Bretonian Privateer ID

[Ash]

Ok, what is with this "Bretonian Privateer ID"? And who in their right mind thought it would be a good idea to put it into the mod? I just got pretty much pirated by two of these QCP clowns asking for more than i'd ever expect from your average pirate. Orginially 4 million (which i didn't have) before they asked for every single penny and all of my cargo. In all fairness i was an opposing faction to the Bretonians; But the real punch line is this was all in Kusari space!?!?

Seriously.

What the hell?

Does any other house have an ID like this?

No.

Then what makes the bretonians so damn better than everyone else?

It's like a license to be oorp.

Whats stopping them from heading out to the Omicrons or into New York?

This is a pirate ID, not some sorry excuse for a bretonian banner.

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[Linkus]

Privateers are government sanctioned pirates.
They have used throughout history to cause harm to whatever nation's enemy.
EG, English privateers.

The spanish gold ships coming from the new world would be pirated by these privateers and the English crown would be happy about it. Not only did it damage Spain, their rival at the time, but also it could sometimes fill the coffers of the English nation, depending on how the privateer did things.

They are meant to work in Kusari and outside of Bretonia. Why the hell would they pirate ships in Bretonia that are helping Bretonia?
They pirate ships helping Kusari, their enemy.

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[Athenian]

Um, faction feedback?

What's keeping them from New York and the Omicrons is the ID.

Bretonian Privateer ID

Pilot carrying this ID is a Bretonian Privateer, who:

* Can trade and escort Bretonian or Liberty traders
* Can demand credits or cargo from any factions that are not lawful Bretonian factions
* Can hunt pirates and terrorists within their Zone of Influence except Golden Chrysanthemums
* Can fulfil bounty contracts
* Cannot enter Rheinland, Liberty, Gallia or the Omicron and Sigma systems
* Cannot ally with anyone except with Bretonian lawfuls or Golden Chrysanthemums
* Cannot use any ships except Bretonian or Civilian line ships, the Pirate Transport, and the Percheron


Allowed ships: Fighters, Bombers, Freighters, Gunboats

Carrying unmounted IDs in your ship, as well as not equipping an ID, is a serious crime.

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[Drake]

Awh.

The Bretonian Privateers were created in 2007, and just got an ID in the most recent mod update. It was worked for, RP'd for, and was necessary to the faction (QCP).

If a couple of generic Pirate ID'd people pirated you in Kusari, would you have started a forum rant against the Pirate ID?

Edit: Just a note, anyone trading with Kusari, no matter what faction, will receive little in the way of mercy from the QCP. Anyone who's actually a member of a faction at war with Bretonia will receive absolutely none. Next time bring escorts (which, for awhile, the CR had been doing, and it had been working).

[darthbeck]

ash, if you were the trader i am thinking off, dont call me an *******.

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[Athenian]

I have a strong suspicion this thread may be going nowhere fast.

Let's all chill.

Look over there!

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[Benjamin]

OMG JEEZ GUYS I JUST GOT PIRATED.......BY A PIRATE.....HE WANTED MY STUFF!!.........!!!!....................!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[Unseelie]

See...here's the concept: By attacking the trade in Kusari, you damage kusari economy, which hurts the Kusari war effort.

Bretonian privateers, are pirates, of a sort, interested, of course, in making money, but commissioned to disrupt trade rather than make money.

Other houses don't have IDs like this because no one in those other houses asked. Each one has a right to do so.

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[Janus]

It fits the Bretonians best, Rheinland privateers for instance wouldn't feel right at all.

Although the Hogosha are an NPC faction, they seem to fill a similar spot in Kusari.

[darthbeck]

and one more thing. you were CR. who bretonia is at war with. makes sense for us to pirate you for more.

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