Argo | Special Operative ID

[Binski]

1. Forum name of the owner:
TheUnforgiven

2. What exactly are you requesting?
Combination of Freelancer and Pirate ID -
Spec Ops ID / Freelancer IFF

This is what I have in mind:

A pilot carrying this ID is a Special Operative who:

-Can attack any ship in self defense or to protect an allied ship.
-Can demand cargo and credits from non-allied ships, and attack them if they do not comply.
-Can fulfill any friendly/allied bounty or escort contracts, and can treat transports as combat targets when executing friendly/allied bounty/escort contracts against them.

Allowed ships: Pelican

3. Exact name, identification and affiliation of the character:
Argo
Freelancer IFF
Junkers ID

4. Why is this request necessary for the continuation of this character's roleplay?
I first sent an SRP request for a similar idea back in April of this year. At the time I felt that the character needed a shake up, but even I realized I could simply use a Pirate ID and Junkers IFF for what I wanted at the time (to maintain my affiliation and ability to defend junkers based on the ID R.O.E.'s, as it only lets you defend ships of the exact same affiliation). Since then I have periodically used the Pirate ID and started moving to areas I had otherwise left alone for many months. My involvement into house space made me more friends among the Junkers and I still stick close to them as I have many friends that do the scrap runs and smuggling back.

Argo (Captain Antares) started out as a pirate using Junking as a front and wound up acting as a scout/escort for Junkers who were more involved in scrap. It boiled down to him being a loner pirate outside house space, and a Junker employed freelance operative while inside house space. However after skirmishing with lawfuls over dealings with Junkers inside house space, he has become rather unliked by most lawfuls and house militaries (ship is illegal in both Bretonia and Rheinland due to cloak). Several times I would switch to pirate, and do so in house space but not officially affiliated to Junkers (FL IFF), giving up my ability to defend them, or safely use their bases. My main problem is that in using a Junkers ID, I can only engage someone to either defend Junkers or after placing a cargo/credit demand. I'd like to be able to offer defense to similarly affiliated groups as well, yet still be a pirate, acting on my own volition when doing so. I would like to keep my FL IFF since I more so consider this character a freelancer/merc/pirate who operates on his own, but does stick close to his Junker business ties and comrades. Its more so on his own preference than due to being locked into my allegiance via ID.

I feel this will solve my ID dilemmas, and that I have sufficiently built up an in game inrp reputation among unlawfuls/quasis (especially Junkers) to use as a basis to act as a literal unlawful freelance 'special operative' being able to do a variety of things for such groups.

5. What short-term and long-term goals are you planing to achieve on this character?

Well in the long term I'd like to give the character a unique stand point that will allow him to work with various unlawful and quasi lawful factions that are all within the same political range regarding their diplomacy. This aid will be to anti-Kusari/Gallia groups, and various unlawful rebel factions. I wish to be able to pirate normally as with a regular Pirate ID (typically when flying solo), yet offer escort/bounty services to the factions I am in good standing with, which are mostly the aforementioned unlawful and quasi lawfuls. I believe this would be ideal for an ID to stay with. I want the character to be linked to the Junkers in an 'under the table' way that makes me an off the books operative, and capable of spreading out to help various friends and allies as an unlawful escort and pirate for hire (freelance black operative).

On the short term I'd like to focus on opening up my dealings with other factions and try to get involved in fighting enemies (hostiles) common to Junkers via bounties and appropriate blanket bounties. The possibility of redeeming on blanket bounties as a Junker against their enemies has arisen many times recently, shifting my role from only piracy to possible bounty hunter or 'hitman'. I believe the new ID would let me do that, not just for Junkers but many other unlawful factions, and anything up to quasi/neutral groups (especially Junker allies, Freelancer groups). I also plan to expand on attempts to 'sell' intelligence via espionage. Although a new ID is not needed for that, it would fit in with the RP of a 'special operative'.

6. Provide links to the relevant forum roleplay.

{AFC}- Recruitment Thread
Pirate conflict with mining base
Attempt to moderate for Zoner Settlers
Initial dealings with Junker Smuggler
Off the books delivery order
Gambling event
Unlawful bounty on slippery transport
JM| Hitlist Registration

Exploits of Captain Antares (most recent)

7. Provide a cliffnote/summary for the links provided above.

Most of my interactions regarding activities with allied factions, friends, escort clients and piracy. They provide some insight into my character's personality. My stories/bio thread contains most of the back story and documentation of my character's development, successes and failures.

8. How long has this character been building its backstory?
Since June 2013 as a Zoner who then turned Junker, 10 months (Nov 2013) with the Pelican as 'Argo' w/ Junker ID.

9. If you feel that you would like to provide us with character references, specify whom.

How about Sunny - President of the AFC, and Eric (.:j:.Smuggler's.Dream), Steve(.:j:.Res.Nullius), Aces (.:j:.MooninitesUnite) (and the rest of the gang) from the Junkers Congress *blows party horn*. Also Freelancer captain Hermann Schultze! All of those fine chaps know how I roll!

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The Further Exploits of Captain Antares (August 2015) │ (alt) JonasHudson
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