' Wrote:Point No. 1:Corsairs in Liberty and smuggling
*Sigh* NO ONE exept the Order (occasionly) and Liberty Authorities (save the LPI) should be using the Alaska jump gate! It is highly ooRP, you do not smuggle through the most highly guarded place in -all of sirius-. There are alos plenty of other RP ways to get from Corsair ZoI to Liberty, for example I have a Arifact trade route that was taught to me by the wise Carlos Benitez. It only uses JHs, no JGs, and there is only one oppertunity to use a TL and even that's optional and won't put too much time on your journey if you vote against it. All in all it takes about 13-20 minuets round trip
I don't ship to Manhattan either, Rochester people! I mean Manhattan is camped by a slew of lawful police/navy types around the clock (NPC and player) which would make smuggling to Manhattan impossible.
Note on n00bl3t's argument:
What is the Order trying to do? Eliminate the Nomads, which according to rumour still infest the Liberty government, and overthrow the corrupt Liberty government. What are the Corsairs trying to do? At the end of the day take over the universe. Do you think the Order would let the Corsairs run rampant in Liberty? I mean Corsairs have a tendency to get a little exiteable and burn down everything in sight when in new and exotic places. Liberty has no use to the Order as ash and ruin, hense why Corsairs don't get the gate codes.
Sorry Jammi - gotta take issue with you on this one (By the way, way off topic from original thread now... but anyway)
So the Order.. DON'T give the Corsairs the codes now? thats a new one.... where did that come from....
First of all they would give the Corsairs the codes, there is no reason not to - and the Corsairs being corsairs wouldn't take a refusal to do so that well anyway....
The Order needs the Corsairs way more than the Corsairs need them - especially after the Corsairs have got the cap ship side of the alliance deal done and wrapped up.. the Order need the Corsairs to assist against the Nomads in that area of space -
Question of priorities here: Anger the Corsairs by not giving them codes - which means the Corsairs take their bat and call and say "Fine fight your own battles... Actually, better still, how about we come in and sweep aside your couple of bases and take what we want for ourselves... " (which is a pretty Corsairish thing to do...)
Point is, a whole lot to risk for the order if they withhold codes that will only really aggravate Liberty if they get out anyway....
You're right the Alaska route IS risky, but the profit makes it worth it... and people will do stupid things for money. Plus we're talking about Corsairs here.. they really aren't going to give much of a hoot about Navy patrols or Nomads.. they sacrifice their own young in "prove your warriorhood" flights into the Malvada cloud to fish for artifacts for heavens sake! Navy Patrol you say? to quote the Lane Hacker pirate Edward Morris thats been hanging around NY lately - "YARRRRRRrr i wanna eat ye!"
That being said, You're right in that there is a much more sneaky route that Carlos has shown you, you can take it to Texas or NY, depending on your patience. My point is not to say that people shouldnt use that route, only that the Alaska route is equally valid from a Corsair point of view. You're also right that Corsairs should not be trading to Manhattan - Who is doing that? Screen shot the blighter! Its Rochester or bust!
