Okay, this is something I realized last night. If I wanted a Conference for my Outcast, I would have to ask the Zoners about it, ye? BUT, the Conference is also sold on a Junker base, so couldn't you also ask them?
This is just an example, the main question is: If a faction's base sells tech from another faction, can you ask the faction who owns the base for the other faction's tech?
i say it is a grey area - unless someone digs up an admin quote saying that it is not allowed. - in terms of roleplay - ( and in a certain term of the rules ) - anything sold on your base is for you to buy without special PR.
in RP - you become the vendor with a license to sell the stuff. - it does indeed leave the question if such a license comes with a limitation.
i m unsure one way or another - it might require an admin input.
i say it is a grey area - unless someone digs up an admin quote saying that it is not allowed. - in terms of roleplay - ( and in a certain term of the rules ) - anything sold on your base is for you to buy without special PR.
in RP - you become the vendor with a license to sell the stuff. - it does indeed leave the question if such a license comes with a limitation.
i m unsure one way or another - it might require an admin input.
Actually, this is not a grey area, it was settled a long time ago by the admin team. If your base sells something, then your faction can use it. But you cannot grant the rights to another faction for using that tech.
Quote:* If the infocard states that the ship/weapon is not sold outside the faction, then no one without that faction ID may use it.
* To determine which faction a ship or weapon belongs to, first read the infocard of the ship/weapon. If the infocard states the faction owner of the technology, then that may be all you need to know. If the infocard does not state faction ownership, then the technology may be considered to "belong" to the owner of any base where the technology is sold, even if that means it "belongs" to multiple factions. However, technology belonging to factions that are hostile to each other cannot be combined.
* In all cases, characters may purchase and use ships and weapons that are sold on bases that belong to the same faction as their faction ID regardless of color coding.
Thus, to use your Zoner Gunboat as the example, this ship is available as a green cell to Zoners and Researcher ID only, so those two ID's can purchase that ship without permission. LOTS of ID's have this ship as white, which means they need Zoner faction permission to own it. However, since this ship IS sold at a Junker base, Junkers could purchase this ship without permission. They cannot re-sell it to anyone else, though. Nor can they grant permission.
(11-21-2013, 12:53 PM)Jihadjoe Wrote: Oh god... The end of days... Agmen agreed with me.