Proposal: ID changes for 4.87

[SummerMcLovin]

All the Intelligence factions get their Cruisers back with an engagement limit, Ivan and Reaper worked their magic then.
The BAF now have all of the Taus as their ZoI? Wow...
For The Council's ID, I think non-allied would be more appropriate. Not even sure if "unallied" is a word
DHC and Kruger getting limited to the near Omegas was probably a good step.
GMG have added ZoI in Alpha, Frankfurt and Tohoku (and had Eta and Lambda before)? That's rather a lot.
The cargo limit on the Colonial ID is good, which seems to confirm we have open ship use next version. I like the extra ZoI that includes all of Bretonia now, plus Inverness and Drake/Tau-117.
IMG still haven't got Artifacts added to their ID again, but if that means we aren't being freely engaged by Corsairs then ok. Battletransports as biggest at last, thank you. Still really don't need Battleships though... Also in line with Daumann and Kruger being limited to "reasonable Omegas", IMG should also be limited to those they have a base in again - so perhaps "Taus except 29 42, 65 and 63" as it is easier than "Orkney, Roussillon, Baffin, Tau-31, Tau-44, Tau-39, Tau-37 and Tau-23"
The Mollys' allying line seems good.
Gaian ID updates also look good.
Limiting Privateers from Gallic Core space is a fair enough step.
Hogosha, Chrysanthemums and Blood Dragons in Lyonnais through the new supergate, nice. Would it not also make sense to give Maquis, Brigands, UC and/or GJ ZoI in Rishiri as well?
Liberty Rogues raiding Vespucci, good thing they get on so well with each other...
Hessians come with a lot less murdersauce, this I like. Even moreso that they leave the northern borders of Rheinland (and near Sigmas) to the other unlawful factions. Theta being added is good as I said, and we'll see how the Gamma raids go. Jorms opening up on Artifact smugglers as they come out of Crete might get a bit crazy though.
LWB and Unioners now get all tech-permed Cruisers instead of just the RPC? If the techchart is similar next version, 75% Vidars and Scyllas alongside 90% Praefects and 100% RPCs would be quite the Unioner fleet. Maybe LWB will get 75% on Stortas or something
Unioners being out of the Omegas and given extra Liberty ZoI is also a good step.
Still love that Bundschuh allying line, but would it be possible to have their ZoI extended a bit for the Liberty-Rheinland war lines? Just New Hampshire would be fitting actually. We do have Cloppenburg in Bremen to be one system away as well.
The Maquis get GBs now, but are effectively Gallic Brigands without credit demands or Kyushu ZoI. The Xenos lose out on the line but don't get anything other than a couple of systems added to their ID to make up for it.
The Outcast and Corsair IDs also look better, although the ZoI still appears unbalanced towards the Outcasts. Perhaps give them a limit to northern Bretonia (say Dublin, Newcastle, Manchester and Leeds). Limiting Rheinland for Corsairs seems to say rather a lot about the Hessians' effectiveness, especially if they throw themselves into Dresden. Adding Hamburg where there is(/will continue to be?) a Unioner base too.
Core/Order balance is quite interesting, with the Core getting a few 'BHG' lines for escorting and acting like Omicrons police over the anti-intelligence of the Order. The Order could do with a cargo limit though.
Not sure if I missed it the last time or the RoS can now escort lawful civilians anywhere. I guess that is why they lose caps, although their current ones (that aren't already) would be open to 'easy' SRPs right?
Well it's nice to see there are so many Freelancer IDs
Reaver ID: "-Cannot ally with any unlawfuls." Eh, what?
Black Sails haven't been de-combat targeted, and they still have the full ZoI.
OSI can defend neutral ships (which is everyone except Rheinland for now). Could make sense as they are more of a corporate group now, but just making sure. Better watch out for those firecrackers...
SCRA ID can now create their own "Red is dead" targets. Lose out on Liberty raids, capitalism shall go on undauntedly then.

Specifically Alien Artifacts are also being added above the usual and Gallic ones. I guess Stabiline is Cryer's special wonder-drug commodity. EDIT: Ah, this will be the Cardi replacement they've been working on eh? Perhaps it isn't as stable as the name suggests, and they are still "collecting Outcast samples" to improve testing and/or gain a monopoly.
From the Lane Hacker ID, there are now Jump Gate, Trade Lane and Gate/Lane parts? Someone at Ageira underspent on the diversification budget...

Overall, the loss of combat target lines is good, and other than the issues mentioned above we're getting closer to a finished little setup here.

So ATM BPA would be sanctioned for escorting a prison or diplomatic convoy to Liberty?

There aren't any rules against them leaving their ZoI (although it is less common than BAF heading further afield), but they cannot really do anything on their ID there. However, I wouldn't expect a BPA snub escorting a BPA liner to Liberty being sanctioned for defending it from attack. Escorting Bowex likely would be open to one though.

Why does Ageira like to hunt Solar Engineering? What's the reason about that?

The Gauls stole Ageira (well, Valhalla) technology through the Junkers and Solar are currently the ones with the contracts to build any new gates and lanes for Gallia. Some tech-savvy corporate warfare out around Lyonnais and perhaps all the new stuff flowing into Rheinland would be the idea here.

And, does Synthgel exist in 4.86 or only in 4.87?

This will be a new commodity as a bit of a boost for the Synth Foods ID. I would say players, but I think I've seen only one such ship in my entire year here. There will be quite a few new commodities added.


And something I forgot:
All the piracy lines say "May demand cargo and credits from lawful and unlawful ships." Please tell me that doesn't mean neutral/semi/quasi-lawful IDs like Zoners and Junkers are actually immune to piracy by the rules?

I've brought this up before, but I will do so again while it is being discussed. If all these IDs now have specific lines to allow them to overrule 6.6 (which is the point of these lines), I assume those who do not have the line will not be able to do so without making a demand? If so, then that would be the current interpretation of the rules; can houses at war with each other blow up transports without making a demand? Doesn't even look like intelligence factions can do so with a specific cargo piracy line.

Will bump that

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