It has been a few weeks since the news of successful Kusarian strikes against the Crayter Republic and invasion of the Confederation of Gallia have reached Liberty. As the Kusari war machine is consolidating the Taus and cutting deeper into Gallic systems, an extremely concerning development has begun taking place in the Colorado system, at another Kusari border. A chain of attacks has been reported on local emergency channels, ships of Kusari Naval design first disrupted the tradelanes between Pueblo station and Planet Gunnison. Several convoys have been attacked, causing a temporary shutdown of the local logistic operations.
A few hours later, Pueblo Station has reported that Kusari Naval Forces ships are attacking the station. For the first time since the Gallic invasion of California, Liberty is reportedly under siege by foreign entities. Liberty Navy and LSF command have declared system-wide emergency, deploying their rapid response teams to deal with what might be a shock-troop strike before the invasion. While intelligence gathers information and assesses the situation, Liberty forces have engaged in clashes with the invaders. Kusari bombers have attempted to attack the Rio Grande, the flagship of the local fleet, but torpedo launches did not manage to inflict any noticeable damage. The Liberty Police did not have enough time to adjust their patrols, and some of them were caught in the firefight alongside Navy and the LSF.
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$10m bounty rewards have been added for Wild and Wild Pawn IDs against LPI, LN and LSF ships within the system.
$10m bounty rewards have been added for LPI, LN and LSF IDs against Wild and Wild Pawn ships within the system.
Date:
10th August - 17th August
Rule changes:
For the duration of the event, Colorado will be considered a contested system with a 30 minute death counter instead of the standard 1 hour.
Wild Pawn ID has had its ZoI temporarily extended to operate in Colorado
Allowed IDs:
Wild
Wild Pawn
LPI
LN
LSF
NOTES
This event is an Official Faction Event.
|Aoi has committed to using lawful Kusari technology for this event, and encourages Wild Pawns to use civilian/non-nomadic technology.
Intentionally suiciding/denying kills within the system may have grave repercussions. Self-kills and teamkills will be tracked. You have been warned.
Staff have taken the decision to implement Sci data code name equipment into the game for purchase with credits, subject to implementation. Sci data itself will still be usable to request code names as normal. Cost to purchase may seem high, but relative to the current costs of the equipment it is a decrease in cost, and the ease of purchase will ideally open up the use of the equipment. Equipment is sold on New Haven, Conn.
In addition, sci data costs for weapons will be revised in line with the credit purchase amount, with the intention for sci data to be a cheaper option based on current sci data purchase price averages.
Several rule changes, including a big bounty hunting rule rewrite, have taken place in an effort to reduce convolution. These rule changes are now in effect:
Old Wrote:4.5 - All IDs can attack Nomads and Wild within their own Zone of Influence. All IDs may attack Nomads to protect others while outside of their Zone of Influence.
4.6 - Players may defend allied ships within their Zone of Influence, and may always act in self-defense or to defend ships of the same affiliation anywhere. 'Baiting' hostile ships into attacking you outside of your Zone of Influence is considered to be abuse intended to bypass ID restrictions and will be treated as metagaming.
has been reworked into:
New Wrote:4.5 - All IDs may:
Claim bounties within their Zone of Influence.
Attack Nomads and Wild within their own Zone of Influence.
Attack Nomads and Wild to defend allied or neutral ships outside their own Zone of Influence.
Attack others to defend allied ships within their own Zone of Influence.
Attack others in self-defence or to defend ships of the same affiliation anywhere.
1. All bounties must be posted in the appropriate forum, here. If you attack another player to claim a bounty and the bounty is not posted on the forum, you are open to a PvP abuse sanction. You can post RP elsewhere, as appropriate, but any bounty needs recording via that link.
2. All faction IDs are allowed to claim bounties within their zone of influence. Generic IDs are only allowed to claim bounties if clearly specified in the ID description. Generic IDs that do not allow claiming bounties may not be hired or registered as Bounty Hunters.
3. Players are required to claim for kills made under a bounty contract within seven (7) days time. Board owners are required to forward payment of the claimed bounties at least once every two weeks.
4. Mercenaries, freelancers and bounty hunters may be hired on the spot in game by non-generic IDed players to assist with a combat without a forum post. The other parties involved in the combat must be made aware of this.
5. The minimum acceptable bounty payment, including blanket bounties, will be 1 million Sirius credits. Bounties larger than this are acceptable. No bounties smaller than 1 million credits will be valid or acceptable for posting.
6. All blanket bounties must identify a target and set a total amount to be paid out, or a set expiration date. Blanket bounties may only be issued by official factions, or by others so long as it is sponsored by an official faction. Out-of-roleplay sponsorships will not be valid. An official faction can only sponsor one unofficial group blanket bounty at a time.
7. All bounties must specify the persons hired to take the bounty before they can start collecting on it. Players using the Bounty Hunter ID may freely claim on lawful bounty boards without the need for registration, unless the board specifically states otherwise.
8. Groups and factions may enter into contracts with governments or entities for flat rate fee payments instead of individual bounties. The flat rate shall be at least 30 million credits, and can be higher. Proof of this payment shall be posted prominently upon the forum, either on the bounty board or in a thread specifically regarding that contract. All acts under such contracts must be posted.
9. The character registered on a board must be at least neutral to their employer, and hostile to the faction they are targeting in a bounty. This does not apply to assassination missions where the target is a single character. Board owners are obliged to ensure that the persons they are hiring have a suitable reputation. This means no hiring or paying people who would be hostile to you based on previous actions or non-hostile with the targets they claim.
10. There are no anonymous bounties. Game Masters may post bounties on behalf of people wishing to remain anonymous and may request that persons sponsoring bounties identify themselves to Game Masters.
11. Any freelancer or BHG individual or group may only collect on a bounty which that person or group has issued, sponsored or funded (fully or partly) so long as it is open to others to collect. All non-generic factions may sponsor internal bounties that are only open to members of the player or NPC faction.
1. All bounties must be posted in a Bounty Office forum and have a minimum value of $1,000,000. Players must submit bounty claims within 7 days of the kill. Board owners must pay outstanding claims within 14 days of their submission.
2. Blanket bounties may only be issued by official factions, or unofficial factions that are sponsored by an official faction. An official faction can only sponsor one unofficial faction blanket bounty at a time. Out-of-roleplay sponsorships will not be valid.
3. All bounties must specify which characters, tags or IDs are hired to claim a bounty before the character can collect on it. Characters with a Bounty Hunters Guild ID may claim on lawful bounty boards without registration unless the board specifically states otherwise.
4. Characters registered on a bounty board must be, at a minimum, neutral to their employer and hostile to the faction that is bountied. This requirement does not apply to individual bounties. Board owners are required to verify that hired characters have suitable reputations.
5. Characters with a Freelancer ID or Bounty Hunters Guild ID may be hired on the spot in game by players with non-generic IDs to engage in combat without a forum post. Parties involved in the combat must be made aware of such hiring.
6. Characters or groups using a Freelancer ID or Bounty Hunters Guild ID may only collect on a self-sponsored bounty if is open for non-members to collect. All factions using non-generic IDs may sponsor internal bounties that are only open to members of the player or NPC faction.
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