Spending a lot of time in Kusari, I have a couple of complaints and concerns.
What is the requirement to fly a capital ship in the KNF? I see lots of your pilots flying Gunboats and Destroyers without any crew on routine patrols quite often that would be better suited to a Chimera or a bomber.
What is your protocol for Detretium Smugglers? Once I stopped a smuggler on BPA)Greg.Vederman (with the help of a merc) and the KNF we stopped was piloting a gunboat at that time (again without crew).
I have no proof of these events, so you'll have to take my word for it, but I find those two things kind of odd.
Thank you for any response!
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[12:49:19 AM] Elgatodiablo: You know its nice that you have all that proof and all, Bacon... but I just don't believe you.
' Wrote:What is the requirement to fly a capital ship in the KNF? I see lots of your pilots flying Gunboats and Destroyers without any crew on routine patrols quite often that would be better suited to a Chimera or a bomber.
Lieutenants and up can ask for a GB. But yes there are a lot of them in KNF.
Captains and up can ask for a Destroyer.. and there are ATM 3 Destroyers in KNF. Out of which only mine flies a lot.
It patrols only TLs and only the most trafficked ones, reason for it is that I got tired of taking on GBs alone in a bomber and/or taking ages to down a cruiser (and there are many of those around Kusari). At the time I'm on, there usually is no other KNF online. With the Destroyer I can take on anything up and including a BS. With bomber it's basically GB max (in reasonable time/effort).
My Kusari dessie has constantly 50 Crewmen, 50 food, 50 Oxygen, 50 water, 30-50 H-Fuel, some pharmaceuticals, 5 VIP members of General Staff and my Luxury Captain's Chair on board.
It's never risked in dangerous missions and has never been destroyed. It's credited with 5 Cruiser, 4 GB, 4 bomber and 2 VHF kills.
Igiss says: Martin, you give them a finger, they bite off your arm.
Alright, well noted on the availability and policies of KNF Capital ships. I'll be reporting any mismatches or inconsistencies to you guys directly in the future. And thanks for saving my butt on multiple occasions Mjolnir, I'm sure you have.....
But what about the criteria for smuggling Detretium to Kusari through Bretonia? It seems rather off to me for the KNF to invest such a large vessel as a gunboat to escort for a lone transport into Bretonia space. Are there any guidelines to doing these smuggling runs?
Thanks again for any response.
[8:32:45 PM] Dusty Lens: Oh no, let me get that. Hello? Oh it's my grandma. She says to be roleplay.
[12:49:19 AM] Elgatodiablo: You know its nice that you have all that proof and all, Bacon... but I just don't believe you.
Yes, there are: Tau Convention Document.
The document is pretty old but many of the statements are still applicable.
Faction status updated with the link.
To start with, my first major characters were Bretonian, so this may be a little biased.
Shooting at you guys is a lot of fun, despite my inability to hit those ships.
However, a few points of consideration:
When you decide to invade Leeds...bring a reasonable force, please? It's not that much fun to discover a destroyer, several catamarans and some random NLH/Hogosha fighters while flying around in a Templar.
Also, look to your core systems a little more...I recently set up a Kishiro trader, and very rarely will I find any of your members patrolling the eastern part of Kusari, which is overrun by Bounty Hunters, pirates, BMM traders(?!), etc. One notable exception is Arimatsu Yoritoro, who has recently taken it upon himself to defend the whole of Kusari (well, so it seems...).
I don't know how many members you have in total, but your daytime (GMT) activity seems kinda light (maybe something to look into?)
' Wrote:When you decide to invade Leeds...bring a reasonable force, please? It's not that much fun to discover a destroyer, several catamarans and some random NLH/Hogosha fighters while flying around in a Templar.
I hesitated to comment before,
but please explain to me how this is any different than 2-3 BAF Privateer gunboats visiting Kusari daily, often supported by Mandos, GC, Kiretsu, and the odd Outcast?
but please explain to me how this is any different than 2-3 BAF Privateer gunboats visiting Kusari daily, often supported by Mandos, GC, Kiretsu, and the odd Outcast?
You get as you give, IMHO.
My Privateers don't take Outcast assistance, because we pirate from Tau 23, from a base which is often attacked by Outcasts, and we generally attempt to avoid Kiretsu since I know that my sexist cohorts will cause offence and cause a barmy, cheers.
Also: Gunboats coupled with Challengers, both average ships in their classes, don't quite compare to Catamarans and KU Dessies, amongst the best in their classes.
' Wrote:My Privateers don't take Outcast assistance, because we pirate from Tau 23, from a base which is often attacked by Outcasts, and we generally attempt to avoid Kiretsu since I know that my sexist cohorts will cause offence and cause a barmy, cheers.
Also: Gunboats coupled with Challengers, both average ships in their classes, don't quite compare to Catamarans and KU Dessies, amongst the best in their classes.
You're speaking of privateers, which are not the main Bretonia force, so cannot be compared is such a context.
In Dundee and Leeds the situation is a bit different, Kusari forces are pushing deep in both systems with their main fleet.
Regardless of that, if Bretonian forces can't withstand a destroyer in a warzone, not Kusari fault, war isn't fair. How many times we have to say that?
Plus, signed what opiuchi said, you get as you give. Even if it's not the point.
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