Bringing War back to the Omegas

[Petitioner]

Back in the day, Omega-5 had a legendary status among Rheinland players for the chaotic and sweat-inducing fights that went on there between the Red Hessians and the Corsairs. These fights often involved multiple other factions, like the Coalition, the Bundschuh, the BAF, the Gaians, etc. Ever since vanilla, the Hammen Hole -- a massive clearing in the Barrier rocks there filled with wrecks, lootable and not, from both sides -- has been present, a gigantic gash in the beautiful natural scenery carved out by the bloodthirst of the neighborhood's two top dogs. However, as best as I can tell, the days of epic fleet battles in the Hammen Hole are long past.

Why not bring them back? Simply put, I'm proposing that both Corsair and Hessian IDs (including any OFs they may have) be given a "Hammen Hole collateral damage line" to their IDs.

- May engage any ship belonging to non-allied factions in Omega-5

This proposal, or perhaps some kind of toned-down version of it (or even turned-up! why not ANY ship of a different faction?), would hopefully breathe some life into the system, and that activity might bleed over into the rest of southern Sirius over time. Plus, it might give those addicted to conn.exe some motivation to do their thing out somewhere it actually contributes meaningfully to server activity. And, as a last addendum, it would encourage players and factions to set up events in the system -- beyond simple "DTR vs RHA @ XYZ-o'clock", I imagine something like "Zoner convoy to FP1 gets mistaken by Hessians as headed for Cadiz, long chase ensues" would be much more accessible with this line.

If it's added on an experimental basis and goes well, similar lines could be added to other factions for their respective "front-line systems".



edit: i just realized that unlawfuls can already attack any combat ship in their ZoI, usually including their own allies. maybe for the one system it could be extended to transports, or longer-term plugin rewards could be given for killing reds in the particular system, or pvp-death-timer could be lowered or something, idk. regardless, find some way to loosen/encourage combat in frontline systems even moar?

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