Merc ID and equipment from unofficial factions

[Ryummel]

Let's say the Mercenary ID - LWB cell is white and (hypothetically) we haven't any official LWB faction at the moment. Can the merc mount their guns freely?

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[Not Espi]

you SHOULD have a story, but if there is no official faction, you can treat the cell as green.

[Hone]

http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?...pic=101645

Man, it was on the FIRST page.

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[Slartibartfast]

you SHOULD have a story, but if there is no official faction, you can treat the cell as green.

That's a green text view, repeated several times in the past by Cannon (if I'm not mistaken).

It's also been recently directly contradicted by another admin - Athenian by his declaration of Molly white cells being effectively red.

[Ryummel]

It's also been recently directly contradicted by another admin - Athenian by his declaration of Molly white cells being effectively red.

And that's why I created this thread.

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[Sturmwind]

Molly stuff is controlled by the Mollies. Of which there are none at present. They've clearly allowed themselves to be decommissioned. That is to say, their bases haven't been abandoned and left open to looters from across known space. It's just that they don't exist, officially. They have no voice. No leaders. No guiding light.

However, they haven't gone away, you know.
Their stuff is not civilian. Trefoils are not going to be seen in department stores at knockdown prices.

In the absence of a faction, obviously all manner of people will be inconvenienced, so I imagine it's only a matter of time before someone makes a Molly faction to handle this important job. It's so important that clearly all other Molly priorities will have to be forgotten about.

In short, the requirements are the same - ie faction permission. In the absence of a faction, our thinking on who controls technology may need to be reconsidered. For now, consider those boxes red.

This could change. But possibly won't.

Also: anyone with proof of people cheating to keep activity up should post evidence or stop with the vague accusations. It's starting to sound paranoid.

Woops: Ninja'd.

[Not Espi]

most molly stuff is also LR stuff, so i guess that's why they get special treatment.

[Slartibartfast]

most molly stuff is also LR stuff, so i guess that's why they get special treatment.

I'd doubt that's just to avoid generic IDs flying Rogue ships...

But either way, as you can see, it generated a lot of confusion about that particular policy. It's probably due to every admin taking Dusty's quote differently. Dusty - Discovery's true agent of chaos :P

[Ceoran]

What confuses me is that one of the quotes is in Admin green, but by someone who is no longer an Admin and hence might be outdated, while the other is in regular white, but by an active Admin.

Also, that topic wasn't by chance spawned by a certain encounter in Dauphine I happened to witness?

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[Elven]

Take the latest, up to date post as current rules atm.
But whatever we say, we need to get green wall of text first.