my proposal for indy IDs

[Maelstrom]

I don't think it's possible to have nuetral/semi-lawful combatant without exploits.

You have to have a semi-lawful otherwise the only people who can smuggle are pirates and that doesn't make sense. I don't see how that can really be abused, especially if this id gets the most restricted ship list.
It allows the character to be an outlaw in one house but a lawful in another and there is nothing wrong about that. It certainly won't overpower the character in pvp because the semi-lawful id is set with the most ship restrictions.

Gunboats are the most advanced fighting ship

No they aren't. They are the least of the capital ships and there is a civillian model. There is no reason why the lawful and unlawful shouldn't have access to the Ahoudori. I only limited the semi-lawful to balance it's greater range of actions.

Merchant ships should be split off so that players get cargo space and earning potential as a balancing tradeoff for giving up the focus on combat.

I disagree with this wholeheartedly. The transports and freighters are already set as the weakest in the game. They already have to give up cargo space for thier armor and weapons, any more and they are just floating targets waiting to be raped.

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