from their patrol paths o' the trade lanes. Looking for smugglers using the well known walks of life, catching folks preying on the high ways and generally ensuring that things operated smoothly as opposed to camping Rochester.

Detectives, on the flip side, grant a bit of an opportunity to play out some of that "Junker tipoff" you hear about now and again, squatting on well known smuggler runs and essentially going out of their way to chase down criminals as opposed to acting as crime deterrents. Rather like a more domestic version of the LSF.

In other words: LPI flatfoot Sean Toronto squatting outside of Buffalo or flying around Silverton looking for Xenos = lolwut. Detective Frank Quinn sitting between Buffalo and the NY jumphole smoking a cigarette waiting for Tin Nose Tammy to come through with a load of cardi = good message dump wewt.

That's my two cents, at least.

[sovereign]

I like Dusty's take on it.

Btw, your post got doubled.

EDIT: And you fixed it. Feel proud.

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[chovynz]

I LIKE!

Beats being killed on sight by lawfuls all day. It's in character, is a brave move etc...

Now, we should see the unlawfuls reciprocate this policy. Something like, "only kill lawfuls after RP banter ":).

This is Recruit Nemo of the [LR]-Sorry.Roger.

I say, rather fetching idea. Jolly good show eh what what?
I for one, would jolly well like the same, treatment, eh what?
rather than getting into a bit of a pickle with said not-jolly-
non-Rping-BS-and-higherupperers.

But, as current, its jolly well part of being a pirate eh what?

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Seek fun and you shall find it. Seek stuff to Q_Q about and you'll find that, too. I choose to have fun.

[Zapp]

Good points all, Dusty, but here's what got me thinking: As Frank Quinn, I fly by Ouray because I hear a Lane Hacker attacking Xenos and wanna take a look at it (you know who I'm talking about it). I yell "Everybody freeze!" and for a surprise, they do. I was a little shocked, and unsure of what to do. Shoot anyway? I can't take them to Sugarland or Huntsville, no one would RP along with that, and it's impossible given game mechanics. What crossed my mind was scanning them, finding no crime, and just moving on with a stern warning against committing crime.

Now, if the Xenos were blowing up transports, I'd fly in and club them upside the head and pull 'em off to Huntsville or Sugarland, but until then it makes it at least appear to be a more fair system to the public when they're given the 'benefit of the doubt'. This also cures any 'camp the pirate base' problems, as you can't do anything to them when they just undock if they don't do anything to you. You'd be surprised, a few of the LPI aren't the greatest RPers...

See? They're gonna commit a crime, I say just wait until they do and then cuff them.

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