Oh wow this thread went crazy since I last posted...I will attempt to clear some things up.
First of all, Ministries works fine...thats our command structure. Instead of "Tsar", Kerc would better be considered "CEO" of GMG...but we chose not to say that since other members of this community were considering forming another GMG faction as well. Which lead to why we chose to be a more "exploration" based RP.
Secondly, I have noticed this game is based more on "escalation" than anything else. We start using heavier weapons to fend off our foes...and they respond with something better....but our feelings are not in away way directed toward the Corsair clan here. All I'm saying is, there's not much a few GMG fighters and a gunboat can do against a Corsair gunboat armed with nomad turrets.
But it would be against our RP to roll-over and submit to the pirate forces on this server. Our faction uses the Sigmas extensively, and it would be OOC to just let pirates run around unchecked.
This also happens to be the reason behind allowing our guys to use looted weapons. We are not a House faction...but neither are we a ragtag crew. GMG cannot be classified according to House or Pirate standards, we are a relatively independent faction in the sense that the only thing we rely on is our H-Fuel profits. I like the idea of using looted weapons during RPing operations.
Thirdly, Sigma-13 is not entirely under our control. I have hinted at this in another RP thread, and it still makes complete sense and stands. ALG controls the "bottom" half of the system. Junkers the left center. And GMG the rest. And, no, Junkers are not neutral...in fact, I was assaulted and killed by two Junker tagged gunboats the other day. I don't care how similar they are to Zoners, they are hindering our efforts in that system, and do on occasion attempt to rob people.
But let's not forget that while one group may consider us hostile...we don't necessarily have to feel the same way in return. I've flown by several {BD} tagged players and neither have been, nor have fired upon them.
I do kinda wish we could be friendly with the Rheinland pirate factions though. I have yet to meet one that was rude(in a non-RP sense) toward me.
Fourthly, I agree with the bomber argument. I have already posted pictures of the Taiidan Bomber in our forums. And I plan on outfitting and testing good setups on one soon. Thank you for the advice...I always considered Gunboats to be anti-fighter, not the other way around.
And we would naturally have several different vessels floating around since we worked with Kishiro to design several completely different ships. So a "rag-tag" group of fighters is not a big concern to us.
On a similar note, while we could use "Debilitator" weapons, but the Kusari "Disinfector 3" seems a better choice.
We appreciate everyones thoughts, especially those from one of our more prominent enemies, the [RM].
And I completely assure you we are working very hard to get our "ducks in a row" as it were.
As a last note, I hope these two links can shed a little more light on our faction idea.
HERE
And
HERE
Cool your jets, guys...we'll see you in space! :)