Big Change to QCRF : To become BAF

[beander2]

Still too long. (BAF-P)~ is more than enough to get the point across.

Exactly what I was going to recommend, and I'd even remove the "~" to make another character space for longer names.


Also, I just wanted to say that the QCRF/BAF players already have done a very good job RP-ing with us, and we really appreciate the ad lib cooperation. Thanks much, folks.

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Sir Alisdair Buchanan, KBE ~ Gateway)Trafalgar

[Dieter Schprokets]

This all just seems a bit too fast and abrupt following the political RP from the other thread that Unselie participated in. Why does Parliament have to reassert authority for this to happen? The Royalists are in charge and the populists (the main opposition/minority party) have been outlawed; the MOD could simply be an extension of the Crown under the guise of Parliamentary control. That would suit both our RP quite well, unless you're feeling the need to "go democratic."

No problem. Won't screw up your plans. How does this work:

-A new MOD is appointed, from the Royalist Party, whom your character knows to be less of a hardliner Royalist. His name will be James Ralston.

-He appoints a new Fleet Admiral in command of all BAF, who is also known to have harbored Populist sympathies in the past. This removes the Crown from direct control of the military, a significant development, but one which your character believes is just a token effort to calm things after the recent overreaction against the populists.

In short, Parliament re-asserts authority over the BAF, but it is still a Royalist Parliament, and the Populists are still suppressed. You see that as a step in the right direction, but don't trust the Royalists enough to abandon your plans to work from outside the system.

The tension between Royalist and Populist will continue, with the MOD and Fleet Admiral caught in the middle, unwilling to fight other Bretonians, in the middle of a war, especially those whom they have some sympathy with. This aspect is something that can be built on greatly.

That work?

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[dr lameos]

As I understand it, freedom of speech is allowed in Bretonia, no matter how slanderous

As long as they aren't witnessed firing on something (tradelanes included) they shouldn't be fired upon.

If they are witnessed disrupting a tradelane or killing the NPCs they should be fined a minimal amount for vandalism/disrupting trade

If they are reported to have threatened or fired upon our allies or traders, or refused to pay fines, with evidence, then combat should occur.




That way the BAF has some sympathy, they let them express their beliefs. But should they be hostile in the way they do it, then BAF is hostile to them

Thats how I'm using my indie with regards to the FEDs right now

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[Athenian]

I would hope to see the revived BAF active in the war - that is to say not entirely engaged dealing with Corsair incursions into Cambridge or smugglers in New London, but focussed more to the north, in the war zone. Spreading out would make more room for the BPA to become more active and there are plenty of bounty bunters around Cambridge and the Omegas. Just a suggestion. I used to find it kind of exhausting moving from one frontier to the next.
I'm really loooking forward to this. Who knows, the new command structure might turn the tide of the war, so long as these populists don't ruin everything and we find we have risked life and limb only to return home to find the proles breaking wind in the halls of the mighty....

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[bluntpencil2001]

I will also be promoting patrols into Omega 3.

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[Seth Karlo]

I am a QCO ensign. Should I change my name now or later?

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[beander2]

No problem. Won't screw up your plans. How does this work:

-A new MOD is appointed, from the Royalist Party, whom your character knows to be less of a hardliner Royalist. His name will be James Ralston.

-He appoints a new Fleet Admiral in command of all BAF, who is also known to have harbored Populist sympathies in the past. This removes the Crown from direct control of the military, a significant development, but one which your character believes is just a token effort to calm things after the recent overreaction against the populists.

In short, Parliament re-asserts authority over the BAF, but it is still a Royalist Parliament, and the Populists are still suppressed. You see that as a step in the right direction, but don't trust the Royalists enough to abandon your plans to work from outside the system.

The tension between Royalist and Populist will continue, with the MOD and Fleet Admiral caught in the middle, unwilling to fight other Bretonians, in the middle of a war, especially those whom they have some sympathy with. This aspect is something that can be built on greatly.

That work?

But why does there have to be any movement away from a strong monarchy at all? That's what I still don't get. Even what you propose here ("less hardliner," "populist sympathies") sort of deflates our balloon, so to speak. What couldn't the MOD be a hardliner?

I'm not trying to be argumentative; just trying to understand.

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Sir Alisdair Buchanan, KBE ~ Gateway)Trafalgar

[Capt. Henry Morgan]

I've got the Sovereign (former KGL flagship) tagged as [QCG]Sovereign. Should I rename it. If so, what should the new name be? The QCG stood for Queen Carina's Government, and I named it that way at Unselie's request, assuming something was going to happen with that. We were building up Mountbattens story in it's thread (http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=18199), but never actually got him out of prison and back on his ship. We had talked a little about making Mountbatten the new Duke of Harris, but never actually did anything with it, so his future is still open. I'd like to participate in some manner, but I've got no real idea of which direction to move in.

Any idea where I should go with this, Dieter?

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Also, I've got to agree with Trev. Federalist RP sort of depends on a hardline response from the current government, and softening that up a bit makes things a little more difficult.

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[bluntpencil2001]

Personally, I'm the sort that would consider the Bretonians open to sch a debate, but unlikely to fire on folk for differences of opinion.

However, I understand the worries about making a group obsolete, too. Quite the conundrum.

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[Blodo]

Very nice so far. You can count me in, my templar is ready.