Well, I suppose it was pretty clear what I had stated above that RS doesn't JUMP all the day. and Judging from the activity we have, one jump after some days isn't going to affect someone's precious roleplay; for which our ships and traders are pretty much swaying around the O-3 - O-7 mark.
Pretty much sums up your "not so active" activity in the past few days. Remove jump trading and lets see how many of them log in at a time. More than 75% activity, when you were at the top of the activity table came from jump trading.
Singularity, you know it. Defnding RS jumptrading maniacs is just a lost cause. And there was little glimmer of hope that RS would one day RP because of you or Bret. Nah...not anymore it seems. Because you both were the only ones that cared for the faction.
I can pin point all that. Its not about the jump trading. Its about the quality of RP that they provide. I dont think it will change unless the leadership is revised properly. Your leader threatened me with his "powers" when I was in this faction, for telling your members to normally trade instead of jump trade.
Your vice president has little to no activity but jumps his untagged republican barge along with other republican jumpers every single day. The leader encourages jump traders like there is no tomorrow. There are some more intimate things that I don't want to spill out in public.
Right now its safe to say that some of the members never log in if its not jump trading.