I've flown routes for a long time, longer than I was actually a Bowex tagged ship, so there's some legacy there, that skip Stuttgart and omega 7 in favor of Dresden and Omega 11, placing Vonnegut and Frietal well on my beaten path. I wrap in as many short routes as possible into my courses, and have often found myself hauling consumer goods and rations and water to FP5, which I assume is the major point in omega 41 from which Hessians source such supplies.
All of this is done aboard, first an Ltrain, then an Atrain, and now a Shire. These are, yes, large ships. I'm a powertrader by heart, and rather frustrated that I must come up with a secondary ship, a whole new RP, et cetera, just to loop the Hessians in. It defeats my whole interest in looping them into my route, which is to tie them into my roleplay.
As I said in the OP, I am interested in doing more than simply trading with the blokes, and would like to find people interested in participating in such. It may well be quite banal, as I drag out my roleplay in an odd manner, with a focus on daily life.
Furthermore, I don't view myself a Bowex vessel so much as I consider my vessel its own soveriegn place, signatory to the Bowex Combine for the insurance rates and cheap contract seeking that the Combine does. I expect, as Jammi has made clear, that if the illicit enterprises of the Hallorans ever come to light (and there is some) that said Combine would leave me to the dogs. It may even be a twist that might be fun, if it comes to that. I am getting quite sick of tradelanes..
